Manners are the new punk!

People ask me why I love traveling to Japan, Finland, Denmark and the Netherlands so much. One word: manners! I’m not naïve. I have lived and travelled across far too many countries to know that, given time, the underbelly of any culture will eventually show itself and that no society is perfect. Just read Butter , by Asako Yuzuki ( 柚木 麻子 ) and you get my point. Still, just travel to Japan and…