You Know You've Lived In Japan Too Long When
 

...you notice you' ve forgotten how to tie shoelaces.
...you rush onto an escalator and just stand there.
...you find yourself bowing while you talk on the phone.
...you think US$17 isn' t such a bad price for a new paperback.
...you don' t hesitate to put a $10 note into a vending machine.
...when you are talking on the telephone to your parents and your father says, " Why are you interrupting my explanation with grunts?"
...you see a gaijin get on the train and think " Wow, it' s a gaijin!"
...you start thinking can-coffee tastes good.
...you have trouble figuring out how many syllables there really are in words like ' building' .
...when you wait for the first day of summer to wear short sleeve dress shirts.
...when the first option you buy for your car is a TV set.
...you don' t think it unusual for a truck to play " It' s a Small World" when backing up.
...you really enjoy corn soup with your Big Mac.

hahaha good ones, too bad i cant say ive lived in Japan long, never stayed there for an extended period of time :)

...you slurp just about every liquid you consume.
...you understand the motainai concept and think just about everything is motainai.
...you are seriously considering buying cowboy boots and a faux fur coat to pimp with your shades while you're riding the subway.
...ten dollars for a six pack is a reasonable price.
...you can spot a conbini that sells spirits from a kilometer away.
...you know what a conbini actually is and have eaten many meals just outside the store.

oh man youve hit it right on....


<3 QQ.....

... Crap i did it again

I cant even count how many times this happened to me ( this coming from a Gaijin):D

in japan too long...
 

...when you spot a like-foreigner in a crowd and think "my god, do i look that stupid?!

,,,when you see another gaijin in a crowd and think "do i look that silly?!"

You have worked in Japanese public schools too long when you can identify the students of the schools in your district by the uniform they wear and know who their ALT is.

You've lived in Japan too long once sake has become a necessity for survival.

You know you've lived in Japan to long when you can catch the Train with out havening to check the schedule.

...and know which stations don't have people watching the gates so you don't have to pay the return fare coming from Tokyo.

The exchange rate is either you best friend or worst enemy depending which way your money is going.

You set the second hand on your watch to the hour tone of NHK knowing that when the schedule says the train departs at 08:01 they mean it.

You see a long line outside of a Pachinko parlor in the afternoon and get in line for some easy money

You always have a package of tissues on your person

You also begin to carry around a shoulder bag that your sister mistakes for a "cool handbag"

You can fold your newspaper in quarters and read it in comfort in the packed train in the morning.

You're tired, so you get in line at Shinjuku station for the Odakyu-sen express train that departs in 20 minutes to ensure you get a seat.

You fall asleep on said train and awake exactly as your train is pulling into your station.

You actually look forward to going to the local bar to sing enka karaoke - in Japanese! And you have a "key bottle" of whiskey there.

The proprietors of the local stores know you by name.

You dream in Japanese

You actually look forward to eating a Japanese breakfast with natto, seaweed and fish!

You actually pay monthly to park your bicycle at a place near the station.

You look forward to watching Sazaesan on Sunday nights on TBS at 6:30 pm

You look forward to watching the 15 min serial on NHK at 8:15 in the morning and even record it in case you miss it.

You can sing the song for the Yodobashi camera commercial on TV: "Marui midori Yamanote sen, mannaka touru Chuo sen, Shinjuku Nishi guchi eki no mae, camera no Yodobashi Camera" as well as many other commercials

Motorcycles delivering the newspaper at 3:30 am doesn't bother you anymore and neither do the incessent sirens of police and ambulances at all hours of the night.

You actually beat your own futon in the mornings and the neighbor ladies just smile at you while you neatly hang your wash on the clothes poles.

You instinctively nod to your neighbors and greet them when walking to the station in the morning and you even nod back to the newscaster on TV when he/she signs off!

You walk around the local supermarket with a toothpick.

You tell people drinking alcohol is one of your hobbies

You wait for J-women to make the first move knowing that they eventually will.

The first thing you do in the morning or when you get home is heat up hot water and put it in the thermos so you'll have hot water for tea or Nescafe Instant Coffee.

The only furniture in your house is a kotatsu, a clothes closet, and a couple of "color boxes".

You actually fold up your futon and put it away in the morning!

You think spending 8,000 yen for fine sushi and beer is not bad, but US$80 in the US? That's outrageous! What a rip-off!

You take a hot bath daily

I love it when this happends.

mmmm mee tooo!:gkitty:

Haha I don't live in Japan (I wished) but this is funny and interesting anyway xD

You know you've been in Japan to long when you sneeze 3 time you think some one is talking bad about you. Also you say hakushoo instead of achoo.:D

:smokingbear:

You Know you Live in Japan too long when you cant wait to get in the Ofuro (bath) after the day is done.　(T.T) I miss Japanese Ofuro.

Not only tissues...
 

...but you also carry around one of those little handtowels. I didn't for ages as an act of defiance, but eventually gave in!

You start wearing a towel around your neck or head in summer. (I call them "ossan towels").

"Shou ga nai ne!" somehow makes everything OK.

You have your own notebook of songs to sing at karaoke, even making note of what key they should be in. You know where all the karaoke places with BB Cyber Dam machines are and won't settle for anything less.

You can't help but say "yo issho" every time you exert the smallest of physical effort, e.g. opening a folder.

You realise you really enjoy the flavour of white rice with nothing in/on it.

You don't want to eat your eggs any way other than onsen/hanjuku.

Eating salad with a fork just seems wrong.

Lettuce, or tuna/mayonnaise and corn on a pizza is not weird.

You enjoy a "genki" (vitamin) drink first thing in the morning.

A Japanese person asks you for directions and you actually send them to the right place.

*Entertaining thread guys, keep 'em coming!*

You know you've lived in Japan too long when you find yourself running for a train in the sure knowledge that you’ll have to wait a whole three minutes for the next one.

...when you no longer notice how short the skirts that schoolgirls are wearing are.

...when you no longer give your seat train up for an elderly woman.

...when you actually find yourself watching a baseball game on TV. Thankfully, this has yet to happen to me, but I am English so that’s OK.

...when the idea of sitting around with complete strangers in a big bath no longer strikes you as odd.

...time to book that ticket, methinks.

...when you call foreigners "gaijin" instead of "foreigners"

oh no.. hehehe..

.. wearing a mask when you have colds or cough is a normal thing
.. can't stop thinking about ramen ...
.. loves the 100yen shop
.. segregate trash to burnable , non-burnable, plastic, and recyclable
.. J-men are no longer thin but sexy :D
.. can't stop saying sumimasen
.. loves green tea, black tea .. straight
.. knows when Gap is going to have a sale


:D

You know you have been in Japan too long when you try and find an computer arcade in every city/town you travel to... and you know where the cheaper machines are in Shibuya:p