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Originally Posted by MMM
I have seen people here, and in my own personal experience go through this. The thing is, without a language base and a pretty full schedule bad things can start to happen after a couple weeks. That tiny room you are sharing can get REALLY damn small, especially if your roomie snores, farts, etc. in his sleep. Easy to put up with for a week or two, but nerves start to get frayed after that. I know two inseparable friends that thought spending two months touring Japan together was the best idea in the world. They have not spoken since that trip. Every annoying habit, from playing drums with chopsticks to whistling as they walk is magnified 100 times when in such a foreign situation. "What do you wanna do today?" is going to become a mantra of frustrations, and compound that with the hot and humid summers, which I assume is the time you would go.
Time your trip so you leave Japan wanting more, not wanting to get out.
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I can somewhat understand this, I've had one of the guys going with me live with my parents and I for a couple months after some family problems he was having, and it definitely wasn't what we had in mind during our middle school talks about all moving in together when we got older lol. We're a fairly tight knit group, but those are still some things I'll keep in mind. We'll plan some things, but for now we're just getting the necessities out of the way.