on my way to japan

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milk

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hello-
i am an american living in michigan. in about 2 months i am heading to japan with my girlfriend to teach in english in Atami City. Any information i can get about the area/customs/help in general would be greatly appreciated. two things i am particularly interested in are basketball and country music. are these things popular? are people interested? thanks for any input that can be offered.

 

Hachiko

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17 Jan 2004

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• 24 Feb 2004

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Mmmm, milk...yoroishiku. (btw, that was my personal combination of two words).

Off the deep end, but my two favorite varieties are almond and soy... :gulp:

 

deborah gormley

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19 Apr 2002

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• 24 Feb 2004

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Hi, milk and welcome to the forum!!
Hay I wish I was you travelling to Japan!! Someday I will!! And I"m calling up all my friends from there for an enormous party!! Lolol:ramen: but until then, I dream!! Welcome again!!

 

Grandpa Frank

Sempai

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• 24 Feb 2004

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BE SURE TO ....

take the time to go over some of the old posts! There are tons of old posts with all kinds of grest info. Over the past few years almost anything for a question has been asked & answered! Anything special you need would probably be found using search. Good luck and congrats
on your luck of landing the job!!

Frank

 

jeisan

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24 Feb 2003

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• 24 Feb 2004

• #5

hiya milk and welcome, have fun.

 

Eternal Wind

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• 24 Feb 2004

• #6

hihi,welcome!this place is wonderful ne!!

 

Shinmeiryu

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• 25 Feb 2004

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Welcome aboard and enjoy your time posting and your trip to Japan!

 

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milk

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10 Feb 2004

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• 26 Feb 2004

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the maximum point of power in yr life is now

thank ya kindly for the welcomes. it's approximately one month until my departure and i just picked a beginning japanese book yesterday. better late than never.

 

Eternal Wind

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30 Jan 2004

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• 26 Feb 2004

• #9

Happy studying on the book and good luck in your wonderful trip there!

 

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Matthew C. Perry

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• 26 Feb 2004

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Atami is not a bad little town. Its got a beach, great fireworks displays in the Summer, and is less than an hour from Tokyo by bullet train. I live across a mountain range, but only about 20 km away from there.

No need to worry about your Japanese language skills, you'll get by without too much trouble, and people are quite friendly to struggling, fresh-off-the-boat foreign English teachers. You and your girlfriend will have a great time exploring the somewhat quirky culture of a Japanese resort town. Atami even has a "sex museum" with a giant coin-operated phallus ride... or it used to.

You should be able to join a local basketball team, but be prepared for some biased officiating if you are tall and reasonably good.

 

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NANGI

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• 26 Feb 2004

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Konnichiwa Milk-san!

Welcome and Hajimemashite. Please enjoy the forum!

NANGI

 

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Satori

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• 30 Mar 2004

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Konnichiwa, Milk! Welcome aboard!!