Since I haven’t finished my writing for Yokohama, Tokyo and Hakodate I wanted to post my thoughts on Japan and show you some of the general look of the people.

First, Japan is not a tourist friendly country and should do more to promote tourism if that is what it wants. No street signs in English and very little English written anywhere except on major stores. Pamphlets for various sites are usually not printed in English. Even China is more tourist friendly.

Some stores do not accept credit cards and very few currency exchange sites and very few ATMs. The port terminals should have ATMs and currency exchanges but they don’t. I know westerners were not welcome 250 years ago but I feel that Western visitors are still not welcome by the government and I actually like Japan. The people are friendly even though the general atmosphere is not.

I have included here some photos of people which are self evident why I included them. But note the working man uniform. I would say that 98% of the working white collar workers wear a black suit. Take note of the school uniforms. Also, this is a typical scene at the shopping areas.