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Rorschach · Joined: 25 Mar 2004 Posts: 130 Location: Osaka

Top 3 Things I Like About Japan:

1. Train system - Best public transport on the planet IMO. You can go anywhere for cheap. Not so much in smaller cities but the bus system in Osaka is second to none.

2. Internet - It's cheap, it's fast, it's reliable and, most importantly, unlimited.

3. Cheap, delicious food - People back home always assumed Japan was somehow this really expensive place for food where you had to take out a mortgage on the home to buy a steak. Not so at all. 398yen lunch boxes, 147yen drinks. 1500yen set meals at decent restaurants - MUCH cheaper than back home. And all good quality. Since coming to Japan I have eaten much better than before.

Honourable mentions:

Privates - So easy to get and they pay extremely well for what amounts to little more than breathing on my part

Sallary - Say what you will about Nova, they pay on time and generously relative to the actual work I do.

COD (Daibiki) - I love how I can order almost anything in this country by COD. Given I don't have a credit card it has been a Godsend, without Amazon I would have gone mad from a lack of books.

Convenience store bill payment - Wish they had this back home, makes life so easy.

Telco./Utility services - I've had the best experiences dealing with NTT/Osaka Gas/Denki whenever I've had a problem. Even when I couldn't speak a word of Japanese someone was always there who could speak English.

Point Card system - Simple, smart system. Whoever though of rewarding customers for repeat visits needs a medal

Hiking - Some beautiful areas in Japan, dispells the myth that this country is one large concrete jungle.

markle · Joined: 17 Jan 2003 Posts: 1316 Location: Out of Japan

Lynn · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 696 Location: in between

1) no tipping. You can go into a restaurant and skip the small talk with the server AND you can do "betsu-betsu" very easily. (split the bill, you pay for whatever you ordered) In the states, they even tell you upfront that you are not allowed to have separate tickets.

2) shoes off. Even repairmen/movers/cleaners, whoever enters your home will take off their shoes. In the states I had to deny entry to the cable man because he absolutely refused to remove his shoes. When I called the cable company they said that is the cableman's right to keep his shoes on. A few days later another guy came and he was nice enough to remove his shoes.

3) FOOD! I just love Japanese food. I like Japanese traditional food like tofu and natto. And I also love non-traditional Japanese food like Japanese spagetti or Japanese Mos burgers. ( chicken, fries, special occasion drinks) I also love Sazeria.

callmesim · Joined: 27 Oct 2005 Posts: 279 Location: London, UK

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Vince · Joined: 05 May 2003 Posts: 559 Location: U.S.

I voted other. I left almost three years ago thinking I'd had enough, but it turns out I just needed a break. Between that and my Japanese wife wanting to move back to Japan, we'll return once I'm prepared.

There are many things I miss, but the top three that come to mind right now are:

the trains
the food
that something as mundane as walking down a small road or going into a shop has so much potential for discovery

Hoekk · Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Posts: 18

-great variety of girls, so many, so hot, whoever choses monogamy here deserves a medal of honor. (I am sorry for women here because japanese guys are just... unappealing)

-Yokohama and everything around there

-Lots of alcohol and rock concerts. Both = Good.

Venti · Joined: 19 Oct 2006 Posts: 171 Location: Kanto, Japan

Venti · Joined: 19 Oct 2006 Posts: 171 Location: Kanto, Japan

Lots of good things about Japan.

---In the right setting with the right people, Japanese are sooo festive
and fun to be around.

---It's quite safe compared to most developed nations. Of course, if
you're married with kids, it becomes quite dangerous.

---Ryokans and onsens

konyoku · Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 6:36 am Post subject:

1. Whale Meat
2. Horse Meat
3. DA GAIJIN

Quibby84 · Joined: 10 Aug 2006 Posts: 643 Location: Japan

how does it become dangerous if you have kids and are married?

Henry_Cowell · Joined: 27 May 2005 Posts: 3352 Location: Berkeley

sallycat · Joined: 11 Mar 2006 Posts: 303 Location: behind you. BOO!

1. beer vending machines
2. amazing food
3. hot, well-dressed japanese guys (it's not just the girls that are pretty, you know).

Lynn · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 696 Location: in between

TokyoLiz · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 1548 Location: Tokyo, Japan

Healthful food, and weirdly flavoured potato chips, at convenience stores.

The cute, funny, smart guys. I live with one.

Martial artists of high calibre who are wise and kind. My teachers are awesome.