tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3788205592366829678.post3401543830393374118..comments2008-02-14T01:56:36.964-08:00Comments on Early impressions of Japan and the roads: Working together with courtesy.shizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06136442267562211198noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3788205592366829678.post-62453158630858405322008-02-14T01:56:00.000-08:002008-02-14T01:56:00.000-08:00You have some interesting observations. I like tha...You have some interesting observations. I like that you discuss the environment of Japan and people's behavior as well. You are on the right track with your blog...<BR/><BR/>Brian Moeran in his Okubo Diary (1985, Stanford University Press) writes about how roads in rural Kyushu are narrow on purpose so that people have to stop and move out of the way for each other (and thus talk with each other, too.).<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure if I observe this kind of cooperation here in Osaka...<BR/><BR/>-scfvisual gonthroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00441698021838798417noreply@blogger.com