O-torii Gate, Miyajima, Japan, Nov 2025 Today I did a day trip from Hiroshima to Miyajima. I’d initially had mixed feelings about it because of how touristy people had said it was. My eyes bulged as I exited the train, a herd of us streaming toward the ferry like a concert crowd spilling out after the final song. I braced myself for a miserable wait, but the queue moved almost magically. People vanished onto the giant vessels as if we were stepping into Hermione Granger’s bea

The cultural psychology behind something as simple as crossing the street.