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I was trapped. Osaka was to be viewed second hand through Mike, a 60-something English teacher, with limited social skills. Luckily, I managed to escape Mike and the gang during the queue for immigration, and made my way to the train for the 45- minute journey to the center of Osaka. And it is at the train station that the difference between Japan and Korea hits you. No vomit, cigarette butts, rubbish, homeless people or spit. People seemed to be going about their business quietly and efficiently, oblivious to the foreigner in their midst. There were no screeching old women, whining females, no shouting, fighting or stares. It was like returning to the first world.

The train was ridiculously Japanese, with revolving velvet seats, digital news-feeds above the doors, smiling attendants and a weird sense of calm.

The first thing you notice on exiting Namba station is the smell. There isn't one. The Westerners look normal, almost cool, not something you could say about 99 percent of those who teach in Korea. Unlike the pedestrianized anarchy that is Korea, the Japanese walk on opposite sides of the path, so it is almost impossible to bump into someone. No one drives mopeds or cars on the path, something the Koreans think nothing of. The Japanese themselves look sleek and refined, unlike the gawking nerds and vest wearing adjussi's that prowl the streets in Seoul. No one laughs at you for being a foreigner, or points or shouts "Waygook" (literally foreigner). While this might seem normal, not being stared at in Korea is an almost miraculous occurrence.

한줄요약 : 한국은 민도가 개구리고 더럽고 지저분하고 난잡하다 일본은 선진국같고 한국은 유사인류가 사는 나라같다