Yukihiko YOSHIDA wrote:
Japan is from small islands, and most Japanese do not move long distance so
much in daily life.
However Japanese need to use crowded trains in cities.
Most Japanese would feels that the move from Tokyo to Osaka is "trip".
I feel the difference in feeling between Australian and Japanese very
interesting.
Yes, people definitely have different feelings about distances. Mount
Barker where I am living at the moment is about 45 minutes to an hour
from Adelaide by car or bus on the freeway. For me, coming from
Melbourne which is a much larger city, this is not a long trip. I have
heard many people who work in Tokyo also live an hour or more away from
the city. But many local Adelaide people thought we were strange for
living so far away because in a city of about 1 million people most of
them prefer to live less than 30 minutes from the city!
On the other hand, because our major cities are all so far apart,
Australians are used to travelling a long way to visit another city, and
even though travelling to other countries involves long flights -
sometimes even more than 20 hours! - I've noticed people from other
countries such as the US complain more about long flights than
Australians do, even when they are only travelling 6 hours from one side
of the US to the other.
Cheers,
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