My period as a trainee in Japan is nearing an end, I have only two weeks left here and it feels surreal! Working in Japan has been awesome, interesting and also extremely challenging. Japan is busy and intense with the the working life of people and the big city Tokyo. But Japan can also be very harmonic and quite with traditional Japanese lifestyle as temples and hot springs which makes up for a really interesting combination. Japanese are extremely law-obeying, polite and I think they must be the best planners in the world. I have never felt so rude and loud as here! Working here is normally a step by step process, but once a deal has been made, Japanese are the most loyal and committed partners.
The number one word in Japan is quality. The rule of thumb is the longer the queue the better, as the quality then off course has to be prime. A college at the office here asked me: If you had the choice between two restaurants: One had a very long queue outside, but the rumor said it was really good quality of food. The restaurant beside it had a little lower quality of the food, but was still good and had no queue. Which would you choose? I, not being exactly fond of queues, would without a doubt have chosen the restaurant with a little lower quality to escape the queue. My Japanese college on the other hand off course chose to wait in the queue for the best restaurant.
