tacit agreement 1

Mom! MOMM!! I got a scary picture! J’s on the escalator, been in a hypnotic state.
Look! Sticking stand on one side!!

Another thing I found fascinating when I came to Japan was the fact that everybody lines up anytime, everywhere when needed. At the platform or even in front of the escalator. Everyone was so nice and orderly. Even going up the escalator, all the standing people stayed to the left. As you see from the picture above, pretty cool ha?

Here’s the reason, if you want to actually stand still, you stand on the left-hand side. If you’re energetic and you decide you want to walk and you are in a wee bit of a hurry, you go up the right-hand side to walk. But this is only works for Kanto region, place like in Tokyo. My friend told me that everything will be opposite way around in Kansai region.

Well if by any chance I stand to the right, no one gonna say “move over”. You know Japanese are very quiet, what they do is harrumph or murderous stare. —sorry,, not that scary but I guess I should learn the rule from watching others around me. Isn’t it interesting custom? This is what I call J’s unwritten rule.

Good thing about this rule was you don’t have to say excuse me or push people’s way to go up the stairs. When you consider the feelings of others, this unwritten rule will save much ado. There’re so many rule like this in Japan and can’t learn everything yet. It’s so complex but actually extremely efficient way of living, don’t you think?

However, i always swoop up the escalator, just love that feeling! v(∗∧_∧∗)v