>>4484375Germanbro who spent the last 8 years in Japan.
It's that it looks exotic and has nice mountain ranges everywhere. I'm pretty bored of generic shrine #9762321, some ramen shop sign, etc. and much more excited about taking pictures during my trip back to Germany, because that's more exotic for me now. It just depends on what you're used to and most people are not used to Japan.
Great place to be if you're into photo. You'll find a lot of elderly men taking macro shots of flowers and such. Very few prime lens shooters somehow.