What do you like most about Japan?

[terebi_fanatic]

Couldn't find a thread like this anywhere.

- How clean the streets are
- How safe it feels to walk the streets at night
- How clerks greet you when you come and leave the store/restaurant
- Water temperature in the summer months
- Absence of snow storms in Tokyo
- Original street fashion
- Saying anything to a fellow Gaijin and being 90% sure that nobody understands a word you're saying
- Asahi biru

Also this may sound odd, but I really like athe construction material used in pavements and certain roof tops (enoshima for example), they both seem to shine and reflect the light in a unique way. Looks especially cool after the rain passes

That's all I got for now

[Iraira]

Couldn't find a thread like this anywhere.

- How clean the streets are
- How safe it feels to walk the streets at night
- How clerks greet you when you come and leave the store/restaurant
- Water temperature in the summer months
- Absence of snow storms in Tokyo
- Original street fashion
- Saying anything to a fellow Gaijin and being 90% sure that nobody understands a word you're saying
- Asahi biru

Also this may sound odd, but I really like athe construction material used in pavements and certain roof tops (enoshima for example), they both seem to shine and reflect the light in a unique way. Looks especially cool after the rain passes

That's all I got for now

if you don't mind my asking, how long you been in town?

[terebi_fanatic]

i'm a FOB, only 2 weeks.

Original post may have sounded a bit tarded, but trust me I'm not the trolling back packer, anime freak.

I was there for only 2 weeks, but I've already seen some odd things which I didn't like too much (like the time I wore the Japan soccer team's jersey just to see how people would react)

Percisely why I wanted to ask people like you. People that have lived there well past the honeymoon stage... I know for sure it won't be the roof or the pavement lol

I lived 14 years in Montreal, Quebec and I can still name a few things I like about it:

- Big amounts of festivals in the city (jazz festival, just for laughs, winter lights)
- Nature (lots of places to go camping/fishing and stuff, 6 hours drive and
you're in the boonies with bears and shit)
- Concerts, Internet Marketing seminars etc. etc. plenty of that
- Hot hot girls (nice styles, all kinds of nationalities)
- Also the fact that I get to speak French

Anyways, dunno why I just named them but yeah... lots of good things to name about the place even after 14 years of being here...

[Christoff]

basashi iasu on a humid summer evening.

[Doctor Stop]

What do you like most about Japan?

I don't know about you guys, but I like the trolls here the best.

[Samurai_Jerk]

I like the fat black closet homo uyoku mama's boys.

[terebi_fanatic]

basashi iasu on a humid summer evening.

[Greji]

I like the fat black closet homo uyoku mama's boys.

Damn SJ, I with you on that! I wonder if we could get him in a 3P...

[McTojo]

i'm a FOB, only 2 weeks.

Original post may have sounded a bit tarded, but trust me I'm not the trolling back packer, anime freak.

I was there for only 2 weeks, but I've already seen some odd things which I didn't like too much (like the time I wore the Japan soccer team's jersey just to see how people would react)

Percisely why I wanted to ask people like you. People that have lived there well past the honeymoon stage... I know for sure it won't be the roof or the pavement lol

I lived 14 years in Montreal, Quebec and I can still name a few things I like about it:

- Big amounts of festivals in the city (jazz festival, just for laughs, winter lights)
- Nature (lots of places to go camping/fishing and stuff, 6 hours drive and
you're in the boonies with bears and shit)
- Concerts, Internet Marketing seminars etc. etc. plenty of that
- Hot hot girls (nice styles, all kinds of nationalities)
- Also the fact that I get to speak French

Anyways, dunno why I just named them but yeah... lots of good things to name about the place even after 14 years of being here...

1) If you live in major metropolises like Kanagawa Prefecture and Tokyo-To, you can experience everything. Less than 40 miles north you can ski; 40 miles east you can surf; 40 miles west you can go climbing; 40 miles south you can experience history - 2 hours south or west you can experience another country. These are all rough estimates. In every direction you can experience a little bit of everything I just mentioned, plus you can access all of these areas by train, plane, or bus. You don't need a car.

2) Food here, while some Westerners may not agree, is by far the best in terms of quality and taste. No better milk, cheese, meat, or produce you will find anywhere in the world but Japan. Quality not quantity is the general focus.

3) Over conveniences, like mini-marts, and convenience stores stay open 24hrs. a day, and offer a wider selection of goods. I was up late one night and needed to get a CD-R data disk. Went over to 7-11 and picked up exactly what I needed at 2am. When I travel to places in California like Fullerton and Santa-Ana I'm scared to go in to shops there because there are no menus in English. If I want to eat Chinese food or any other ethnic cuisine, I need to go to a more urbanized area, like in the ghetto, and eat there, not in areas where the population is predominantly Chinese. I'm not saying you can't go to these places, but if you do the people will make it known that you are not welcome there.

I have even seen gas stations with signs written only in Chinese or Vietnamese! Is this America? In Japan I can walk into almost any establishment, including non-Japanese ones to eat without fear and not feel like I'm being cheated or (un)welcomed. I remember one time I went to a Buddhist center to worship one day and one of the Korean obasaans whispered to me " don't you have your own god?" In Japan, Southeast Asians don't openly discriminate or any other Asian. All of these other races tend to fall in line with the Japanese way and mannerisms when it comes to dealing with people whereas in America these Asian groups act like total a$$holes. I love the "order" that exists in this country. One day you someone other than me will understand this.

4) I can walk through the streets at night and never get haggled for money by vagrants and homeless. Shop keepers here in Japan rarely haggle. No tipping for taxi and other services.

5) Love hotels galore

6) There's a city for almost every age group: sugamo - Harajuku for grannies; Harajuku - young trendy; Omotesando - 30s professional, and so on.

7) Vending machines that offer a wider selection of soft drinks, and even alcohol and tabacoo. In America you can no longer purchase cigs from a vending machine, last I checked.

8 ) Orderly society....The population of Los Angeles is roughly 4 million people and we can't stand each other. The size of Tokyo's population is 12million and counting. In Japan 70,000 people can commute to work on a train with rarely any problems. That's not possible in L.A.

The list goes on....

[terebi_fanatic]

I don't know about you guys, but I like the trolls here the best.

don't forget

Japanese pop culture and trivia

interesting site btw

[Greji]

The list goes on....

He didn't list up a 3P SJ. I think we're out of luck...

[Coligny]

- Also the fact that I get to speak French

LolWut ?

[wuchan]

the four unique seasons?

[terebi_fanatic]

[quote="McTojo"]1) If you live in major metropolises like Kanagawa Prefecture and Tokyo-To, you can experience everything. Less than 40 miles north you can ski]

how long have you lived there? amazing list btw, you have a way with words.

Think the first point sounded most appealing and peculiar at the same time.

The proximity of the opposites is amazing. From swimming to climbing or from 'freezing cold' to 'luke warm'...

Please do go on...

[terebi_fanatic]

LolWut ?

yep, not many people understand this one. Just really love the language. Sounded like poetry first time I heard it, no BS

P.S: you know mtl is in a French speaking province right?

[IkemenTommy]

I think we're out of luck...

Did you purposefully leave out "goats?"

[Coligny]

yep, not many people understand this one. Just really love the language. Sounded like poetry first time I heard it, no BS

P.S: you know mtl is in a French speaking province right?



not familiar with this one

Yeah, Quebec Libre and all that stuff... Just that French Canadian accent is nearly a justification for genocide...

[Coligny]

Did you purposefully leave out "goats?"

I'm sure he got a secret hidden stash that he keep for himself...

[Greji]

yep, not many people understand this one. Just really love the language. Sounded like poetry first time I heard it, no BS

P.S: you know mtl is in a French speaking province right?

You're wasting your time. Colligny's from Toyohashi and can only speak Nagoya-ben.

[terebi_fanatic]

Yeah, Quebec Libre and all that stuff... Just that French Canadian accent is nearly a justification for genocide...

lulz! a bit of mucus just hit the keyboard (no shit!)

i was in Cuba last year and met a couple from Belgium.

Now, I believe I have a pretty thick Russian accent when I speak French, but they said they couldn't hear it. All they picked up is my strong Quebecois french.

I felt like punching and thanking them all at the same time.

When I said poetry I meant French from France. Btw if you go east to Gaspesie even Montrealers don't understand them, it's really quite horrible...

[Greji]

Yeah, Quebec Libre and all that stuff... Just that French Canadian accent is nearly a justification for genocide...

There is no reply available to match that.....

[McTojo]

He didn't list up a 3P SJ. I think we're out of luck...

There used to be a "G" hole over at treffpunkt in Aoyama....

[Samurai_Jerk]

No better ... cheese ... you will find anywhere in the world but Japan.

[Greji]

Quote:
Originally Posted by McTojo
No better ... cheese ... you will find anywhere in the world but Japan.

SJ, some people are not aware of what is required for creating the world's best cheeses and that this requirement is exactly what preclude such cheeses from import into Japan, a country which is incapable of producing these top class categories.

This of course does not preclude the same people from talking about the taste of "great" J-cheese (Yuki Brand triangles, etc.) on the net....

[Marked Trail]

What do you like most about Japan?

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[Greji]

What do I like the most about Japan? Saaa, thinking in retrospect to YBF, I suppose there could only be one answer....

[terebi_fanatic]

Damn this thread is dying faaaaaast.

Unless McTojo posts again, think we'll completely lose it

Isn't there anything you like about the place? Girls? Clean streets? Food may be?

[Mulboyne]

Damn this thread is dying faaaaaast.

To be honest, the forum gets a thread exactly like this every six months or so and most regular members will have posted to one of them at some stage or another.

They aren't that easy to locate in the archives because, by definition, they include terms which occur in dozens of other threads so you can't narrow your search criteria very successfully. Most also get sidetracked quickly so none have made it to "sticky"status. It took me a while just to find this one and this one as examples.

That's not to say your thread wasn't worth starting, just a possible reason why it might not maintain a lot of momentum.

[Typhoon]

lulz! a bit of mucus just hit the keyboard (no shit!)

i was in Cuba last year and met a couple from Belgium.

Now, I believe I have a pretty thick Russian accent when I speak French, but they said they couldn't hear it. All they picked up is my strong Quebecois french.

I felt like punching and thanking them all at the same time.

When I said poetry I meant French from France. Btw if you go east to Gaspesie even Montrealers don't understand them, it's really quite horrible...

Cunning linguists will inform you that Québécois French is similar to the 17th century koiné of Paris.

[Greji]

[quote="Typhoon"]Cunning linguists will inform you that Qué]

An even more Cunning Colligny will probably shoot you if you speak in it to him....