So Japan is a pretty interesting place
Japan has always been on my list of places I needed to visit since, for one, I love ramen and gyoza, and two, everyone that goes to Japan says it's such a unique country. I was lucky enough to have Kyoto as a destination on Remote Year. During my stay in Japan, I got to hit 5 different cities: Osaka, Kyoto, Tokyo, Hiroshima, and Hakone. They all offered different views of Japan and I walked away with new knowledge and appreciation for the Land of the Rising Sun, though to be fair, I didn't see a lot of sun during our stay. One takeaway I was unaware of is the Japanese are not really religious. There's a joke about the Japanese that they're born Shinto, live Atheist, and die Buddhist. The two main religions are Buddhism and Shinto but overall the Japanese are not very actively religious. That being said, there are a ton of shrines and torii gates throughout Japan and they're all beautiful and breathtaking. Kyoto definitely felt like the most historical city I visited