Japan: Day 14b

To understand Japan two days is good. Two years is not long enough.

Trainee monk made to sweep pebbles all day. To find God.
The doorman is polite bows smiles taxi driver is polite waits for pedestrians. Pedestrians feel safe. Assume the car will do the right thing. 

At every shrine we are told why it was built. The story always involved bloodshed, violence and samurai. They were proud of these stories.

WW2 was ignored. It happened elsewhere.
The bomb was dropped because America is rich. A lot of the People in Hiroshima are peaceful. They were against the war.

Japanese people do what they are told. Today they are told to think of others. To be polite honest. To not steal. We saw bikes lying around without chains. We saw countless pedestrians not crossing an empty road because the traffic lights said don’t cross. Waiting  until the green man says walk.