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On the 27th, on China's social media platform Xiaohongshu (RED), a post stating, "I've been shocked by the character of Japanese people many times," was made and garnered significant reactions.
On the 27th, on China's social media platform Xiaohongshu (RED), a post stating, "I've been shocked by the character of Japanese people many times," was made and garnered significant reactions.
The poster, a woman, explained: "While waiting in line for a train, a card fell out of the bag of a person walking on the platform. Then, a Japanese woman who was at the front of the line picked it up, chased after the person, and handed it to the owner, but to my surprise, that woman returned and queued at the very back of the same line."
The woman added three surprised face emojis, describing them as "my expression at that moment," and wrote, "This is no longer just a high level of general character!"
In response to this post, Chinese netizens commented: "I totally get it," "It's truly amazing," "Japan is at the top of civilization," "Nice. If everyone had this kind of awareness, nothing strange would happen," "Everyone must have seen why that woman left the line; they should have let her back at the front," and "I had a similar experience. A Japanese person in front of me left the line to go to the restroom and returned to queue at the back. I would have let them back in front if they had just asked."
Also, experiences such as these were shared: "When I boarded a train at the first station, there were no seats available, so I was standing. The man in the seat in front of me suddenly stood up, went to the connecting part of the train, and answered a phone call. I sat in the empty seat, but he returned after a few tens of seconds, so I stood up and offered him the seat, but he looked apologetic and said, 'It's alright.'" "The other day, when I went to Kyoto, I dropped my Goshuincho (stamp book) at the station. The person who picked it up chased after me all the way to the escalator to hand it to me. I felt bad because, due to this, that person ended up having to take the next train." "It was a couple of months ago when I went to Japan with a friend. When we got off the train, a poster slipped out and fell, but we didn't notice. Then, some boys sitting opposite us picked it up, chased after us, and returned it. Since the train we were on had already departed, they had to wait for the next train."
Furthermore, a series of posts reported shocking experiences in Japan: "When I first tried to go to Kani Doraku in Osaka, I got lost in the subway. I asked a woman for directions, and she guided me all the way to the nearest exit." "When I went to Nagoya, I accidentally dropped my jacket. When I went back to look for it, it was neatly folded and placed by the roadside." "The most shocking experience was when my friend and I were standing at the side of the road, talking about the shop across the street. Right behind us was the exit to an underground parking lot. We didn't notice at the time, but a car was coming out. We noticed and moved away after a while, but the car had been waiting all that time without honking." "Driving in Japan was also shocking. No one honked, and they kept a considerable distance between cars. When turning, everyone yielded to each other and expressed gratitude." "The day we left Japan, it was raining heavily, and we didn't have umbrellas. Then, the hotel front desk staff gave us two new umbrellas, which deeply touched us!"
One user wrote: "I took off my ring in the station restroom and left it on the sink, completely forgetting about it. After wandering around town for a while, I realized it was gone, but I just thought I had lost it normally. Eventually, I inquired at the station's lost and found, and it was returned to me." In response to this, another user commented, "It's precisely in places without surveillance cameras that you can truly gauge the average character of the people there."