[joeyj]

Japan is great, but can be tiring. Also, while most people are very friendly, there is a certain smugness to it all... For example, many will smile at you but won't be smiling to you.

But, I'd say the majority of people there were more polite to me than the average American here. But, if you need to go to school or anything like that, I'd take care of all that first. I made the mistake of going there without any education and I had a rough time for the last half year I was there.