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No. 993033
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>>993027Thanks, my
nonny lmao
No. 993044
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I've been going to Japan for a holiday nearly every year for the past decade, last time was just before covid got bad. I miss it like crazy, I'd never wanna live there but it's just so fun as a tourist. I guess I'll post some random cool things I've seen and done
>rabbit island
Exactly what it sounds like, prepare to be literally covered in bunnies. One of my favourite memories ever.
>atama daibutsu
It's a huge buried buddha with a few bizarre attractions around it, like easter island heads and a stone henge kek. I went in winter and the snow was amazing but it's covered in lavender at other times.
>Sapporo snow festival
Good fun if you don't mind the cold, the big snow sculptures are great
>Sanmai maruyama
A surprisingly enjoyable archeological site/historical exhibit about the jomon period
>Edo wonderland
Edo period/ninja theme park, the area around it has a bunch of other fun things too (trick art museum, dinosaur museum monkey park)
>daikannons (in Sendai and a few other places)
Fuck off huge buddha statues, worth it for the sheer scale
>soma nomaoi
This obscure ass samurai horse racing festival in the middle of the countryside
>wakakusa yamayaki
They just set the side of a mountain on fire, fireworks and festivities etc
>tamaden/kishigawa train line
It's themed entirely around Tama the station master cat, cute as hell
>Odaiba
An obvious one but I always make time for a day there when I'm nearby, love the different shopping centres, there's a bunch of car related exhibits if you're into that, the big gundam statue is cool, teamlab is amazing
>bookoff
Not a tourist attraction but a second hand chain store with an insane amount of cheap clothes and pretty much everything you could want, I make a point of visiting them everywhere I go. I love the ones with anime merch
>aeon mall
It's just a generic mall but I love going to their big ass pet stores, most just have tiny cute puppies and kittens but some have bizarre animals. Like I've seen a swan, meercats, owls, eagles, sugar gliders
I didn't list all the super popular things you'll find on google, but the popular stuff is awesome too. A bit too crowded in some places but I never feel ripped off. I also enjoy just going to whatever shrines/temples/castles are in the area, I've seen a million but I never get bored and some are particularly cool. I don't recommend zoos too much because they can be dodgy with animal rights tbh.
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Oh how I wish we had cute plushie crane games and gachapon machines here. If they have enough money to put smoking and alcohol shops all within the same area then I think there's room for these to be placed everywhere. I know there's online options like Toreba and
https://gachax2.com/ but I'd like to experience it irl.
No. 993335
>>993302Feel this. My country has an insane amount of pubs and bars, everything is centred around drinking and sports and not much else. I can't think of a decent arcade within even trains reach of me. I'd love to have options like that. Any claw machine you come across here has the cheapest crap in it. That stuff where it says 'made for the leisure industry" which essentially means cheapo crap where corners were cut on the quality.
Used to use toreba but in the last few years I've felt the difficulty increase and then the changing rules about free shipping are alot considering how hard wins even are now. You can waste so much money in just minutes on there. I just want an in person arcade and coins in my pocket so I can better watch my spending lol. I live through youtubers for now.
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To the nonnies that live/lived there: How safe is it really, for women? Usually the shit online is all about men, for men.
I think it's still heaps safer than my shitty developing country, but I sometimes see those stream's "highlights" where men follow the streamers and touch them, and that's while being filmed. Really scary stuff. I did notice, though, that most streamers didn't speak japanese, were into drinking/nightlife and were mostly asian themselves. I wonder if these are seen as easier targets? What were your experiences?
I'm not at all interested in the night life scene, but I'd love to go for walks/runs during the night, which is really impossible where I currently live. Not sure if this helps, but I'm currently eyeing a job position in a quieter Chubu prefecture.
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I studied abroad twice in Japan, first in Nagasaki and then in Tokyo. I was very depressed and lonely in Tokyo (much larger university with less international student support, on top of stupid shit making me depressed) so maybe my view of it is just skewed, but I much preferred Nagasaki. I miss it so much. When I was living in Tokyo, I longed for all the greenery I used to be surrounded by. There was convenience and Tokyo is fun and interesting in its own right, but Nagasaki holds a very special place in my heart. It can be a pretty boring place to visit in comparison though, I'll admit that much. I did get to achieve my childhood dream of visiting Gunkanjima when I was there though! Very cool but sad that the path to walk only lets you see a tiny portion of the island.
I would highly advise people to visit Okinawa, and if they do, rent a car and drive around outside of Naha. This was what one of my friends told me to do and it was a good choice. We'd just google random beaches and drive out to them and have this small little beach to ourselves. We went to a glass blowing place, and visited Churaumi Aquarium, among a bunch of other touristy places I can't exactly remember. I want to go back and explore more! I've also visited Osaka and Kyoto. In Kyoto, my friend and I visited like 4 or 5 different shrines on Christmas day kek.
I've never been up north, so I'd really like to visit Hokkaido one day. My roommate in Tokyo asked me to go with her but I already booked a ticket out somewhere else during the same week. What a shame! I want to eat snow crab lol.
I stopped studying Japanese after I graduated college. I think I made a lot of progress in Nagasaki, where I went after just one year of elementary Japanese (having a host family really helped), but in Tokyo I was isolated and depressed so I feel like my Japanese skill regressed. I work for a Japanese company now in the US but no one speaks Japanese to me. I might try and take advantage of the tuition program we have, but I don't really want to stay here for three years just to have them pay for classes for me (but I'm admittedly terrible at self study).
No. 994697
>>993706>How safe is it really, for women? Pretty safe in that I felt more comfortable walking home there than I would in my home country. It's interesting, being a foreigner walking at night, you can tell that you are the one making others uncomfortable. I did have one guy start talking to me once though and then tried to force kiss me and I had to push him away will all my might.
In general, Japanese men have the opinion that even if a woman says "no" she really means yes. The rape laws in Japan are also pretty terrible so I strongly recommend never inviting a Japanese man to your home or being alone with one anywhere unless you know them really well beforehand.
If you are blonde, a lot of Japanese people will think you are a Russian prostitute (Japanese people aren't very good at telling white people apart). Because of this, if you go somewhere like Kabukicho by yourself you can get random men approaching you for sex. Sometimes Japanese people will approach you elsewhere to ask to take random photos with you as if you were a celebrity. I used to be ok with this but then I realsied I had no idea how the photos were being used and started to refuse.
It's not really a safety thing, but you see white women being fetishized a lot in the media, which is kind of depressing and probably makes things worse for foreign women.
No. 994713
>>993706>Usually the shit online is all about men, for men. I forgot to add, for some reason foreign men in Japan get really defensive when you point out these things or criticize anything about Japan. You never see it for any other country, it's truly bizarre. r/japancirclejerk is the worst. You literally cannot post anything about Japan anywhere on Reddit without there being a huge chance that someone will copy it over just to bully you and mock you, even for serious posts saying how you were sexually harassed.
I do like Japan a lot but there a lot of issues with living there, more than I've experienced anywhere else. I don't understand why foreign men online keep insisting that there aren't any.
No. 995548
>>993706>How safe is it really, for women?I grew up in a fairly shitty/dangerous area, so maybe my perspective is skewed compared to other anons. I personally feel like it's incredibly safe, but I will also never be able to shed my ingrained safety habits. I think people who are used to general safety and then come to Japan after hearing it's "basically zero crime!" are the people who get fucked. Also white people who've internalized the "polite and meek asians" stereotype.
Where I grew up, I've known multiple people who've been held up at gun point in the middle of the afternoon while commuting from school or work. It's not something I consider while venturing outside here. I've personally only had one bad experience (I got chikan'd on a fucking plane kek), but otherwise I practice common sense and have never had anything uncomfortable happen in 5+ years. Whenever I've heard about especially bad stories, it always involves someone being drunk in public, in a shitty area, at night or in a club. Either that, or it's people who indiscriminately meet up or hang out with randos. If you stand out and look like an easy target, you're going to have a bad time anywhere.
If you want to run at night, I think it's not impossible if you're in a city. I really wouldn't do it in the inaka to be honest. Wild boars are no joke (and its easier to get snatched by some psycho with a car, if you have a regular routine).
No. 995621
>>994697>>994713>I did have one guy start talking to me once though and then tried to force kiss me and I had to push him away will all my might. Gross as fuck, I am sorry that happened to you, anon.
>The rape laws in Japan are also pretty terrible so I strongly recommend never inviting a Japanese man to your home or being alone with one anywhere unless you know them really well beforehand.I am engaged and I plan to go with my fiance, but I think I'd probably never do it, anyway. Especially in a foreign country! Just the thought of it makes me shiver, women are pretty vulnerable in their own countries, imagine in a country where you're not fluent in the language, the laws, the customs, the locations.
>If you are blonde, a lot of Japanese people will think you are a Russian prostitute I'm not, actually a lot of people think I'm hapa already here where I live.
I've got once that I look like Red Velvet's Seulgi if she was mixed, but I'm way uglier lmao. I still look pretty foreign though, especially cause I'm pretty tall, even more so in Japan. When I went for visiting, I was also in a very rural prefecture and people commented on my height and some school kids also looked at me, I don't blend very well but I was not the worst case either since there was a natural redhead with us. None asked for photos, though lol
>I forgot to add, for some reason foreign men in Japan get really defensive when you point out these things or criticize anything about Japan. You never see it for any other country, it's truly bizarre. That's so exhausting. I wonder how many have actually lived in Japan vs just visited for a while, or maybe not even that.
>I do like Japan a lot but there a lot of issues with living there, more than I've experienced anywhere else. Just curious, it's okay if you're not comfortable with answering: are you from Europe? I'm from latam and shit can get really grim here, can't imagine Japan being worse.
>>995548Thanks, anon! I think we have a similar experience as for the "living in a dangerous country" thing. Although nothing ever happened to me particularly aside from getting chikan'd here as well
and as a 10 y/o, but my sister has been gun robbed as well. Scary shit.
>If you want to run at night, I think it's not impossible if you're in a city. I really wouldn't do it in the inaka to be honest.Thanks, anon! I'd be in a city in a more rural prefecture, but I wouldn't dare run in the middle of the rice fields or anything, the fact that there is barely no lights there is scary enough lol
>>995571I am not dark skinned myself, but from what I've heard, you're fine as a black foreigner as long as you don't act loud and rude, the regular stuff. I think it's much harder to grow up in Japan as a black person than to be a black tourist or even a black expat. The model, Ariana Miyamoto, grew up in Japan as a black hafu and she said the bullying was so bad that she almost killed herself. It also highly depends where you live, like Ariana was from Nagasaki while there is a full black girl on youtube that was also born in Japan and grew up in Ibaraki (which is way way closer to Tokyo) and she said everyone just treated her as a peer.
>Do you really need to speak Japanese in order to not get scammed and such?I believe this rings true for anywhere in the world, tbh.
I've been scammed as a tourist in my own country because I didn't have the local accent lolIf you speak japanese, even basic basic japanese, I think most japanese people will be way more friendly because at least you're trying to respect the locals by speaking in their language in their country, instead of just expecting people to speak english (even if you're not a native english speaker yourself). Most services places will be pretty accommodating even if you don't speak japanese because of their service training and whatever, but speaking japanese will make people like you more and it will be just easier, in general. There are always some unhinged people, but usually Japan's flavor of racism is more covert and not very in your face.
Speaking of black people in Japan, Loretta lives in Japan and she makes some touristy videos about the places she goes and lives, and they have a nice vibe. I do wish she would make a video about racism in Japan, but I completely understand why she chose not too. It's just not a pleasant topic.
No. 995623
>>995571I'm north african born and raised in France, living in Japan for just 6 months made le feel like I was finally treated like a normal human being. The very few times when I felt out of place were infinitely less worse than some of the shit I've been through in my own country. And when it comes to cultural differences I wasn't to weirded out, shit like blindly respecting old people or being asked why I'm not already married
because I'm over 20 years old is a concept I'm already familiar with because of my own background for example. People always thought I was Indian or Pakistani for some reason, especially Indians and Pakistanis, and I'm not really dark skinned. I do look racially ambiguous if you don't know that north africans aren't black. One of my best friends was also in Japan at the same time and she's Black, everyone thought she was American. She told me she felt very out of place unless she was at work because her coworkers were from all over the planet but she didn't socialize with anyone except them and me. She was shocked when I told her that gaijin hunters were hitting on me sometimes because in her case she attracted a lot of westerners.
No. 995633
>>995571 African American anon.
I went by myself back in Oct '19. It was super fun! I had an amazing time there! I stayed in the Tokyo area (I wanted to go different places but a typhoon made traveling difficult). It's super hilarious because if you see another black person you'd make eye contact nod and move on. I had short,natural cropped hair I never noticed anyone staring or said anything off to me. In Harajuku there are these African dudes with flyers for nearby businesses who would annoy me with a "Hey sister! Hey sister!" Halfway across the world and I thought I was free from that bullshit. I found myself sticking to other foreigners but I did meet some people who were Japanese and spoke English. Know your please and thank yous, observe behavior of others so to avoid social faux pas and as always as woman traveling, keep your wits about you.
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Soft Necro to ask, is anyone here currently living and working in Japan? How is it? Do they treat you differently for being a gaijin, for better or worse? How is the zangyou issue? How is the sexism compared to your home country?
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>>1115584Thanks anon, sorry for the late reply.
>Zangyou was never a problem>Heard far more complaints about nenkyuThat's a shame. I think that at least if I don't have to overwork my office hours and can unwind a bit after work, I can deal with having no vacation. But it's still awful, especially considering that I'd have to decide to stay in Japan and be a tourist for cheaper or visit my family.
>Regarding sexism, all the women said they felt 100x safer than their home countriesThat's good. I have no doubts that Japan is indeed way safer than my country, but I'd like to know how is the work culture x sexism aspect of it as well. My own country is pretty sexist as well so comments about women's abilities in the office is nothing new for me, but I'd like to know if it would be worse (or maybe better?). I guess I'll only know once I get there.
I'd get a position on an international office if that really happens, so I guess they'd be less shady and more professional in general. Since there's a lot of gaijin working there (and using their services as well), I believe they could be a bit more understanding of international labor laws, but who knows…
Thanks, anon!
>>1117168Sorry about your loss, anon. How broke are we talking? I knew someone who lived in nothern Japan and he said he was living kinda "tightly" with around 1300 dollars a month, but to be honest I think he didn't know how to budget properly and would eat out a lot (he doesn't know how to cook) and buy games. So I don't know how bad it was, really.
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I want to do a working holiday in Japan so bad, either 6 months or a year but it doesn't seem feasible because I have to start my career but I keep rejecting from jobs anyways that it makes me want to escape. Either that or doing a lanmguage school for 3-6 months to finally reach N3 level of fluency.
I want to do a fall trip with my friends or a cherry blossom trip with my partner but I honestly won't wait around for people and don't mind going alone if that's what it takes. It wouldn't progress my life in any way asides from self fulfilment to live there for a short period of time but there's a lot of things holding me back somehow.
Doesn't help borders are closed sigh. I always have my daydreams about Japan but with everyone posting their cherry blossom picnics I'm even more sad.
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>>1118710These types of videos can be really relaxing, indeed.
Autumn is also my favorite season, and it looks beautiful with the red leaves too. If you go mid-Autumn, the weather will probably be cold enough (I'd guess around 15°C to 10°C) to balance the Onsen's hot water, so I wouldn't worry about that. If you get into the water during the day or the twilight, the scenery will look amazing as well! Go for it, nona.
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>>1118686guess its time for another demon slayer film to save the economy again
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>>1140091What is the downside to this, though?
I miss one mask I bought in Japan. It had an internal pocket where you put in a pad (?) that was humid and had a vary faint minty smell. It was great for long trips or places with AC because it wouldn't dry out your face, it was very comfortable to wear. I guess if I was there during lockdown, I'd always wear one of these underneath a regular mask.
No. 1141163
>>1140364The big issue for me is that it's hard to catch what someone says when they mumble through a mask. They also struggle hearing me sometimes and just assume I didn't understand their Japanese, when really we just can't hear each other.
Teaching in a mask sucks.
It's hot and humid here now, too. And if I want to wear makeup it always rubs off a little.
The only plus side is that it somewhat hides my expressions and I guess keeps me from getting sick, sure… Meanwhile I haven't gotten Covid once, even when I lived in the land of the free and we could roam around maskless. If they all want to wear a mask until the end of time, sure, but now I'm forced to wear one or else I look like an unhinged gaijin. It's just easier to wear it without question, but on the inside I'm tired of it.
No. 1408310
>>993345Replying to my first post, 11 months ago : I'm finally going to Japan ! I'm elated I was able to make my dream come true
If you had one place to recommend or an activity (considering I'm going there in August), what would it be ?
No. 1408827
>>993044from the frequency and the use of "big fuck off" I'm guessing you're aussie or kiwi. I fucking LOVE how close Japan is to us, can't wait to go back.
fave place ever was nagano. It was a whole new world, such wonderful locals, such beautiful scenery and buildings.
can we ausfags fly out unvacced? I'm pretty used to breaking the law when it comes to vaccine passports cause fuck the pigs but internationally feels like it's a big yeah nah
No. 1409337
>>1408827imagine living in one of the few countries that actually took covid seriously, and some random dirty-assed white piggu thinks it's cute to come get their germs all over your shit
I suddenly understand why they hate us so much
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i was meant to be in japan right now! i am a full on gaijin but i am very respectful and trying my hardest to learn japanese. the ghibli theme park just opened and i cry at the thought of going there because its just so nostalgic. couldnt go bcs i wanna go when covid isnt an issue whatsoever so places wont be restricted/need tour guides. japanese boys are so cute and say they want to marry me, it seems a lot better there than where i am! not a fan of the culture surrounding young girls and ‘lolis’ and how normalised it can be there over there. as a pretty petite woman i’m a bit nervous for public transport or walking down dodgy streets. i’m sure its just as unsafe as any other foreign country in bad areas, but i worry that some nasty pedo tout is gonna snatch me up and force me into sex work
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>>1558692>mostSo you're saying there's a chance?
No. 1567734
>>1563274Trough the Japan rail pass website
nonnie. I bought mine there!
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>>1567983These are not the same currency.
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wasn't sure where to put this but i guess the Japan thread works. honey cinnamon made a post on twitter asking customers (scrotes) to basically not stalk the employees
https://twitter.com/honeyc0214/status/1659085585284210688and even more horrific, in the comments is someone talking about a friend was stalked and raped by a psycho who learned their name from the name tag and used Instagram to find out who they were
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>>1581409this comment though kek
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There's going to be a Sachiko Kaneoya exhibition in Tokyo when I'll be there! I'll try to go there as soon as I arrive. I'm also trying to make a reservation for the Pokemon cafe in Nihonbashi but it's too hard, everyone manages to make a reservation right before me, it's super frustrating. Maybe I'll go to Artnia to eat a moogle or chocobo themes pile of pancakes instead to compensate, it's not even like I'm super interested in gen 9 games anyway. By the way, how's the Q-pot café? Is the food good? It seems a bit expensive but I saw pic related and it made me want to go there.
No. 2014315
>>2014256agreed, the fact that they can't follow basic rules like dont run into the fucking street has got to be annoying. all over a picture of a convenience store. I feel bad for foreign residents, apparently with the recent influx of tourists they've been noticeably treated differently (more so than usual).
also the people turning the shibuya crossing into places to have photo shoots is mind boggling to me. Do these people think they're at disney?
No. 2014446
i went to japan for the first time in nov last year, it was a trip planned during covid that never saw the light of day. it was lovely and i had some local friends in Osaka who showed me to nice shops/restaurants i wouldn’t have found otherwise.
>>2014256some picture perfect weeb scrote i know went recently and walked around on a call with his camera on doing a terrible japanese accent (middle of tokyo) and filming random people who walked past him.
i noticed so many people acting like that when i went too, just completely oblivious and have zero regard for being in a different country with different standards. it’s really not that hard to behave yourself lol unless ur a male
No. 2017647
Boomer weebs are cringe af too.
No. 2017704
>>2017700they owe the foundation of their entire culture to the Chinese, like it or not
their cultural degeneration was largely caused by American influence, not to mention the unnecessary nuclear bombing of their cities
No. 2017709
>>2017704ntayrt but don’t they very famously hate each other? You’re right about what the USA did but their beef seems personal kek.
blog but
my undergrad was at a uni famous for having a lot of East Asian exchange students. I made a couple Japanese friends and they were very open to me about their disdain for the Korean and Chinese students. It was interesting because I later made Korean friends who also openly hated on the Chinese students. I’m no expert but those three don’t seem to be on good terms…
No. 2017719
>>2017704>their cultural degeneration was largely caused by American influenceIs that so.. let's see what the great and sophisticated nipponese had before baka gajins ruined their culture
>rape of women by samurai was normal >child sex slave's of monks (chigo)>children being prostituted in brothels Yeah definitely not degenerate at all take off your weeb glasses and never forget japan outlawed cp in 2014
No. 2017722
>>2017719Never said Japan was some ideal country before their defeat in WWII
I don't even like Japan
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Anons that moved to Japan: what did you take with you?
I may be moving soon there, for a short period probably (2-5 years maybe, it is still unsure)
Any tips? Thanks!
No. 2018678
>>2018336Do not ever bring ADHD med adderall here. Do not bring any medicine without prescription.
I’m not an ADHDer but there have been cases of people getting arrested.
Gynecology related stuff. Bring a good yeast infection cream. If you’re older in your late 30’s or forties definitely an estrogen cream. They don’t have that here. Gyno is so backwards unfortunately. Bring good probiotics for vagina health. Ointments are okay to bring so I always bring back various ointments.
Bring deodorant good toothpaste. Deodorant here doesn’t stop the Caucasian odor and toothpaste doesn’t have fluoride.
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i hate these retards making me defend pewdiepie off all people, but like how do you here him say “don’t be a rude and harass japanese people” and only take this from it
most of us aware that japan is not a perfect utopia. but all he’s saying that generally japan is decently polite and that you shouldn’t be harrassing innocent people for no reason (like johnny somali)
No. 2030167
>>2018336>>2018678Like this anon mentioned, deodorant. I (white) barely even sweat but of course I wear deodorant. However, if you want stick deodorant/anti-p, bring that. It's hard to find even in Europe, and the last time I was spending a longer time in E Asia, I saw maybe one or two kinds. Maybe things have changed but I doubt it.
If you wear a larger shoe size, or even a kind of normal size for Western women, you may have difficulty finding shoes, so make sure you come with basic styles that won't wear out quickly. Same with bras unless you're very small-chested. I'm sure once you acclimate and explore your surroundings, you'll find places that sell sizes you need.
Other anon, are tampons more common in Japan now? I guess the time I needed them, I was in a more rural area. It was years ago though
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>>2030167Ayrt and yeah, it's hard to find shoes even in my country because I'm way taller than average here and my feet are large to boot. I absolutely have no intentions of buying clothes there, maybe male jackets. I'm thinking about creating a capsule wardrobe, but that's actually kinda hard for me.
I will try to buy deodorant, I'm actually kinda sweaty and I hate it.
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>>2095695Nonna what the fuck? Please tell me that doesn't happen.
No. 2095735
>>2095720There are lots of armpit fetishists out there
I suspect the first exposure to gaijin BO would be enough to drive some mad
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Can anybody help me with a travel-related question? I want to travel a long distance via trains (say, Kyoto to Nikko, or similar) - can I buy a single train ticket for the entire ride from the ticket office? Or would I need to buy separate tickets from each railway company at interchange stations?
No. 2098137
>>2097280Look into JR passes. It’s different depending on if you’re taking the Shinkansen/local rails etc. but there are a lot of JR passes to choose from which might help you save money.
If all else fails literally just go on Google maps and type in your starting point and destination, it’ll give you an idea of what trains you need to take
No. 2115254
>>2018705LA-based influencer/former Playboy model moved to Japan.
No. 2118931
As a foreigner living in Japan it's getting much worse, almost as much as any other big country ruined by capitalism.(At least in Tokyo where I live, can't speak about other places) pointless social hierarchy absolutely exists, you get a much different social treatment if you are rich or poor, white, asian or any other race, young or old, the way you dress and GENDER is a huge one as well
No one goes hungry because there are cheap food alternatives but everything is getting more expensive and most people still get paid absolutely shit wages. But even with those you can manage by living in a shitty small room, eating shitty food, having an overall shitty life because thankfully those alternatives do exist but it's such a soul breaking way of living.
I guess it beats my shit hole country and other places but I don't know how long this will last, it's like collapse can happen anytime now
No. 2118938
>>2118931This is why I decided against moving to Japan to teach and chose a different location in Asia. This was becoming a talking point in 2019, even before the pandemic, but I think it was exasperated by that. I think the problem is global and not specified to developed countries per se, but it seems like developing countries are less affected by it so far (at least the countries' middle class anyway). I remember talking to people in my profession back in the late '10s and everyone wanting to go to Japan, but once we saw the wages and the work-life balance, we all quickly dropped the idea.
>I don't know how long this will last.It's gonna last until the Taiwan problem is finally figured out by the mid to late '30's. We've been edging towards another big war since 2020 because the Western politicians remember that after the last big one, they experienced a golden age for 20 years and it fixed all their problems at home, so they think the next war will do the same.
No. 2118987
>>2118974I didn't teach English kek. Also at least reply to my post if you're gonna respond to me.
>>2118951I taught in Vietnam, Malaysia, China, and the US. China was the best place and it paid the best too, especially paired with the cost of living. I liked Vietnam too, but I thought the pay wasn't the best and I didn't like the driving culture there. I didn't spend expensive time in Malaysia, but the weather really turned me off from it. It might have just been the time of year that I stayed, but it was way too humid in an intense way that I didn't experience in Vietnam or China, and personally I couldn't handle taking 3-4 showers a day and still always being kinda sticky and feeling gross.
No. 2119001
>>2118992History usually, but I can do geography or general social sciences too.
>>2118989If you mean like food from grocery stores, China had the best food and the cheapest food. If you mean street foods, Malaysia was okay but I found a lot of their stuff greasy whereas in Vietnam the streetfood was usually quite fresh (or at least not as fatty).
No. 2119100
>>2119097you just meant the anon in particular
own up to your mistake sensei
No. 2124042
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>>2119005Actually Japanese economy is starting to rise again. Japanese stock has been one of the best performers since 2023. The average wage increase hit the highest level in 30 years. Yen is just extremely undervalued because of policy difference between FRB and central bank in Japan. It's not like Japanese economy is in terrible shape. Japan recorded the second highest growth rate among G7 after the US last year. Many economists predict they are finally going to recover from a 30-year slump.
No. 2124194
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>>2118938Like it or not, almost everyone prefers Japan to a shithole that is called China! This is the reality Chinaboo weirdos have to face.
With Japanese culture becoming super popular, more and more people want to live in Japan now. I'm living my best life here as an international student.
No. 2124563
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>>2124528>Hong Kong DisneylandAHAHHAHAHA
You can't be serious. It's the shittiest Disneyland in the world. It's tiny, run by retards and there is nothing special there. You'd have had much more fun in Ocean Park.
No. 2124796
>>2124708It's a lot easier than people think, but you need to have a good understanding of work visas and labour laws wherever you're going. When I finished my undergraduate degree, I did a program with the Spanish embassy to teach children in Spain English for 8 months to see if I really wanted to be a teacher. I ended up really liking the experience, so when I got back home I got my teaching degree. After I got that, I started talking to job recruiters at international schools in Asia because during my teaching program a lot of my peers were looking at teaching in different places around the world. I ended up being recruited by a Vietnamese school to teach English, and I did that for 8 months to gain more experience, after that I went to China to teach for 2 years, then I did another 6 months in Malaysia as a relief worker (I was taking over for someone that left mid-contract). In between, I usually spent 3-4 months at home talking to recruiters, applying for the appropriate visas, and getting the right rubber stamps and all that. Usually once a school hires you, they handle most of the visa stuff, all I had to do was visit some embassies nearby and get certain documents approved officially there.
>Do you speak all those languages too?No, I never got any better than basic conversation in Chinese, and my tones were always shit. I never learned any Vietnamese or Malaysian besides emergency words. In these countries, usually you are working with people that are fluently bilingual, and when you're teaching the class you're either teaching bilingual students or there is an interpreter in the room with you to translate between you and the students. Being an English speaker is an immense privilege because no matter where you go, there's always gonna be someone that knows some English.
>Everybody sees China as super dangerous.I can't speak for everywhere in China, but in the cities I lived and visited, I never felt afraid. In China, there is such a network of cameras that as soon as you leave your home, you can be monitored every step of your journey until you've arrived wherever it was that you were going. It didn't happen to me, but a co-worker, she lost her wallet on the train, someone reported it and the subway workers were able to check the footage and verify whom the wallet belonged to, called the police, they tracked down her movements and figured the school we worked at, and the police returned her wallet to her. All within the span of <10 hours. The experience was bizarre, I felt happy that they were so helpful but also it was strange realizing how observed we were. I never felt worried or anxious walking the streets alone, even as a foreigner (ofc, I was mostly in larger cities on the Southern coast where foreigners are more common compared to interior regions - but those interior regions usually pay a lot more money for teachers). Most people I met were very friendly. It was common to get stares, but it didn't creep me out because usually whenever I smiled at them they'd smile back, it was like I could tell the stare was from genuine curiosity and not malice. The only problem with China is that you have to be careful about what you say, it's weird but you can be reported for having unorthodox thoughts about the government or strong opinions about either Taiwan, Tibet, or the CCP in general. It's easy to get around this buy wearing a red-flag pin on your shirt or jacket and carrying the little red book in your purse.
After the pandemic, China lost a lot of teachers, so now the pay-rate and bonuses for new teachers is a lot higher and very competitive. I managed to save $65k when I lived in China over 2 years, but I lived very frugally, I didn't go out much, didn't drink often, didn't spend a lot on clothes or other things, etc.. The big thing that gives China the edge over other countries is that the cost of living is so incredibly low that when you're being paid such large sums of money, it feels like even more money. I used to be able to buy a week's worth of groceries for less than $45, and my rent was only $450 a month. From what I've heard from others, Japan is the opposite: poorer salary, higher COL, and they expect you to work more hours as well. In China, my work week was 30 hours 3 weeks a month, and 35 hours on the last week of the month, plus they even paid me for holidays and paid for my airfare to and from China at the start and end of the contract. If you're looking for advice on whether to go to China or Japan, I'd really recommend China. You're not going to be living in either forever, so you might as well focus on getting as much money as possible and having the easiest go at it. Japanese teachers are overworked, and from what I've heard it's a lot more common for foreign teachers to experience worker right violations and poor experiences there.
No. 2124845
>>2124825Yeah, China can be dirty, but I guess I was just used to that from where I was from. Really the biggest thing for me was the salary. In China, I was making $4500/month, and in Japan the highest they offered was something like $3000. Coupled with the cost of living, especially rent and food, you can make a lot more in China and save a lot more too. I don't agree with the shitty people bit though, some people were a bit loud or obnoxious, but for the most part everyone I met in China was very kind and helpful. I haven't been to Japan, so I can't compare the two, but even if Japanese people are nicer, I still don't think the Chinese people were "shitty" by any means.
No. 2124851
>>2124796>>2124798kek such different reviews but thanks nevertheless. The hours in China seem surprisingly low…
>they had a rough time (while the men I know that traveled there thought it was great and “dated around” there)For some reason I always assumed that it would be the opposite, that moids would be more likely to be seen as bad foreigners, that they're big and scary, and that they harrass local women (for racism in Japan you also often see the excuse that especially older people get reminded of soldiers when they see foreigners). But nothing about that applies to foreign women, especially if you're young and not ugly, wouldn't most people not think of you as somebody they hate to see in their country or worse a threat?
No. 2124857
>>2124852Yeah I didn't get the shitty comment either. I remember feeling very guilty for being piss-poor at Chinese because so many times people would be very kind to me and I could never articulate myself as well as I wanted to to thank them.
>>2124851>for racism in Japan you also often see the excuse that especially older people get reminded of soldiers when they see foreignersThis sounds kind of like an excuse a weeb would make. The occupation ended in the early 50s, no? It's 2024, so someone that experiened the occupation (instead of just being born after it) would be in their late 70s or early 80s now, right? Why would all the racists in society be 80 year old people?
No. 2124871
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>>2124856
>School in Korea is hell (and in China it's not really better) but after that they work less than people in Japan.
In your dreams?
No. 2124875
>>2124772School in Korea is hell (and in China it's not really better) but after that they work less than people in Japan. That's why Japan is obsessed with school settings anime, for most it's they only good time they had in life.
Also, just compare how adults in Japan vs in Korea/China dress, it's very obvious who is more modern and enjoys more personal freedom. Or how famous women look and act, still retiring because you marry in 2024 is insane. They never check moids for their open misogyny either. Same for what's expected of women in the household. Even the way japanese women talk is depressing. Both Korea and China have their baby language but they use it to make their partner do/buy things or to annoy friends but they also laugh and yell with a loud and deep voice while even japanese women who are already 50+ still use that high quiet demure tone at all times. Anons love baggy and modest japanese clothing and stuff like cute bento boxes but for them this is their entire life, something different is simply hardly accepted. Getting up everyday at 5 or even earlier just so that your cheating moid and annoying kids get 20 different dishes for each meal would by my hell.
No. 2124883
>>2124882what in the fuck are you even talking about
are you the one who keeps shitting up this thread with braindead takes?
No. 2124887
>>2124885that's not me
have you even been to japan? lmao
No. 2124894
This
>>2124885 is exactly what was talked about upthread (like all those pathetic "guides" about treating Japan well, what not to do in Japan, protect Japan,…when they would never ever do that for another country). Weebs are so insane, if any other nation was a colonizer or warmonger they're forever guilty and evil but if glorious nippon does it, they actually just did their
victims a favor, no they literally saved them!…
No. 2124898
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>>2124887Who cares about your personal experience. I quoted OECD stats. There is a reason why the suicide rate in Korea is much higher than in Japan.
Only you delulu Kboos think Korea was/is better/more popular than Japan.
No. 2124919
>>21190881) They hate foreign tourists. Weebs hate weebs.
2) They think living in Japan is a status symbol or something.
3) White men and women hate each other.
No. 2124942
>>2124898you are delusionally replying to me as if I'm the "Kboo" you're talking to yet referring to me as "delulu" lol who the fuck are you even talking about?
you realize korea before japanese colonization had some of the most area-efficient, waste-free agricultural techniques in the world right? posting some random black and white images of peasants doesn't prove anything. god you are retarded
No. 2127565
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I am going to be in Japan for four months. I tried to look if there was a way to buy packages from mercari and other sites and have them delivered to a collection point during my stay, but I unable to find anything similar to that. only amazon deliveries to konbinis. any information on how i might go about this, or should I just forget about it and hope i can find desired items in physical stores?
i will not be staying at one location during my stay, mostly sleeping outside.
No. 2127862
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>>2127625>>2127637fattychans, it is called walking pilgrimages.
No. 2128190
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>>2127862>sleeping outside in a country that has dirtcheap capsule hotels…how do you plan to eat or experience anything at all if you're that poor? Nowadays nothing is free. Also 4 months? The season will change, if no murder ends you first, you might get really sick if you're exposed to the weather 24/7 - and being sick abroad can get super costly.
>>2127862>pilgrimageGlorious nippon is truly weebs religion… You're just gonna be yet another annoying shameless begpacker.
No. 2128579
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>>2128190>Foreigners who visit Japan like that are so nastyWhen they do it in Japan or Korea like in the pic above I don't even think it's that evil but most of them are in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and so on, sitting next to actual beggars who are in need of basic food and asking people for money who likely earn way less than they (or rather their parents) do. What makes it even worse is that Thais are so ridiculously friendly that they say they feel pity when they see those lovely young people sitting on the street, that they feel too sorry for them to call the police on them and that they actually do give them the money. When looking that up I instead came across other foreigners saying that they report them because they don't want to be associated with such trash. Pic related even brought her baby and is trying to make money by selling photos of her, absolutely vile.
I hope that anon just get's ignored when sitting on the cold rainy Tokyo street kek
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