Bizzare, this word probably best describes Japanese culture, which defies all categories. In the Country of Blossom Cherry, tradition meets modernity. There is room for the most amazing subcultures here, and at the same time, citizens' behaviour is subject to numerous rigid conventions. The almost tangible spirit of samurai and geisha does not interfere with the development of state-of-the-art technologies to relieve or even replace humans in many works.
