Roadside Station is Content Rich Facilities

There are station called “Roadside Station” in Japan which is a station on the regular road and sells or offering many things.

At roadside station, they sell local products such as vegetables or other food, local souvenir. What we surprise is that they also have facilities such as dog run, hot spring and play area for kids.

In the first place, roadside station is for just taking break while you are driving but now we can say it is the place for final destination.

Japanese love Omake, it is fun and feel lucky

Omake (added bonus) is one of the Japanese culture which has been loved for long time.
Added bonus is not just for adults, it is actually for kids who can only buy small snacks or magazine with their small pocket money. Sometimes people buy things because they want the Omake. Some Omake is too good and we sometimes confuse the toy is Omake or the snack is Omake…

It is very fun to open the bag of bonus and feel very lucky.

Unicycle is difficult to ride but fun and popular among children in Japan

Unicycle is very popular among Japanese children, especially among elementary school.
Some schools have unicycle for students as school equipment.
The reason why schools take unicycles are probably it helps children to develop balance sense.

There are no handle and brakes but you can go back and forth and everything should be done with balance sense.
Some schools have even clubs for riding unicycle.

Hi-Chew is delicious and famous soft candy in Japan like Mentos

As Mentos is popular in United States, Hi-Chew has been loved by many people in Japan.

It is soft candy like Mentos and there are varieties of flavors such as grapes, strawberry and Yoghurt, green apple and mango etc, it is juicy and chewy.

It is getting popular in some areas in United States or other countries, if you find them at supermarket, please try them!

Bill Exchanger in Japan not only changing money but also giving us new bill!!

Some Japanese bill exchanger in bank give us new bill.
In Japanese culture, we give money in celebratory occasions such as wedding, New Year’s gift money or other occasions.

It is preferable to give new bill for such case because it is new and beautiful.
It is difficult to receive new, no fold bill so we usually use bill exchange ATM.

What is the popular enrichment lesson for kids in Japan?

The popular enrichment lesson in Japan for kids is Swimming.
Swimming is very popular enrichment lesson because it develops muscles and strength lung function which helps children grow healthy, especially for kids who has asthma.

The starting age depends on parents but many of kids start swimming around 3-6 years old, there are class for even 0 year old.

Vending Machine for Food Ticket at restaurant is useful machine for shortening the process

In some restaurant in Japan, there are vending machine for food ticket. It helps customer to get food easily and quickly, also helps restaurant to proceed process faster.

Using the vending machine, restaurant do not need waitress or waiter to take order and also do not need cashier, we just buy the food ticket and give it to window and receive food.

Communicating with waitress or waiter is one of the fun at restaurant but vending machine for food ticket is useful especially when you are in hurry.