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One time I was stopped by an older man in an Ueno temple and was given a lecture about how Japanese women talk/interact with foreigners and study abroad, but Japanese men do not. In my experience, most of the Japanese foreign exchange students I've met have pretty much been all women as well. Do you feel this is the case, that predominately Japanese women study abroad? If so, what do you think is the reason that men don't?

Probably is. One of my friends who traveled with me that year encountered him in the same temple the previous year. He's a nice guy, but you just get broadsided out of nowhere with his lectures. He also recited every US president in chronological order without hesitation, which made me feel ashamed in myself as a U.S. citizen for only remenbering 1/4 of those names .... and even in chronological order :(