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No. 1955497
>General living
>Do you live in Japan?
Yes
>Are you currently studying, working, or both?
I’ve been working at a youth theater company for going on 5 years now
>Are you a nikkei or full gaijin?
I’m a white burger
>How is life in Japan as a woman?
Very easy in my experience, people don’t harass me on the street like the unsavorables in the city at home. I haven’t experienced overt sexism (or racism) but also I don’t date so idk
>Do you plan to stay in Japan for long?
I really don’t know
>Language
>Do you speak japanese?
I’m good enough to do my job and have surface level Japanese friends but far far far from fluent. It’s my bad for not studying. If the conversation isn’t full of vocabulary I don’t know my listening is very good I think, and people have complimented my pronunciation/natural way of speaking. But the biggest thing holding me back from full potential here is language (I didn’t study because every year I think I’m gonna move back the next year so it won’t be worth it to study)
>Share tips, recommendations, complaints
Travel via hostels not hotels, do night bus instead of shinkansen (if you’re able to sleep on buses). Do not do any animal related cafe/zoo/thing except maybe cat stuff, they are all miserable.
The worst thing about Japan is the constant fucking inescapable NOISE and SWEAT. multiple recordings playing overtop eachother, beeping, car noises, yelling directions pointlessly, everything. The summers especially in my area are brutal and feel like 6 months long, and once they’re over they blast the heat on the trains and in buildings so you’re sweating in your cold weather clothes.
No. 1955629
>>1955596Not true, this is what copers who can’t live here always say
>>1955598Like another race of people? Wow so terrible
No. 1955633
>>1955629>Not true, this is what copers who can’t live here always sayCoping with the fact that most foreigners in Japan live in tiny apartments with undignified jobs and next to no rights? lmao
>Like another race of people? Wow so terribleLet's not be so disingenuous
No. 1955637
>>1955633All the foreigner engineers I know make the same salary and live the same lifestyle as Japanese, and they don’t even speak the language. “Most foreigners” are English teachers and IT monkeys and they make no less than what they deserve. Cope.
What rights do you even mean?
I even know a foreign guy that literally stabbed another guy and only got a few months in prison. You’d think such a terrible place would deport his ass.
No. 1955641
>>1955639Again I ask, what rights?
There is no way they were kicked out for no reason. Could you explain?
No. 1955938
>>1955596Maybe if you live there long term and need to get a lease, job, etc. I imagine it can be difficult. Though I’m friends with a couple who moved there, both are tanned SEA from Europe and they both have good jobs and have a good lease on the outskirts of Tokyo. They both speak Japanese like natives though, so I dunno if that helps. Anyways it’s fantastic for tourism, stayed there for 1 month earlier this year with no issues whatsoever. My nigel is mixed and nobody was rude to him, and I have an English only SEA-American moid friend who stayed for a month alone and a lot of random salarymen were really friendly with him. You’ll be fine.
>>1955843This is literally every country
>>1955888I want service workers to be nice to me, I don’t like being glared at by an angry fatty who begs for tips at every other casual restaurant. Japan is good for that, it’s not an exaggeration to think that it’s infinitely nicer than many western countries. Yes there are European countries where people are more friendly such as Spain, but you also have to deal with pickpockets and more blatant sexual harassment (don’t let this scare you off though, I’d also recommend visiting there). Also if you speak Japanese and don’t look like a slob, you can make friends in Tokyo/Osaka especially even while visiting. It takes a bit of effort though. Usually having a common hobby helps.
No. 1956039
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I want to go and stay in one of those Tokyo Disney hotels (at least while I'm at the parks) soooo bad.
The hotels in their Disney world Florida parks are also really gorgeous, but I love how themed the Japanese ones are.
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Looking at planning a trip for 2025—I'd love to visit in the spring to see the cherry blossoms and other outdoor gardens but man the flights are crazy expensive. Like $2000-2600 vs $1300-1400 during other seasons so I'm looking at potentially going in September or October. Less hot, there'd be nice autumn foliage, kids would be in school so less foreign and domestic tourists hopefully, etc. Have any of you nonas travelled there in those months?
Also, is the Golden Route still the way to go for first timers? Some of the locations on it seem like they've been completely overrun by visitors although that's kind of inevitable. I wouldn't mind learning some basic Japanese if it meant I could go off the beaten path a bit to avoid massive crowds like picrel. I don't know how anyone could enjoy a trip when they're jam packed like sardines with thousands of other people all trying to look at the same things
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What is your favourite ramen shop? Do you have recommendations, or opinions on certain spots?
No. 1957322
>>1957272Moving to germany with my moid exfiance was a mistake. Out of all the places you could try, you're going for a pornsick women hating country that will discriminate against you for being a foreigner, being a woman, not knowing the language, and being tall?
You also really believe your moid will refrain from participating in japan's ultra degenerate porn culture? You should think about what you're gonna do if you find him with gravure magazines of underaged girls or if visits a soapland. Why does he even want to go there?
No. 1970062
>>1969565Also meant to say practice reading and writing above.
It depends on the trends but L (sometimes XL) if you could find it) fit; punk clothes fit better but goth lolita not as good, sadly.
I think there are still shops that sell free sizes like goodwill but you have to hunt for it. I brought a lot of my clothes because I lived there for a bit and I was also on the lower end of my BMI at the time so clothes from Japan weren’t too tight. However it’s been over 10 years so they may have expanded sizes for foreigners or you have to learn how to sew.
They do have dressing rooms but they’re kinda sketch around foreigners and make you wear a bag over your head if you have makeup so it doesn’t transfer to clothes kek.
No. 1970634
>>1970062Shops make everyone wear a bag over their heads because it's more hygienic, has nothing to do with being a foreigner. I've used the fitting rooms countless times and never even remotely had an issue.
>>1969565It depends wildly on the style of clothing you're looking for. I personally tend to like looser fitting styles so as an American of average height/weight its not a problem, but if you're into the frilly department store brands that skew smaller, it can be hit or miss. It's totally fine to ask to try things on if you're unsure.
No. 1985656
>>1976371The temples are nice, you can skip the deer, I agree with the other nonna. They're kind of scary kek they're very aggro about getting those biscuits from people.
Tangent but when I was there I saw one deer that was being shunned by the others that was clearly unwell and had some sort of sever skin condition going on… Makes me sad when I recall it.
No. 1986884
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>>1986194For working holidays it's a law to be under 30, see pic.
>>1986244>The thought of going back to my country, having to find another job there, having to find another apartment, etc. after the fact makes things complicated though so I get her.For me it's kind of the opposite. Of course I'm no longer young but I still have nothing going for me (well except my job…) I have no bf, no children, I only rent an apartment, I'm still kind of "free". I'm scared that I meet somebody one day and then feel held back by that or that I go out of my way to never meet anybody because I constantly have that dream in my head. You also see many couples going to Japan but it's always just the gf following some guy while he goes and buys waifu figurines, not exactly appealing kek
No. 1986891
>>1986884I'm free too in that sense but the housing market in my city turned to complete shit ever since the pandemic was declared and it keeps getting worse and worse, so finding a new place that's not overpriced after a long trip could be very hard. I'm single, have no kids, etc. so that's really the only issue but it's a pretty big issue.
>For working holidays it's a law to be under 30, see pic.nta but you're right. However there are people above 30 who apply for language school in Japan and these school to all the work to help these people get a student visa. From what I've seen that means the Japanese classes cost a lot more than the exact same ones for younger people who already have a working holiday visa, since they don't ask for the schools to do more work beforehand.
No. 1986928
>>1986891>From what I've seen that means the Japanese classes cost a lot more than the exact same ones for younger people who already have a working holiday visaIt's probably insanely expensive and on top of that you just know that the other "students" are likely mostly 50yo moids.
Maybe it's still possible for me to go, just no idea how atm. When I was younger I simply never researched something like that, and even if I had, back then 30 seemed so insanely far away.
Housing is extremely expensive in my country too and rn I live in one of the most expensive cities in europe/the world, plus my apartment is tiny and shitty, so I feel like it couldn't become much worse than that.
No. 1986929
>>1986049I’m a big hater when it comes to Japanese animal welfare, but really I think Nara and the monkey park at Arashiyama are the only places I think must have happy animals. The deer come down from the mountains every morning, I think the monkeys must be the same. They aren’t caged like everything else. The deer biscuits seem to be made of decent ingredients too.
But man everything else is so depressing. Being an animal in Japan is bleak. Otters and owls kept in tiny cages all day, all night. Zao fox village was one of the worst things I’ve ever seen in my life. Pet stores selling 400000yen kittens and no joke 6000-50000yen Guinea pigs, which all just get killed when people don’t buy them. Animals exist here to be something to take pictures of and that’s it.
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>>1987088Yup sounds the same as Higashiyama, home of the famous handsome gorilla. The gorilla exhibit was ok. Everything else was awful. Elephants and bears pacing back and forth, walking in circles. 90 degree heat surrounded by concrete. And Japanese people see nothing wrong with it.
No. 2190892
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Going to Japan this month for the first time. Could anyone recommend some cute sneakers that are also comfortable for the long walks?
Also, does anyone have any experience with Halloween in Japan? Do they tend to dress up? Where do they go?
How's the weather/temperature around November? Is it sweater weather or still fresh? I come from Florida so I'm pretty use to humidity/heat.
General advice for a first timer?
No. 2190944
>>2190892Considering what little I know of the Florida heat (I'm from Sweden so my frame of reference is way off yours) I'd say you probably should bring a couple of sweaters or at least a thinner jacket. Or, if you can wear Japanese sizes, you can buy sweaters/jackets there!
My experience with Halloween in Japan is based on my experiences in 2016 and 2019, so other anons that are more updated on the Shibuya's halloween celebration can probably fill me in on newer regulations. But on halloween there's usually a big celebration in Shibuya Crossing, I encourage going if you are good with crowds because it's quite the experience! If you are less good with crowds, but still want to see it, you can take the backstreets and still catch some funny/interesting sights.
If you are a foodie, or just into themed menus in general, you will have a blast! Quite a few places have halloween themed menus, which is really fun. Also, Tokyo Disneyland allows you to visit the theme park dressed up during this time as well so if you can get tickets I encourage you to visit dressed up as your favorite Disney character and make some fun memories! My friend and I went as Pain and Panic a few years ago and I still look back on those photos with fondness
No. 2191321
>>2190944Thanks for the info! I planned on dressing up for Shibuya but had no idea if it was very common to do so so this really helps! I kinda get cold easily so I'm taking your advice on bringing at least a couple of sweaters until I can do some shopping there.
May I also ask what time of the day do people usually start Halloween there? Was planning on doing something during the day then probably Shibuya at night but I'm also not sure if they stay til very late (everything closes at 8-9pm here).
No. 2191684
>>2190944>>2191321sorry to burst your bubbles nonnies, but the Shibuya Halloween event this year is more than likely going to be cancelled. I was living in Nagoya last year and saw all the news about them telling people not to come. It's more trouble than it's worth, even if it would be happening due to the issues that have come up during it in past years. If anything, I would recommend trying to get into USJ in Osaka if you can manage for Halloween, or Tokyo Disney if possible. Plus, a lot of food and drink places like Mister Donut, Starbucks, Komeda Coffee, Dotour, etc do unique seasonal foods and drinks, which is for sure worth trying. Especially MisuDo.I miss it so bad
No. 2203233
>>2195064Everything branded by the main convenience stores has the ingredients in English on it now, but you can't trust restaurants and about ingredients because sometimes when talking to a foreigner they just freak out and agree to whatever you're saying.
So it's doable but you will need to be strict about it
No. 2205089
>>2204726I don't understand why Americans would want to move there in the first place. People are very open about the culture there and it is hugely against foreigners and the work culture is the exact opposite of the us. Just reading about the
toxic work culture is enough to make me want to rope when I imagine living there. It doesn't really look ugly to me, tokyo looks nicer than many us cities, but it definitely looks very devoid of character.
No. 2205105
>>2204775Work. I'm on contract and long story short, it would be a huge legal and financial clusterfuck to leave early.
>>2205027Would rather not say because reputation is important in my career field and I'm paranoid but I live in a medium sized city that you would probably know but people who have never lived here probably wouldn't. And yeah the weather is ass. I didn't even mention it. I miss regular four seasons so bad. The area that gets closest to how it feels to where I'm from is Hokkaido and it's still warmer. And tsunamis SUCK, dude. I'm not from a part of the US effected by hurricanes and I had no idea I'd be trapped inside for days sometimes.
>>2205089Okay I will say that Japanese xenophobia is very over-exaggerated by Westerners. It's nowhere near as bad as people think it is although I do have a very hard time connecting with people here just from how different we are, especially other women. Japanese women are very hyperfeminine and tend to have sort of masked personalities. Because yeah misogyny is a bit worse here.
No. 2205164
>>2205156That's what I suspected, thanks for confirming this. From my point of view living in Tokyo isn't too different from living in a big French city in terms of costs so that wasn't an issue when I went there for a semester. Not taking the currently weak yen into account of course.
>>2205159>The only Westerners who adore living are turbo weebs who moved here for AkihabaraIt's funny because the people I know irl actually stopped being as much into otaku shit after staying there long term even if they like living in Tokyo. I don't know why, maybe because that kind of things is now so easy to buy, read, watch on tv, etc. that you can easily become a much more casual fan in that context? And official merchs are expensive and look like a waste of time, money and space. Seeing these Akihabara stores the first time put me off from buying merchs so much I even got rid of what I already had once I went back to my country.
No. 2205165
>>2205153I work with a lot of other Western expats and tbh….. my sentiment is actually pretty common. The only Westerners who adore living here are turbo weebs who moved here for Akihabara or people who came from really bad parts of the US. We're all burnt out of living here except a couple of us.
It's hard for me to explain exactly why I dislike living here so much. The negative psychological effects of living in a foreign country, especially one where people are so unfriendly, is something I don't know how to describe to people who have never experienced it. And that's on top of the fact that I just actually don't like the way things are in Japan. It would probably be a lot better if it were a city I find very beautiful populated with other white people like Munich or something.
No. 2205351
>>2205089>work culture is the exact opposite of the USNTA but if you mean being overworked, micromanaged, made to act like a loyal corporate NPC, and get little to no time off, they're not that dissimilar at all. There are plenty of people here who it happens all the time to.
Although maybe you could find more humane working conditions in Japan if working in a American company over a Japanese one. That's what I'm planning on doing since I won't touch traditional Japanese companies with a 50 foot pole.
No. 2205377
>>2204726No offense but you must be mentally ill. I know double-digit people who have traveled to Japan and almost all of them are eager to return to there.
>>2205089
>Just reading about the toxic work culture is enough to make me want to rope when I imagine living there.Americans work more hours than Japanese and the US has a higher suicide rate than Japan.
No. 2205425
>>2204726
> I ask them where they're from and the answer is always something like East St. Louis. Otherwise even the weebs get burnt out af of living here after 2 months except for the very most obsessed ones.It is called sampling bias. You have a very limited circle of friends.
I'm from LA but living my best life in Japan.
Safety : Japan > US
Transportation : Japan > US
Cleanness : Japan > US
Tradition : Japan > US
Food : Japan > US
Cuteness : Japan > US
Fashion : Japan > US
Entertainment : Japan > US
Healthcare : Japan > US
Customer service : Japan > US
Japan definitely has its issues (especially sexism) but still pros outweigh cons for me.
No. 2205616
>>2205234"Not much substance to it" is exactly the words I was looking for. People who visit Rome come back talking about the culture and history. People who visit Tokyo come back talking about maid cafes, konbinis, vending machines, animal cafes, and anime. One thought I have all the time is that the over exaggerations people make about the US online are actually true about Japan. The insane amount of emotional labor expected from service workers (the women affect these weird anime girl esque voices, it's wild). The ugly, soulless cities of brown and gray rectangle buildings on pavement like 2009 Roblox maps. Walkability in Japan is
worse than the US outside of huge cities. When me and my friends were new here and didn't have cars we would joke about a "forbidden Lawson" near us because the only way to get to it from our area on foot was a skinny walled street with no sidewalks or streetlights. Actual death trap at nighttime and Google Maps would try to take you down it like nbd. Japanese police are extremely corrupt and have way too much power. You don't have the right to remain silent here and there's no limit on how long you can be interrogated here. Not to mention the draconian drug laws here that put people in prison for years over weed possession.
>>2205238Yeah, most of the Westerner-Japanese marriages I've witnessed are really shallow. One other American I know got married to a woman who doesn't even speak English. And he doesn't speak Japanese. They communicate via Google translated messages on their phones. Their baby is due this week. No I'm not joking. Which, speaking of that, I've heard from expat women who have had babies here that maternal care here is horrible although I haven't experienced it firsthand.
>>2205242All "real" friends I've made here are other expats I met through work. All my friendships with Japanese people are very surface level. I met my first Japanese acquaintances just from going to bars basically and eventually knew enough people that I was getting invited to parties and stuff. But conversations are almost always about the fact that I'm from a foreign country and not much else.
>>2205377It's almost like being a tourist somewhere for a week is extremely different from living there for years. Sorry I criticized your anime utopia lol.
>>2205425I have an extremely diverse group of friends from every part of the US and several countries due to my work and I think including "cuteness" in your list of reasons to live here kinda says it all. I'm just not into the whole kawaii thing, lolita, anime, any of that. I probably would like it here a lot more if I was.
Not trying to argue with anyone who likes it here, to each their own, I just took the opportunity to vent amongst other expats when I saw the thread.
No. 2205777
>>2205616
>It's almost like being a tourist somewhere for a week is extremely different from living there for years. Sorry I criticized your anime utopia lol.They want to visit japan again because it's not ugly, boring and overrated (accorind to you). Like it or not, Japan is one of the most popular destinations in the world.
>I'm just not into the whole kawaii thing, lolita, anime, any of that. I probably would like it here a lot more if I was.Then why are you on this board?
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>>2205105fair enough
nonnie, i hope the time flies and you can get out of these soon enough… i was used to stuff like the earthquakes because my home country is on a fault line, but stuff like the typhoons/tsunamis was rough even though i experienced only one typhoon the entire time.
>>2205089>It doesn't really look ugly to me, tokyo looks nicer than many us cities, but it definitely looks very devoid of character.>People are very open about the culture there and it is hugely against foreigners yeah, tokyo has no personality aside from being the capital and is just crowded with tourists. places like yokohama, kobe and sapporo all have more personality and less crowding by a long shot just to name a few. and no, like the other nonnies said, the xenophobia is exaggerated online by people or just outdated now that japan has had more foreigners come. i lived there for a year and never experienced any kind of foreigner discrimination like the "gaijin seat" or the "sorry no english" at food places. as long as you speak the language and follow the general social rules like not being a loud and obnoxious burgerfag on public transport most people dgaf
No. 2206625
>>2205994Sure, I'll grant that the fact we all came here because it was a career stepping stone and not because we always wanted to go to Japan means our pool of opinions is probably much different from those of people who competed to come here in the JET program or whatnot.
>>2206567Thanks for the laugh, Nonna. I needed it today.
No. 2206875
>>2205616>Walkability in Japan is worse than the US outside of huge citiesNTA I'm not sure about this. I was out in the more countryside Takayama and the walkability was less than somewhere like in Tokyo or Osaka (obviously) but this hold true for pretty much any country where you leave major cities. In Takayama they still had an underground walkway/stairway there that you could go through so you could safely pass the street and avoid cars. But here where I am in the US there aren't even any sidewalks at all half of the time. And if they are, they are so small and tight that it's like people who designed them were just asking for you to get hit.
>I'm just not into the whole kawaii thing, lolita, anime, any of that. I probably would like it here a lot more if I was.I'm not either yet I still loved the other parts of Japan I visited. I found Akiba boring and I hate Tokyo in general.
>ugly, soulless cities of brown and gray rectangle buildings on pavement like 2009 Roblox mapsMaybe your problem is Tokyo. You should try living in another part before you generalize the whole country.
>>2206805>I'm from America where we are pretty much spoiled when it comes to nature and wildlifeWow, that's crazy to me. My city in the U.S. is ugly as hell and has pretty much no nature. It's 90% highway. Returning from Japan made me realize it's even uglier than I thought. I guess this highly depends on where in the U.S. you are.
No. 2206895
>>2204754>The natural landscape is especially overratedWhere I live we don't even have mountains which is one of my favourite things about Japan. Americans are honestly really spoiled when it comes to landscapes.
>>2205165Most of my friends who moved to Japan love living there so I guess it depends on what culture you originally came from since ours values orderly behavior, silence and passive aggressiveness like theirs kek. Xenophobia seems to be an issue for everyone though, it's hard to really get to know locals unless you get to hang around young professional cosmopolitans in Tokyo.
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>>2206875I don't live in Tokyo and I've visited several different parts of Japan including rural and small town areas.
I really miss 18th, 19th, and early 20th century American architecture. I guess that's what I mean when I say I prefer American cities over Japanese cities visually. Japan seems really demolition- and renovation-happy despite their reputation for being traditional.
No. 2207150
I wanted to go to Tokyo for years but when I went there I ended up feeling really uneasy and anxious. The first night I walked around with my (female) friend I got sexually assaulted by a drunk Japanese man who groped me, to be fair we had accidentally wandered into Kabukicho, but it was still unsettling. I felt it was far too busy and loud and having so many people buzzing around constantly honestly felt like being in some kind of ant hive. There were a bunch of obnoxious loud white moid tourists every restaurant we went it seemed (maybe because it was the height of tourist season, my mistake), and weirdly quite a lot of sketchy rapey looking Japanese and Muslim looking guys (who thankfully left us alone but still stared at us) During the daytime everything looked kind of grey and dirty and the buildings seem shabby in many places. The only time I enjoyed walking around was like 5AM when there was barely anyone around. The food was good and cheap, I enjoyed shopping although its overwhelming to have so much choice, at times it felt like everything was closing in on me its just so overwhelming and suffocating to have all those huge buildings surrounding you at all times (I've been to other large cities like London and Paris but Tokyo was so much more busy) overall I wouldnt go again, everything was way too cramped, busy, and theres just no privacy or peace really, but thats expected in any large city. We went to the countryside a few times which was also nice and a bit more peaceful, but again there were tons of tourists everywhere it seems and it was just too much. For the record I come from a smallish town and do have a bit of anxiety and get sensory overload quite easily so Tokyo was quite a culture shock for me. I wish I had gone in 2000s or 2010s, because it feels like everything is much more homogenous now and people dress less creatively/uniquely, but I think everywhere in general is becoming more like that.
No. 2207155
>>2205616I had my baby in Japan (went into labor 4 weeks early) and the care was pretty horrible. The hospitals feel like factories. The nurses were mostly nice, and of course the doctors are polite, but you always feel like they really dont want to help you and that you're troubling them by asking for basic things like painkillers.
I've noticed Japanese people have this kind of habit where they will pretend to listen to and care about your needs, but wont actually do shit about it and then they just hope you wont call them out on it.
I have a friend who got cosmetic surgery in Japan and ended up somewhat botched, she said the drs were the exact same way. If you have a problem they'll just keep politely declining you and turning you away, saying 'Please fix it by yourself', 'It's not our problem sorry we cant do anything' 'Please wait a while and come again later, we are too busy right now' etc etc, it's very frustrating and invalidating.
It's basically the irl equivalent of talking with an AI helper, they will just keep giving you the same generic answer t shut you up. I would be careful about getting medical care in Japan, they will just make you feel like an annoying foreigner and a nuisance really.
No. 2207383
>>2207150>During the daytime everything looked kind of grey and dirtyOverall Japan is fairly clean. But of course there are areas like Shinjuku/Shibuya, which have been devastated by weeb tourists. Residential areas in Japan are exceptionally clean. Parks are exceptionally clean. Toilets too.
>>2207336Overtourism in Japan is really bad and many weeb tourists act like animals here. I see hateful comments towards Western tourists on Japanese social media but as a white person I can't blame Japanese people. We deserve the hate. Don't worry, it's not like they harass or assault you on the street. I think female tourists have it easy in Japan.
No. 2207715
>>2207452I'm also curious, but on themed places in general. I'm aiming to go fall next year, and I'm a huge sucker for themed cafés and pub (I'm so upset I didn't get to experience Lockup before they closed down, my friends had the craziest stories).
However nonna, while it doesn't have any halloween/gothic themes in the menu I really recommend Aoyama Flower Market, it's a flower store chain that also have cafés connected to them that are absolutely gorgeous. They are very calming to visit and would probably fit well with your EGL vibes with it's elegance even if it isn't on 100% theme with what you asked for.
No. 2207727
>>2207336Japan is chock full of tourists lately (due to weak yen and generally becoming a super popular destination) so anti tourist sentiment is pretty high. I've been going pretty regularly for over 10 years, generally they're still as polite as ever, just less curious about foreigners. Though an old man did try to run my dad over at mt fuji a few months ago kek.
My recommendation is going to less popular cities (ie outside of Tokyo/Osaka/Kyoto). Not to say you shouldn't spend time in those places too, but you don't need to stay there the entire time. Things most tourists are interested in like temples, shrines, castles, cool shopping, onsen etc are literally in every big city and most small ones. You won't miss out if you travel further away and people will be less bothered by your presence since there are fewer tourists.
No. 2207802
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Anyone have suggestions for thrift stores with clothing in/near Osaka that aren't primarily boutique/vintage/curated/western street fashion? I've stopped inside so many, and hit up that whole area by the angelic pretty store despite knowing how it is, I just want to find jfash/japanese brands like you can find on mercari. is sifting through hard off/off house the best option?
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>>2206903Have you been to Kamakura? If not and you're still based in Kanagawa, I thought Kamakura was great for getting more natural scenery. It's so beautiful that if I was based in a city in that area I would definitely consider making it my weekend getaway.
No. 2208406
>>2207802there is a second-hand jfashion store amerikamura, did you miss it when you went? i bought some jd and old liz lisa from there a few months ago. though in general its better to buy online, jfashion is pretty much dead in japan
>>2207828the only time i got sexually harassed in japan it was by an indian moid kek
No. 2208584
>>2208406>the only time i got sexually harassed in japan it was by an indian moid kekSame for me, I won't go into details, he was "just" harassing me instead of sexually harassed but I'm 99.999% sure the guy was a pimp and targeted me me because he thought I was Indian too and easy to trick with the whole "we're both Indians you should blindly trust me" bullshit he pulled off. The worst a Japanese man ever did to me was ask me for my Line ID after making some small talk and never trying to contact me with it.
Obviously Japanese men can be perverts too but the average Japanese guy will have too much to lose by harassing tourists filming themselves unless he's a homeless schizo. I assume they'd rather commit crimes without any witnesses around.
No. 2210147
>>2207155yeah the healthcare in japan can be rough. my friend had a dental incident over there and offended the dentist by saying he was also looking for other options, so the dentist said he had to come back twice a week for a month for treatment. glad i didn't have that kind of thing happen to me.
>>2207336nonnie as long as you arent being disrespectful and breaking the social norms nobody is gonna give a fuck. you'll only really get stared at if you're in the middle of nowhere or being a piece of shit.
>>2208738god, i hate it when moids do this shit. everyone followed the rule for the higashiyama line in nagoya, but when it came to the women-only carrages on the meijo line there were scrotes in there for days. like what gives?
No. 2210246
>>2207715Thank you, nona! I just had a look at their dessert menu and about swooned. The cafe side of the business looks incredible. You are 100% correct, this is right up my alley. I'm hoping I'll be able to just stumble upon some more areas like this naturally as I wander around the city.
Just out of curiosity, does anyone know if the Shibuya 109 building is still worth visiting? I heard it had lost a lot of the unique boutique-style establishments that it had in the 00's but I feel like I still want to go look at it for nostalgia's sake.
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Disturbing thread made by a japanese woman documenting the horrible acceptable pedophilia in japan and how disgusting and pedophilic japanese men are.
x.com/Suneko1066/status/1847833855811867023
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>>2215255This was so much worse than I was expecting. How the fuck is this legal
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>>2208166>>2207995>>2208410>>2208503>>2208551>>2208713>>2215677>>2216251Gonna love this jp scrote whiteknighting itt. Do you fuckers know that those moids are literally constantly patrolling what the international audience knows about their depravity? They straight up silence their women with accusations of "being anti-japan", "making japan look bad" when the latter talk about SA, pedophilia, discrimination and misogyny. There is a reason why those phrases are pretty much a meme inside japanese feminist community. There are even jokes about korean and japanese men being twins who should get married already, because they are just as depraved.
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>>2224984Oh and, yes, female only carriages are hardly a thing these days.
No. 2225227
>>2224984Just travel to Japan. I was there as a solo traveler in July but there hasn't been a country where I felt safer than Japan.
PS: The West really should be more like Japan when it comes to immigration.
No. 2227563
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Are there any shops selling specialist Japanese teas with reasonable shipping prices to EU?
No. 2227635
>>2224986Women only cars are women only at certain hours of the day (usually morning rush hour)
After that anyone can ride in the car
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Reading this thread reminds me of the best advice if you're considering moving to japan
Do not move to japan if:
>you can't handle doing most things alone; eating out, shopping, everything
>even if you're ok with being alone, you can't be shy because to make sort of human connection you need to constantly force yourself into extremely intimidating situations
>you aren't willing to grind and learn japanese as soon as possible
>you have any sort of cluster B mental illness
Very heavy on the last one. BPDfags constantly move to tokyo but leave hating every japanese person and witha empty savings account. Learn from the japan lolcows of the past and don't make the same mistakes
Narcs tend to do well in tokyo though lol
No. 2230744
>>2230629Who do I reach out to? No idea when it got stolen since I did a connection flight in Detroit.
Also, I'm a nobody and I think making a tiktok about this would just be speaking to a brick wall. Not to mention, what proof do I have?
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Watching the video on junior idols and I'm speechless
No. 2232898
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>>2232888Also OF COURSE the junior idols manager is a gay man, profiting off of the exploitation of young girls and women is something they gravitate toward
No. 2233298
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Honestly what are some good resources for learning? I've been trying to use Duolingo but honestly it's… crap. Especially the kanji lessons they throw at you.
Ive been trying to watch kids shows and stuff which helps a bit, but it's really overwhelming and there seems to be a strong contrast to casual vs text book speaking. I hope that next year I'll get a pay increase so I can save up for actual lessons.
No. 2233303
>>2233298Grind out the kanji like the standard /a/utist
Concurrently, you can find a simple manga or game which leans more on kana (guilt free time to revisit a childhood favorite)
Paste tricky sentences into GPT4o and have it break down and explain the grammar to you… You can never have 100% confidence in an AI, but the manga panel or game context should help spot the odd flub.
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No. 2240184
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>>2233370Don’t Japanese men call Japanese women over 25 Christmas cakes? Because no one wants Christmas cake after the 25th. Also Japanese men are notorious for cheating on their wives hence why work culture is so prominent. They are out late not working but fucking prostitutes
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No. 2250286
>>2249982I see, I've seen the ones escorts have here and they tend to look trashy (roses and those leg harness tattoos) I thought maybe depending on the tattoo the opinion would be different. Some girls were pointing at mine at a stoplight and talking about it. No idea what they were saying though. I have a calladium tattoo on my thigh. It's also just linework.
>>2250169Sounds fair. I've tried to dress conservative while I'm here, it's also pretty cold right now. In the city I've used mini skirts with thigh high socks, mostly matching what the youth wears. I also used a short skirt sailor costume for the Tokyo Disneyland park which I think is pretty acceptable based on what I've seen.
I'm not a teen though lol so maybe a bit ridiculous looking.
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Which one of you is this
No. 2254443
>>2254399Maybe but I'd use half measure or less
You can tell apple cider vinegar is way stronger just from the smell
No. 2276412
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So this shit is real? I thought it was a meme originating from one weird vending machine somebody spotted decades ago.
No. 2276414
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I found this online radio that plays old Japanese songs.
https://www.j1fm.tokyo/player/j1gold No. 2276471
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>>2276412Those aren't really used ,just as advertised as being used to fool people but unfortunately this is.
This is the worst thing I've seen this year.I have stumbled upon an online shop in Japan that sells used panties of little girls.this is beyond fucked up,seriously,what the fuck Japan? How is this even legal???WTF?
No. 2276578
>>2276471The japanese love to pretend that they're superior to foreigners while being open, unapologetic pedophiles. Their hatred of women also knows no bounds. Women who are over 25 are called christmas cakes because "no one wants one after the 25th." To all weeb nonas, keep this in mind: They
hate you.
No. 2276646
>>2276578That phrase is really outdated, average age of marriage for women in Japan is 30.
Not saying they aren't pedos, they are, but as always men just take whatever women will give them and if women want marriage after 30 that's what they get, not rejected en masse as 'christmas cakes'.
No. 2277157
>>2276735>Someone there got kicked in her vagina by a high schooler … She reported it to the principal who called in the mom, who didn't even scold her child in the meeting. You must be living in your own delusions if you think shitty, disrespectful parents and grovelling school authorities are a Japan-only thing. The decline of the teaching profession and the way teachers are treated becoming worse is a global problem. You can't escape it, no matter where you go. Perhaps only expensive private schools remain as places that don't treat you as a glorified, histrionic babysitter - only because the parents expect more from their kids and they don't want to be seen as low-class, throwing childish tantrums. Even then, it's not guaranteed.
>I'm not going anymoreYeah, stick to the IELTS training centres at home. The Chinese may be cheats and totally uninterested in language-learning, but at least they know that by behaving like neanderthals is a case for deportation.
No. 2281443
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Place, Japan
No. 2281472
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>>2281463Also Place, Japan: an 18 year old raped and killed a 15 year old school girl and was released 10 years later on parole, only for the father to have to see the killer of his young girl while in traffic. Japan deserves to be shamed.
No. 2281541
>>2281474It's not just Japan, it's very universal. I assume the judge decided that the rapist was young and had his life ahead of him, so he shouldn't be punished too harshly. It's always like that with young men and teenage boys, they commit crimes and everyone assumes they're the
victims.
No. 2283499
>>2283382This was a wholly unnecessary "oh so you hate waffles" kind of comment. Speaking about one countries issues doesn't mean you're unaware of other countries issues. Before this, Japan was raping, torturing, and mass-murdering Chinese and Korean women. They did ungodly experiments on them and their pregnancies, they tattooed all over their faces and bodies, and then slaughtered them. In the rape of Nanking, they killed many, raped them, forced families to rape eachother, and were kicking babies like footballs around to kill them. This was not even 100 years ago, there are still people alive that have suffered through this or inflicted this suffering on others. Being able to acknowledge this as it is doesn't mean we are unaware about the bombings.
No. 2284388
>>2283957It would be xenophobia, not racism, anon… furthermore, those Japanese language only places are still fewer in number than the rest, and the reason is usually that they don't have any English speaking staff on hand to cater to naive tourists. It's weird that you choose to focus on those in particular when there are thousands of others that can in fact service you just fine. You sound really privileged if you have to go out of your way to find examples of discrimination to feel offended by that don't affect the average tourist. You only care because you hate being told no.
>>2283996That's quite the reach you've made.
No. 2284808
>>2283598History is written by victors. My Japanese bf told me the truth. The US forced Japan to attack Pearl Harbor.
To get into ww2, the US placed enormous sanctions (especially oil embargo) on and provoked Japan.
That was an act of war. The US attacked first. Japanese economy without oil would be dead in just 6 months. Japan had to stand up to survive. This is my last reply on this topic. I know you will label me as a weeb.
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Just went to Japan for a month and I can say that 99% of my experiences with people were positive and I think that the energy you give out has everything to do with how people react to you. Assimilating is also important in my opinion. My boyfriend is a big guy with long hair and a beard, we also aren't white (dominican tan) and we met so many nice people at every district we stayed out. Even made some friends who we are currently in communication with.
Wanted to ask, how do you guys stay in touch with the current street wear fashion before going over there? Are there any fashion bloggers who I can look at? Looking at just regular street fashion, nothing alt. Thinking of making a yearly trip to Japan but I'm not familiar with what they wear for the different seasons.
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>>2283635Why would they be Korean? Do you know what the Japanese did to Koreans, specifically Korean women and little girls?
https://foxtalk.tistory.com/m/98It's literally a meme that as much as Koreans and Chinese people hate eachother, they are both able to unite in their hatred for Japan. There is a reason for that.
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>>2283688I'm actually shocked at people who speak so boldly about the war and how evil America is as if it was one-sided. I will never, ever, ever agree with war nor the slaughter of civilians and I am deeply emotionally moved by senseless human suffering of any kind (everyone should have this sincerity), but I am also aware of history and WW2 was not just some giant evil villain plot by America, although America absolutely deserves to be criticized for the a-bombs. Japan's rebrand as some kawaiidesu pure innocent loving clean orderly utopia is a direct overcompensation for the atrocities that they committed against
millions of men, women, children, and infants across Asia during ww2. Unit 731 was torturing, raping, and killing people in 1940, that was only 84 years ago. It's important to know about all aspects of history, not just the sensationalized bits. What they did was just as senseless and evil as what happened in Cambodia, but people feel the need to Place, Japan the shit out of everything. Japanese soldiers and officials killed and scarred millions, raped children and women, tortured babies, vivisected people alive–and they've successfully rebranded the country into white man's Wakanda. Oh, just ignore the cp and rampant sexual assault though. I don't hate Japan (and certainly don't hate Japanese people) but I hate many aspects of what the country was built upon, and all the blood they themselves shed.
Also, it's being mentioned in the Japan-specific thread. The whataboutisms are so annoying, of course we are going to discuss the history of Japan in the Japan thread. You shouldn't need a "other countries are bad too uwu" disclaimer, how juvenile and brainless.
No. 2287410
>>2287323Girl just follow the locals, walk and explore. That's what we did. Don't google anything unless there's a specific museum or park you really want to go to (Tokyo Sea was a blast imo). You're not going to have a lack of places to eat, all of the food is delicious.
Although if you're going to Osaka, everything is fried. I honestly didn't like Osaka very much because it was dirty, kinda ghetto and everything closes as early as everywhere else even though everyone says it's "party central". The one place we were able to find that was tasty and not fried was a Korean BBQ place.
One thing I can say about spots, avoid places where you see a lot of foreigners buying or eating at. Usually they're tourist traps. You can buy and eat at places that will be way cheaper and better or same quality. Go through the back alleys and streets and avoid main avenues and streets. I went to Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Fuji and Kyoto. Fuji and Kyoto were my fans. Also if you're into that stuff you should do the stamps/Goshuin as soon as you get there just buy a cute stamp book. Cute and fun little thing to do around is finding all the little stamps you can get everywhere (usually info desks and stations).
Overall, unless you have very specific places you want to see try to have the experience of walking around and discovering places. Japan has a lot of hidden gems that don't even appear in Google because they don't use Google in the first place. I discovered a really nice, small thrift store in Tokyo around Azabujuban Station, Shibuya just by walking. If you would like any more specifics let me know.
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I feel like a dumbass. just finished booking flights and hotels for a 2-week trip in late march… I somehow totally forgot, but that's going to be sakura season, right? how bad will the crowds be? I can handle some overcrowding but if it's really dire it's not too late for me to change my dates a bit. will be mainly in kyushu and osaka and it's my first trip so no idea what to expect
No. 2287759
>>2287739Do you know how they would function with letting you in and out? The interior and everything looks like a normal, upscale hotel. There is even a little walkway on either side to the front desk with a long pond with fish it looks like in the lobby. That's why I thought it was a normal hotel. All the love hotels I've seen in videos have been people half hidden behind curtains or self service lol
I don't mind people have sex in rooms, I would hope there is some sound proofing, but I really want to go to LUSH and get some bath bombs. I don't have a bathtub, so the bathtub is going to be so, so, so nice.
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Gaijin idiol "I'm treated like a mascot"
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Lol at the amount of people that are like "my Japan trip my Japan trip my Japan trip my Japan trip" and make videos about all they did which is literally just shopping and buying a bunch of stupid shit
No. 2289340
>>2289207>>2289212Dunno what you want from me other than another post about the same shit all expat nonnas here have already bitched about. It's boring, it's ugly, it's shallow, it's turbo capitalist, misogyny is worse here, the weather sucks, the food sucks, nowhere has my shoe size, nowhere has my bra size, there's no real Mexican food, other expats are unbearable weebs, annoying anime is everywhere, pedoshit is everywhere, the music on the radio is awful, the fashion is to dress like someone's mom, Starbucks doesn't have grilled cheese, Dr. Pepper is formulated differently and tastes worse, they always have annoying copyright free music playing in random ass places, they always put veggies or minced meat or other weird shit in mashed potatoes, you're an outsider everywhere you go, the women all act like creepy Stepford fembots, cocktails are weak, the justice system is insanely corrupt, I'm going to sleep now goodnight
No. 2289376
>>2289340a lot of these things are objectively true but unless you're a north korean defector or something why are you still forcing yourself to live there? kek
I never understand the people who hate japan but continue choosing to live there when you have to make a conscious and expensive effort to find ways to even stay there because of the aforementioned capitalism and strict immigration
No. 2289398
>>2289340I thought you wanted to complain about something in particular and not the everyday life in Japan. I can't speak about food and drinks because it's too subjective but I like the food there. You reminded me that I need to try proper Mexican food someday and not just fast food chains.
>nowhere has my shoe size, nowhere has my bra sizeIt's the reverse for me, I can buy whatever I want and wear more styles than what I find in Europe so whenever I go to Japan I buy a lot of clothes and sometimes shoes. A friend of mine had the same issue as yours, wanted to order shoes online and the website asked for her passport number, it was weird as hell and she just didn't buy anything online in case it was a scam. Is that normal?
No. 2289912
>>2289376I'm here for contract work and leaving early would be a huge financial and legal deal. Not sure why you didn't use context clues to deduce that it was something like that instead of writing a fanfiction about me. Lots of people are trapped places they don't want to be by career, marriage, custody arrangements, finances, health, the list goes on.
>>2289384Dude this is just delusional. When it comes to consumerism, worker's rights, etc. Japan is what people on reddit think America is.
>>2289387Yes. Japan is a first world country.
>>2289398I complained about like 20 particular things and could probably add 20 more. People can subjectively hate the lifestyle, environment, culture, etc. of a place. It doesn't always have to be like super serious messed up social issues. Not all Americans hate living in Japan as much as I do but 95% of them will tell you it's definitely overrated.
>>2289401I don't understand anything about heterosexuals and don't want to.
No. 2289921
>>2289912I can attest to this. The consumerism thing at least. You cannot go anywhere without being bombarded with something being peddled to you. Vending machines everywhere with everything you could need at all times. Gacha all over. Konbinis every corner. The need to buy 100x the amount a normal person would need just to get a ticket to a concert or show and people
do buy these things is so concerning. I don't understand what someone could do with 50 hand towels when all they wanted was to win a gacha game to get an exclusive lucky chance figure. The amount of packaging waste and then on
top of that fucking recycling specifically. This is better if you get to more rural areas, it's quieter, but you'll still find the odd vending machine just randomly down the alley.
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Personally I want to go to learn Japanese officially but I fear I’m too old now. I’m 30 and every time I try to apply to a language school they warn me that it’s basically for 20 somethings but I can come too! Like damn I didn’t know the cut off for learning a language was 24. Like I get that learning languages gets harder the older you get but it’s not impossible to still learn languages at 30 RIGHT!? It’s not fair that when I was early 20s it was so expensive to go to Japan, now it feels like everyone can go but me kek. Is anyone 30+ still trying to learn a language? I’m just mad that I didn’t want to be perceived as a weeb in my 20s so I stopped trying to learn it but I should’ve just said fuck it. Now I feel behind. Don’t let the fear of being labeled a weeb stop you from learning a language if it’s something you a passionate about.
No. 2290579
>>2290545Dumb as hell in many ways. It's true that learning languages gets harder as you get older, but if you didn't learn as a literal child your chances of becoming fluent were low to begin with. There is basically no difference between learning in your 20s and 30s. And even then, fluency is not necessarily the goal - you could do it for fun, for travel, to read manga with a dictionary on hand, etc. My dad got a degree in Japanese when he in his late early 50s I think? Now, in his mid 60s, he's forgetting stuff more often but he still retains a lot of it and does all the communicating when we're in Japan despite the fact that I also took Japanese for years in my 20s. The main difference between us is that I'm lazy and barely study, so it's really a matter of working hard.
Are you sure they weren't warning you about the age range because they didn't want you to feel out of place socially, rather than warning you that you won't be able to learn the language? I mean that's stupid too, it's not hard to get along with 20 somethings in your 30s, but it still makes a little more sense than them telling you you're too old to casually study a language.
No. 2290610
>>2290551I decided at 13 I wanted to learn Japanese for cringey weeb reasons like watching anime raw lol. I was even planning on teaching in Japan and remember looking up the Jet program in like 2007 kek. Sadly when I couldn’t afford to finish college I gave up learning the language. Also everyone made fun of me and called it a pointless language to learn and I listened and stopped. Now as a 30 yr old Japanese haunts my life. Any time I drink I randomly speak Japanese. Sometimes I even know a word in Japanese but not English. I even stopped watching anime but it still happens so it’s obvious my brain likes learning it but it’s caused me to stop drinking because that shit is embarrassing
>>2290579Wow your dad is really cool for that. This really inspired me. I went back to the emails and you are right it’s mainly them saying it would be awkward for me because most of the students would be younger and I’d be the oldest. I guess I just assumed it meant I wouldn’t retain it like them kek. You are so right about working hard. I think that is what truly matters in learning a language. Your dad is clear proof of that. Thank you for this anecdote.
>>2290560I love this thought process and it will be my motto for 2025. Thank you ladies I no longer feel like a stupid hag.
No. 2290687
>>2289912>Not all Americans hate living in Japan as much as I do but 95% of them will tell you it's definitely overrated.That's why I said it's subjective. I'm not American so I can't really imagine the things you miss from America that aren't possible in Japan, I never went to the US.
>Lots of people are trapped places they don't want to be by career, marriage, custody arrangements, finances, health, the list goes on.I know a woman who lives in Japan because she got pregnant by some loser, wanted to keep the baby, married the loser and now raises the kid alone and I always wonder if she doesn't regret her decision. But we're not close enough for me to know. Going through that would be my worst nightmare regardless of the country, but living abroad as an essential single mother makes it worse.
No. 2290727
>>2289912>worker's rightsSo much better in Japan, where they can't legally fire you for no reason.
>An employer may only terminate or dismiss an employee on grounds that are objective, justifiable and reasonable, and any termination or dismissal that is not on those grounds is invalid and deemed an abuse of the rights of the employer. >Japanese courts strictly interpret the requirement of an “objective, justifiable and reasonable” ground. Usually, a dismissal is deemed lawful only where: the cause of dismissal is of a significant degree; there is no other way to avoid the dismissal; and there is almost no factor on the employee’s side that could be taken into consideration in favour of the employee. >Yes, there are categories of employees who enjoy special protection against dismissal. An employer is prohibited from dismissing the following categories of employees:>-an employee during a period of absence from work for medical treatment with respect to work-related injuries or illnesses or within 30 days after his/her recovery; and>-a female employee during a period of absence from work before and after childbirth, which is taken in accordance with the LSA or within 30 days thereafter. >In addition, an employer is not entitled to dismiss an employee on any of the following grounds:>-nationality, creed or social status;>-being a labour union member or having performed justifiable acts of a labour union;>-sex and, for a female worker, marriage, pregnancy, childbirth or having taken leave from work before and after childbirth;>-having taken childcare leave or family care leave under the Childcare and Nursing Care Leave Act;>-having reported the employer’s breaches of employment protection laws to the relevant government agencies;>-having sought the advice of, or filed an application for mediation by, the head of the Prefectural Labour Offices; and>-having reported a violation in accordance with the WPA. https://iclg.com/practice-areas/employment-and-labour-laws-and-regulations/japan
>Any employer that requires workers to work in excess of statutory working hours or on statutory days off must submit a Notification of Agreement on Overtime and Work on Days off to the chief of the relevant labour standards inspection office. If employers force employees to do overtime work or work on days off without submitting a Notification of Agreement on Overtime and Work on Days off, they may be penalized.>Even if employers submit a Notification of Agreement on Overtime and Work on Days off, there are limitations for overtime work and work on days off as follows.>Companies must pay an increased rate of wages as set forth in the table below to employees who work in excess of statutory working hours, work on statutory days off or work late at night (between 22:00 and 05:00)https://www.jetro.go.jp/en/invest/setting_up/section4/page5.htmlImagine being so ignorant of the country you're currently living in.
No. 2292121
>>2290006I literally couldn't care less what random Japanese people think of me. Hopefully you're right and they decide they hate guyjeenz (you're sooo japanese for using that word zomg, I hear if you chant it in the mirror three times at midnight you will magically have monolids when you wake up the next day) so much that they never want to do business with the West ever again. Then it will finally be free of anime.
>>2290019I mean, you're not wrong, but I just don't like any of those brands. So maybe that's overly specific to me but it's still something I don't like about living here. I've never seen my shoe size at Zara in Japan.
>>2290502I think a lot of American millennials + zoomers are very dedicated to the "America is this awful poor violent shithole" LARP for whatever various reasons and feel invalidated or something when people who have lived in other first world countries prefer America. The US isn't even in the top 50 worst countries for mass gun violence. 50. But people my age will act like you're a crazy person who wants to live in a warzone if you say you miss America. A lot of people seem to need reminded that the US is still very objectively a democratic first world country with a huge economy that a lot of people from other places fight tooth and nail to get into. It has some unbelievably shitty areas, sure. But there are also plenty of American suburbs that are just as clean and safe as Japan.
>>2290727Yeah I based my opinion of Japanese work culture on the actual reality I have observed for two years and not a bunch of regulations most people will never read that either are constantly broken without consequence or have obvious massive loopholes. So ignorant of me.
No. 2295678
>>2288585Thanks, turns out that the only way to do that is with an iPhone it seems. I will avoid Japan in August. Seems like November is the best time to go.
Does anyone have any opinions about the first half of the year? I would love to experience Japan when it's not so cold but it seems like it's either going to be super cold or hot with no in between.
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What onsens have you been to?
No. 2299049
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>>2299042I'd visit a butler cafe.
>get my food fastThis is why I can't with Americans.
No. 2299061
>>2299049The Butler Cafes are just as cringey anon. Imagine a white dude trying to talk in a deeper, alluring voice. It's the same. It's very try hard and the whole giddiness derives from not flattery, but the atmosphere in which you are forced to LARP as well. The food about 80% is terrible too which really sucks for the price. I'd rather have a truly waited on meal than people LARPing waiting on me. Like being a part of a dinner and show. A lot of people like that I guess. Not my kind of show though. The comfortability aspect of it being so obvious awkward just ruins it.
>>2299050There's a foreign cafe somewhere in Shibuya that only hires foreigners and has them in various war uniforms. I'll have to try to look it up again. It was years ago when I saw a tiktok about it.
No. 2300661
>>2298983If you plan on going to just Tokyo, it does suck. The outskirts of the city is much better, but you kind a have to be in the know of the cool spots. There’s lots of cool retro cafes owned by sweet elderly ladies. Fortunately, these areas haven’t been tapped by tourists yet. And usually you do have to actually speak a little Japanese to get in. I’d still visit Japan if I were you, but maybe prefectures that are more underrated and outside of the major cities. It will be more difficult to navigate, but it’s so worth it. The country is very beautiful, the natural landscape I mean. There’s mountains, clear rivers, etc. Osaka is probably one of the better major cities that still has maintained its culture without changing
too much. Great food and the people there are much friendlier than Tokyo. But yeah, if you plan to go to Mandarake or game or hobby shops, all the major cities, their best stuff is gone. You only get dating sim or car racing games left. And not even the good car racing games. You need to venture outside and go to smaller cities and towns. You might get stared at a lot in smaller towns, which can be uncomfortable though
No. 2301780
>>2290545>cutoff for learning a language>24Ridiculous. Maybe 75, but at 24 some people are literally still in school. If you want to learn it, learn it.
>>2300661I hate Tokyo so I agree. I recommend somewhere in Gifu. I ended up staying in Takayama and it was super dead (So dead it was kind unenjoyable actually, because almost every place was closed the whole time I was there.) I visited Shirakawa Go, which I had heard had become overrun with tourists so I was worried about it but there weren't as many tourists as I thought there would be there either. Key is to go as early as possible, too.
No. 2305298
>>2305195First trip even in a month and I'm going to Kobe after my first 6 days in a smaller down 1.5hr bus shuttle from Narita. I
want the smaller towns, plus I'm traveling for food. I don't drink, I don't like bars or hosts. I will see a few temples, but not really super interested in that either. I want to enjoy small things like paper making, stamp collecting, little tours in smaller areas. I understand going because you like XYZ specifically (lots of weebs), but for some people they need to think if this is or isn't going to be a last chance trip. They need to expand out of the main areas like Akihabara and not stay there for like 4 days.
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