If for some reason, the train is delayed by more than two minutes, all passengers get a delay certificate which they can show at their office should they require to. This kind of discipline and respect for time can only be experienced in Japan. I have traveled across the world and been to over 70 countries but I have never seen this kind of culture anywhere.
Haruki Murakami, part 7: Burning and Norwegian Wood
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Still from Lee Chang-dong's *Burning* (2018). Image source: The Criterion
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