After one month

It has taken me over one month, but I have finally come to terms with the fact that Japanese people don’t mind waiting. However I am not Japanese. And I do not like to wait. There is a line for everything! There is a line for the rest rooms, buying a ticket, boarding the train, standing in the train, getting off the train, restaurants, coffee places, ice cream shops, crepe shops, lawsons, family mart, 7/11. It comes as a surprise when I see chairs in front of restaurants. In Melbourne, it is unheard of to wait for food or drinks. It makes me realize how patient the Japanese really are.