@nyororin :
Hello, I'm new to the board ^^
I've read about your exploits in japan, how you started off, and so on.
Apparently I'm totally fascinated with Japan and I'd really like to try and make a new page in the book for myself by living there and probably continuing my studies as well. I'm just about starting Junior year of college, I'm on break now so I figured I'd spend about a month in Japan to see how things really are
A family friend volunteered to take me in for the month, and I really appreciated it, so I'd probably be leaving next week with them and spend the rest of the time there.
Situation as is, I actually don't know squat about Japan. I can understand their language a bit, written and oral, thats probably thanks to countless hours of anime and eroge, but other than that, I'm really unfamiliar. Hence I think you'd be able to help me with some of the home cultural stuff/issues I could be facing.
As I've written down, I'd probably be staying in a house with 4 people living there, the husband, wife, and their 2 children, one of them, a female, being 1 year older and the other, a male, being 2 years younger.
I'm really excited about going, but I can't just help thinking about the possible mistakes I'd probably make, you know it's one of those things that you'd consider to be OK and normal *normally* but it's actually offensive based on the japanese customs. And I'd probably want to do things they'd appreciate and like, so they probably won't feel that 1 month with me
So... what should I start writing down on my memo ?