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Originally Posted by tenmins
Japanese people are very hospitable to strangers who are friends of friends and the like but to welcome in complete strangers is something I haven't heard of before.
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Yes, I have experienced this both first and second hand. I have seen Japanese take in cousins they have never met before and friends of friends who need a hand, but complete strangers seems rare.
I was watching one tv show with Tokoro George and they sent some minor talento with a camera crew to a remote area of Hokkaido or northern Honshu with only like 300 yen a day or something. I think the first night he spent the night in the park because he couldn't find someone to put him up for the night (even with a camera crew in tow). The next night he knocked on dozens of doors, but finally found a home that let him stay for a night or two (in exchange for working around the house and farm).