China vs. Japan

Once while in Japan, I left my expensive camera in a taxi that took me back to my hotel late one night. I didn’t even realize it until the next morning when I was leaving the hotel. How? Well, my camera was sitting on a gold platter at the front desk of the lobby. Just sitting there! Out in the open. I pointed to it, and said “Hey, That’s my camera!” to the concierge behind the counter. He just smiled and said “Dozo” gesturing for me to take it. That totally blew my mind. Shit like that always happened to me in Japan. Love Japan.

As a Chinese, I don't really understand what's wrong with some people of my country these days. I don't think it's a shame to admit the truth that China does have plenty of bad things. The first step to solve a problem is to admit there is one. And I do think it is pathetic to say that a person is China hater just because he or she pointed out some flaws of this country which do exist. To admit the fact and to make the country better, or to keep denying and change nothing, it's quite clear(at least to me) which choice is really good for the country.

i once forgot my backpack in subway train and 30 minutes later a subway worker came to me with my backpack and i was 3 stations away, it blew my mind how japanese society is

Japan is a clean place. Its like the whole country is OCD. lol I love it.

Japan, I CHOOSE YOU !

as a Chinese, i d say this is very fair comment about Japan and China. we are still far behind japan in terms of the living standard.....China's GDP per capital is still only one third of Japan. this shows everything. The good thing is that all Chinese people know this and keep improving....God bless both China and Japan.. especially for the people. not politicians.

japan is really clean and the japanese are veryyyyyyyy polite

Stayed in Japan for 3 months and love the country and the people in it. Respectful and well manner. Almost everything is clean and organized. Japanese takes pride in their arts and cooking to the max.

I am Japanese. I'm proud of my country. I also respect China. 🇯🇵🤝🇨🇳

Japan is way better. Japanese people have respect ✊ and manners

Japan has honesty. Unbelievable honesty. About 15 years ago my wife and I visited various places around Kyoto and Nara. We took a tour south from Nara and stayed overnight in a temple in a small mountain town called Yoshinoyama. It had a number of temples and a long row of souvenir shops for the tourists. During the day we walked past all the shops and small stalls looking at the items for sale. Some were very expensive, around $100 or more. We walked past one and the middle aged Japanese lady owner stopped us and tried very hard for us to come inside and have some tea with her. Her English was quite good. We were very hesitant thinking she was trying to hard sell us something we did not want, but eventually we succumbed and went inside. Wonderful experience! She made Japanese tea, and sat with us for half an hour showing some of her photo albums from when she went to various western countries. We did not see any other westerners in that town during our whole stay so we must have been an attraction for her to have someone interesting with whom to talk. Then came the "hard sell". She brought out a beautiful box and in it were two hand made, exquisite porcelain horse figures which she was offering to us. We said we did not want to buy and apologized feeling a bit guilty, but she said "No, no. Please take it as a gift. My late husband made it and I want you to have it as a memory". We were flabbergasted at her generosity. Later that night after we had a fabulous dinner, we decided to go for a walk. It was after 10pm and the streets were dark with only a few street lights. Everyone was gone. The streets were empty. YET ALL THE PRODUCE WAS STILL ON THE TABLES OUTSIDE THE SHOPS. Nothing had been put away, including all the very expensive items. It seemed to us that it was unheard of that someone would steal from these tables. Unbelievable honesty and trust. That was just one wonderful experience out of many in the 3 weeks we traveled around that region. Japan and its people are truly amazing. I have been back a number of times on holiday and never had a bad experience.

cant' compare. cost of living might be way cheaper in china but quality is 10000000% better in japan

Why some think he is a hater??This guy has lived in China for ten years.It is obvious he loves it.

The biggest distinction between Chinese and Japanese culture is not the difference in quality of life or technological development or infrastructure, but the fact that Japan is a very high trust society whereas China is a very low trust society.

I lost my wallet not once BUT TWICE while traveling Japan. Both times I just went to the counter (subway station and arcade) and saw the employee noting down the contents of my wallet. Absolutely incredible and I wish there would be a similar sense of mutual respect around the entire world.

Having lived in Japan and traveled in China, I would agree. In Japan if you drop your billfold , someone will grab it --- and rush it to the police station!

One country is clean and respectable. The other is loud, dirty and values money over anything else.

" Japanese is an easy language to learn "

The Japanese have a lot of discipline and that leads to people being nice and clean. The world could learn from them. Not that they are perfect but to be that organized is definitely admirable.

I work in the tourism industry and I can tell you the that Japanese people are some of the most respectful, honest and honourable people I meet. The Chinese are literally the polar opposite.