yumeitsumo
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What would you be doing right now if you were in Japan. If you already are in Japan: What are you doing? But I'm really curious of what you would be doing (What you dream of doing) in Japan.
What would you be doing right now...
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yumeitsumo
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Okke. (today) I'd be waking up around 7:30am in the morning and enjoy some hot tea at my kitchen table. Afterwards I'd get dressed and head to those Manga libraries. (Those are sweet). I'd read for a while then go tour Tokyo. I'd hopefully meet some new friends. (one of my dreams is to have amazingly nice friends one day) You know: THis is hard to say what I'd do cuz I don't exactly know what it's like to be there yet. It's sad.
- 20 Aug 2003
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yumeitsumo,
It's obvious that you don't know much about the place (no offense intended) because you just said you'd wake up and visit a manga shop on a work day. Wouldn't you be working instead? Maybe I was just thinking too logically because I'm not a tourist here. I live here.
What do you know about Japan?
And, why ask the question you did? There are easier ways to get info on Japan.
It's obvious that you don't know much about the place (no offense intended) because you just said you'd wake up and visit a manga shop on a work day. Wouldn't you be working instead? Maybe I was just thinking too logically because I'm not a tourist here. I live here.
What do you know about Japan?
And, why ask the question you did? There are easier ways to get info on Japan.
Kirirao
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- 18 Sep 2004
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@yumeitsumo
I envy you for having a kitchen table.
I don't know why would you go to the manga shop when most people go to the nearby convenience store and read for free
For me,
Currently on holiday from school.
Just woke up, browsed a few sites. Going to toast a few breads for breakfast, and then go meet up with my friend at 10 to throw away the 60k yen money we win 2 days ago at some pachinko parlor. Most likely gonna lose pretty bad, then coming home early feeling horrible with no money. Then maybe do some programming or maybe not considering how bad I lose. Goes to bed early w/ some tears hoping tomorrow going to be a better day then today.
What I dreamt of doing in Japan?
Wake up early, go to work (the japanese game company that I wanted to enter), chatting with co-workers, showing off the new programming skills I learned. Go to the mandatory morning meeting and status report. Flirt with some girls in the office. Doing what I love as a job. Probably going to come home late. Hits the nearby saizeria or jonathan. Gets home. Surf internet, watch tv. Probably play some games if theres time. Goes to sleep happy.
I envy you for having a kitchen table.
I don't know why would you go to the manga shop when most people go to the nearby convenience store and read for free
For me,
Currently on holiday from school.
Just woke up, browsed a few sites. Going to toast a few breads for breakfast, and then go meet up with my friend at 10 to throw away the 60k yen money we win 2 days ago at some pachinko parlor. Most likely gonna lose pretty bad, then coming home early feeling horrible with no money. Then maybe do some programming or maybe not considering how bad I lose. Goes to bed early w/ some tears hoping tomorrow going to be a better day then today.
What I dreamt of doing in Japan?
Wake up early, go to work (the japanese game company that I wanted to enter), chatting with co-workers, showing off the new programming skills I learned. Go to the mandatory morning meeting and status report. Flirt with some girls in the office. Doing what I love as a job. Probably going to come home late. Hits the nearby saizeria or jonathan. Gets home. Surf internet, watch tv. Probably play some games if theres time. Goes to sleep happy.
- 18 Feb 2007
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Glenski san, perhaps she's a student? Or has worked at an eikaiwa in past times in Japan, and had strange days off (as many of us have done)?
Or perhaps she just wants to dream a little about a different life in a different country? Or about one country she has a particular interest in, or perhaps just daydreaming for daydreaming's sake?
Does any of it really matter on a forum like this?
If I were in Japan right now I'd be sound asleep no doubt - but later on looking forward to a hearty breakfast of last night's leftovers (!!). If it were a day off, and I still lived in Nishinomiya, I'd cycle down the Mukogawa if the weather was good, and maybe take a look at the harbour, or maybe a trip to Kyoto on the train for some photography, or up to Akashi for some Akashiyaki...
(sighs...)
- 21 May 2003
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If I had the time and money to return to Japan.....
I'd track down my old friends from the two years I spent in Japan. I often wonder, are they still alive? How did their lives turn out? Did Yoshiko(the love of my life back than) , marry and have kids and live a happy life? There were so many Japanese people back then that had a large impact on my life, even after almost 40 years , I still remember them and miss them.
Frank
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I'd track down my old friends from the two years I spent in Japan. I often wonder, are they still alive? How did their lives turn out? Did Yoshiko(the love of my life back than) , marry and have kids and live a happy life? There were so many Japanese people back then that had a large impact on my life, even after almost 40 years , I still remember them and miss them.
Frank
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- 20 Aug 2003
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Nope. This statement ("I don't exactly know what it's like to be there yet.") and the fact that the profile says the OP is an American who has never been here before say otherwise.
Sounds to me like a real anime/manga addict with very little real experience of Japan. I found it strange that the biography says "I love Japan. Japan is my life." (much like my Japanese HS students who say X is my life over very trivial X's.
Does it matter? Not in the long run, no.
Seems like a very odd and indirect way of asking what life is like here, that's all. There is life for a tourist and life for a resident. Very different, and it wasn't/isn't clear what the OP was driving at. Does it matter if I try to pin her down on that?
- 21 May 2003
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Have a heart .
You have to remember, we have a lot of members who have not been lucky enough to go to Japan. It's hard for them to come up with topics to post about. JREF has been around a LOOOOONG time and almost everything you can imagine has been posted about already. To feel like a part of the JREF forum, a person wants to post here. I hate to see posts that make other members feel bad or uncomfortable about their use of language, spelling, style of writing, personal feelings, or topic. Sometimes things are so wacky or spamish that we have to say something or take action, but I try to cut our members/JREF FAMILY some slack and make them feel welcome here. Just a thought from a crazy old man.
Uncle Frank
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You have to remember, we have a lot of members who have not been lucky enough to go to Japan. It's hard for them to come up with topics to post about. JREF has been around a LOOOOONG time and almost everything you can imagine has been posted about already. To feel like a part of the JREF forum, a person wants to post here. I hate to see posts that make other members feel bad or uncomfortable about their use of language, spelling, style of writing, personal feelings, or topic. Sometimes things are so wacky or spamish that we have to say something or take action, but I try to cut our members/JREF FAMILY some slack and make them feel welcome here. Just a thought from a crazy old man.
Uncle Frank
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I just took a nice 43 degrees shower for 20minutes (I know, a waste of water... normally I take a shower of only 10min though. ), made some coffee, and am thinking of repeating on a thread about Death....
My dream here in Japan, to stay happy, healthy and maybe an own company for myself.
My dream here in Japan, to stay happy, healthy and maybe an own company for myself.
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- 26 Feb 2003
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3:15am atm for me here in Fukuoka at the time of this writing. Sitting here chillin' with my Diet Coke and watching CNN on TV. Not much else to do at this hour lol unless I am working out before bed or playing one of my gajillion console/pc games.
Well if is there for school then i would probably be studying and going out in my free time to take pictures. I'm a photographer and it's one of the reasons i wanna go to japan. I'm thinking of studying abroad next spring for a term and i wanna just have enough free time to walk around an take pictures and experiance the people, buildings and nature.
BTW does anyone know where i could find laws on photography in japan?
Thanks-Curtis
BTW does anyone know where i could find laws on photography in japan?
Thanks-Curtis
- 18 Oct 2004
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As it is about 0025 in the morning there, I'd say I'd be in bed. Two reasons for this: One, the trains stop running at about midnight and, 2, "Middle age is when you have two alternatives and you take the one that gets you home by nine o'clock." (Or I was running around all day and just plain tuckered out!)
Goldiegirl
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I'd be on Jref, typing away!
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I'd be on Jref, typing away!
"You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should."
Desiderata
"You are a fluke of the universe. You have no right to be here. And whether you hear it or not, the universe is laughing behind your back."
Deteriorata
Goldiegirl
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ain't that the truth!
undrentide
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- 18 Jan 2006
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Now ume trees (which often translated as "plum" but I think they're much closer to apricot) are in bloom in Tokyo area.
Some are white, some are dark pink while others are pale pink.
Their sweet, a little spicy scent is wafting on the air.
It's Sunday today, I'm going for a walk, there are many houses who have ume tree(s) in their garden in my neighbourhood...
And tomorrow (3rd of March) is Hina-matsuri (girls festival)!
Hinamatsuri - Wikipedia
Some are white, some are dark pink while others are pale pink.
Their sweet, a little spicy scent is wafting on the air.
It's Sunday today, I'm going for a walk, there are many houses who have ume tree(s) in their garden in my neighbourhood...
And tomorrow (3rd of March) is Hina-matsuri (girls festival)!
Hinamatsuri - Wikipedia
- 17 Sep 2005
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Well, on Saturday I went on a date with my girlfriend to Shizuoka. We were out all day, and we went to a lighthouse, the beach, a market, a big temple. She likes to ride in the car, so we drove out there. It was really nice and relaxing, but I was really tired when I finally got home.
Yesterday I, too, took a walk, had sushi for lunch, and then taught a private English lesson, which went pretty late. (I got home at 11:00p.m.!)
Today I am going to go to city hall to get the necessary forms to get married, and I'll probably also try to make an appointment with the councilate to get my affidavit for eligibility for marriage certified. Then I have an appointment for work. Afterwards a good friend will come over and we'll hang out.
Yesterday I, too, took a walk, had sushi for lunch, and then taught a private English lesson, which went pretty late. (I got home at 11:00p.m.!)
Today I am going to go to city hall to get the necessary forms to get married, and I'll probably also try to make an appointment with the councilate to get my affidavit for eligibility for marriage certified. Then I have an appointment for work. Afterwards a good friend will come over and we'll hang out.
mr.sumo.snr
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I'd be interested to find out what Japan-based members think they'd be doing if they were back in the country of their birth (or upbringing).
To qualify to answer I would say people have to have spent at least five years here. Be married, self employed or property owners i.e. to have an investment in Japan that would require more than simply turning up at Narita to leave behind.
And it MUST be a return to the your passport-issuing country. Moving to a third country is a different topic and probably worthy of a separate discussion.
New thread or continue here?
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To qualify to answer I would say people have to have spent at least five years here. Be married, self employed or property owners i.e. to have an investment in Japan that would require more than simply turning up at Narita to leave behind.
And it MUST be a return to the your passport-issuing country. Moving to a third country is a different topic and probably worthy of a separate discussion.
New thread or continue here?
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- 18 Feb 2007
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If I was in Japan right now I'd no doubt be tucked up, sleeping soundly in my triple futon set, and perhaps throwing the odd (half-asleep) hand outside the cover to brush the naturalness of the tatami with my fingers...quite possibly dreaming of either a takoyaki or tonkatsu feast lol 
Great idea for a thread, m.s.s san, should be fascinating!! It should be a new thread, though ( or the mods could split this one) as it's the polar opposite of the topic the OP's posted here. (I don't see any reason for your criteria, really, though - and that as someone who fulfilled all but one of them - but if you start that new thread I guess it's up to you to set the boundaries.)
Great idea for a thread, m.s.s san, should be fascinating!! It should be a new thread, though ( or the mods could split this one) as it's the polar opposite of the topic the OP's posted here. (I don't see any reason for your criteria, really, though - and that as someone who fulfilled all but one of them - but if you start that new thread I guess it's up to you to set the boundaries.)
