My experience was totally different in in the main point: the Japanese were unfailingly polite and courteous with me. But, unlike this fellow, I was comfortable

My experience was totally different in in the main point: the Japanese were unfailingly polite and courteous with me. But, unlike this fellow, I was comfortable being viewed as a foreigner. And always respectful in my expression. (I was also younger than him when I lived there, which might also have made a difference.)