I know, very insular society.. and as weird as insular.. I have a translator friend there, married to a Jap lady by some weird chance.
sahi hai, but.. barely legal cartoons with tentacles etc, capsule hotels, eat alone restaurants where you dont see anyone's face, love dolls, geishas, the yakuza, martial arts, ninjas and samurai.. honor and seppuku.. kamikazi mitsubishi fighters in ww2
.. lotsa weird quirks and kinks.. fascinating, I so hope to visit one of these times.
the flip side too.. they're absolutely fascinated by other cultures, just don't want them taking over.. hence the underground xtianity scene and secret churches (harami missionaries)
wonder if they were always like this or dropping a nuke on them altered their consciousness.
Zen, bonsai trees and spirituality too... kinda like India, if you think about.. only not dirty and poor like us gangouse.