50 Rules in Japan that Foreigners Have Trouble Understanding

Get ready for a long queue

Long queues are the absolute worst. Whether you’re waiting in line at a fast-food restaurant or to get on a roller coaster, if it takes more than five minutes, we’re outta there. But in Japan, not only are queues super-duper long, but people are willing to wait super-duper long to get to the front of the line.

Why is that? We don’t know. It’s probably something about patience or whatever, but for the most part, people will stay put and wait the queue out. Of course, if you’re in a hurry, you can always dash out, but you won’t find many people that do this.