If you ask a Japanese person to name the first thing that comes to mind when they hear "Austria," the answer is almost universally "The Sound of Music" or "Mozart."
Every year, thousands of Japanese tourists descend upon Salzburg not merely to sightsee, but to make a pilgrimage. They visit the Mirabell Gardens (filming location for "Do-Re-Mi") and Mozart’s birthplace with a reverence usually reserved for religious sites. Austria - Japonia