living in Japan...

i lived there when i was 6 months old and left when i was 3... my parents said it was really hard for white people to get jobs strictly due to the language barrier, also, it is extremely expensive and extremely cultural... their respect for life is completely different than here... my dad just got home while i was typing this and he told me that you will never find a job outside of teaching and what not... most of the americans over there are either teaching or in the military... no real in betweens. my brother was born there and our family is contemplating a trip to japan just to see where we once were as i have no recollection of it... my mom said aside from lack of work off the military base, it was absolutely gorgeous and beautiful. she said she would go back if she could get her salary here over there but that just never happens..


on a cool side note, my dad prior to my life in the 80's was in iwukuni japan, and had a child scare with one of the local girls, blasted around the mountains in a classic silvia. him and his friends would destroy the water parks there, and all the japanese girls would watch them do flips, and jump from slide to slide suspended like 50 feet in the air... crazy

when we lived there my parents bought a 72 skyline and i am to this day mad that they sold it... lol, but my dad said that shit was falling apart from rust when we had it... so get over it...


japan sounds amazing, and beautiful but does not seem like a comfortable life for a white boy!
 
I lived there for 10yrs growing up. I attended Japanese JHS until I was in my Junior year in HS then got back into the DODDS School system. I was a military brat and had such a great time there growing up. The best jobs like most have said aside from working in a corporate job here in the states and getting transfered is teaching English. My mom was able to get a Job working for NOVA English School and then worked for a Juku building their English program by incorporating phonics to have a better English teaching structure.

Japanese are taught English from 6th grade all the way until HS graduation. They have an extensive understanding of English but have little to no conversational capability unless they become uninhibited by drinking. I myself would love to go back someday because I have alot of friends that I miss there.l
 
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Great info guys. Yea I figured language would be a pretty huge barrrier, and I deffinately want to visit for a couple of weeks before making a decision. Again, thanks guys, its good hearing from first hand experience
 
sup man, i hope you get to at least get there for 3 months at minimum. Tokyo is the worlds most expensive city.

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i used to live in yokosuka. had a r32 which i bought for $3000.00 and somewhat enjoyed my time there. when i came back i wanted to move back but then started thinking about moving somewhere i havnt been before. but still studied japanese.

if you in south florida you should check out this japanese meetup. they get together once a month for dinner and after hours fun like clubs or karaoke.

http://www.meetup.com/japanese-411/



also, hang meet and befriend alot of japanese and asin friends to help u study the customs of the complete Asian culture.


and if j-girls are your thing i can assure you that meeting more Asian friends is a good place to start.
 
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sup man, i hope you get to at least get there for 3 months at minimum. Tokyo is the worlds most expensive city.

List of most expensive cities for expatriate employees - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


i used to live in yokosuka. had a r32 which i bought for $3000.00 and somewhat enjoyed my time there. when i came back i wanted to move back but then started thinking about moving somewhere i havnt been before. but still studied japanese.

if you in south florida you should check out this japanese meetup. they get together once a month for dinner and after hours fun like clubs or karaoke.

http://www.meetup.com/japanese-411/



also, hang meet and befriend alot of japanese and asin friends to help u study the customs of the complete Asian culture.


and if j-girls are your thing i can assure you that meeting more Asian friends is a good place to start.
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haha once again for everyone J GIRLS ARENT MY THING. yea im hopefully going to take some classes to learn the language, and hopefully meet some people (i currently know no Japanese people xD). what makes it so expensive to live there? i mean i dont plan on just going there and plan on staying more than a week or two without having a job.
 
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JAPAN IS the SHIT

I went for Vacation wiht my cousin and uncle for 2 weeks Awsome time actually jap hoes in clubs are so SO easy, all you have to do is say I'm from Miami I love to dance salsa and thats it. DTF all night. I have been wanting to go back, but be warned it was expensive when i went and Now its even worse!
 
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