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This is another audio from inside of a subway. Outside of the Japanese announcements, the only voices that you will prominently hear are the voices that are speaking English. That is in part to how close the recorder is to the other people in their…

This is a recording from outside of the Gion Shrine. It is important to note that the recording comes from outside of the main part of the shrine. In the United States, we are much more open to being viewed and recorded due to our vouyeristic nature…

At the Osaka aquarium, there was a section that houses some emperor penguins. The biggest thing to note is the camera shutters from the digital phones. In Japan, the right to your privacy is extremely important. So there is a law that says that…

This was the first station that the people had seen when we had first arrived in Japan. It was lively and bustling with people despite how early in the morning it was, which made sense with how big the airport that we arrived in was. This station was…

One of the most popular super markets in Japan is a place called DonQuijote. They have their own theme song that will play in the tightly packed store about every five minutes or less. The aisles are so packed and full of noise that it can become…

There are a couple of different sounds that can be heard at the corsswalks for the beepers. There were two crosswalks in the smaller parts of Shin-Osaka that did not make a sound, a few that made simpler beeping noises like this one, and then the…

There was construction happening on the road outside of the shrine. Despite the road hardly being large enough for one car, they continued to work on the road with their equipment and keep enough room for pedestrians to walk past and walk into the…

Small, coin laundry mats were very easy to find around the hotel areas on Google Maps, but they were a little tucked away. The building was small, they made it very away that they were surveiling you with the four flashing cameras and the monitor…

Many locals are quiet while using public transport, as a way to show respect and to not disturb the peace. This is really important, considering that the main thing I learned through my interviews with people who live(d) there was that you were…

Each of the different subway lines have different jingles that are associated with each of them. Since many places in Japan already had Christmas decorations up, there were even a few that were probably seasonal jingles that were made for this reason…