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What's some amazing technology they have in Japan that's very normal to them but would blow our minds here in the US and western world? (lemm.ee)

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Refrigerators that make way less noise than the ones we have here. Japanese more often live in small apartments so noise is a bigger nuisance. But, those refrigerators are ridiuclously expensive by our standards. I had been interested in buying one, oh well.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Japanese more often live in small apartments

Cries in NYC

[–] [email protected] 26 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Another big difference is the apartments are actually very affordable. Two minimum wage earners could afford a ~~3~~ 2 bedroom apartment in 6 of the 23 wards in Tokyo.

EDIT: 2 bedroom, not 3.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Yeah that's honestly insane.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You do realize a 3 bedroom appt is like 40-60m2 over here right?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

40m^2 seems small. 60m^2 is 645 sq ft, so a bit smaller than we're used to, but not enough to make up the price difference.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

There are tons of silent and near-silent refrigerators in the US

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Doesn't anyone check the dB an appliance makes? It's one of the first things I check, as I hate loud devices.