To be fair, the Japanese do the same with Western culture. You named France, here in Japan every cake shop is a "patisserie" or "boulangerie" covered in ridicul

To be fair, the Japanese do the same with Western culture. You named France, here in Japan every cake shop is a "patisserie" or "boulangerie" covered in ridiculous amounts of French text. Heck, they even have this concept of the Paris syndrome for poeple who travel to France and experience extreme culture shock: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_syndrome