I want to live in japan!!

[chachava]

Originally Posted by GThanatos

hi, i also think of learning the japanese language and maybe study or even live in japan.

but i'm worried, because i heard many stories of people, FOREIGN people (gaijins),who went to japan that were treated bad because of their race.

so there are sometimes clubs or cafes where only japanese people are allowed to go to and sometimes you are mocked on the streets and so on

Yes, some places which have had regular trouble from foreigners in the past decided to close their doors to them. Also, certain hostess bars are Japanese only because foreigners (for the most part) don't speak enough Japanese to understand what is going on which causes problems when it comes to paying the bill. Also, Japanese people NEVER use the word gaijin - only non-Japanese use such an offensive word to describe themselves which is pretty stupid. Admittedly, I used to refer to myself as a gaijin until my girlfriend pointed out that most Japanese people (herself included) found it pretty offensive

Originally Posted by GThanatos

so i wanted to ask you: ist it true? is japan really such a racist country?

No, it is not true and (I am sorry for being offensive, I have had a long day and I am tired) you are an idiot for believing that

[Nemhy]

I have a question! for the list of those cities...how is Takanawa? In like the Gaijin thing XD. It's not like....dangerous bad like we're gonna jump you and burn your house down right? *thats happaned in my old town once to this family of Russians)

[chachava]

Originally Posted by Nemhy

I have a question! for the list of those cities...how is Takanawa? In like the Gaijin thing XD. It's not like....dangerous bad like we're gonna jump you and burn your house down right? *thats happaned in my old town once to this family of Russians)

yeah man, they will rape your women and eat your children

[CrazyLee]

I shall be taking a trip to Japan hopefully in the next year or two. Hopefully will be dragging a few friends along with me. But thats a long term goal.

[EternityTokyo]

I want to live in Japan someday too..I think it might be a interesting place to live....but thats; just my opinion

[Nemhy]

Originally Posted by chachava

yeah man, they will rape your women and eat your children

If they try to rape Becca she'll curb stomp them into the pavement. XD

[Farang]

Gaijin a racist word? Hmm, I guess that really depends on quite a few things.

I've lived in Kurume for almost 2 years, not exactly all the time, but within 3 years of time, so... anyways, people here quite freguently use word GAIJIN to refer to foreigners, I've personally NEVER seen GAIKOKUJIN written anywhere outside the ward office. Even my girlfrriend, her family, I, my friends, my gaijin friends, my girlfriends english teacher, my japanese teacher etc. refer to foreigners as GAIJIN, so... I don't know.

But then again, there aren't that many foreigners down here. Atleast not western, we've got plenty of Koreans, Philippino and Chinese here...

[ZakiSan]

I want to live in Akihabara, Japan someday.^^
Maybe it's because i'm an Otaku [extreme anime & manga fan]

[Kai13]

I have always wanted to live in japan.

I'm now 16, and I'm in the 11th grade, after the 12th I shall go to a University to learn chinese and japanese, chinese as a major and japanese as a minor language. i will attend to that course for 3 years, and in a 4th, I might go to China or Japan for one year to do my master degree. Do you happen to know to where foreign students go in Japan in their master degrees?

Are three years enough to learn japanese? I already know a few basics...

[Gorotsuki]

New york summers are muggy and winters bitter so im used to it.