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[JezzaYouBeauty!!]

Hi guys & girls....I'm wondering if you've ever been asked to show this when arriving in Japan. I'm going to Japan. I don't have this. Should it be a worry at all?......hmm..

Has anyone been asked to present that when entering Japan....

Thanks if ya can let me know.

See ya,

-Jezza

[Birdog3344]

Jezza, do you have a job lined up in Japan and a work visa? If so, you should be fine. I came to Japan on a one way ticket and had no problems because I had my visa.
If you don't have a visa, I'm not sure what sort of documentation the customs agents require.
Hope this helps.

[JezzaYouBeauty!!]

G'day,

Yes...I just read about this in the lonely planet the other day, about the proof of onward travel thing.

I'm meeting my fiancee in Japan. I'm going on a tourist visa. We'll be applying for the spouse visa fairly early on. That's how it all seems to be at this stage.

Kinda wish I didn't read about it in the lonely planet the other day however. Anyhow, as my mum says, 90% of the things you worry about, don't eventuate.

So....I'm hoping it'll all be sweet. Touchwood.

Thanks for your reply.

-Jezza

[zoubaidah]

Almost every country requires that before entering, you have evidence of onward travel, if you don`t have a visa allowing you to live there. Usually you don`t notice that this is being checked because the ticket you hand over at the check-in counter has your onward travel on it. The clerk also checks your passport which shows if you have a right to be in the country you are bound for, since the airline has to take you out of a country it brought you into if you aren`t allowed to stay.

[JezzaYouBeauty!!]

I see.....thanks for the comments.

I'm not going from my home country though, and I'm not going by air. Oh well...it might all be the same.

If so, I better buy a return ticket.

Thanks guys

-Jezza

[Gordon]

[ToraGal]

use the name of a hotel... they just want u to see that u have some place to go....

[JezzaYouBeauty!!]

Been in Japan 2 weeks now,

I did buy a return ticket back to Korea, just in case.

And yep...at customs at the ferry terminal in Fukuoka, they did ask to see it!

SO.....I dont know what would have happened if I didnt have it.....BUT......probably a good thing huh?

Ya know...I had a bit of luggage with me.....Japanese customs people...pretty Japanese.....doing everything according to the right way to doing everying accordingly......or something like that.

Out of Korea into Japan. It is a godsend.

Feel like the volume beens lowered. No one spitting everywhere anymore.

No aggressive offensive behaviour towards me OR the locals going on anymore....

Everythings orderly and clean and nice and calm and well behaved....

Feel it is all a bit stifling though somehow.....

Respect and admire the hard-working selfless samurai spirit Japanese. Think they are misunderstood by the Jap-haters around the world.

But why do I feel like I would rather be just be surrounded by yapping laughing smiling Thai people eating super spicy food in a hot stinking outside food stall in bangkok.......?

Maybe after 2 weeks in Japan without much contact with fellow western English speakers, I wanna let a few things out. Sorry guys.. And I did have a lot do with Thailand and stuff before. Ahh I am hopeless, arent I?

I am in Japan for a reason. Hai hai hai. Gotta a tune out my emotions and just do a good job. Hai hai hai.

turning japanese turning Japanese I really think so......

-sawatdee khrap

[Celeste]

Don't write the whole country off just yet. People take a bit longer to warm up here, but you will make friends. Are you out in the countryside? Take a few trips into the city. Be a tourist in your own town for a bit and get to know the place. (I have lived in Korea before, and am a habitual Thailand tourist, and I can understand how you are probably feeling right now.) Get involved in your hobbies right off the bat, and you will meet some people with similar interests who will warm up to you somewhat quickly.

[cevanne]

Give a couple of weeks before you give up on Japan The neighborhood I live in (in Osaka) has alot of really friendly people in it you just have to be willing to put yourself out there. They are more reserved than the people in places like Thailand but they make good friends once you have them. Think of them as being a bit more 'shy' on the surface. I've made lots of friends in Osaka at my job, in my neighborhood, and just around. If you live in the country you will have to try a little harder cause there just aren't as many people. But the more friendly ones are out there I swear! Also, there will be gaijin communities as well. Maybe your fiance has already found one? There is usually some kind of local publication in English which can help you hook up with some other foreigners. Or try the internet. Lots of people looking for English speaking friends. Also in Japan, alot of what you see on the surface isn't whats really going on. Example the 'hard-working japanese stereotype'. After you've been in Japan for awhile you'll see. Good luck in Fukuoka!!