Spell out your good experiences and good things in Japan.
 

Lost Oakley sungalsses being returned to JR lost property.

Such an honest country:vsign:

Manners are simply amazing.

Skill and workmanship is five star.

My scooter not being used for six months when I was working in Bangkok. Took it to the mechanic, immediately went to work, took the whole, not kidding, the ENTIRE engine, bolt to bolt apart, cleaned absolutely evrything from spring to screw, drained the tank, all back together, and VOILA, as good as new:)

The people are fantastic.

Countryside hospitality is just so warm.

I could write a book:mtongue:

Tell us your story about POSITIVE experiences, good things that happened, and just anything good that is why YOU like Japan.

Please, negative parts for the chat thread;)

I thought users would be more positive:confused:

too many to list,


Once some friends and I were having a picnic in the mountains, it started to rain and we were huddling under the back door of the van deciding what to do. A caravan of cars came by and said "hey come with us, we're having a party" we said what the hey, and followed them to giant, rustic old cabin on top of a mountain. They had bands and food and it went all night, lots of interesting people and conversations from all over the place, they didn't ask us for anything , but gave us everything.

Cool, ive never been so i cant share any good experiences from Japan. But ill share this even though its sortof off topic lol. About 2 months ago i went to a club called blueprint to see "DJ Krome & Mr.Time" and "Stenchman", 9:00pm - 6:00am i was raving all night and got very smashed and THEN this guy said to me there was an afterparty going on in a mansion not too far away, i was like "eh? What the hell its like 6:30am im battered", well i went anyway only to find DJ Krome & Mr.Time there blasting some more music until 10:00am. Wicked... :D

I've spent over a year living in Japan (out of the last 13 years).... and like is mentioned above... to do justice to this idea would literally require a book. :)

Amazing country, amazing people.

If you haven't gone.... go. If you've been there.... you know.

best,

...............john

PS: And yes... I'm not totally naieve..... I know there are "issues". But there are issues everywhere.

Great stuff, loving it:)

John, we need a book out their on the JP bookshelves, maybe?

When I was about 11 my mum was a private english tutor for a trio of strudents from Japan. They were such wonderful people it made me want to know more about them and their culture.

Availability of everything, whenever, wherever (goes for Tokyo).

Safety.

People dare to live out their weird fantasies.

That's lovely:)

It's such a great place and the memories that come back after you have lived their are so beautiful.

Do you plan on visiting, studies, etc.?

yes, Indeed:)

That could definitely be dangerous.

Yeah, after seeing the bass case and all the instruments packed into the cars I was sweating.

I liked waking up early the first morning there, opening the curtains of my hotel room window, and looking outside to see a gentle layer of mist blanketing the scenery. An old, Japanese man was tending to a nearby garden. I didn't need pop music, sushi, or samurai swords... right at that moment, it hit me: I was in Japan.

The ladies who dressed my wife and me for our wedding were not only kind and attentive to us, but our elderly parents as well. They brought them chairs to sit on, drinks since it was hot. Japanese are known for great service, but these ladies went beyond anyone's expectations.
Even with the bad experiences most foreigners have in Japan, I choose to remember these good ones. The people are wonderful for the most part.

I am very bad at directions sometimes so I was often getting lost. A lot of really nice people would help me all the time. One time I was going on a train to my sisters house but the train wouldn't go through because of high wind. So I didn't really know what to do, but this nice old gentlemen managed to communicate with me. He offered to get his daughter to drive me but i was still slightly cautious. So he let me use his phone, and then he and his whole family waited with me at the train station until my sister got there:) So kind of them.

Another good experience. I left my bag on a train. I was staying at a temple on Koya-san so the monks tracked it down by calling stations and then they drove me down to the station and helped me pick it up. They were so nice:)

AWESOME!!

The new scenes that await first thing in the mornings in different countries has also been part of the attraction for me over the years:ywave:

I''ve never been to Japan, they came here to New Zealand :D. Yes I will visit Japan in future and I hope I can find them. I have their names and where they were from but not much else as mum lost contact with them over the years.

Even if I just get to say thank you for being a big sister/big brothers to me that would be wonderful.

I've lost count how many japanese knew they were going to NZ for a working holiday.

I must get over to you one day as I heard that you have a stunning country.

I think we have a larger population of Kiwis than you do:mtongue:

But yes, definitely get to Japan one days if you get the funds as it really is a great experience, and Japanese people are just so giving:)