And Sometimes Why » lock http://www.davidhed.com/blog adventures of an English teacher in Japan Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:19:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 It’s the Little Things #1 http://www.davidhed.com/blog/2009/05/15/its-the-little-things-1/ http://www.davidhed.com/blog/2009/05/15/its-the-little-things-1/#comments Fri, 15 May 2009 03:53:39 +0000 David http://www.davidhed.com/blog/?p=444 I’m starting a new series of posts on my blog today. It’s basically just a quick blurb about something unexpectedly different between America and Japan. So, without further ado, here’s “It’s the Little Things,” part the first.

Pheer my mad Photoshop skillz 99% of the time (anecdotally, of course) locks in Japan lock with what I’d call “underhand” rotation, meaning that the lower part of the lock matches the movement of the bolt- as opposed to American locks, where the movement of the bolt typically mirrors the movement of the upper part of the lock.

Pictured is my apartment door, currently locked.

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