Remember reading an article a couple years ago about how the “progressive” image of Japan as a technological oasis is in total contrast with the reality of Japan as locked in the past. For example, companies are still relying largely on fax machines instead of emails or text messages because the elders don’t trust anything they can’t physically hold. Or how ATMs are still located in bank lobbies, so once the bank closes you’re SOL if you need to withdraw money in the middle of the night. Which you likely will because a lot of businesses over there are still “Cash Only.”