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I knew I was going to like Japan while still in the airport in Shanghai and the attendant at All Nippon Airlines asked me if I would like a window or an aisle seat. In two years living in China, no Chinese airline has ever asked me this simple question.

The lady then pointed me in the direction of the gate with a smile. At Chinese airline counters I've noticed that you are not generally told where to walk after you finish checking in. And if you ask you are likely to get an extremely surly response that may or may not result in you understanding where to go.

When I arrived at Kansai airport in Osaka, all the passengers stood on the left side of the escalator, allowing others to walk up the right side. What a concept! Yet completely foreign in mainland China.

Two major scores for Japan before even setting foot on its soil. Not bad!

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