It's a completely different palate to a lot of western food though isn't it. I am a bit of a taste snob and prefer richer or spicier flavours, but sometimes it's nice to have something subtler. I actually like stereotypical bland and boring, Bri'ish comfort foods though, so it's a bit closer of a match for me on the savoury scale.
Don't forget things like tempura, tonkatsu, gyoza, okonomiyaki, yakitori, unagi...all very different to each other. Mmm...unagi...