I presume the author lives in Japan? Living in Korea, I find the different perception interesting. To me, Korea is much more modern than any Japanese city. In c

I presume the author lives in Japan? Living in Korea, I find the different perception interesting. To me, Korea is much more modern than any Japanese city. In contrary, to me Japan has some kind of "old flair" everywhere. Just how you'd expect from a nation that boomed some time ago – where the success has settled, so to say. That contributes to my general perception of Japan as being very very different from all I know. Compared to that, Korea is much closer to the US or Europe. For traveling/exploring Japan is awesome, but talking about living I know why I chose Korea.