What's it like?
What's it like living in Japan? Is it really cool? Crowded? Is the food good?
These are the questions i'm asking... Give me lots of feedback... Even if I have asked a question... TELL ME! |
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2) Yeah, it can be very cool, especially when you get a chance to travel on weekends and holidays. 3) In the big cities it can be crowded, but I lived in the countryside, about 1 hour south of Osaka. Not crowded there or most of the rest of Japan outside of Tokyo and a few other big cities. 4) I really loved a lot of the food, though I never really learned to like sushi or sashimi, or takoyaki, or red bean paste, or natto... But I loved ramen, yakisoba, domburi, kara'age, tonkatsu, zosui, yakiniku, shabu shabu, and plenty of other foods. |
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may sound a strange question, but why would you like to move to a country you know so little about :confused: |
Why do you think he's asking?
So that people can tell him about what it's like in Japan, since he plans to move there someday^^. I plan to move there, but I know Japan as if I was doing an article about it, but not that well yet^^. |
It`s normal here. It`s not amazing, exciting, or "really cool". You do the same normal stuff you`d do anywhere else. You still have to make a living, eat, etc. Coming to Japan doesn`t drastically change your life. If you`re depressed and angsty in your life elsewhere, Japan isn`t the remedy. (Sorry, but that seems to be the reason 90% of the people on here want to live here.) In fact, it can make things worse as you`d have more pressure.
I am quite happy and content living here. I wouldn`t want to live anywhere else. That doesn`t, however, mean my life is a happy roller coaster of excitement and joy. |
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It is one thing to ask for information so that you can then make a decision, but another to ask after they have (seemingly) already made up their mind... Admittedly, it is a little different for me - I had no prior interest in Japan whatsoever and was pretty much ordered out here, but glad I came now that I am here :) |
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Ask someone who has been here for a few weeks and it is the most interesting place they've ever been. Ask someone who has been here a year, two, or ten years and you get something like, "Eh, it's alright. Just like everywhere else in the world."
The food, well, let's just say you get what you pay for. A five dollar meal tastes like it should as does a twenty, thirty dollar meal. Cities are crowded. The country side is not so crowded. |
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I don't blame people for asking these questions. Since I had the same ones myself for years.
I have always wanted to live in Japan, just for the simple fact that it is much different from the Western countries. (This desire has died down a bit as I have aged) Buildings, trees, and plants all have a unique look and shape. The forests are huge and most are kept preserved. I have always been interested in the shrines and temples. The little stone walkways nearby and a pond and a zen garden set off in a district somewhere. All these little things attract people from other places. Where I live we have nothing like that. No sky-scrappers no buildings with neon lights and flashing signs. To people who live in boring, dull run-down towns, someone may view Japan as a type of paradise. Then you find out that it still has it problems just like any other place. But the beauty is still there. ^_^ |
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