Things I've realized about Japan

Myth #1 Japan is expensive
Only Osaka area and Tokyo area is expensive. The rest of the area is fairly cheap. For example, in Fukuoka the hawaii of Japan you can get a nice apartment near the beach keep in mind it's a 3 bedroom apartment for $250 a month!

Myth#2 Japanese people are nice
Not all japanese people are nice. There are some mean ones, but they do have the world's best customer service hands down

Myth #3 Japanese people love foriengers
I had to learn this the hard it's a mixed bag. Some japanese people hate foriengers and will make it known too. Some japanese people love foriegners and others don't really care so much. But there are a lot of friendly people here though!

Myth#4 Japanese people are fake
Fake people are everywhere get use to it. Not all japanese people are fake and it's easy to tell if their genuine. When you invite them to places do they make excuses and say no or do they say yes? Do they go the extra mile to talk to you? If you said yes to the extra mile then you can see that there are true. A fake person would not go the extra mile for your nor spend a lot of time to you they will just say hi and bye and maybe small talk but that's about as far as they will go!

Myth#5 Japan is hard to make good friends
Again that is everywhere in this world! It's hard to make good friends period!

I also believe that no one really knows everything about Japan. You may know certain stereotypes with each region like Osaka people are friendly!! (I really don't think they're as friendly as everyone makes them out to be esp. at night they can be downright rude!) Then again it's the city too. But yes, every part of japan is different and there are different rules and customs. Just like America where you have the south,east, midwest and other places! Well anyways that's all peace!