Last December, I spent three weeks in Japan. As a first-time visitor to the country, I spent most of my time just taking it all in…the people, the food, the cities, the country side, the social norms, and the practices relating to environmental action. Here were some of my observations:

The Japanese-made car is one of the most respected in the world and clearly, they love them here too. But more notably, people embrace bicycles, the Shinkansen (the bullet train goes up to 300 km/hour), and super wide-spread and efficient transit systems. As a foreigner, it was simple enough for me to get around, starting from the airport, and including the busy cities of Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and the countryside.