Changes to your lifestyle since living in Japan

[partyny]

Nice socks Pepe! We have this kind of socks here too and they are very popular.

 

[YouHeDad]

I walk on the left side of the sidewalk =(

 

[Revenant]

The portion size of my meals are a lot smaller since living in Japan. What I could've eaten without any difficulty before leaving Canada was too much for me after a year and a half of living in Japan. I just can't finish the average portion size at a Canadian restaurant these days.

 

[Sukotto79]

A few people have mentioned removing shoes when going inside. I have not been to Japan yet, going to spend a year there when I do. But, that will be easy to do for me since my roommate is a clean freak and makes everyone take there shoes off. I do it by habit now.

 

[moshi]

well, after quite a long time in japan, i noticed that in my home country i criticize a lot the service either in restaurants, coffee shops or supermarkets. I think my friends find it annoying I cant stop telling them about how great the service is in japan.
I dont know if it is because of japan or it s just the fact of getting old but my friends tell me that i have a cool temper and I dont show my emotions as much as they do.

 

[alantin]

A few people have mentioned removing shoes when going inside. I have not been to Japan yet, going to spend a year there when I do. But, that will be easy to do for me since my roommate is a clean freak and makes everyone take there shoes off. I do it by habit now.

So there really are places where you don't take your shoes off when going in..?
I really can't imagine that because it is one of the rudest things one can do in my culture. (Not to mention, it isn't clean!) I guess the same goes for Japan too so it is something to remember.

I find that I still often use special slippers inside even though I have been back from Japan for quite a while now.

 

[manners]

I tend not to be so opinionated now. I eat less at restaurants etc. I realise that Japanese culture has some great qualities that have changed me and I'll continue to practise.

I bow too much now even in Australia.

 

[~AXI's.black.neko~]

i learned a lot of delicious Japanese food and i can think of a lot of cool hair styles
and im more passionate to other cultures :]

 

[Energy Recruitment]

You finally made it to Japan and you thought that you were well prepared - you've mastered the currency conversion, you've memorized Japanese for Busy People and you've read all the tips and trick that you can find about living in Japan. But there is one more thing that you need to do to make your life in Japan a lot easier. In order to be accepted by your neighbors and avoid receiving nasty notes in your mailbox from your landlord (that you can't read) you need to master GOMI.
I'd wager you think that recycling is a good thing and I'd even bet that you think that you already know how to do it. Think again, dealing with your garbage in Japan is no easy task! Even if you come from a place like California where recycling is commonplace you will find out that the Japanese take recycling to a whole new level and that's where GOMI comes in. It is the mission of the organization to educate you on the proper sorting and disposal of your trash and to ensure the survival of the

Evidence of recycling is apparent everywhere in Japan. Apartment buildings have whole rooms dedicated to it and almost every convenience store and train platform has at least two receptacles for trash conveniently placed for your educated use.

 

[Philtram]

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[Thuglife]

I surf less in the Ocean and more on the net.

Chris' English School

 

[akakaze]

I was only in Japan for two weeks last year (going back in a month!! )
and one of the biggest things I noticed, and loved, was that my jeans were getting visibly looser on me as I continued to walk everywhere and eat Japanese food in small amounts day after day.

I probably shed 5-10 lbs, I kid you not. I'm about 260, 6'3 so not a skinny guy, but the fact that being there such a short amount of time had such an impact was great. And I didn't really diet or anything like that, I tried a lot of different stuff over there. The trains were wonderful and make me wish they had systems like that here in the States.

Sadly, once I got back here to southern Minnesota, and the cube farm and massive portions, I gained it all back and then some...

Almost time to lose it again!

 

[Thuglife]

Too much computer....though I have learned a lot ...not enough Summer or surf




Chris' English School

 

[konki_d]

Having lived in Japan and then moved back to the States, it has been kind of easy to notice all the little things that changed in my life from before to after:

- I miss konbini; how did I ever live without them before, and how will I live without them now? Really, there is such a huge world of difference between U.S. convenience stores and Japanese konbini. From product to layout, from staff to branding, they really are two different creatures. I guess this is not a change in lifestyle, unless longing counts.

- As for other changes, I do much prefer using the A and B size formatted stationary and paper supplies. <sighs> Harder to find for me back in the U.S., and so I cherish all my folders and packs of paper, and use the paper and other bunbohgu supplies sparingly.