This comes off as preachy and has a gate keeping vibe. "No other foreigner understands Japan the way I do!" Tourists are gonna do tourist things. Do I care abo

This comes off as preachy and has a gate keeping vibe. "No other foreigner understands Japan the way I do!" Tourists are gonna do tourist things. Do I care about the plane loads of tourists flooding American scenic spots -- nope. Do I care if they are obsessed about some relic that I don't even know exists -- nope. People like what they like. Tourists, by definition, aren't gonna be into the same things as the locals. Also, I asked my fiancé what the "Shinsengumi" was, and her reaction was definitely not "wide eyed excitement", but rather like, "yeah I know about it...why?" I definitely agree there is some romanticization that goes on with any and all things Japanese -- but, it also goes both ways. Also, you do realize the hypocrisy of you stopping to take pics of this very building. But I suppose you, being so enlightened, are doing it the proper way.