[spoonybard]

Meh. I live on the mountain we own(according to human standards), and can see two cities(three if you include where I live)when I stand at the top of the biggest mountain. This is a completely different island on a completely different side of the world, but the point is that I agree with the dude that said that the real Japan is both worlds meshing with the other. And, as most have reiterated over and over, it is my belief that most of us know that there is a LOT more to be seen there as there is anywhere else.

Unfortunately for us, most people drag their asses over here to see the Bacardi Rum factory. Also, they don't seem to know much about the Tainos or the stuff that's natural to this place. Oh, well. At least some go to El Yunque and the caverns in Camuy. The point is that Japan is not the only place that suffers from the things that the OP is complaining about.