Talk:Hatsune Miku/@comment-5169433-20120713211910/@comment-53539-20120715131029

I wouldn't say they have the best imagination, as there are things in the west that have just as much imagination too. Its just because we're used to certain aspects of our culture, a piece of artwork can often go unnoticed. They've drawn a lot of influence from the west themselves over the last century, thus a lot of things we see now originally came from inspiration taken at a earlier date from us, they just gave it their own spin and developed it into what we see today.

This isn't 100% certain on all things, but now they are in turn inspiring us again I guess, so the inspiration is coming back around. But, yeah, in the west a piece of artwork could go unappricated that in Japan might be enjoyed. The contrast of cultures can sometimes turn things around you'd not expect them to do. :-/

I used to have a lot of sources for information on visiting Japan, but this was 2002-2004, I havebn't been a anime fan since 2006.

We did, however note one of the most important things to learn is simply for asking directions on where the nearesty toilet/bathroom was... Logic was, that was the one thing that you couldn't hold onto or wait for was when you had to go, whereas food and water you can hold on for several hours and eventually find an outlet for. XD