[Koe88]

I've found this topic really interesting, because lately I've been thinking about it a lot. Last week my university ganted me with an exchange programm with the university of Nagoya. I've been planning for years a trip to Japan, but this is a whole new story. Last week I really wondered if I would fit in Japan and it's society. I was kind of scared. But after thinking about it, I decided it's a one in a lifetime opportunity, and I'm not going to waste it.
I think most of the people who go to Japan on a whim, it's because they think "now or never". I don't see it like running away, but more like taking a risk (like you all have said before). Maybe soe people are deceived with what they see, but if they hadn't tried it out, they would still have that wrong ideal of japan, and I think that's even worse.

(Excuse me for my bad english... >.<)