I let my beard grow out and just lift weights and drink and fight... Are you me? That pretty much sums up my current life in Japan. Me too, without the beard or fighting, I do nothing but work and go to the gym. I did go to my local boozer recently and it kind of reminded me of the opening post on ...

I'm actually kind of looking forward to when this happens. We could build a"ghetto" with pavements, parks, houses with insulation, empty trains, and where people have manners and didn't shoulder barge you or treat you like you didn't exist, peace and quiet from not being shouted at continu...

It's not my scene so I only know what other people have told me. There's not much to explain. If you know what a swingers club is, you know what a happening bar is. I think a lot of the women who go are with their husbands/boyfriends so I don't think you have to worry too much about stalkers. As I ...

This was the excuse they were looking for to concrete over and develop this park. Just you wait.

I had the pleasure to receive this darling treat from a michaelm1988nv. What a nice person they are. I wonder, aren't there some kind of legal implications of writing stuff like this? So anyway, fuck off arsehole. retard Sent: 13 Aug 2014 23:50 From: michaelm1988nv To: Dreamy_Peach Isn't the interne...

As in most things, Japan is about a decade, if not more, behind other countries.

This will be a big improvement in QoL.

I've been there. Had a wild time, but it seems like a poor place still, and has the feel of a kind of shanty town behind the gloss. The women were prone to thievery as well which has deterred me from returning. They are very free in their clothing sense, and perhaps rather poorly dressed in comparis...

I would humbly say that it is pretty fluent. No way we can assess that over the internet, so I'll take your word for it. What we can assess from your previous posts here , though, is that you're awfully knowledgeable and familiar with the gaijin/Roppongi/expat bar life. :wink: My god, you went and ...

lulz... me teiks itt u harvnt lurnt da local lengwidge then? Keep coming up with reasons to justify why you haven't learned the language yet... Think what you like. I actually studied JP along with engineering for my UG then later postgrad studies, including internships in JP industry. I would humb...

Mid 20s? Sorry, you don't get to write an article like that and be taken seriously until you're at least 40. +1 If you spent that time formally studying you'd be fluent and have a real job and real Japanese friends which you'd meet outside of bars by now -- one's that you could have real intelligen...

I couldn't see where they will build it.

Nonetheless, I hope it contains at least a Beams, Afternoon Tea, Doutor, and maybe a small Yodobashi or Bic Camera.

I was in a furnished expat place at a similar price point. Actually the furnishings were alright. Bit of a hotel feel, but liveable. The only problem was the pillows, which stunk. I bought some new one's myself. Other than that it was a good deal really. For 3 years, I would probably go furnished. P...

Way off topic but there are a couple of traps with renting that place: one is that there is a monthly cleaning fee of 10,000 a month for cleaning the communal toilets and communal kitchen sink (love the retro concrete sink, wish it was tiled though), and the lease is for a fixed term of 18 months, ...

My advice: the closer you can get to your office the better. If you are commuting for 2+ hours a day like a normal Japanese you will hate every aspect of your existence.

In my view, the sums of money involved also severely erode the work ethic. I have been in work situations where coworkers have driven 20 Km down a mountain road after their paid work to go to their "honshoku" pachinko. On a good day their winnings are 8 to 10 times what they earned that d...

A lot of truth in it though.

Nearly everyone I know here came as a result of a bird they met at school.

The outcome ... J. League punishes Urawa for discriminatory banner The J. League on Thursday ordered Urawa Reds to play their next home game behind closed doors as punishment for a discriminatory banner that appeared at a match last weekend. . This is a surprisingly decisive response. After many ye...

Maybe they were insisting that people who enter that area should only speak Japanese. As in, Japanese [speaking] only.

I saw Man Utd. play at Urawa. I hope they won't repeat it if the stands are full of racist scumbags.

Sadly, The Economist (which chooses to call itself a newspaper, not a magazine thank you very much) lost all credibility on 18 January 2012. For me it was when they supported active intervention in Syria. As if that's what the World economy needs now. I still subscribe, but I'm aware that they are ...

Given the name of the store, I would have expected some key information for each of these girls.

Had a look through the window a couple of times - but it didn't look like it was a lot of fun. Went to seedier pastures instead.

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This bar was the greatest place ten years ago. Sure, the beer was awful, but me and my mates had so many great times there. We'd be in there at least one or two nights a week, and each night would leave us smiling happily and full of merry tales the next day. I read about the closure on Bloomberg an...

Do gaijin hunters still exist?

Isn't this matey-boy from the Hobgoblin in Roppongi?

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Oh, one more note....Japanese universities really want the PhD. You can get by with the MA for a bit, but you'll be changing jobs every three years or so. Get the PhD if you want to make a long term career out of teaching English in Japan. Yeah they really love the PhD but the short term contracts ...

27. People politely line up to wait for the train

I have been into downloads a lot over the past few of years, but I keep finding that I lose files between systems/drives sometimes. Quality of sound is also often quite variable. Also, I really miss liner notes. I want to see who's playing on an album as well as savour the album art as a concept for...

I find the Japan Times infinitely more readable than the Japan Today website. Some of the articles are pretty interesting and well put together. For instance, in today's paper there is something about the reopening of a "beach" (for want of a better word) in Tokyo and the difficulties the ...

It really comes on in waves for me. Right now I'm at the peak of the wave. I shouldn't really complain - I am earning more than I need, have good career opportunities in Japan etc, but I just can't stand going outside in Tokyo: way too crowded, no greenery, oblivious people. I wake up irritated by t...

Samurai_Jerk wrote:Great. No more chicks using shuden as an excuse to escape before I can ply them with enough alcohol to sleep with me.

The Shuden provides a great insight into her way of thinking. If she doesn't catch it

Been gradually unwinding my Yen for the past few years into different currencies and funds, and guess I'm mega short in the long run. Still have a nice return on my JP funds though and wondering when the best time will be to sell these off. With ZH, I always think some caution is required. I mean fo...