[Nyororin]

I wasn`t meaning to be defensive... You just simply can`t imagine the number of extremely detailed questions that are asked by people who have never been to Japan. A lot of people assume things are very different from reality. and some people will debate about issues they have only heard about somewhere online.

When it comes to food - make your own. Seriously. Learn to cook the dishes you enjoy and break any prepackaged/processed food habits you have. I don`t mean that to sound harsh - it`s something you should try to do wherever you are. Processed food isn`t good for you, regardless of whether you like it or not.

I am usually really stumped when people say they cannot adjust to the Japanese diet because all the ingredients are available to make whatever it is you like to eat, or at the very least something passably similar. I honestly cannot think of any western dish that I could not make if I felt the desire, and all with ingredients from the local grocery stores. Vegetables are vegetables. Meat is meat.

Japan isn`t really a frozen/prepackaged meal country anyway - even the combini stuff is fresh and most of it isn`t "processed". I think that even a regular Japanese person would go crazy trying to survive on that type of stuff.

For clothes - you`re 5'8". I don`t think you`ll have problems finding clothes in any shop that will fit you height wise. Unless you are very large (either overweight or extremely muscular) you are not a specialty size at all and should be able to pretty much shop anywhere. Go to a mall, walk around and see what shops have the type of clothes you want, and buy.

Anyway - more detailed info about where you are will certainly help get better answers. If you are anywhere someone is familiar with, you may even be able to get more "insider" advice. Japan is a big country.