LWIF EP101: First Time Visiting Japan: Expectations vs. Reality

It happens in life where you only get a single opportunity to capture an experience. So it was so with my brother and his family when they visited Japan for their very first time. I forced — I mean politely asked — them to tell me how their expectations of Japan differed from the reality of being here. If you’ve visited Japan before, how did your expectations differ from reality?

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