I have a plan to go 2011 when im 18 or 2014 when im 21 depending what the drinking age over there is .I'll proply be goin with friends wjo are also obssed with japan any wanna join us have a huge get to together?

There is no drinking age for foreigners unless you look like a twelve year old. I assume that all Japanese automatically think you are an English teacher or a college student. But the legal age is twenty in case you were wondering.

And if you have trouble buying it at a store, just find a beer vending machine. I swear to you I saw one last week that sold the one liter cans of Asahi. It was massive.

Cool thats a bit stupid tho putting alchohol vending machines on the street how do they stop kids buying it?

plannin to go about 5-7 yrs frm now wid my future hubby lol^^
gona go look for a place there

Well, I'm going to be moving there mid to late twenties, I hope. I'll probably visit sometime after my high school graduation.

Actually.......probably a hope in hell's chance on this end. :D Still, I wish the very best of you luck with your dreams, may they be merry and come true.

Well, the vending machines are usually in relatively non-residential parts of town, out in the open where everyone can see you buying it, or in areas where you wouldn't really expect to find kids hanging out.

They are trying to develop and install cigarrette vending machines, and I assume beer machines, that will recognize a smart card ID. What's a smart card? It is a card with a computer chip embedded that contains all the info. This way you have to scan your ID to buy the cigarettes from a vending machine. Cigarette vending machines are far more prevalent than booze vendors.

But all this being said, Japanese in general are more law abiding and respectful than just about any other population I have experienced.

gotta luv them for it to!:rheart:

Another reason for me to migrate to japan :P

whoa! i just beat you!:mtongue: