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Japanese live a very busy life style, if you think you can get use to the busy/rush/pack style, then Japan is definitely fun

I don't know anything about europe, my fiancee dropped it from our list of honeymoon destination, so I guess I won't be seeing europe any time soon, so I really can't say much to compare

If you can afford it, I would recommend staying in each place for a week to experieince it a bit first before closing the deal, you really don't want to just go and study somewhere that you aren't sure of