This is true. They are also less inhibited with foreigners—like they no longer fear being misheard or misunderstood. They just get on with it and communicate.
Another thing. Unlike my own country, retirees here are cheerful I think because they aren’t needy or poor. They have simple, basic “safety net” incomes and so aren’t concerned about survival.
Respect to the 'man in the Hat'.
I need a hat like that. For gardening. I’m getting killed and it’s still only June.
In Japan, people in their late 60s and 70s are the best: cheerful, uninhibited, opinionated. I just love them.
This is true. They are also less inhibited with foreigners—like they no longer fear being misheard or misunderstood. They just get on with it and communicate.
Another thing. Unlike my own country, retirees here are cheerful I think because they aren’t needy or poor. They have simple, basic “safety net” incomes and so aren’t concerned about survival.