Like different countries have different languages, they also have different ways to count. If you are going to count to 5 and use your finger how would you do it? If you are in the U.S. you would probably start with your pointer finger and count like this:
If you were in Europe (or at least Germany or Austria) you would count to five like this (just so you're not confused the picture shows the front and back side of the hand)
But if you were in Japan, you would go the opposite way. Instead of adding fingers as you get higher in numbers, you take them away - like this:
And if you want to get really crazy with counting on your fingers here you go (not quite sure how this works as 4 doesn't even show 4 fingers or have 4 taken away, but if you could master this it would be pretty impressive):
If you were in Europe (or at least Germany or Austria) you would count to five like this (just so you're not confused the picture shows the front and back side of the hand)
But if you were in Japan, you would go the opposite way. Instead of adding fingers as you get higher in numbers, you take them away - like this:
And if you want to get really crazy with counting on your fingers here you go (not quite sure how this works as 4 doesn't even show 4 fingers or have 4 taken away, but if you could master this it would be pretty impressive):
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