Traveling differences

This year for Christmas through New Years we went on a three week vacation. Our flight back to America the carts for luggage were free but the security was really rough. We had to take off our shoes and jackets and empty our pockets. Since we had laptops we had to take them out of our bags so they could scan the batteries. Everything in our bags that are checked has to be scanned along with our carry-ons. It was a 17 hour flight back to America. After staying in America for three weeks we went to the airport and went through security again. This time it was a lot different. First off we had to pay three dollars for the carts at the American airport. The security was the same, but once we arrived in Japan it was totally different. We didn't have to take off our shoes or jackets or anything like that. it was entirely different and less strict. I asked my mom why it was like this. She said that after 9-11 America couldn't take any chances. Too many people have tried too many things to hurt Americans. There have been incidents where people have tried to bring a bomb on the air plane in a water bottle to people putting grenades in stuffed animals.
In Japan it's not like this at all because people don't do things like this. There are barely any crimes there for two reasons: one because their jails are actual jails. It's a little room with a hard cot for a bed and it's cold and there isn't a TV. The only entertainment they have is once a week a little cart comes by with books on it and you get to choose one. Number two because people their care about their families and for them to cause a crime or something would bring shame to their family. Imagine you being the first one in hundreds of years to bring shame to your family. How would that make you feel? That's the other reason why there aren't many crimes there.
Since there are very little crimes there the security and things at airports aren't near as high. It's also a lot more safe in Japan and you don't have to worry about being kidnapped or anything.

That's one of the many differences between Japan and America.