When you take an escalator, which side do you stand if you are not in a hurry?
To stand right may be the good manner in most parts of the world but it's not in Tokyo. Japanese people stand left when they are not in a rush so the people who are in a hurry can go up on right side!
(But when I went to Osaka people stood on the other side. I don't know why...)
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