10 Things That Annoy Me About Japan

1. No noise pollution laws mean trucks with blow horns can cruise my neighborhood at 7am every morning.
2. There are no garbage cans in public places.
3. The tables in cafeterias and classrooms have shelves underneath for your purses, etc. perfectly aligned to my knee level. I am never without bruises.
4. Closed stacks abound at libraries.
5. Smoking. Everywhere.
6. There are more places where you can't park your bike than places where you can.
7. Screaming junior high and high school girls.
8. It's 90 degrees and it's not okay to wear shorts and spaghetti strap shirts.
9. Extreme shortage of Mexican food.
10. The three foot tall grandmas who feel they are entitled to shove everyone out of the way to be the first person off the bus.