I often see babies cry in Japan.  It’s not hard to find them crying especially where people gather like supermarkets, department stores, or any public places.  Actually babies cry very often and cry loudly.

As I’ve been away from Japan for a long time,  I can compare how different from some other countries.  I stayed in Hawaii and NZ before coming back here in Japan. I scarcely saw babies cry loudly in the public in such countries, but soon after being in Japan, babies’ crying voice began to attack me anytime I go out.

I can’t tell the correct reason for this, but probably Japan is also a stressful society for babies too.  In Hawaii or NZ, society goes slower than Japanese life speed. And the adults aren’t stressed much not like the fact of Japanese adults.  Babies cry when they get stressed, if this was true, the stress makers for babies are always adults or society of the parents.  As far as the stress is serious for their parents, the babies would probably get really stressed by them without knowing.

So we see a lot of babies cry in Japan.

But it’s not fair to blame their parents only. Actually we were not stressed much in Hawaii or NZ when we stayed.  That’s because the houses are separated far from the next door, and we didn’t get pressure from the neighbors.  Those countries are not populated much, but Japan is crowded at any places.  It’s natural that we adults also are stressed to live in this competitive society of Japan.

To survive in this society, we have to tell the children ” Study hard, work hard, behave well, and live hard ! “.  It’s really hard for kids to live without any stress.

So I need to give up this if I keep living in Japan.

Someone asked me if I wanted to go to New Zealand for slower life.  I answered NO. Japanese life is speedy and often harder, but I prefer choosing the life of Japan.  I know NZ life is easier and it’s not stressful, but for me, to be honest, it’s boring to live there.  I know I am already deeply infected by speedy life virus of Japan.