Sunday, November 8, 2009

JAPAN















There is no other place in the world where it is more suitable to say, “We're not in Kansas anymore” than Japan. You're in Oz, Alice in mirror image, spirited away into bizarre Miyazaki world, wherever it is, this place is extremely unique, and is disconnected from the rest of the world.

Japanese succeeded to create an extremely efficient and organized society, where a train arrives on schedule without a minute of delay, a shipping service called Takkyu-bin offers you an excellent and reliable shipping service, a cashier gives you an exact change at any time. I was amazed with how functional everything is here, but after awhile it does start to feel like you're living in a robot society where everything is controlled and organized. I started to miss the chaos and craziness of Israel. I even missed how Israelis don't wait in line, which usually drives me crazy.