We tend to travel by mass transit where ever we go, as we feel we get closer to the locals. Sometimes this is a wonderful experience and sometimes I feel like I need a shower afterwards.
But I am always amazed by how clean EVERYTHING is in Japan. In 2016 when we visited and spent a month, I remarked to one guide about the cleanliness of the train. She looked very confused and said, “they are all that way”. Clearly she hadn’t experienced anything different than immaculate trains.
Here everything is neat and clean. You see shopkeepers sweeping the sidewalk in front of their shops in the early morning hours.
Yesterday I saw someone cleaning on top of lockers in a major train station.
Center: No litter anywhere, and floors my Mom would have been proud of
Right: Unfortunately you cannot see him cleaning the top of the lockers.
