The fun facts about Japan:

• The most popular pizza toppings in Japan is squid;

• But they it most when it is topped with mayonnaise and corn;

• And seaweeds too, by the way;

• Traditional Japanese homes are kinda strict.  You only wear slippers inside the house and they also have an extra pair of special ones that you must wear inside the bathroom;

• Japan’s Haiku poetry is the shortest.  It consists only of three lines;

• All Japanese meals are served with tea;

• Most Japanese women wear shoes that are 4-6 inches high;

• Japanese practice teaches you to slurp the food that you eat.  It is considered that the food is not that tasteful and well prepared if you do not slurp; (the louder means the yummier?)

• Statistics says that an average Japanese can live 4 times longer than an American does;

• Japan is famous for their vending machines that sell almost everything you want and can be found on almost every corner;

• Tokyo has the largest fish market in the world, the Tsukiji fish market;

• Japanese girls actually cut their hairs after a breakup with a lover;

• Japanese boys on the other hand, shave their heads just to apologize (now, that’s convincing!);

• Due to its position in the map, Japan experiences an average of 3 mild earthquakes…daily!

• And oh, aside from the “house slippers” and “bathroom slippers” that you must wear inside a typical Japanese house, there’s also an additional “corridor” slippers;

• The normal Japanese type of kitchen doesn’t have ovens;

• Mount Everest’s oldest climber was actually Japanese.  Mr. Yuichiro Miura at 70 years old.  The old man reached the summit, by the way;

• Students in the elementary in Japan wear yellow caps;
• “Ohayo Gozaimasu” – “Good morning” in Japan are oftentimes said as “Oha!” by young ones;
• Local calls in Japan are charged by the minute;
• Streets in Japan usually don’t have names;

• The Japanese play “Noh” can actually last 8 hours; (do they get tired?)
• Because of their enormous economic growth perhaps, almost every Japanese teenager owns a cellular phone;
• Is it true that they sell beer at McDonald’s?
• You don’t wear shoes inside a Japanese classroom, only socks or special kind of slippers;
  One the Japan’s popular food is raw horse meat;
• Japan celebrates a special day for their old people.  Their usual gifts are free cigarettes from tobacco companies; and finally my favorite fun fact,
• Japan’s green traffic light is called “blue”.