Three things in Japan that prove the US is living in the past. First, Japan has these tiny plastic finger gloves for when you're eating messy or saucy food. Instead of grabbing a bunch of napkins or licking your fingers, you just slide one of these on and keep it moving.
It's actually kind of genius and makes eating way less of a hassle. Then, when workers are cleaning the windows on tall buildings, there's always someone standing on the ground holding an umbrella. Not for themselves, but to make sure no one walking by gets dripped on.
It's such a simple thing, but it shows how much they think ahead over there. They also have self-heating food boxes on trains. They're called bento boxes, and they heat themselves up.
You just pull a string, wait 5 minutes, and your food's hot and ready to eat. No microwave, no outlet, no asking anyone for help. And Japan even made butter easier.
They've got butter sticks that work like glue sticks. Twist the bottom and it pushes right up so you can spread it straight on toast. No knife, no mess, just clean and easy.
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