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Originally Posted by MMM
I think "scared to go to Japan" is like saying "scared to go to Disneyland".
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Well, to be fair, it's closer to "going to Disneyland halfway around the world, where you don't speak the language or understand the culture, and where there are a great many things that can be exciting and different, but maybe a bit scary too". Personally, I was much more excited than scared, but I grew up in a small rural town in far northern California, the only foreign country I'd visited before was Canada, and I'd just signed a 1 year contract to live and work in a country on the other side of the world where I didn't know a single person or speak any of the language! On top of that, I was going to be living on my own for the 1st time in my life (I'd lived at home through university to save money). So it was a little scary, but also incredibly exciting.