Marvelous piece of writing. I've been to Tokyo in past December and was renting an apartment in Shibuya via Aribnb. While searching for a good place to stay I

Marvelous piece of writing. I've been to Tokyo in past December and was renting an apartment in Shibuya via Aribnb. While searching for a good place to stay I noticed that a lot were listed either by foreigners living in Japan or by people who have close ties with the west (work with western companies or travel a lot). I've also met new friend from the US there (via reddit) and unlike me, he did stay with the Japanese family in a guest room. But it seems like they too were more open in the matter of sharing living space because they also had another guest staying with them and she was from Australia (can't remember now, but I think she's a relative of said family - so that too could be attributed to closer ties with the "west").