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After staying in Canada for a year I lived in Calgary for a year, and just came back to Japan last week. Calgary was interesting. There were people from everywhere. It was really nice to meet them and learn different customs. When I came back to Japan, surprisingly I had culture shocks!!! First of all, In Japan, customers at convenience stores generally don't say "hello" to cashiers, but many Canadian people do. They say "Hello! How are you?? Good!!!" Therefore, I said "Konnichiwa" to a cashier at the narita airport in Japan. She gazed me with little weird face... Also In Japan, there is alway a tray to put money in front of cashiers, but I have never seen anything like that in Canada. It is very common to give money to the cashier's han, so I naturally did the canadian way to give money, when I came back to Japan. Of course, she said thank you to me in English. Probably I looked a foreigner lol After I came back to my parents house, I went to the bathroom, and the toilet seat was warm which is pretty normal in Japan, but not in Canada again. I felt so wierd. I drank with my family at night. While we were drinking, my dad tried to pour beer in my glass. It's rude not to hold our own glass while the other pouring you alcohol, but I did not!!! just because they don't do it in Canadian culture. He called me " an Alian".
Oct 5, 2015 2:44 AM
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After staying in Canada for a year

I lived in Calgary for a year, and just came back to Japan last week.
Calgary was interesting. There were people from everywhere. It was really nice to meet them and learn different customs.

When I came back to Japan, surprisingly I had culture shocks!!! First of all, In Japan, customers at convenience stores generally don't say "hello" to cashiers, but many Canadian people do. They say "Hello! How are you?? Good!!!" Therefore, I said "Konnichiwa" to a cashier at the narita airport in Japan. She gazed at me with little weird face...
Also In Japan, there is always a tray to put money in front of cashiers, but I have never seen anything like that in Canada. It is very common to give money to the cashier's hand, so I naturally did the canadian way to give money, when I came back to Japan. Of course, she said thank you to me in English. I probably looked like a foreigner lol

After I came back to my parents house, I went to the bathroom, and the toilet seat was warm which is pretty normal in Japan, but not in Canada again. It felt so weird.

I drank with my family at night. While we were drinking, my dad tried to pour beer in my glass.
It's rude not to hold our own glass while someone is pouring you alcohol, but I did not!!! just because they don't do it in Canadian culture. He called me " an Alien".

October 7, 2015

<em>This should make differences easier to spot.</em>

 

She gazed at me with a little weird face...

 

Also In Japan, there is always a tray to put money in front of cashiers,

 

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Of course, she said thank you to me in English. I probably looked like a foreigner lol

After I came back to my parents house, I went to the bathroom, and the toilet seat was warm which is pretty normal in Japan, but not in Canada again. It felt so weird.

 

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It's rude not to hold our own glass while someone is pouring you alcohol, but I did not!!! just because they don't do it in Canadian culture. He called me " an Alien".

October 7, 2015
&gt; Therefore, I said &quot;Konnichiwa&quot; to a cashier at the narita airport in Japan. She gazed me with little weird face... Was this before or after the &quot;irasshaimase&quot;? :)
October 7, 2015
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