Culture Difference

When I think of difference between American culture and Japanese one, I usually think of two things. One is food, and the other is behave.

At first, As everyone may knows, Japanese traditional food is considered to be one of the most healthy food in the world. We eat more fish and vagetable and less meat and oil than American people. On the other hand, American traditional food are considered as one of the representative of unhealthy food.

The second difference, which are more important thing than food, I think of is people's behaves (which is including social rules). Most of service are slower than that of Japan, It is hard for me to set up our American life. For example, when I bought some applicants and furniture for our new life in Chicago, it takes so long time for them to arrive at our home. If we buy some things like above in Japan, we can get these things within the day or next day we buy them.

I was surprised from not only the speed of some services but also people's attitude to strangers. When I am walking outside, I was sometimes asked from some people who I don"t know which shop I got my shoes, bags, etc. In Japan, we never ask such private questions to strangers.

As I told above, American culture is a little bit different from Japanese culture, so when I moved here in Chicago, I got a lot of hard time from this difference. I don't want to remember what happened at that time! Anyway, I have managed to get used to American culture. Consequently, I really enjoy my American life now!