Well put MMM.
I didn't really experience electronics, Manga, Anime, or anything like it.
What I did experience was plnety of senior Japanese friends who oftened joined me and them in night's, lunches out to typical Japanese Izakayas (spelling) green Te in Uji, or Sake in Fushimi.
We received a ticket to see a Kabuki show at the famouse theatre in Kyoto, and also a ticket to for a Maiko dancing show in Gion, Kyoto followed by green tea ceremony all served by Maiko.
My teenage friends, university type, and I would often go out for dinner, which could mean anything from a Thai restaurant to an expensive Japanese in Kiyamatchi Dori, Kyoto.
My first real taste of green tea was me making it! I did a cultural thing with the Nara Girl Guide group. I did it all, encircled by them, when I drank it, I nearly spewed! I held back with a smile and spelled at Omai, and the came the Unko cake to take away the flavour.
For me Japan was friendly people, quiet bike rides, the odd attraction visit, lunch by the river, and working all the other times.
All this could have been because I was living in Kyoto. I don't know.
My main experience with electronics was purchasing an awesome SONY Digital Cam still in use today, and a SONY DSC-T1 small camera when they first came out, once again, still in use today.
I also fell in love with watches, CASIO G-Shock's, the limited edition one's, and I ended up with a cupboard full of them.
Apart from that, I travelled to certain places, namely Kumamoto (wifes home town), Wakayama for short breaks, and the odd experience in love hotels in Osaka which was fun.
One of the things that stuck in my mind was dinner time at Coganoi Hotel in Wakayama. A massive almost Western Style abode, although it really felt like a Japanese home with evryone turning up for dinner in Yukata. We had Sukiyaki that night. Tasteless for me, very poular for other's.
All these breaks meant hiring a car, and driving. I used to thoroughly enjoy that.
I did spend the odd night at a Kyoto city night disco type club, although my age told me that a quiet drink and chat with friends was now for me.
All in all, Japan offfers many different things for different people, all prefectures differ, country, city, coast and inland, wherever one goes, they will see new things.
And last but not least, to anyone thinking of travelling and living in Japan, remember, it is full of culture, try to udnerstand and admire it for what it is with a smile on your face
