Tokyo is a wonderful and diverse city created by quite possibly the most homogeneous people. Tokyo has Disneyland, the Effiel tower, food from around the world, American commercialism, and a beautiful european-style brewery complex called the Yebisu Garden Place. Tokyo took all the great things and put them in one city. It's a fun place, but the culture you get out of it is not very Japanese...or is this what Japanese culture is becoming. Sitting with a friend at the Yebisu beer garden over lots of beer, we talked about what is Tokyo culture becoming, or if there would be any left in 30 years. There is no modern, western country as closed to foreigners as Japan is. The immigration, citizenship and naturalization policies are ridiculous. Less than 2% of hte population of Japan is not
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