Name: なるほど！50の日本事情 (50 Facts About Japan)
Uploaded: 2018-07-29T21:01:40.000Z
Duration: 11 min 13 s

1. You buy bread based on how thick you want the slices to be.

2. If you're worried about your cold groceries on the trip home, most modern Japanese supermarkets

2. スーパーによっては食材の保冷用に

様態の副詞

have free dry ice machines for you to use, specifically for that reason.

無料のドライアイス製造機があります

3. Convenience stores keep balls of paint underneath their counters for workers to throw at thieves,

3. コンビニには防犯用のカラーボールがあります

marking their clothes and body to make it easier for the police to catch them.

犯人逮捕を円滑にするのが目的です

I threw one of these at a thief once when I was working at a conbini

コンビニでアルバイト中、強盗に使った事があります

野球部で投手の経験があったので、

But I don't know if the police ever found him.

逮捕されたかは分かりませんが。笑

4. Everyone knows how common convenience stores, aka conbinis, are.

４．コンビニの利便性はご存知かと思います

It's said that you're almost always within walking distance of a conbini.

街では多くの場合、徒歩で行ける距離に複数あります

Knowing that, there are actually more dental clinics in Japan than there are conbinis.

そして、歯科クリニックはもっとあります

Twice as many, if you count each dentist.

歯科医師の数ではおよそ２倍で、

There's even a whole Japanese Wikipedia page called “The Problem of Too Many Dentists”.

歯科医師過剰問題というWikipediaのページもあります

5. You can order a smile for free at Japanese McDonald's, even as delivery.

５. 日本のマクドナルドではスマイル０円を注文できます、宅配の袋にも

6. Japan imported the culture of suits and ties from Europe, meaning most Japanese tie stripes

6. 日本はスーツとネクタイの文化をヨーロッパから取り入れました

slant up to the right, the opposite of most American ties, which slant up to the left.

その結果、ストライプ柄の大半が右上がりです、対して、アメリカは左上がりが多いです

7. School buses in Japan are mostly used for kindergarteners only, and boi those are some

7. スクールバスは大抵幼稚園までで、

8. Most Japanese streets don't have names.

8. 日本の通りに大抵名前はなく、

Your address is instead determined by a block and house numbering system.

住居表示は主に街区方式が採用されています

9. There's a package delivery company called (Kuroneko) Yamato, which means black cat Yamato.

9. クロネコヤマト（ヤマト運輸）という会社があります

Not only is their logo cats, but when they leave an attempted delivery slip in your mailbox

会社のロゴだけではなく、不在連絡票にも

it has indentations cut out in the shape of cat ears

so that blind people can easily recognize the slip.

視覚障害者の方への配慮がなされています

10. If you're not home when the mailman delivers a package, they will leave a number for you

to call, so they can redeliver within a 2 hour time window of your choosing.

2時間間隔で選択できる再配達不在連絡票を残してくれます

11. If you call before 6pm-8pm (depending on the company), they can often redeliver the same day.

11. 午後6－8時前に連絡すれば、大抵の場合は当日に再配達してくれます

And while many numbers go to call centers, some numbers call your mailman in their truck directly.

12. Japanese houses depreciate in value, like cars.

コールセンターだけではなく、ドライバーへ直通の番号もあります

A standard Japanese house reaches negative value, by the time it's 15-30 years old, meaning

empty land is worth more than land with an old house.

12. 日本の物件価値は車のように下がります

一般的に中古戸建の場合15年～30年ほどで資産価値はほぼ無くなり、

Many houses in the past were built cheaply in expectation of this cycle and then not

場合によっては、更地の状態にしたほうが売却しやすいこともあります

Constant updated earthquake safety regulations lead to newer houses being safer.

昔の家の多くは耐久度が今ほど高くなく、価格も抑えられていますが、

And technology is always improving so newer houses have better features, like better insulation

and, in some cases, even central heating and cooling!

耐震性の向上により新しい家は安全性も上がっています

14. While old houses were generally demolished over time and then built anew, these days

その他、テクノロジーの進化により、

as housing quality increases, more and more people are opting for renovating old houses

断熱性能の向上やセントラル温度管理などもあります

or apartments rather than tearing them down.

14. 古い家は取り壊して立て直す事が多かったですが、

15. Because of the aging population combined with urbanization, small Japanese towns and villages

最近では、家の性能向上に伴い、取り壊しでなく、

are increasingly at risk of disappearing altogether.

リノベーションを選択する事が多くなっています

In 2015 Japan had an estimated 15,568 terminal villages, or villages where more than 50%

15. 高齢化と過疎化に伴い、地方の小さな集落などは

2015年の調査では、限界集落（人口の50%以上が65歳以上の高齢者）

の数は15,568(以上)とされています

16. There were also 801 villages where ALL of the residents were aged 65 or older.

調査した村の20％にもなります

And 306 villages where all residents were 75, or older.

2010年の15％から増加しています

17. Japan's aging population has resulted in changing infrastructure.

16. 調査対象のうち801集落は全人口が65歳以上

They have car stickers that specifically mark elderly drivers.

全人口が75歳以上の集落は306でした

They also have stickers for people who have been driving less than a year.

17. 高齢化に伴いインフラにも変化を与えています

18. Of course handicapped parking spots are a thing, but some places also have designated

高齢者の運転手向けにマークが導入されました

spaces near the entrance for senior drivers.

因みに初心者用（1年以内）のマークもあります

19. Most expressways in Japan, which are often suspended above ground, are heftily tolled.

18. 障害者用の専用駐車場以外にも、高齢者向けのスペースもあります

A trip from Nagoya to Tokyo, which is less than the distance between Houston and Dallas,

高齢者向けのスペースもあります

costs approximately $80 one way just to use the expressway.

19. 日本の高速道路の多くが高架で、世界的に見ても非常に割高です

20. Almost everyone backs into parking spaces in Japan.

名古屋ー東京間（ヒューストンーダラス間以下）で、

With smaller spaces you have more control over backing in.

And it's safer pulling out in what are often densely packed and highly populated parking lots.

20. 日本ではバック駐車が一般的です

21. Driver training costs roughly 2 - 4,000 dollars and you have to go to a driver school for about a month.

狭いスペースではバックの方が効率が良いです

22. You can shorten that to two weeks by going away to an actual driver training camp.

特に混んでいる駐車場では、出る時により安全です

No seriously, you stay there overnight and everything.

23. More people in Japan use trains as their primary mode of transportation than any other country

21. 自動車学校の費用はおよそ20－40万円で、

in the world—30.5% compared to the next highest of 17.2% in Switzerland.

24. Construction barriers are often shaped like cute animals.

22. 約2週間に短縮も可能で、なんと合宿があります

仲間と共に同じ釜の飯を食べるのです！

25. Many Japanese shopping centers these days have electric car chargers near the entrance.

23. 日本人は世界一電車を利用します

There was a report that said there are now more electric car chargers in Japan than gas

2位（17.2％）のスイスに比べて、30.5%（1位）とブッちぎりです

stations, but that counted each charger separately as well as personal chargers.

24. 道路工事用のバリケードは時々こんな感じです

But it's still a good step in the right direction!

26. In Japan, half the country's electrical grid operates at 50 Hz

25. ショッピングセンターにはEV用の充電器があります

ガソリンスタンドより充電器の方が多いというレポートもあります

This is because when Japan began introducing electricity to large cities, Tokyo purchased

ただし、ガソリンスタンドのポンプ数に関わらす1と数えているので公平では無いかもしれませんが、

a 50 Hz generator from Germany and Osaka purchased a 60 Hz generator from the US.

電気自動車の普及にとっては良い兆候です

Both systems eventually spread and now it's too expensive to switch one over.

26. 日本では西日本と東日本で電源周波数が違います

During the earthquake and tsunami of 3/11, this meant that the southern half of Japan

これは電力会社の購入した交流発電機の国が違うからです

couldn't provide backup power to the northern half because of the incompatible grids.

27. In the past some electrical equipment like microwaves couldn't be used in the other

大阪はアメリカ（60Hz）から購入しました

half of the country, but these days most products have been designed to work on both a 50 and 60 Hz system.

その後120年以上経った今でも変わらず、統一するには費用がかかり過ぎるのが現状です

28. The Japanese music industry is the second highest grossing music industry in the world after the US.

3.11ではこの違いにより、電力供給に問題が起こりました

29. This is spurred by the fact that Japanese people buy more physical CD's and music DVD's than any other country in the world.

電力供給に問題が起こりました

72% of music sales in Japan are still physical, compared to only 15% in the US.

27. 当時、電子レンジなどの家電製品は地域により使えませんでしたが、

現在は多くの製品が両周波数に対応しています

the sun literally rises AT 4:30 AM in cities like Tokyo and Nagoya in the height of summer.

31. Bamboo is one of the fastest growing plants in the world and some species of Japanese

28. 日本の音楽産業はアメリカに次いで売上が高いです

bamboo can grow up to a meter a day in its early growth.

32. New bamboo shoots are also incredibly strong and capable of growing through wood, stone,

29. これは日本人の音楽CD・DVD購入割合が世界で最も高いからです

This combined with its fast growth have led to rare but very real cases of Japanese people

アメリカの15％に比べ、日本は72％となっています

waking up in the morning to find a bamboo shoot growing in the middle of their house.

33. Hydrangeas were first cultivated in Japan, and as a result Japan has a much larger variety

You'll find them along roadsides all over the country.

34. The name of this Japanese species of hydrangea, which Jun used in his cooking video, is Dance Party!

31. 竹は世界的にも成長速度の早い植物ですが、

35. Many common Japanese monsters in anime and mythology

日本種の中には1日で1m以上伸びた報告もあります

are based off of real animals and insects.

32. 竹の子の成長パワーは強力で、

36. There are so many cicadas in Japan that they come out every year.

コンクリートさえ突き破るほどです

The sound of cicadas is the quintessential sound of summer.

中には、こんな報告もあります

You'll notice them often in the background of TV shows, anime, and video games to establish the summer setting.

「朝起きたら、竹の子が床を突き破ってた！」