|
Update February 2024:Saladman posted:You aren't supposed* to be walking around alone without a Japanese chaperone, or at the very least a Japanese-speaking foreigner. You'll definitely get a lot of very strange looks on the street, and you definitely won't be able to get served in any restaurant. Fortunately, there are vending machines all over the place so you won't starve to death, but you'll have to survive on sugary liquids from vending machines, or whatever you can get from 7/11. Goons like Japan. Some goons live in Japan. Japan goons and goons coming to Japan and goons that have been to Japan and other goons with no Japan experience can discuss Japan things and talk about Japan in this thread. The internet already has all the Japan information ever but you can post here anyway. Vegetarian Food: you won't easily find more than this tbh https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3758863&pagenumber=13&perpage=40#post457670099 GHIBLI TICKETS https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3758863&perpage=40&pagenumber=180#post493789658 First, figure out the starting date and time of the sale for the tickets you want. Tickets for any given month go on sale at 10am JST on the 10th of the previous month. So, for all tickets in March, the sale date is February 10th at 10am in Japan, which may be, if you're in many other parts of the world, February 9th for you. (See link for full guide.) Caberham's P Good Tokyo Food Guide https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3758863&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=182#post493871614 punk rebel ecks posted:Maybe. In reality I'm a 32 year old virgin who has since childhood dreamed of having an Asian girlfriend ever since playing as Chun Li in Street Fighter 2 for the Super Nintendo. Since then I have gradually become more and more obsessed with Eastern, and especially Japanese, culture. During highschool I insisted on my peers adding honorifics to my name. So I'd be called something similar to "Punk-chan". I'd also frequently call my teachers "sensei" in school. I've went to detention a few times because of this, where I'd usually draw Dragonball fanart of various characters as my girlfriend. Since leaving school I've worked odd jobs that while they don't pay much, they are enough for me to live on my own apartment. I spend my free time either watching anime while eating my favorite cup noodles, or just posting on these dead gay forums. I typically like shows similar to Recovery of an MMO Junkie, ReLife, and Aggretsuko as they remind me there are women in my dating range with similar insecurities waiting for me. That's where I am in life right now. peanut fucked around with this message at 22:57 on Feb 5, 2024 |
# ? Jan 5, 2016 10:50 |
|
|
# ? May 13, 2024 08:18 |
|
lol my kawaii face got garbled, mods fix the title if you care ヽ(o`皿′o)ノ
|
# ? Jan 5, 2016 10:53 |
|
Me and my boyfriend are are both vegans and allergic to rice and on a very tight budget, could you recommend some restaurants in Tottori? Thanks!
|
# ? Jan 5, 2016 11:38 |
|
Use a convenience store microwave to boil water to reconstitute dry seaweed, hth
|
# ? Jan 5, 2016 11:40 |
|
Stringent posted:Me and my boyfriend are are both vegans and allergic to rice and on a very tight budget, could you recommend some restaurants in Tottori? Lmao. It begins.
|
# ? Jan 5, 2016 11:40 |
|
Spot reserved for 60 paragraph diatribe about how much I've learned about myself and the Yamato people after 4 months here, and how it has changed me forever.
|
# ? Jan 5, 2016 11:46 |
|
You see Japan is like Anime because...
|
# ? Jan 5, 2016 12:58 |
|
Can someone please ask about travel cell phones then another person answer that question, but in a current and accurate way tia
|
# ? Jan 5, 2016 13:21 |
|
ガス
|
# ? Jan 5, 2016 13:25 |
|
I heard the sushi actually sucks??? Confirm/deny
|
# ? Jan 5, 2016 14:02 |
|
the sushi is good, except when it's bad
|
# ? Jan 5, 2016 14:03 |
|
Maybe all sushi is bad if u don't like sushi, makes u think
|
# ? Jan 5, 2016 14:13 |
|
the sushi is still good. If you don't like it then you're simply wrong.
|
# ? Jan 5, 2016 14:15 |
|
peanut posted:Can someone please ask about travel cell phones then another person answer that question, but in a current and accurate way tia Guys, I have an unlocked cell phone and another backup unlocked cell phone, and I know how to navigate through bmobile's site. I don't have a question, I was just bragging.
|
# ? Jan 5, 2016 15:11 |
|
Is the best way to get cheap unlimited internet access on all your devices still to rent a portable wifi hotspot from one of the numerous companies that provide this service with English websites and convenient postal pickup from your arrival airport, such as global advanced communications? If possible please reply before my next trip to Japan which will probably be some time in 2017.
|
# ? Jan 5, 2016 15:41 |
|
Is there any place good to eat in Tokyo???? ??? ?
|
# ? Jan 5, 2016 17:35 |
|
ALFbrot posted:Is there any place good to eat in Tokyo???? ??? ? I have never been there but I think we can all agree that no, there is not.
|
# ? Jan 5, 2016 17:42 |
|
ALFbrot posted:Is there any place good to eat in Tokyo???? ??? ? yes, there's a place that does amazing tonkatsu, it's the one with the name outside in kanji, just down the road from the curry place
|
# ? Jan 5, 2016 18:00 |
|
There's this place you might have heard of, it's called タコ ベール, it's really G O O D.
|
# ? Jan 5, 2016 18:02 |
|
Asking for good tonkatsu is like asking if there's any good McDonalds around.
|
# ? Jan 5, 2016 18:03 |
|
I ate McDonalds in Osaka, it was really salty (and had an egg). Coco Ichiban: literally #1, accept no impostors, etc.
|
# ? Jan 5, 2016 18:08 |
|
Phone posted:I ate McDonalds in Osaka, it was really salty (and had an egg). A friend of mine tried to recommend that I go to "Coco curry" over voice chat, and raved about how good it would be. I went into a Go!Go!Curry, because I thought I had misheard it, and it was just ok. Imagine my surprise when, weeks later, I stumbled upon a CoCo Ichiban and ate that poo poo, holy drat it was so good
|
# ? Jan 5, 2016 21:31 |
|
peanut posted:lol my kawaii face got garbled, mods fix the title if you care ヽ(o`皿′o)ノ
|
# ? Jan 6, 2016 01:54 |
|
My dad (60) and my little brother (16) are coming in march to visit me. Since I live in the Inaka of Hiroshima, I want to ask you goons what would be a good itinerary for 8 days. They'll be flying into Nagoya and I'll be there to meet them.
|
# ? Jan 6, 2016 09:57 |
|
Last time I was in Nagoya I got chased out by an old man yelling at me because he thought I was American. Ymmv though.
|
# ? Jan 6, 2016 10:11 |
|
2 days Hiroshima (one day in your town), 3 days Kyoto + Nara, 1 day Osaka, 1 day Nagoya Check JR passes for West Japan/Kansai only Everyone please photobomb this thread with nice pictures
|
# ? Jan 6, 2016 12:03 |
|
Knuc U Kinte posted:Last time I was in Nagoya I got chased out by an old man yelling at me because he thought I was American. Ymmv though. Chased out of what? Nagoya? I'm really enjoying the mental image of a grumpy old japanese man following you, angrily yelling, making all the same train changes as you, until you're in Gifu or something
|
# ? Jan 6, 2016 16:23 |
|
I was asking about teaching English in Japan a bit in the previous thread, and I've got one more quick question for anyone that's been down that road: How far in advance should I be actively job-hunting? Ideally I'd like to give myself a couple months to scrape together as much money as possible so that I don't have to stress out about living paycheck to paycheck from the moment I land, but I'm not real clear on how long the actual process of securing a job is going to take. Should I start looking at postings / sending out resumes now, or are schools looking for people that can do an interview and book a flight as soon as possible?
|
# ? Jan 6, 2016 20:33 |
|
How do you plan on entering the country? Tourist visa and leveraging that into a work visa? The old OP boiled that down to "noooooooooooooooo".
|
# ? Jan 6, 2016 20:37 |
|
ALFbrot posted:Chased out of what? Nagoya? I'm really enjoying the mental image of a grumpy old japanese man following you, angrily yelling, making all the same train changes as you, until you're in Gifu or something I was already walking back to my car and he just followed us.
|
# ? Jan 6, 2016 20:38 |
|
Full Fathoms Five posted:I was asking about teaching English in Japan a bit in the previous thread, and I've got one more quick question for anyone that's been down that road: I started looking for work a week after I arrived, but the market was actually good then. Have fun making matsuya money scraping together 15 hours of work a week.
|
# ? Jan 6, 2016 20:40 |
|
Full Fathoms Five posted:I was asking about teaching English in Japan a bit in the previous thread, and I've got one more quick question for anyone that's been down that road: My sister teaches English in Nagoya. While she still lived in the states she went through an agency that placed her into a job, found an apartment, handled the initial work visa stuff, etc. It was all done before she entered Japan.
|
# ? Jan 6, 2016 20:45 |
|
Phone posted:How do you plan on entering the country? Tourist visa and leveraging that into a work visa? Ah yeah I should have clarified that I am trying to find a job online before I get there, I've heard just showing up and looking for a job on the ground is a really bad idea. I'm just not sure if I should be trying to get hired now while I'm saving up some extra cash, or if I should wait until I've got everything 100% sorted out, just to be safe. I'm guessing most prospective employers are looking for someone that can fly out as soon as possible, rather than someone who wants to fly out in a month or two, but I dunno how long the actual process of Looking for a job -> Flying to Japan generally takes. edit: TriggerHappy posted:My sister teaches English in Nagoya. While she still lived in the states she went through an agency that placed her into a job, found an apartment, handled the initial work visa stuff, etc. It was all done before she entered Japan. This is pretty much exactly what I'm hoping to do. It sounds like a pretty streamlined process. From what I've read so far it sounds like January - March is prime hiring time for ALT positions, so I'm just kinda trying to find balance that with giving myself enough time to build myself a better financial safety net in case something doesn't go according to plan. Bikini Quilt fucked around with this message at 22:20 on Jan 6, 2016 |
# ? Jan 6, 2016 22:17 |
|
They used to say 3 months from interview to flight. April, August and January are common start times (beginning of semester) but eikaiwa jobs will hire year-round. Idk just apply for a lot
|
# ? Jan 6, 2016 23:13 |
|
U liek animu
|
# ? Jan 6, 2016 23:51 |
|
peanut posted:They used to say 3 months from interview to flight. April, August and January are common start times (beginning of semester) but eikaiwa jobs will hire year-round. Thanks for the info! Sounds like I should definitely start the process now then, and use the time in between to pad my savings out a bit more. I still need to do a bit more research but right now I"m leaning more toward an ALT position rather than an eikaiwa job. Of course if I can find one that pays well and is in a good location, I'm probably not going to be too picky. I've seen a lot of recommendations to start with an ALT job just because it's a bit less hectic and you don't have to worry about having quite as many responsibilities dropped on you from day 1, but I dunno how accurate that is, and I'm sure a whole lot of it comes down to where you end up and who you are working for / with. There's a lot of conflicting opinions out there. Madd0g11 posted:U liek animu My anime exposure is pretty much limited to whatever used to show up on adult swim + Akira. Tbh I'm much more of a cinema / lit nerd, and I like the Japanese food I've tried even if most of it was almost assuredly not authentic. Bikini Quilt fucked around with this message at 00:19 on Jan 7, 2016 |
# ? Jan 7, 2016 00:12 |
|
JET is the best paying option for people without something like a Master's in TEFL/TESOL, but you need at least a Bachelor's for JET. Regardless, you've actually just missed the application deadline by about a month, and it's on a yearly rotation, which sucks. INTERAC is the other option I know a few people do, and it has more seasonal hiring schedules so you may be able to apply for this Summer or something. I also know a few people who just rolled into the country and found Eikawa jobs. The caveat with that being both of them were 1.) Kiwis, so they had a 'Working Vacation' 1-year Visa, which you can't do if you're from the US 2.) Both had SOs in JET who were set up with apartments/jobs/connections so they had somewhere to live when they got here. I wouldn't recommend trying that 'Roll up and see what you can find for work' thing. I've heard people who've had success with that in SE Asia, but Japan is way different. I've never worked for an Eikawa, but ALT jobs seem to be a lot more stead with regular hours, less responsibility, and better pay. But they're also harder to get. Again, I would recommend JET or INTERAC, even if it means having to wait another year.
|
# ? Jan 7, 2016 00:37 |
|
What are your qualifications to find any job? What degree and experience do you have? Without enough of either or a both it's going to be impossible anyways. Even as an intra-company transfer with my company paying everything I had to prove I had a degree to get my visa.
|
# ? Jan 7, 2016 02:28 |
|
With jet you'll be waiting more that a year even if you get lucky and they give you an April spot with next years intake. More like 18 months.
|
# ? Jan 7, 2016 03:05 |
|
|
# ? May 13, 2024 08:18 |
|
English teacher chat might better be corralled into this thread. As far as I know the OP is still relevant.
|
# ? Jan 7, 2016 03:25 |