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Number Four Is Considered Unlucky

There are plenty of superstitions surrounding luck and numbers in Asia. For that matter, there are plenty in the West as well (we're looking at you, number 13). So, it shouldn't come as a surprise that Japanese culture has its own unlucky number, which is four. The number four sounds a lot like the word for death in Japanese, so people will go out of their way to avoid the number.

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For example, tourists might notice that their hotel is missing a fourth-floor button on their elevator. If their building has over 40 floors, the 40th - 49th might be missing entirely.