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Navigating Risk of Japan

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 For first-time travelers to Japan, Japanese is the least acceptable language. Many famous Japanese attractions can be seen in a variety of different languages of the signboard. But as a tourist looking to learn more about Japanese culture and customs, there are plenty of remote villages and places to visit. But these places often only have signs in Japanese, and visitors need to have a basic understanding of Japanese. For Western and Australian visitors to Japan for the first time, Japanese is like ancient Egyptian writing. So traveling in Japan basically involves following a tour group or finding a local guide, which is unacceptable for some backpackers who like to travel independently. Second, the Japanese people are notoriously old-fashioned in the world. Often a small convenience store can be passed down through generations of Japanese families. In addition, Japanese people attach great importance to the concept of time. If you make an appointment in a famous restaurant in Japan,
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Culture Shock and Confusion：Japanese transport and custom "ASSESS"

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 Before I traveled to Japan, I had learned Japanese for a while and could master some simple words and greetings. However, after I went to Japan, I still encountered a lot of cultural shock about Japan. What struck me most during my few days in Japan was that unlike Australia, the Japanese METRO never fails to arrive on time. In Melbourne, almost all METRO trains are a few minutes late, so it doesn't matter if you don't get to the train station on time. In Japan, without exception, all trains arrive on time, even in torrential rain. This also reflects the meticulous spirit of the Japanese people. At the same time, to my surprise, public transport in Japan is generally very quiet. On the train, only the tracks seem to be heard. Even when they are talking to others, they try to speak in a low voice so as not to disturb the people around them. In a word, in Japan's public places, Japanese people are very cautious, they care about other people's personal space. Although thi
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Meaningful Engagement：Japanese Soccer ⚽

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 For the Japanese people, football is a sport that has been involved in almost all names in Japan. The Japanese Football Campus League is very rich. From elementary school to universities, there are various echelon games and live broadcasts, and they can always attract many audiences. At the same time, as an international sport, the World Cup held every four years will let people like football into a carnival, so is Japan. As one of the strongest soccer nations in Asia, Japan has a very powerful name for its soccer team: SAMURAI BLUE. Japan's victories over Germany and Spain in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar have put a dent in Asian football's standing in the world. For me, I started to play football when I was a child in China and I often participated in the matches organized by the community. When I went to Japan to see their football system, I felt the importance of football in their country. In China, most of students' sports time is occupied by one main subject. In Japan,
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Place Essentialism of Japan：shinto shrine "ASSESS"

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  Shinto shrine In the stereotype of some visitors, Japan's shinto shrine are mysterious and dangerous for some historical reason, but as the mystery of Shinto shrine has been lifted by Japanese TV series and anime, now more and more tourists want to go offline to have a look. Although the shinto shrine in Japan is very similar to some traditional temples in East Asia, they are basically unrelated. There are about 85,000 Shinto shrines in Japan. Shinto shrines are built on the basis of Japan's native religion, and people worship different gods. At Shinto shrine, visitors can experience the most traditional ritual of all: Upon entering the shrine, visitors can wash away their bad spots with holy water from the shrine, and then come to the shrine to invest a certain amount of cash before starting to make wishes. At the beginning of the New Year, native Japanese people go to Shinto shrine together to beg for good things in the New Year. Most of the deities enshrined in Japan's
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Street Arts of Japan：manhole cover arts "ASSESS"

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  Walking through the bustling streets of Japan, people often look up at the colourful signs, but few notice the many different forms of artwork on some manhole covers. When tourists walk in the streets of different cities in Japan, they can see various manhole cover art works, and on these manhole covers, they can see the different cultures represented by each city. When visitors walk the streets of Tokyo, For instance, they can see many manhole covers with graffiti of Mount Fuji. When they walk the streets of Nara, they can see the Nara animal, the deer, on the manhole cover. In the eyes of Japanese artists, manhole cover arts are street artworks with the most cultural and practical functions. A manhole cover, which usually lasts for about 20 years, it's the city's calling card, allowing visitors to know where they are as they walk down the street and get a sense of the local character at a glance. So far, there are more than 6,000 designs on manhole cover, and there are ar
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The symbol of Japan：Sushi🍣 "ASSESS"

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  Sushi（ 🍣 ） Although sushi has become a worldwide phenomenon over the years, it has undeniably become one of Japan's culinary and historical symbols. Sushi is arguably one of the most iconic Japanese foods and can be found in all kinds of sushi restaurants in all corners of the world. There is a Japanese proverb that says "Where there is fish, there is sushi". Sushi originated from a fermented food from Southeast Asia called Narezushi, which evolved into the modern style of sushi during the Edo period in Japan. More importantly, the food itself, sushi, represents the mannerisms and eating habits of the Japanese people. In Japan, there are some default sushi restaurant rules that customers are expected to follow. The stereotype is that the chef should be in the back of the house preparing delicious food for the guests. In Japanese sushi restaurants, however, these chefs are known as 'artisans', who demonstrate the process of making sushi at the customer's tab
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About me

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“Thus travel spins us round in two ways at once: It shows us the sights and values and issues that we might ordinarily ignore; but it also, and more deeply, shows us all the parts of ourselves that might otherwise grow rusty. For in traveling to a truly foreign place, we inevitably travel to moods and states of mind and hidden inward passages that we’d otherwise seldom have cause to visit”（Pico,2000）. Hello my name is Paul and I'm from Shanghai, I am a second year student from the University of Melbourne. Whether it's by plane or by train, breathing in the fresh air of a strange city whenever you arrive at your destination is excited. For me, traveling is a leisure activity to relax myself and experience the charm of other countries' cultures at the same time. I love to try other countries' specialties and visit local museums whenever I travel, and my blog usually focuses on the places I've traveled, usually in Asia. I'd love to talk about the countries I'm
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