JapanUp! magazine

You have just finished an amazing Sushi dinner. The service was impeccable, the tea was constantly refilled, and the staff smiled the whole time. Naturally, you reach for your wallet to leave a 20% tip. Don’t do it.

You have just finished an amazing Sushi dinner. The service was impeccable, the tea was constantly refilled, and the staff smiled the whole time. Naturally, you reach for your wallet to leave a 20% tip. Don’t do it.

You have just finished an amazing Sushi dinner. The service was impeccable, the tea was constantly refilled, and the staff smiled the whole time. Naturally, you reach for your wallet to leave a 20% tip. Don’t do it.

You have just finished an amazing Sushi dinner. The service was impeccable, the tea was constantly refilled, and the staff smiled the whole time. Naturally, you reach for your wallet to leave a 20% tip. Don’t do it.

You have just finished an amazing Sushi dinner. The service was impeccable, the tea was constantly refilled, and the staff smiled the whole time. Naturally, you reach for your wallet to leave a 20% tip. Don’t do it.

f you walk into a Starbucks in Tokyo, you might witness a scene that would give a New Yorker a heart attack. A customer gets up to go to the bathroom or order a drink, and they leave their brand new MacBook or iPhone sitting on the table to “save their seat.”

There are approximately 4 million vending machines in Japan. That’s about one machine for every 30 people! You can find almost anything in them: hot coffee in a can, cold green tea, corn soup, banana shakes, and in some regions, even “Dashi” (soup stock) or flying fish.

When you walk through the streets of Tokyo, you might feel like there is a convenience store (Konbini) on every single corner. With over 55,000 stores across the country, they are indeed everywhere. However, there is another type of shop that vastly outnumbers them: Hair Salons.