[Paul11]

Within social sciences, there's the notion that observations are always clouded by ones psychological make-up. Therefore, even the most astute observer who has lived in Japan is bound to see Japan through the emotional/mental filters that cloud the eyes.

We are humans with a set of senses with which to experience the environment, to process the stimuli. The world is not what we see, only experienced the way our senses allow. A tree in the woods does not make a sound if no one os there because sound is a phenomena of ears attatched to a brain.

When in Japan we see what our brains allow us to see. So we are all of distorted views about Japan.

Yaaaay!