Japan Seldom Asked Questions

See the answers to these and other Seldom Asked Questions at the Japan SAQ


Q. How come Japanese people slurp Japanese and Chinese noodles but not spaghetti?

Q. Who are the people on Japanese money?

Q. What do Japanese People wear underneath their Kimonos?

Q. Why do the five and fifty yen coins have holes in the middle?

Q. What's my sign according to the Oriental Zodiac?

Q. How do the JR and Subway workers get home at night after the last train has left?

Q. Why don't Japanese high school boys raise the seats on their bicycles to a level that would make pedalling easier? All their bikes have the seats at the lowest level possible and their knees come up practically to their chins.

Q. Why do all the Jizo statues in Japan wear "bibs"?

Q. How can you tell if the Buddhist priests begging on the street corner are real or not?

Q. What do the hand positions on the Buddha statues mean?

why do the porcelain Tanuki in front of stores, and people’s front doors have such outrageously large testicles?

Q. On the news why are the handcuffs fogged out when they show someone being arrested?

Q. Why all the cherry trees and no cherries?

Q. Why is it in anime and manga, when a boy acts like a pervert they are pictured with blood gushing from their nose?

Q. Why do Japanese school girls wear sailor suits?

Q. Why is it that every cat I've seen in Japan, regardless of the breed, so it seems, has only half a tail or only a little stumpy tail?

Q. Why are there so many bicycles with squealing brakes in Japan?

Q. Why don’t Japanese ghosts have legs?

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