Sunday, September 16, 2007

Incandescent Moon Rats

Japan is very clean.

Today, for the first time since arriving in Japan, I saw litter.

It was an open, finished can of Asahi beer. It was gently and politely placed on top of a stack of bound newspapers, completely out of sight, not at all making the subway appear dirty in any way.

I found... clean litter.

... Japan is very clean.

6 comments:

Hezaa said...

Hahahahaha! Hahaha...wow.

It's funny how certain things are OK, and certain things aren't. Every time I've had occasion to walk past, into or out of a bar at peak drinking time, there's been at least one young, fashionable-looking guy right outside, sitting stupefied in a puddle of his own vomit or lying on the curb with his green-tinged head in his girlfriend's lap while she holds a big plastic garbage bag.

Apparently, human litter is somehow OK...

Ryugakusei said...

Too true. The drinking subculture in Japan is just too strange for words. There's no litter, the air is clean, and everybody is incredibly polite... And yet, it's not even remotely strange to see a drunk old man roaming the streets at 2 am singing Puffy Ami Yumi (yes, I saw this).

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D. Jonathan Newman said...

the japanese have weird eyes.

Laura said...

What do incandescent moon rats have to do with subway litter?

Unknown said...

There must be dirt somewhere. There MUST be. They just keep it hidden in an underground tunnel. Personally, I think it's recycled & served as miso soup. Misophiles, I beg your forgiveness. Blech.