Japan was wicked even though too busy to have posted but I managed to fire something off the night I left on over-priced half-broken internet connection - typos and all (apologies).
But it's been fun and the post has apparently already attracted flames on Japanese-'expat' websites for being too blue-eyed and naive.
Gotta love em, so screw me and check it here. :) (and flame me since I can't check the blog as I've just arrived in China).