50 Crazy Facts About Japan You Won’t Believe

40. There are over 5 million vending machines in the country

39. In Japan, sleeping on the job is acceptable

38. There’s a highway that goes through a building in Japan

37. For the Japanese, black cats bring good luck

36. More paper is used for comics than for toilet paper in the country

35. Japanese Haiku poetry, which consists only of three lines, is the shortest in the world

34. 70% of Japan’s surface is covered in mountains, with over 200 volcanoes

33. Japan’s literacy rate is almost 100%

32. There are approximately 1,500 earthquakes yearly in Japan

31. Rice is eaten in every meal in Japan