Feeling Japanese

If you thought British people were polite, Japanese really take the biscuit with sugar on top. 60% of an encounter involves saying thank you and good-bye… the rest is irrelevant. I found gentle amusement as I was going about my work chores and eventually rather enjoyed the excessive inadvertent display of gratitude. Soon as I walk into a shop I say hello to everyone and thank the cab driver a squillion times when disembarking. A complete contrast to Dobuy where I found myself calling the cab drivers “crooks” before slamming the door shut.