How does Japan manage to retain a large number of traditional cultures while learning from the West in an all-round way?

Because Japan had formed its own culture and had the ability to produce culture before it fully learned from the West. When we talk about Japanese culture, we usually mention that Japanese culture learns from other cultures, not only from the west, but also the origin and development of Japanese culture are inextricably linked with China culture. In today's Japanese culture, we can also see many shadows of China's ancient culture. However, this does not mean that Japanese culture is completely from other cultures. Before being influenced by other cultures, it has its own unique culture and has the ability to produce its own culture. China culture and western culture are only important parts that later influenced its development and formation.

Before Japanese culture was influenced by other cultures, it was not without creativity, but with a certain foundation and accumulation. From some unearthed cultural relics and documents, it can be seen that the Japanese nation had contacts with China before the reunification of the country and was influenced by China culture. In the end, it produced a national form and absorbed a lot of China culture. However, as an island country, it has its own independence, does not fully accept the influence of foreign culture, and is more integrated with the customs and culture of local residents. Compared with western culture, China culture has a far-reaching influence on Japanese. Japan can preserve its local traditions under the influence of China culture, and of course it can also preserve its own traditional culture when learning from the West.

Japan's unique geographical location and living environment have created their unique culture and national character, which cannot be changed by learning western culture. Japan's island environment, earthquakes and other natural factors make its culture very different from other cultures, which we can learn from many books about its national culture and related literary classics. This naturally formed cultural core and connotation will not be completely abandoned because of learning from the West.

Japan has indeed learned a lot from the west, but not all Japanese recognize these studies. After the impact of western culture, some Japanese scholars re-established their original cultural position, discussed this cultural impact, and advocated preserving their traditional culture as much as possible.