Originally Posted by
hkskyline
Would suggest you bring a supply of face masks for the trip. The locals are quite good at covering up (for the most part) if they have a cough or sneeze, but
IME Japan isn't much different from anywhere else, when its citizenry are sick. A minority mask up for the rest it's "I'm already sick, so why cover up?"
Maybe WuVi will "inspire" Japan to use less cash/coinage. Maybe it will also cause konbini to put a lid on the oden (gosh, I wish that were a euphemism).