Fabian wrote:
> ifignow hu kiteb:
> 
> 
>>I grew up in rural Japan 20 years ago when it was a very
>>different culture, where people were earnest and not pretentious.
>>Tokyo today feels like a foreign country because people here are so
>>obsessed with fashion, drinking, and sex. I'm not into that at all --
>>
>>I am not a religious person, but I've spent the past ten years among
>>software professionals in Silicon Valley and elsewhere, plus I am
>>going to graduate school, where the majority of students are from
>>places like rural China and have probably never been to a bar in
>>their life. It's sort of like religious training, so this party
>>culture feels pretty offensive to me.  Are there things to see here
>>for people who aren't into the shallowness?
> 
> 
> Nope. Nothng at all. Try not to go off at the deep end - you'll crack
> your head on the bottom.

He hasn't made any friends yet, has he?  If I were him, I would go on a
Magical Mystery Hato Bus Tour.  It's also a pity that he has to leave
the country on the 13th.  He would miss all the beautiful college girls
in kimono on the 15th.  Oh, no, I don't think he will miss it because
after all, Seijin-no-hi is a fashion and drinking alcohol day as well.