5 Things I Hated about Living in Japan

After 14+ visits and nearly four years in Japan, he misses England’s self-service, card payments, and staff-free shopping. He criticizes Japanese food, especially a $60-per-person fugu meal shared with his ex-wife before divorce; a ¥300 burger tasted better. He calls service robotic and bureaucracy excessive, requiring help for banking, phones, and housing; he now prefers short visits.

Autonomy and low social contact remain central; Japan shifts from imagined home to limited visits.