I used to hear all the time "In Japan they drink more then the United States but with much more care and not to excess." But that all turned out to be bullshit. People in Japan drink the same as people in America. I see countless people drinking, and the number of drunks on the trains at the right times are very high.
Just two days ago I saw a older man, drunk, following a girl saying something like "watch out the wind will blow your skirt up, oh oh, almost, watch out, oh oh oh."
Japan with out drinking, wouldn't be Japan I have heard a few times. After any form of business you go and drink.
The legal age here is 20, this is for everything though not just drinking. But this is hardly ever inforced... there are beer vending machines.
On a side note, there is a legal age for consent in Japan. It is 18 here in Tokyo, I am suprised how many people have said otherwise.
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