krs702 Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 i've been considering moving somewhere out of the united states and in particular japan has been an interest. esp, tokyo. there have been a couple threads in the past about japan but locating them is taking awhile. for those of you who have been to japan or currently reside there how does it differ in america? i understand that is a lengthy description but more the better. many people know english? cost of living? pricing of food and clothes? transportation? the culture? the crime - the laws? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathoræ Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 I don't know much about living in Japan, but what I know of the history/culture is neat... They're such an interesting group of people. As far as I understand they normally eat a lot of fish and a lot of pickled food. (rice too, obviously) If you don't like seafood or bitter tasting food, it's may be difficult to find inexpensive food... Also, beef is very expensive there... There is a program that I heard of that pays English speakers to teach English over there, but you have to know Japanese... There aren't as many English-speaking people in Japan as there are in the non-English European countries... hope that helps... I've considered moving out there when I graduate. Excellent choice... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T=E=A=S=E Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 need to talk to IQUITer... and yeah, what the fuck is up with the search option now? ever since they changed it from the past its sucked. instead of showing the threads by name, its like it takes out individual posts... wtf is up with that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fondles Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 iquit is in china. not japan. big difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krs702 Posted February 6, 2005 Author Share Posted February 6, 2005 well, shit, iquit tell us about china. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoTeddyFinger! Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 i lived in japan for 18 years, so here it goes: many people know english? as much people that know japanese here in america, so no. cost of living?expensive as fuck compared to over here. everything is more... humble pricing of food and clothes? expect to get skinnier and develop a wack style cause of wack selections of normal clothing not ripped off or bootlegged transportation?take a train that doesnt go anywhere, a bus that crashes all the time, a bike,a car, walk.. theres even an airport to fly you in and out, and docks for ships. the culture?racist like white americans the crime - the laws? dont steal, youll get arrested and tortured, graff is just happening, so its not officially there. dont kill, rape, etc. theres little crime, but theres a huge mafia that fuck with everyone and kill people allot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabo 2 Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 japan will appear obscenely expensive to an american very few people speak english street crime is a much rarer occurance, but yakuza run tings proppa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T=E=A=S=E Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 Originally posted by Seldoon@Feb 6 2005, 12:30 AM iquit is in china. not japan. big difference. Quoted post meh, couldnt remember exactly. toss mines aight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr430n5_666 Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends, Make it last forever friendship never ends, If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give, Taking is too easy, but that's the way it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrIot Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 hey what you think about that ,now you know how it feels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
why write? Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 Originally posted by Kr430n5_666@Feb 6 2005, 01:39 AM If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends, Make it last forever friendship never ends, If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give, Taking is too easy, but that's the way it is. Quoted post hahahah.... ...i dont know much about japan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theodore Huxtable Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 Originally posted by krs702@Feb 5 2005, 03:04 PM i've been considering moving somewhere out of the united states and in particular japan has been an interest. esp, tokyo. there have been a couple threads in the past about japan but locating them is taking awhile. for those of you who have been to japan or currently reside there how does it differ in america? i understand that is a lengthy description but more the better. many people know english? cost of living? pricing of food and clothes? transportation? the culture? the crime - the laws? Quoted post english - you can get around with just english. but they are not as fluent in english as other places in asia, such as hong kong, thailand, singapore, and the phillipines... cost of living - tokyo was ranked the most expensive city in the world. it's very expensive. "cheap" hotel rooms are about 90 bucks a night. and extremely small. decent hotel rooms are about 130-160 a night. and nice hotel rooms are 200 and up. pricing of food/clothing - expensive. transportation - very elaborate efficient subway and el-train system. it's like nyc, except the trains and stations are newer and cleaner. the trains are clean but they do got some graff along the walls running along the rail lines, especially around shibuya, harajuka, ebisu, and shinjuku... taxis are more expensive than the states, but it's not bad if you're not going too far a distance. i suggest you stick with the train. culture- everyone is real friendly and helpful. everything is small too so it looks like they adapt to the cramped spaces. crime/laws - it's very safe. you can walk down alleys at 3 in the morning in tokyo by yourself. nothin to worry about. i used to do that all the time. most of the crime that takes place are organized crimes by the yakuza, which mostly doesn't make the press and gets swept under the rug. and graffiti is probably the only other noticeable crime. laws are pretty lenient there and the people are real liberal. i was catching tags in front of large crowds of people in broad daylight and people didn't really seem to give a shit. in the 3 1/2 years i lived there, i only got stopped once by a "hero" citizen". i was catchin a high spot and then when i get down he's all pissed and says "chatomate" (stop) and then says in broken Engrish "wait here... i go get police..." so i said "ok", and then when he left i just took off. even the heros are lenient and be on some honor system shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sneak Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 Originally posted by Kr430n5_666@Feb 6 2005, 06:39 AM If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends, Make it last forever friendship never ends, If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give, Taking is too easy, but that's the way it is. Quoted post yes makros!! quote them spice girls.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 I love the idea of that honour system shit, fighting to the death and that. I would love to do Japan, Japanese people are the best ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkonji Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 When you go to all the little trendy clothes shops up in central london they are full of japanese people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoTeddyFinger! Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 asians got fucked up eyes, like theyre all high or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEROJUANA Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 Originally posted by T=E=A=S=E@Feb 5 2005, 05:30 PM need to talk to IQUITer... Quoted post THAT NIGGA IS IN HONGKONG CHINA NIGGA, COMEON SON. *SLAP* WAKE UP MEROESSS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krs702 Posted February 6, 2005 Author Share Posted February 6, 2005 Originally posted by Theodore Huxtable@Feb 6 2005, 01:56 PM english - you can get around with just english. but they are not as fluent in english as other places in asia, such as hong kong, thailand, singapore, and the phillipines... Quoted post did you go to japan with prior knowledge of the language or just went along? i'm getting pretty serious about living there. im planning on learning the language prior. how about art there? art galleries? museums? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Theodore Huxtable Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 Originally posted by krs702+Feb 6 2005, 01:09 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (krs702 - Feb 6 2005, 01:09 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-Theodore Huxtable@Feb 6 2005, 01:56 PM english - you can get around with just english. but they are not as fluent in english as other places in asia, such as hong kong, thailand, singapore, and the phillipines... Quoted post did you go to japan with prior knowledge of the language or just went along? i'm getting pretty serious about living there. im planning on learning the language prior. how about art there? art galleries? museums? Quoted post [/b] i went in hardly knowing any japanese and left hardly knowing any japanese. i lived on an US military base on the southern part of Tokyo Harbor. and everyone there spoke English. which made me not really feel that i needed to learn japanese. i wish i would've tried to learn Japanese though. but if you plan on living there, remember it is expensive... how do you plan on supporting yourself? unless you one of those trust fund kids? but the guy that said people in japan know about as much english as americans know japanese was wrong. english is the most widely spoken language in the world, and you can get around japan knowing only english although i recommend learning japanese will make it like 200 times easier. the second-most spoken language in Japan is English. many of the signs you see around tokyo have english translations. however, english is still not "widely" spoken as it is in other parts of asia like hong kong, thailand, singapore, phillipines, or even malaysia, brunei, and indonesia... *oh yeah, as far as art galleries and museums? i never really went to many of those. there's a large museum in the town of Yokosuka, which you can take from Tokyo by train... just ask how to get there. i forgot the name fo the museum.. and i went to shepard "obey giant" fairey's exhibit when he was out in tokyo a few years ago... and he's got a store out in tokyo... and there's a graffiti mural wall in Yokohama (near Landmark Tower) done by CBS members from L.A. and San Francisco like Kazz Rock, Mear, and a bunch of others... other than that, i can't help you there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krs702 Posted February 7, 2005 Author Share Posted February 7, 2005 Originally posted by Theodore Huxtable@Feb 6 2005, 10:47 PM how do you plan on supporting yourself? unless you one of those trust fund kids? Quoted post yeah, ive been saving up money for a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theodore Huxtable Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 how long do you plan on living there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Dazzle Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 Are Japanese girls all about westerners? Or do they just not give a shit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krs702 Posted February 7, 2005 Author Share Posted February 7, 2005 Originally posted by Theodore Huxtable@Feb 7 2005, 01:08 AM how long do you plan on living there? Quoted post i'm not sure on a length - i suppose it will be determined when i'm there. first, i'll visit japan this summer (prob may) just to get an idea for sure and ill be def checking out prices on apartments. hopefully ill find a descent deal, but thats likely at a minimum hope. i got alot of reading up to do. if you can tell more a bout your stay there and living there id like to hear it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theodore Huxtable Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 dude apartments in tokyo are over $4,000 a month for a 2 bedroom apartment. but prices get cheaper the farther you are from the city. so you might wanna look into something on the outskirts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoTeddyFinger! Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 japan is completley on the other side of the world, so to save money on plane tickets, just dig a whole till you end up in japan. unless you live on the west coast, in that case, take aplane thatll go like 10 miles west till you hit japan, dont elt the plane fly eastwards from the west coast, it wont make any sense, just like this post. ya dig? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Telo Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 Originally posted by Kr430n5_666@Feb 6 2005, 06:39 AM If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends, Make it last forever friendship never ends, If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give, Taking is too easy, but that's the way it is. Quoted post hHhHhHahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(asshole) Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 a friend of mine told me when he went to japan he took three bitches home at once Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest -MOE LESTER- Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 japanese girls are easy...my brother was 15 and he bagged a 22 year old shits expensive as fuck there you dont need a car, the transit is really good you dont really need to kno japanese, alot of shit is in english you will feel like the shit walking around japan....your bigger and baddder than everyone, girls will giggle with lust, guys will be scared, you can pretty much get your way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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