not.
your first question (or rather statement):
"i don't seem to get it why they like western countries that much"
I shall explain with an old saying:
the grass is always greener on the other side
how japan "was" depends on what era you're talking so i have no idea what it is you want there.. if you mean the samurai period... sure.. why not bring back a time when only the samurai could have names, everyone else were to only be known by their profession ("hi fisherman!" "well waddayaknow! hi cobbler, haven't seen you in a while, how's horsedungsalesman doing?") and samurai killed people for looking at them the wrong way (not an exaduration) and everyone was just plain false and murderous.. that's a GREAT time to live in.. especially if you're horsedungsalesman's apprentice or something.
copying the good stuff from another countries is a way to evolve as a people.. to reach new technologic advances..
what's the use in re-inventing the wheel?
the "it was better in the old days" mentality is dead wrong.. it WASN'T better in the old days.. everyone remembers the good parts of everything...
it's like when i was in the army... I
hated every moment of guard duty.. I also don't have a single real memory from guard duty.. or any other boring or otherwise negative task.. I do however have alot of cool memories.. but if I add them all up they'd probably be something like a week.. I didn't do my services for a week.
the bad parts are always set aside.. so whatever picture you have of
old japan is romantisized(?) to a very high degree... just go there and enjoy how it is now.
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