Your relationship with Japan

Have you been to Japan

  • I have always lived in Japan

    Votes: 26 2.1%
  • I've grown up in Japan, but don't live there anymore

    Votes: 32 2.6%
  • I am living in Japan for the moment

    Votes: 76 6.2%
  • I have lived for sometime in Japan

    Votes: 132 10.8%
  • I have been several times to Japan (as a tourist, short-stays)

    Votes: 101 8.3%
  • I have been to Japan once (tourist, short-stay)

    Votes: 98 8.0%
  • I have not been to Japan yet, but intend to.

    Votes: 679 55.7%
  • I haven't been there and don't plan to.

    Votes: 23 1.9%
  • Other

    Votes: 56 4.6%

  • Total voters
    1,219
I went to Japan only one time but liked it very much! I'm even thinking about living there although I don't really know how easy or difficult it is...
 
I've been to Japan once with my mother with whom is Japanese. I really would like to visit again.
 
lived in japan til I graduated high school. Joined the military on base there and got stationed back in my hometown. I got lucky.
 
im 13, and have wanted to go to japan since i was 10 i now tell people that japan does indeed have the hottest gals and the most advanced technology ever, i hope to go there sometimes soon...
 
I never been to japan yet, but I plan to go in less than 5 years. I am curently learning japanese on my own. Still I'm not advanced at all (I can't handle a conversation) I watch a lot of japanese shows, it help.
 
I've there twice, that is, Im on my second time arround.

The first time I was in the military, and as usual fell in love with a Japanese Harajuku girl :-) . I'm out of the military now and doing free-lancing computer gaming graphics here in Okinawa . I plan to move to main land once me and my fiance are married this June! Sugoi ne?

I know enough speech Japanese to get me around Japan and what not, but I'm just starting to learn plenty of Kanji at once. It's ok so far. But I need to go at my pase.
 
I've never been to japan, but I really want to go there one day. I mean watching it on the travel channel has gotten me so wired up that I "really" want to go, because its so cool and there are alot of places to go to.

*frowns*

I have few friends whom have gone to japan before and came back to tell the story about what was it like to be in japan.

I'm so jealous >_<.
 
Never been there, but seems like a nice place. However, the language would really be good to learn, since it'll open up a whole new world (and mangas and animes ^^)
 
I'm going there THIS SUMMER!!
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
I'm so happy. truly happy!
 
new since Feb. 27

I lived in Japan eleven years, and I am enjoying this online resource as a way to stay informed about current events, trends and history of Japan. I also anticipate shopping for Japanese goods through links found at JRef.
Thanks for the welcome.
 
I have lived in Japan for a total of 9 years, but am now back in the states. The closest source of Georgia coffee is 2 hours away so life is rough.
 
I stopped by Japan on my trip to the United States once, but I don't remember what happened since I was only three at the time. I plan on moving to Japan after college to live there permanently, though.
 
i lived in osaka for 2 years (currently in Canada). Tomorrow my japanese friends are going back T_T (They are exchange students from Shizuoka), kanashii~... But i'm going to visit them this summer ^_^
 
i've always wanted to go to Japan though i dont really hav any concrete reason to go there. i dont think they offer any places in the universities for foreign students who want to take pharmocolgy as their major. but i really hope that i could stand a chance to go to Japan as an exchanged student. Toudai..if only i could b there..
Oh God, please answer my prayers!!
 
well I got into manga then anime and onto to J-rock (and other Japanese music) and soon I fell in love with the people the culture and just every thing about it.!!!
I am only in high school at this moment but I am hoping to get into Wyoming state (they have allot of exchange students from Japan ) to take there coarse on Japanese and photo journalism them somehow find a way to make my way to Japan and live there as a photographer (not likely but tis my dream ) well and in the mean time I will try and learn as much as I can with knowing little to no Japanese

please forgive my grammar and spelling but I just don't care to fix it to day !
thanks for your time if you read it I loved every ones stories !
oh and sorry but I have not gotten the hang of online forum just yet so be patient
 
Hello all.

I dream constantly of visiting and possibly living in Japan one day. A couple of years ago I imported a Nissan Skyline R33 GTST from Japan. I wanted very badly to go and pick it up over there myself but was not able to. I have been into the Japanese car racing scene for several years now and want to learn as much as I can about it. I am currently building the R33 Skyline and a 1986 AE86 Corolla (hachi) for drifitng.

The car team I belong to, Team Notorious, adheres strictly to the HASHIRIYA philosophy and we actively try to promote it here in Texas where we live, race, and show our cars. I want to learn as much as I can about the actual street car culture in Japan because myself and our team are very interested in creating the most accurate JDM vehicles possible here in the States.

I am glad to be a member here, I look forward to making many friends.

Peace
Todster
 
still havent been in Japan. hopefully i will visit one day :unsure:
 
I'm planning to go to Japan...but I have to save first since it is pretty expensive...heard that Tokyo is the most expensive place in the whole world!

But I will go one day..yes I will...:)
 
tokyo 1, osaka 2, kobe 3 ( mannn that sucks, and where im i going to live... Kobe or Osaka... but i heard tax are lower in osaka then kobe...) ticket is around 900/1200 for us Jen from londen bit cheaper...
 
I still haven't been in japan, and I've just failed in my Nova application.
I think I won't have any chance to get to japan in the next few years; and whenever I'd do, it'd just be a short (tourist) stay.
:(
 
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I will be staying in japan for one year and a half. I have been here for 6 months now and I find most people that i've met kind and helpful.
 
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