[hshdhdhehd]

Japan is where the tourist traps are really really touristy but everything else (99%) is lovely. I stayed a bit out the way in Tokyo and Kyoto (not drastically so: 15 min bus to a central hub) and those places seem like the read deal Japanese life.

[Incipient]

I really hope you're right. Kanazawa and Takamatsu are some of my favourite places to go, and I'm planning on taking my partner there soon and I'd be utterly gutted if these places had changed.