ADJ.
secret
VERB + NIPPONOPHILE
call
NIPPONOPHILE + NOUN
admirer, englishman
PREP.
up
noun
One who loves Japan or Japanese culture.
[…] Strauss had become something of a Nipponophile and had returned to Japan for a sabbatical in 1958.
CALL ME A NIPPONOPHILE—a secret admirer of Japan, a worshiper from afar.
An advocate of Japanese thought or culture.
The place was actually set up by a Nipponophile Englishman, but the kitchen staff are all Japanese and its Far Eastern credentials bear scrutiny.