The same can be said in reverse for Japanese people on how they see the Western world: Do they assume the USA is like Hollywood or the UK being like British Television? They perhaps assume that all Americans live in a large home with a white picket fence depicting a nuclear family as if its 1950.
All they talk about US is California or New York since most movies and TV shows use either as their main setting. Is the US in real life similar to Hollywood (everyone having a nice car, big home & white picket fence)? That’s the kind of response from non-Japanese assuming Japan is like anime.
Yes.
I keep an album on my phone of photos of “daily life” things for when I travel internationally. Some external and internal shots of my home. My city’s downtown area. The crowd at a college football game. House party guests playing flippy cup with red Solo cups. Grocery store staples w prices showing. Always a good conversation starter.