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Originally Posted by MMM
I lived in Japan for just over three years, and go back to visit almost every year. I gotta tell you, life is a lot easier and my standard of living is a lot higher in my home country. I loved my time in Japan but will be happy not living long-term there again.
Why do I write this?
I have read dozens, maybe 100 different posts from people that say "I want to live in Japan" without ever having visited. I immediately do a facepalm when I see this, and to be honest it is hard to take most of them seriously. Now the "I would love to visit japan someday" threads much more seriously because those folks tend to be more realistic.
I titled this thread this way to get your attention, and I know I could live in Japan again if I had to or if I wanted. There are tons of things I loved about life in Japan, but there are also things I am not ready to sacrifice for the rest of my life just to be able to live in Japan (centralized heating, NY-style pizza, Christmas, etc.)
I don't disparage anyone that does live in Japan and has or will for a long time. It's a great experience, but for now I am going to throw another log on my wood stove, marinade a rib-eye and turn on some NBA basketball.
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Then why are you on a bloody Japan forum?! Oh man am I sick of this country,I'll go on this forum all about it!
I have no intention of being a businessman. I am in the UK and therefore am not affected by some problems that affect the Americans. There won't be Friends on all the time,like the rest of the world has to have. I'll come back here summer and Christmas. OK Pancake Day could be an issue,I'll give you that. I'll just try and get some,even if it's on my own. ryuurui,that is a good point about not necessarily doing
everything everybody else does. I'm obviously white,I'm gonna get looked at,so say I do something like wear a Kamen Rider belt in public what's the worst that could happen? I can't be called anything worse than I get called here. Yes I'll admit racist crimes could be a problem over there. What can I do?
I'm probably wrong but from what I've seen,Japan is just like the UK,bigger,hotter,the opposite outlook on life,a couple more things are the opposite too,a couple more earthquakes,everything's just extremes and contradications and that's it. They drive on the same side of the road as this country and they'd better stay that way! Being pushed onto a train with a stick doesn't seem so bad to me. It looks quite fun.