My Observations While Being in Japan: Efficient but Not Simple

As you can see from the archives, I didn’t publish a post here in the first two weeks of July. The reason is that I went to Japan with my family. It was the first time I go there. It’s exciting to observe and experience a new culture! I’m going to write my observations below, but because I was there for just a few days, they might be wrong or incomplete. Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments. Without further ado, here are my observations while being in Japan. 1. It’s very punctual. Every time we took a train there, it always departed on time. If the schedule says 09:56, then at exactly 09:56 the train will depart. It’s not late by even one minute. Coming from a background where being late is considered normal, it impresses me. 2. Everything that can be automated is automated. Well, maybe not everything, but that’s the impression I got. If there is a way to use technology to replace human labor, then Japan does it. Two examples are coin laundry and coin lockers. There are also restaurants where customers use touch screens to place orders and the food will stop right in front of them on a high-speed conveyor belt. 3. When necessary, human labor is minimized. Of course, not everything can be automated. But when human labor is needed, the number is minimized. A restaurant that we visited was run by just three people who did everything from taking orders, preparing the food, and washing the dishes. To help them do these, the layout of the restaurant has been...
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