Japan is one of the places I've always wanted to visit. But with distance and cost it never seemed realistic. Also the culture and language just seemed so alien and foreign to be able to navigate. However, living in Korea, only an hour by ferry to the tip of Japan, and acclimatizing to Korean society, which can seem just as alien, I wasnt going pass up to opportunity to go.This is also one of the reasons I had picked Korea for a teaching job as I would be able to...