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went to Japan for the first time a couple weeks ago, was a great experience.
Not being able to speak Japanese wasn't really a problem, there are plenty of signs in english and the people are very polite and patient.
Japan is still quite an insular country (before 1850 they closed the country's borders to foreigners for 200 years) and I've been told it can be quite hard to form close relationships with the japanese. However because of the rigidity of the society a lot of women have this fantasy of escaping the country so a fling with a westerner can be quite appealing (so I'm told anyway ;)).
I'm not really a great fan of Japanese food, but I was beginning to acquire a taste for it after a week of eating nothing but it, and I lost 5 pounds, although the sweltering heat helped also.
I found it great fun, because it was so different yet comfortable and easy.
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