A view on certain good aspects of Japan
We British should perhaps be ashamed of ourselves the way we treat the Country. In Japan all the vehicles are clean even the huge trucks and buses must be washed every day.
We have travelled quite a lot of Kilometres since we have been here and perhaps noticed only the odd plastic bottle or piece of paper lying around either on the City roads or even on the Expressways. People are proud to complete the job they have no matter how menial and are happy with it. We have during our stay visited a number of public toilets and they are always spotless and in the last couple of days we have used two motorway (Expressway) Service area where the toilet facilities are not only immaculate but provide excellent facilities for changing baby nappies and most importantly specially designed toilet’s for those people who are unfortunate enough to have to have an Ostomy bag.
Having had an Ostomy bag for fourteen months and the hassle of emptying it many times per day and try to find suitable toilets in areas that we visited was a nightmare to me sometimes.
If in the UK we have these facilities at all main line station and in Motorway service stations it would make a massive difference to many people and it like the efforts going in to making accessible the Underground and other shops and transport facilities to enable those who are disabled.
As most people are aware trains and buses run on time with NO STRIKES and even Japan Air Lines have the record for the most on time departure and arrival of any other Airline.
We have a long way to go in the Uk to get even close to what Japan has achieved. Yesterday when trying to use the restaurant in the Hotel where there was buffet and with my food challenges which I passed on the the clerk on reception he went away and spoke to the chef and then booked a table at another restaurant in the Hotel and guided us there to explain to the staff what was required.
I do realise that Japan also has a poverty problem but they appear to be addressing it and I am not sure the UK Government is ………
That's my rant for today
