3 Ridiculous Myths About Modern Japan That Simply Aren’t True

Samurais perished over 100 years ago. Ninjas too. And no, geisha girls aren’t on standby to sing you karaoke. What modern Japan really looks like.

Iain Stanley
Digital Global Traveler
9 min readApr 13, 2023

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When you close your worn and weary eyes each night and drift off to the mystical twangs of the shamisen wafting over…

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Iain Stanley
Digital Global Traveler

Aussie in Japan creating a 2nd income through writing. For my free 10-point guide to Medium success, click here: https://iain-stanley.ck.page/10pointguide