I'm glad someone understood my small-term plight. I agree it takes after American culture well, but in my eyes, I see Tokyo taking a page of 1950s American city life and them building upon that.
Still though, the reek of materialism on the streets really bugs me, I never seen so many soulless, sexually repressed robots. I remember reading up on an article in Tokyo of the corpses of homeless people being "discovered" 2 weeks after their passing in broad daylight on the sidewalk. So yeah, there is their issue of apathy.
But otherwise, Japan is an...ok vacation spot for it's natural beauty(save for how expensive everything there is, and of course, I don't recommend going there as a pretty white girl based on the traumatic stories I've read up), just don't go there when they soon turn the whole nation into a "giant robot with slimy tentacle arms" factory. Cherish your experiences in "country Japan" like Satoyama like I do, avoid the more robust/busy cities is something I would advise. Of course,take my opinion based on experiences and research with a grain of salt since I'm a cynical *******.
