[godwine]

I spent quite a bit of time going through threads about people who want to live in Japan. But WHY? Some lack a plan on how to get there, while most don't have a real reason why they want to move there. Just to clear some myths and imagination for the dreamers, Japan is not too different from any other country once you are in the work force. The only difference is in the salary and the long hours. Things you see in animate, manga and dorama mostly don't exist:

1. Ninjas jumping from roof to roof assasinating political icons at night.. doesn't exist

2. Girls with big eyes and big boobs falling in a manner where she is exposing all her underwear.. rarely happen or don't happen at all

3. Samurais have been abolished since the fall of the Tokugawa Bafuku. You won't be able to find one walking on the street saving the poor from being harrassed by ronin

4. There is no gundam or any kind of robots hiding underground waiting for houses to move out of the way for them to be dployed from a hole on the ground

5. There is no "cleaner" hiding in Shinjuku waiting for XYZ messages

6. Girls WILL go to the police if you try to harass them.

7. High school is NOT just about not going to class and smoking on the roof with your friends

8. Street races are NOT common (not anymore) in Japan. People who actually race are not high profile and don't have regular scheduled meeting up high in Irohazaka

If you have doubt or have difficulties distinguishing fact and anime myth, feel free to ask, there are plenty of people on this boar that can help you