Soon as I see "full of contradictions" in any book or article about Japan, I ignore
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"Japan is modern...and yet...traditional...WHOA I'M OVERWHELMED BY THE CONTRADICTIONS"
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A LAND BOTH ANCIENT AND MODERN
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WHERE BULLET TRAINS WHIZ PAST GEISHAS
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WHERE SKYSCRAPERS CAST SHADY SHADOWS OVER TIMELESS SHRINES
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There's a circle of hell reserved for travel writing.
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*bad travel writing (admittedly most of it)
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"relations & expressions in the Orient are covered by a fine, yet impermeable mist: at once both bewitching and bewildering to outsiders..."
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"enigmatic"
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