Greetings!

Hello everyone!
I'm Myaku...
I'm 20 and I live in San Francisco, CA...
I have a love of all things Japanese! The culture, the language, music, food, history... The anime! The smexy JRock and JPop scenes... All of it!
I just happened upon this forum, and thought I would check it out!
So... hi!

Hey! Welcome to Jref!

I suppoose you went to see ~Lost In Translation~ more than five times.
I bet you are going to see the new ~Fast and Furious - Tokyo Drift movie~.
I will let you know something that is driving me insane.
Those movies do not portray how things really are in Japan.
Lost in Translation of course shows Tokyo.A story of 2 foreign people with dreams that cannot come to fruitation in Japan.
Impossible.
Fast and Furious 3- is all unrealistic in every way.
Japan is cool to visit for a week or two.Living here is a total diffrent matter.
Keep the otaku dreams alive.

Rainy days and rainy nights.....like a song from the past, hang on our calendars and over our heads here in the Japan Alps today. But with the help of electric lights, I still feel the sunshine of my life and the power of love--far plenty enough to send you a big 'WELCOME' to Jref !!

I hope you enjoy all of it, and share and learn with us here, as often as you can. See you 'round !!

Thank you for the warm welcome, everyone!

ELECTRIC JAPAN said:

I suppoose you went to see ~Lost In Translation~ more than five times.
I bet you are going to see the new ~Fast and Furious - Tokyo Drift movie~.
I will let you know something that is driving me insane.
Those movies do not portray how things really are in Japan.
Lost in Translation of course shows Tokyo.A story of 2 foreign people with dreams that cannot come to fruitation in Japan.
Impossible.
Fast and Furious 3- is all unrealistic in every way.
Japan is cool to visit for a week or two.Living here is a total diffrent matter.
Keep the otaku dreams alive.

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Well, I must correct you, my friend.

I didn't like Lost In Translation... I found it dull and uninteresting. I saw it once and once only. I didn't see it because it was set in Tokyo. I saw it because I am a Bill Murray fan.

I just recently saw Tokyo Drift. Again, I didn't see it because it's set in Tokyo. I saw it for the cars. I mean, really... It's the Fast and The Furious. I am not expecting cultural accuracy from it at all.

Despite what you may think, I am not so daft as to assume that life in Japan is the way it's portrayed in movies. Which is one of the reasons I joined the forum - To learn more about Japan before I go there myself.