There's nothing wrong with loving cities. I love cities too.
Especially the side streets with cozy little restaurants and stores.

lol. i never said there was something wrong with it

Well of course. I know there's more to japan than big cities. It's not like i imagine japan being some kind of dream land filled with only anime, jrockers, hello kitty, and ninjas.

Different people have different reasons for visiting Japan, and yes, there are stereotypes such as manga, anime, ninjas, sushi and all that BS (why didn't we mention Pokemon before?). I visited Japan last year; I only stayed in the Tokyo-Yokohama area, but it was a great experience. I made an independent exchange trip there, and stayed with a Japanese family in a quiet residential area outside Yokohama. I went to a school there for 4 days, and went into Tokyo a few times and Kamakura (this is where a Daibutsu (big bronze Buddha statue) was built. :D
I plan to spend half of my gap year in Japan to teach English, but I also want to get know different parts of Japan besides from Tokyo and Yokohama. If I ask any of my school friends what cities in Japan or Japanese food they know, the only responses would be "Tokyo" and "sushi" respectively (everyone I know seems to think that sushi is nothing but raw fish (that's sashimi, retards, I'd say), I mean what the fck?). I'd like to visit Osaka, Kyoto and Hiroshima during my trip.:)

Do it!

Lived in Kyoto, vsited Osaka often, great entertainment spot, loads of friends and worked in Nara for most, stopped at Hiroshima, a very interesting city, on the way to Kumamoto driving from Kyoto.

You are going to have the time of your life!!

Lol, I wasn't implying that you did.

OP, might you contact me?

Did any of you even bother to look and enjoy my photos?

That was an expensive trip and I really enjoyed renting a new MAZDA ALTEZZA.. Brmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm:mtongue:

Shaddap~



No, I looked at your photos. They're pretty awesome.
I'd heard about that building before, but I didn't know what it looked like.
It's more "intact" than I thought, that's for sure.


On a side note: That river looks creepy. I used to live in Australia, and where I lived we had a river like that -- except with crocodiles in it.

Yes, it is amazing how the building stayed upright.

The crocodiles are awesome creature.. Love em:vsign: