i love bugs. i even have two dried scorpions in a glass box along with some butterflies, like giant Atlas Moth
i love bugs that look terrifying since then i have even bigger desire to touch them.
only things i don't like are bees...they put me in the hospital once thou i'm not allergic, but still there is only so much stings that you can take. so now i have a little phobia and grandfather being bee-keeper doesn't help.
one of the first posts was about ticks. don't know about japan but here ticks are common. specially if you go to woods with dogs. i once got some 13 grape-sized ticks out of my dog. i've caught some crawling on me, but never got bitten (once in my life only). well still - i've taken vaccines all my life (once every 2 years or so) for safety.