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southofreality
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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Location: Tokyo
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| rai wrote: |
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| It's the good friends you make here that will help keep you sane. And, if the best friends you make here are foreigners, what's the point of coming? |
Translation: Stay out of MY Japan! 
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Yeah, that's what I meant.  Thanks for translating, genius. Way to go. |
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southofreality
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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Location: Tokyo
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| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 5:33 pm Post subject: |
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| suki_monster wrote: |
"It's the good friends you make here that will help keep you sane. And, if the best friends you make here are foreigners, what's the point of coming? "
-I totally agree with this comment, and I do not by any means plan on only making friends with foreigners. One thing I do like about this location is that I will not be surrounded by foreigners...but like I said before, it's just a nice convenience for there to be someone else to talk to locally that has also/is also going through the similar transition.
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I hear you, suki.
Anyway, good luck with the decision. If you do decide to come, I hope you have a great time here. If you decide not to come, I still hope you have a great time wherever you are. |
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dove
Joined: 01 Oct 2003
Posts: 271
Location: USA/Japan
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"If you want that with your students, make it known from the beginning"
I meant that if you want to hang out with your students--if that appeals to you--you have to actively pursue that from the start. If you always say no to the invitations that come your way, the students might assume you are not the type to hang out with them on your days off, so they might not ask you again. But if you establish yourself as the type who likes to go out (and I'm not just talking about to bars and parties), you will get a lot of invitations.
But there is nothing wrong with NOT wanting to meet up with your students outside of class. It's up to you to decide. When I first came to Japan, I liked hanging out with my students, but now, I prefer not to. My choice. |
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User N. Ame
Joined: 11 Dec 2006
Posts: 222
Location: Kanto
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:43 am Post subject: |
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| Like it or not, tatoos are commonly associated with yakuza in Japan. |
Not on foreigners, though, and not the type that the OP described. |
That's not gonna get you into an onsen, a capsule hotel, gym that has a no-tatt policy. Being a foreigner does not give you preferential treatment in this regard.
But as markle said, keep this issue into a broad perspective. Having a tatt is hardly gonna change your quality of life in Japan one way or another; at worst, it will restrict you from using some baths. Hell, it'll be a great conversation piece among the local inaka citizens. |
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