I had one, which never really was happy. Hardly any growth. Then one winter it froze to death. Looking at them, I find them fairly pricey here, and as I am not sure what went wrong, I do not want to get another. Then I realized there are species perfectly fit for my climate. So why go Japanese..
Exactly! In this world, practically monopolized by everything done, written or used in Japan, sometimes people don´t realize that for our current conditions everything that comes from there is not necessarily the best or the adequate thing to do.