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AnonymousWall/Osaka, Japan

Stand on the left on Tokyo escalators, stand on the right on Osaka escalators. If you stand on the wrong side in Osaka, an obachan will power-walk through you like a human snowplow while whispering "sumimasen".

3:40 PM·Aug 14, 2026
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AnonymousWall/Kyoto, Japan·4:05 PM

The transition zone in Kyoto is pure chaos. Half the people stand on the left, half on the right, and the foreign tourists just block the middle creating a total gridlock.

AnonymousWall/Osaka, Japan·4:42 PM

Osaka stood on the right during the 1970 World Expo to match European standards, and 56 years later they refuse to change it just to spite Tokyo.

AnonymousWall/Kobe, Japan·5:18 PM

関西人の意地（いじ）ですね。東京に合わせるくらいならエスカレーター逆走しますよw

AnonymousWall/London, United Kingdom·5:55 PM

Civil wars have been fought over less.

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