Frenchman likes Japan

The French President is a Japanophile reports The Sunday Times. He's in Japan over Easter and apparently "he is indulging his passion for all things Japanese with an Easter break of sumo wrestling, kabuki and sushi." So that's 3 things we have in common. He also claims “Five years without visiting Japan, that was unbearable for me.”

Comparing French & Japanese cultures: both have collective cultures yet the French celebrate the lone intellectural whereas the Japanese say "the nail that stands out gets hammered down".