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Japan ERA |OT| We all お箸上手 and 日本語ペラペラ in here!
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I know... I've been trying to find a good avatar for ages now, but I just can't settle on anything that I like and also will work with all different kinds of posts.
I have a bag with food and drinks ready for anything that might happen, but I don't think a typhoon will require emergency supplies unless you live in the middle of nowhere in some really old wooden house or something.
At least here in Osaka it's always strong winds for a day, then the next day it's sunny and fine again.
Same in Tokyo. People wouldn't shut up about the one last week though, thought I ought to fit in and spread the hysteria.
I was wondering if anyone was going to make a thread.
Last week I just slept the typhoon off.
Not particularly concerned about the one this week since it's supposed to be quite weaker.
I'll just stay home playing Mario Odyssey. Which I'll hopefully get today.
Last week I just slept the typhoon off.
Not particularly concerned about the one this week since it's supposed to be quite weaker.
I'll just stay home playing Mario Odyssey. Which I'll hopefully get today.
Pretty gusty down here in Kag, re: Saola. Had absolutely rotten luck with typhoons this year, always seemingly hitting the area on weekends. No days off work for me, sadly.
Hello everyone!
I never posted in the Japan community thread before, but here I am.
I moved here a year ago, now living in the Shikoku area. It's been kind of lonely being a fighting game player here, most of the arcades are all empty compared to Osaka or Tokyo.
I never posted in the Japan community thread before, but here I am.
I moved here a year ago, now living in the Shikoku area. It's been kind of lonely being a fighting game player here, most of the arcades are all empty compared to Osaka or Tokyo.
Went there a couple of years ago (Takamatsu). Beautiful place but yeah compared to Tokyo feels like being in another country!
Hey hulemdos :)
Good to see lots of people made it over. I know I didn't post much in the past but Yolosik!
Good to see lots of people made it over. I know I didn't post much in the past but Yolosik!
Weekend typhoon are quite annoying, way to ruin a person little free time.
Thankfully this weekend I had Mario to play through, so it was kind of convinient.
Thankfully this weekend I had Mario to play through, so it was kind of convinient.
I'm in Matsuyama, which is supposed to be a bigger city compared to most other places in Shikoku, but it is still quite small.
I'm still having problems communicating with people here, a lot of them appear to get scared or nervous at the prospect of having to speak English, even if they hear me speaking Japanese. I guess that in terms of raw numbers it's just unexpected to see a foreigner around these parts.
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Kinda hat plans to go to Miyazaki over the last weekend to visit family and do some work, but got a mail from the bus company that they've cancelled because of the Typhoon. Well, there was none.. weather was mighty fine. lol
Yes, it is. Sadly, because GAF went down we weren't able to get in touch with everyone. The few of us in the LINE Group started to scramble and find more people to make up the 15 to match our reservation.
Could you PM your LINE ID?
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Hope everyone from the older forum will join there.
Thanks to the Typhoon the Yokohama marathon got cancelled yesterday, pretty big event, 10th biggest marathon worldwide with 30000 runners.
17000y down the drain (yep, absolutely 0 refund) and months of training for no end result :'(
Hope I'll be able to find another race in November to bounce back this dissapointment.
Anyway looking forward to the meetup next Thursday!
Thanks to the Typhoon the Yokohama marathon got cancelled yesterday, pretty big event, 10th biggest marathon worldwide with 30000 runners.
17000y down the drain (yep, absolutely 0 refund) and months of training for no end result :'(
Hope I'll be able to find another race in November to bounce back this dissapointment.
Anyway looking forward to the meetup next Thursday!
Without the place it's a bit hard to check :p
Looking for something in or close to Tokyo.
Hoping I will be able to revisit sometime soon, enjoyed when I was over there Dec 2014 with the misses.
Oh heck I never bothered to check if there was a Japan community on the old forum.
Hi! I'm a kiwi living in central Tokyo. I've been working as a JET for a year and change. Anyone near me?
I've had four days off this weekend (Sat-Tues) so I've just been sitting inside out of the rain/wind and playing Mario. It's been good as hell. Thinking about hitting up book off in Ogikubo this afternoon tho
よろぴくおねがいぴます
Hi! I'm a kiwi living in central Tokyo. I've been working as a JET for a year and change. Anyone near me?
I've had four days off this weekend (Sat-Tues) so I've just been sitting inside out of the rain/wind and playing Mario. It's been good as hell. Thinking about hitting up book off in Ogikubo this afternoon tho
よろぴくおねがいぴます
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First year JET here. In Akita instead of Tokyo, though. What a weird job this is.
What should I expect from an izakaya?
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Apart from food and alcohol?
A lot of izakaya specialize in specific foods. Some may focus big on sea food, others may focus on regional foods, yet others may have just the common staple izakaya food (karaage and whatnot). Some izakaya have closed off rooms (個室) while others may create separate compartments for guests using curtains or something similar (半個室). Some izakaya have a mixture of chairs and tatami rooms where you sit on the floor, while other may only have tatami rooms. Some may even have no compartments for guests and only have chairs. And even if you sit on the floor, they may have spaces under the table so you can sit like you sit in a chair (掘りごたつ).
So, in other words, izakaya experience depends on where you go. They can be as diverse as other non-izakaya restaurants.
The air back in Netherlands must be confusing you. It's obviously the other way around.
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You should expect a lot of second hand smoking. Also drunk Japanese salary man.
Disregarding that, lots of random food and alcohol.
I was part of the previous forum as a lurker with a different name, but I feel with a new forum a new name and a new start. I am currently a teacher living in Tokyo who organizes and plays board game groups and plays a lot of video games.
Izakayas can be fun, but yes random food from pizzas to fried rice. fun places though to talk and eat random things though.
Izakayas can be fun, but yes random food from pizzas to fried rice. fun places though to talk and eat random things though.
There is a Izakaya here that is all chicken wings. Yes it is as amazing as it sounds. All you can eat and drink for 2,500 or 3000 depending on what course you want. Owner is super nice (who I had no idea was the owner lol) short dude with a shaved head and cutesy face. Turns out he's ex SDF haha. All his staff are college students studying abroad at the university, and since hes friends with the staff there he hires them so they can learn Japanese.
Really fun place... though it's listed as a hostess/-ahem- place for whatever reason online. Unless there is something happening in the back we don't know about!
Definitely be on the look out for themed izakaya' they are great.
Really fun place... though it's listed as a hostess/-ahem- place for whatever reason online. Unless there is something happening in the back we don't know about!
Definitely be on the look out for themed izakaya' they are great.
My favorite konbini fried chicken was チキンビッツ (like mini kara-age or popcorn chicken) that they used to sell at Lawson. I think they stopped around 2007 and I've missed them ever since :(