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[quote=Anonymous]I'm from Korea, not Japan, so I could be wrong but here are two facts that people may be overlooking.

1. Japan is a small country, geographically. Korea is the size of Virginia. Japan is perhaps the size of Texas? That means, all your aunts and uncles and 5th cousins live in 4 hour driving distance from you. Everyone knows everyone by the 4th degree, pretty much. That stranger you walk by is your uncle's neighbor's brother. The other stranger is your dad's high school friend's mom. So, there is more trust amongst strangers (the type of trust to watch out for kids only, I think there is more fraud).

2. Someone commented on having no sidewalks. City planning is different. Where the kids are walking are shared pedestrian/car roads. The roads are too narrow and there are way too many pedestrians and dogs and random buckets, chairs, for cars to speed past like they do even in neighborhood streets here. For a car to make it, they have to drive 5mph looking out for an object every 30 feet. So, cars are going slow and they are careful. Very unlike here. [/quote]

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