Sushi,
My visit to Japan in the 1980s exposed me to the the young ladies that didn’t shave legs. Hoo boy. Course black hair pressed into nylons wasn’t a turn on.
I have no idea what they did with other areas. Never saw anything beyond armpits and hairy nylons.
Has anything changed since then?
I have lived in Japanese since 1985 and have never noticed the “ young women with hairy legs in nylons “ thing and I am a leg man . Japanese women generally have much less body hair than Western women and finer, lighter strands due to natural genetics . Many actively remove it because of strong social standards for grooming. My wife has never needed to shave her legs as she has virtually no hair on them .
I guess personal grooming habits have changed since you were in Japan.
I have lived here for 37 years and I have NEVER seen hairy legs or armpits on a Japanese women.