LOL! So true , buddy. When i was in Cebu (Philippines) couple of summers ago, i took a boat trip to an island called Daanbantayan it was a local boat the folks call 'Banka', anyways, it was a group of us Japanese tourists on the boat. Mostly in the late 20s, 30s and early 40s age group of Japanese tourists -- we were heading for a dive spot. We dove -- our dive master had us in the water for an hour or so, surfaced, then dove back down to another dive spot which they called "Black Forest" because of the large amount of corals and sea cucumbers in the dive spot; beautiful area, beautiful. Anyways, after the dive, most of our group were famished and the dive master was recommending we take the boat back to mainland Cebu, but that was too far away. Most of the Japanese tourists (specially the women) were already complaining of feeling light headed, needed food, needed sugar; so our dive master and tour guide took us to a local eatery in some of the towns in Daanbantayan Island. It was one of those restaurants that are jotted up by the bay, fresh fish, fresh everything. I guess the dive master was hesitant to take us to a 'non-4class restaurant' for fear of letting us eat local food, which is rubbish. Anyways, we loved it, we had authentic Cebuano-style food ; a dish that i learned to love include "Kinilaw" (its similar to ceviche), they served us fish tinola (its a soup based broth with chicken, bakchoy, chinese celery, string beans, ginger, tamarind), then they served us fried snapper, a soup broth composed of sea bass --- the dish is called "Tinola Isda". OMG, seriously, most of the Japnaese tourists -- after that food --- really loved and i mean love love authentic Filipino food. Not only the food, the people were very friendly, they were singing for us as we ate, local kids were even doing karaoke and dancing -- impressive!!
For Japanese, we appreciate genuine feelings, genuine culture, genuine people. And it leaves a long lasting , permanent impression for Japanese.