But there is also peace.

[Gandalf]

None of that surprises me all that much. We can't really judge modern Japan on their past wrongdoings, a different time and a different mindset. It's like saying we should judge modern Germany on the Nazi's. There is no point comparing them. I really like Japan, but at the same time it is no eden either.

Props to all those countries in the peaceful top 10. That's what I like to see, some very decent countries there.

[Andre]

Good thread.
Funny how Tokyo could be thought of as peaceful; to me that is my idea of a nightmare on wheels.
I suppose the rest of Japan outweighs the heart.

Then again I can walk naked down some of our local beaches and no one is there at all, all day long; And yet less than 1 hours drive and I could be getting beat up by brick welding packs of thugs just for fun.

Strange days.

[CFH]

Good thread.
Funny how Tokyo could be thought of as peaceful; to me that is my idea of a nightmare on wheels.
I suppose the rest of Japan outweighs the heart.

Then again I can walk naked down some of our local beaches and no one is there at all, all day long; And yet less than 1 hours drive and I could be getting beat up by brick welding packs of thugs just for fun.

Strange days.

I loved Tokyo. It is one of, if not the, best places I have ever been.