Basically, its that thing again, only looking at parts of Japan, and think that everything over there is awesome. I call that the "Perfect Japan" view that many young people are adopting. I acknowledge that some things in Japan are cool, animes, mangas, cute stuff etc. However, people need to also look at the reality,…

P.P. is correct— those are kindergarten buses up there. In urban areas (Tokyo, Yokohama—where I live—Osaka, etc.) there are *no* school buses. Kids walk to and from school (my three do— 3rd, 4th, and 6th grade) if they go to a public school, and use public transportation if they go to a private school too far from…

I teach in Japan at a junior high school. The buses that service us and the elementary school are just normal looking buses that are green and white. The buses that service the kindergarten though do have pictures of Anpanman characters on the side. While I'm sure there are some schools using buses like the ones in…