Been here forever, but still can't...

[Taro Toporific]

Been here for more than years and I've never have seen a Kyoto Temple... and never ever will.

Oh thank God! Thought it was just me.

Sorry to disappoint you but...
I've been to Kyoto a plenty of times on business and I've passed through it on the expressway on my way to the rice ranch. It would be a real shame to go Kyoto temples--- "old" Kyoto--- and discover that all of Japan is already concrete slum or awaiting a finally layer of concrete like Nikko Falls.

[ichigo partygirl]

5.have never accepted the offer of money for sex- and never ever ever will - well i damn hope i never get that desperate!

Damn, if I could get paid for sex I'd be in heaven! What could be better!?

i can think of alot better things to do than having sex with some drunk ugly salaryman.

[Ketou]

There's animal product in beer???

Oyaji sweat! When they lean over the brewing vats it just pours off em!

Sorry to disappoint you but...
I've been to Kyoto a plenty of times on business and I've passed through it on the expressway on my way to the rice ranch. It would be a real shame to go Kyoto temples--- "old" Kyoto--- and discover that all of Japan is already concrete slum or awaiting a finally layer of concrete like Nikko Falls. Twisted Evil

Then you are right in not going!
Ahh..the mix of old and new.....like the elevator in Osaka castle.
(Himeji is worth a look though)

[Ketou]

5.have never accepted the offer of money for sex- and never ever ever will - well i damn hope i never get that desperate!

Damn, if I could get paid for sex I'd be in heaven! What could be better!?

i can think of alot better things to do than having sex with some drunk ugly salaryman.

Yea, but maybe FGL is into drunk ugly salarymen!

[FG Lurker]

5.have never accepted the offer of money for sex- and never ever ever will - well i damn hope i never get that desperate!

Damn, if I could get paid for sex I'd be in heaven! What could be better!?

i can think of alot better things to do than having sex with some drunk ugly salaryman.

I'd be at least a bit more selective in my clientele than that.

[ichigo partygirl]

5.have never accepted the offer of money for sex- and never ever ever will - well i damn hope i never get that desperate!

Damn, if I could get paid for sex I'd be in heaven! What could be better!?

i can think of alot better things to do than having sex with some drunk ugly salaryman.

I'd be at least a bit more selective in my clientele than that. ]

lol. it aint going to happen.

[FG Lurker]

5.have never accepted the offer of money for sex- and never ever ever will - well i damn hope i never get that desperate!

Damn, if I could get paid for sex I'd be in heaven! What could be better!?

i can think of alot better things to do than having sex with some drunk ugly salaryman.

I'd be at least a bit more selective in my clientele than that. ]
lol. it aint going to happen.

Yep. I'd do it but no one would pay.

I'd take the money and invest it in other enterprises. It's easy to make money once you have money -- it's getting the initial money that's hard.

[ichigo partygirl]

5.have never accepted the offer of money for sex- and never ever ever will - well i damn hope i never get that desperate!

Damn, if I could get paid for sex I'd be in heaven! What could be better!?

i can think of alot better things to do than having sex with some drunk ugly salaryman.

I'd be at least a bit more selective in my clientele than that. ]
lol. it aint going to happen.

Yep. I'd do it but no one would pay.

I'd take the money and invest it in other enterprises. It's easy to make money once you have money -- it's getting the initial money that's hard.

i can use my blonde gaijin charms to make money in better ways than sleeping wit j-men

[FG Lurker]

Yep. I'd do it but no one would pay. ]
i can use my blonde gaijin charms to make money in better ways than sleeping wit j-men

And your brain. I wasn't trying to say that it was the only way you could make money...

[Ol Dirty Gaijin]

stuff

[Pencilslave]

-not able to read a newspaper.

Forgive me for asking, but how do you manage in Japan without being able to read Japanese? I'm so paranoid that I'll get lost in the Tokyo Maze, that when I finally do visit, I'll have three Kanji books with me so I can read the store signs and ticket vending machines in the subway stations.

[Spidey]

1. never been to kabuki/bunraku/sumo - and hope i never will
2.never eaten whale or fugu eventhough i have been offered many times
3.have never worn a helmet while biking
4.Have never bought underwear or shoes
5.have never accepted the offer of money for sex- and never ever ever will - well i damn hope i never get that desperate!

Are you fuck'n kidding me? I can smell that all the way through my PC!! GOD! I hope you just arrived yesterday.

[Taro Toporific]

... how do you manage in Japan without being able to read Japanese? I'm so paranoid that I'll get lost in the Tokyo Maze, that when I finally do visit, I'll have three Kanji books with me so I can read the store signs and ticket vending machines in the subway stations.

Train-n-Subways easy:
1/ Put any token amount of money in the machine.
2/ Travel.
3/ Pay up if any train guy asks during the trip.
4/ Pay up at the end. (Or smile, don't pay up and keep on walking out.)

Stores easier:
Money in fist -- smile.

[ichigo partygirl]

1. never been to kabuki/bunraku/sumo - and hope i never will
2.never eaten whale or fugu eventhough i have been offered many times
3.have never worn a helmet while biking
4.Have never bought underwear or shoes
5.have never accepted the offer of money for sex- and never ever ever will - well i damn hope i never get that desperate!

Are you fuck'n kidding me? I can smell that all the way through my PC!! GOD! I hope you just arrived yesterday.

airmail- its a beautiful thing

[FG Lurker]

-not able to read a newspaper.

Forgive me for asking, but how do you manage in Japan without being able to read Japanese? I'm so paranoid that I'll get lost in the Tokyo Maze, that when I finally do visit, I'll have three Kanji books with me so I can read the store signs and ticket vending machines in the subway stations.

You figure it out after awhile. The kanji books will be useless, especially for place names. Sure, you'll get lost over and over until you get things figured out but that's half the fun!

Most gaijin have one or two interesting "experiences" when they first arrive -- like buying yogurt instead of milk (yogurt is available in milk cartons here), or buying bleach thinking it is liquid detergent... That kinda thing.

[AssKissinger]

-not able to read a newspaper.

Forgive me for asking, but how do you manage in Japan without being able to read Japanese? I'm so paranoid that I'll get lost in the Tokyo Maze, that when I finally do visit, I'll have three Kanji books with me so I can read the store signs and ticket vending machines in the subway stations.

Only like one in a thousand gaijin can read a newspaper.

[sillygirl]

-not able to read a newspaper.

Forgive me for asking, but how do you manage in Japan without being able to read Japanese? I'm so paranoid that I'll get lost in the Tokyo Maze, that when I finally do visit, I'll have three Kanji books with me so I can read the store signs and ticket vending machines in the subway stations.

Only like one in a thousand gaijin can read a newspaper.

There's always the English version of the Daily Yomiuri. Good for seeing what's on telly if nothing else..


And for some reason cheaper than the J version.

[ichigo partygirl]

-not able to read a newspaper.

Forgive me for asking, but how do you manage in Japan without being able to read Japanese? I'm so paranoid that I'll get lost in the Tokyo Maze, that when I finally do visit, I'll have three Kanji books with me so I can read the store signs and ticket vending machines in the subway stations.

Only like one in a thousand gaijin can read a newspaper.

i agree. there is a huge difference between not being able to understand japanese/get by in daily life and reading a newspaper.

[AssKissinger]

-not able to read a newspaper.

Forgive me for asking, but how do you manage in Japan without being able to read Japanese? I'm so paranoid that I'll get lost in the Tokyo Maze, that when I finally do visit, I'll have three Kanji books with me so I can read the store signs and ticket vending machines in the subway stations.

Only like one in a thousand gaijin can read a newspaper.

There's always the English version of the Daily Yomiuri. Good for seeing what's on telly if nothing else..


And for some reason cheaper than the J version.

Ha!

Well JPN papers are 140 yen a go right? Fuckin' retards don't even have a Sunday edition. I hate the Gomiuri anyway.

[sillygirl]

Like I said, the telly pages and on Sunday the bit from The Times.

But, yeah, Gomiuri, good one! I like that.

[hakuman]

Everyone knows there's nothing more phony bologna than a Buddhist gaijin.

I was thinking the same thing about Catholic gaijin[/code]

[Steve Bildermann]

-not able to read a newspaper.

Forgive me for asking, but how do you manage in Japan without being able to read Japanese? I'm so paranoid that I'll get lost in the Tokyo Maze, that when I finally do visit, I'll have three Kanji books with me so I can read the store signs and ticket vending machines in the subway stations.

Only like one in a thousand gaijin can read a newspaper.

It's very over rated as a gold test for Japanese fluency. Each newspaper has it's own style. Once you know the style each article is pretty easy. A much more accurate test is the one my teacher used to give. We'd go out on the yamanote line and get off at random and start walking and stop when he said so.. You had to read out loud everything you could see, shops, signs, car stickers, manhole covers, flyers etc. Man that makes you work!

[jim katta]

A much more accurate test is the one my teacher used to give. We'd go out on the yamanote line and get off at random and start walking and stop when he said so.. You had to read out loud everything you could see, shops, signs, car stickers, manhole covers, flyers etc.

that sounds so freakin' cool. you have much respect from this fg.

[Steve Bildermann]

A much more accurate test is the one my teacher used to give. We'd go out on the yamanote line and get off at random and start walking and stop when he said so.. You had to read out loud everything you could see, shops, signs, car stickers, manhole covers, flyers etc.

that sounds so freakin' cool. you have much respect from this fg.

Tell you Jim. It was like the Spanish inquisition. After about three hours of non stop reading your brain turned to mush and at least one guy ran off screaming how he'd never come back. The bastard even made us go into libraries and read random pages from books that hadn't be checked out for like 50 years. Oh the horror! I don't even want to tell you how he tested our conversation skills.