Will be in Japan
 

I'll be in Nara-ken near the border of Wakayama-ken in the first part of November. Are there any JFers who are in the area??

Im going in Seniour year XD

You need some company or somethin'?

I'm going with my wife and daughter and staying wit my in-laws. I'm not in need of company, and definitely not the type you seem to allude too.

You sound like a hooker, lol :D

I'm just wondering if any of the nice people I've corresponded with here are there. A night tossing 'em back can't be a bad thing. Unless one knocks back too many and falls off a bridge. Or drinks alcohol from a bottle containing a huge rotten snake and ets sick, like when I peer pressured some idiot into drinking.

Wish I was...and when I am I am not so far away, too.

Stay off politics and I think we'd have a lot of fun.

After I come home, the family stays for a month. So its a double vacation for me. Everyday will be workout, beer, xbox, beer, guitar, beer, xbox, and finally, beer!

You forgot "beer".

Well, that comes after some minor house repair projects. after that, more beer. And maybe german food and tequila.

Ha ha~ good plan.

One of these times our paths will cross I am sure...I'm going in March (maybe...depending on work).

Where to?

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You forgot Poland.

Kansai。Like you, I have family over there.

blah, all of you kansai folk :mtongue:

すまへん！

i actually prefer kansai ben to be honest. it's quite more masculine sounding and not as annoying as kanto can be at times :cool: the fiance hates it and one of her best friends is from sakai city in osaka :mtongue:

hi im jeana fernandez from philippines but i am here now in fukuoka japan as tourist bcoz we hve my niece here im 38 yrs old now october 23 is my bday

I have to agree. Sometime Kanto-ben doesn't sound...honest? I know that's just my personal hang-up, but it feels easier to express yourself in Kansai-ben.

yeah i know what you're getting at, it does sound a little "fake" to some extent... I wish I knew more kansai ben :D

For me it might be because I have watched more Kanto-ben on tv and movies than have actually spent time there. It just seems like when Takuya Kimura says "いいじゃん" it just doesn't doesn't seem authentic.

マジで！？！？ヤバイ！！ちょうヤベイじゃん！！ect

some teenagers could probably hold a conversation to that extent

You just gave me a headache. The Japanese version of valley-talk

I like the "sing-songy" quality of Kansai-ben over the rat-a-tat of staid Kanto-ben. Maybe that'a why it sounds more honest?

we can all agree on that

but to your average kanto ben speaker, kansai ben is harsh and rude sounding :confused:

Yes, I have had Tokyo-ites cringe in fear as they listened to my Kansai friends have a normal conversation about where to go for dinner.

It might be how New York or Boston accents can sound intimidating and like "fighting words" to West Coast boys like me, when they are just having a normal conversation.

Someone once told me that going to kansai and speaking kansai ben (even worse, Wakayama ben) was like someone going to America and staying on Louisiana and learning to speak with a southern accent.

I don't think that's a good comparison as no one thinks the Louisiana southern accent is "cool".

hahah, right. I like the "bawstahn/new yawk" comparison better :mtongue:

Man, wish I was going with you! Say hi to our old home away from home for me, and have fun!

Of course. Whenever I return, I think of you and all the people I (or we) knew. It's funny, but I always remember you (and others) when I think of Hashimoto or our small college town in the States, I think of you even though we only knew each other a very short time.

Glad I made a good impression then! I think about my time there and the many people I knew very often.

If you stop by either the zosui place near Rt 24 on the road down from Hashimoto station, or the Sankakutei restaurant across the street from the station, please tell them that I really miss their food, and even 10 years later I dream about it! I had so many friends and great memories in Hashimoto, I really would like to go back again someday.

Now's your chance. I'll be there from the 2nd to the 9th. If you come abord I'll split the cost of the riverside hotel in Gojo to get away from mother-in laws house ( I like her, but it's for a different reason and another day's discussion).

Not enough notice this time, and there are things I need to do here during those days. I'd need to plan ahead a bit further than that, but let me know next time you are going, I just may take you up on it! It'd be much better to go with someone than by myself.

I'll be in kokawa in December/January >_< can't wait!

My family does satogaeri every year for a month. I go every two years. We'll see...