Different people have different reasons for visiting Japan, and yes, there are stereotypes such as manga, anime, ninjas, sushi and all that BS (why didn't we mention Pokemon before?). I visited Japan last year; I only stayed in the Tokyo-Yokohama area, but it was a great experience. I made an independent exchange trip there, and stayed with a Japanese family in a quiet residential area outside Yokohama. I went to a school there for 4 days, and went into Tokyo a few times and Kamakura (this is where a Daibutsu (big bronze Buddha statue) was built.
I plan to spend half of my gap year in Japan to teach English, but I also want to get know different parts of Japan besides from Tokyo and Yokohama. If I ask any of my school friends what cities in Japan or Japanese food they know, the only responses would be "Tokyo" and "sushi" respectively (everyone I know seems to think that sushi is
nothing but raw fish (that's sashimi, retards, I'd say), I mean what the fck?). I'd like to visit Osaka, Kyoto and Hiroshima during my trip.
