However, even apart from my antimilitarist feelings, I dislike the idea of the remotest bits of a country being closed to its citizens. Furthermore, these islands are not entirely inhospitable, like Rockall for example, and it is not inconceivable that there are determined would-be Robinson Crusoes in the Japanese population. This is of course a much wider issue than land rights, though. I do not want to give the impression that Japan is a land rights hell, and I will give the following positive examples. Freedom to Roam.
People are free to walk in the forests, which cover two-thirds of the country.
There is very little pasture land in Japan, so the issue of the right to walk on non-arable agricultural land does not really arise. I find that farmers do not mind me walking on their land, even, for example along the narrow earthen banks separating paddy fields, as long as I do not look as though I am going to do any damage. I think this is probably because British arable farmers are understandably concerned about people walking across their fields of wheat, whereas nobody would want to walk across a muddy paddy field. A Free Peasantry. Agriculture in Japan is very small scale, with many farms being only four acres.