Why Do The Japanese Drive On The Left?

Keep walking, yup.

 

Here is something totally unrelated to what we do here but Greg fire truck has the steering wheel on the right.  So, I was looking around and just about learned all of world history by exploring which countries drive on the left and which on the right and why.  It seems Japan’s preference goes back to the days of the samurai  when they being mostly right handed would prefer to walk on the left to avoid clanking swords with the guy coming the other way.  Yea, wayback.

One more, because this is too good.  A friend of mine witnessed this as he was stationed there in the Navy.  It seems that Americans occupying Japan after World War Two took over the island of Okinawa sort of as one large military base and changed the driving to right side.  Then sometime in 1978 when the Americans gave the island back the Japanese then changed back to left side in one day.  I can only imagine.  I think I would get a window seat at Dunkin and hang out.

So there.  Well, that is what I am doing mostly these days, hanging out and watching, watching the Olympics.  It is is on all the time.  But doing my books and taxes simultaneously.  Geez what a chore.  Yike, totally glad when I can hand it over to Raven, our tax pro.  Will that happen first or will I figure out the rules to curling before.

OK, I got to hit the books.  This is my Camino.  You are the best, love, Felipe.

 

2 thoughts on “Why Do The Japanese Drive On The Left?”

  1. Hola Felipe!

    Driving on the left, Olimpics, Taxes and Rules of Curling are too much for my exhausted brain today! Should I report this thinking behaviour as an adverse event of the drugs?!!! hahaha!!!

    All around type of love,
    Cris

    1. Cris ~ thanks for pointing out my scattered situation. I come to realize this last evening. But I had a great turn around and am finally settled on my Lenten intentions and a sense of clarity. I think my period of being scattered was a period of growth. And there is not much clarity at that time. Maybe there are are cycles: growth, clarity, growth, clarity. Maybe. Felipe.x

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