One of my bucket list trips that I hope to take soon is to Tokyo. The main draw is the people. Watch any YouTube walking tour video of Tokyo and try to find even a single person among the multitudes who looks menacing or dangerous. You won’t see them, nor will you see anyone with tattoos everywhere (they consider tattoos to be a sign of a gang member - Yakuza), no crazy piercings, etc. Heck, you won’t even see anyone who is dressed sloppily, not a single person. It’s extraordinary.
I’m one of the sloppiest dressers in town, but I don’t have tattoos or piercings or look menacing. There are loads of tattoos and piercing people here, but I don’t need to associate with them in the sense of the undesirable types we both know about. There a lots of metal and punk gigs and bars I go to that might seem like a seedy scene to some people, but the folks are always wonderful. It’s the hip-hop and modern pop culture weirdos with tattoos and piercings that you need to be more wary of here.