Very inseretting post. I am not much of a talker but normally when I am with people I sometimes feel uncomfortable. Feeling that I need to say something in once present. I had a Japanese girlfriend for a while. With her I remember sitting in the garden next to each other, saying nothing for a long time. I thought she would be bored of me, but there was just no need to talk. It was so different from what I was used to and there where a lot of times I still got insecure, thinking there was something wrong. There was not but by commenting or asking about it I made it a problem. I love Japan but I still have a lot to learn about its culture, or except.