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Japan GAF |OT| I'm not planning a trip; I live here!
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Valkerionseven
Member
Yeah that should be fine. Or just hold up one finger or something along those lines to gesture one person. The only issue that could pop up is if its one of those small places with hand written, stylized menus that look awesome, but fuck if anyone but the owner can read it including staff lol.
I generally either order the most advertised thing or ask what is recommend at the shop if its my first time.
I generally either order the most advertised thing or ask what is recommend at the shop if its my first time.
Sammy Samusu
Member
I'm at Joyfull right now. The menu is awesome.
I asked the waitress to add rice to my hamburger and ebi but she kept saying zero so it's either free or there will be zero rice for me. Lmfao.
Will find out soon.
I also asked for orange juice and apparently I can drink as much as I want from the machine.
EDIT: RAISU ARIMASU.
I asked the waitress to add rice to my hamburger and ebi but she kept saying zero so it's either free or there will be zero rice for me. Lmfao.
Will find out soon.
I also asked for orange juice and apparently I can drink as much as I want from the machine.
EDIT: RAISU ARIMASU.
matt360
Member
USJ does a pretty good job with their Halloween Horror Nights event. I've been to two of them, and while they don't really compare to Florida in terms of scale, they really do a great job with what they've got. The second time I went, there was one haunted house in particular where I had to sign a waiver because it involved touching live insects and doing some fucked up stuff.
Also, for the last two years, my neighborhood has been doing a thing called Yokogawa Zombie Nights (Yokogawa being my neighborhood). Haunted houses, face painting, trick or treat, zombie flicks and Rocky Horror at the local arthouse theater, tons of food, zombie flash mobs, etc. As someone who loves Halloween and usually goes balls out with my ESS Halloween parties, I really couldn't be happier with how Halloween is growing in my area.
Valkerionseven
Member
Oh man you went to Joyful, thats no problem then. I thought you were venturing into some small mom and pop place haha. Yeah they got all you can drink juice and tea ect. Joyful is easy to eat at
only been twice, once for ice cream at like 2am and other on a date haha
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
If there's no English menu, just take a photo of the plastic food outside and point at it when you sit down.
Eating alone is pretty common in Japan.
Porcile
Member
I find the toughest places to read menus are small local yakiniku places which sell offal. They use so many damn parts of the animal.子袋, anyone? lol. I usually go to these kinds of restaurants with a Japanese friend. Finding a local friend should be anyone's first goal if they stay here for an extended period of time.
Aizo
Banned
Or traditional soba places where my Japanese friends can't read the names of the things I don't know.
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Are everyone else's Japanese friends superstitious? My friend is driving us around his hometown area and everyone's scared to go to this 心霊スポットwith me. My one friend said he didn't even wanna be around me if I go because I'll be cursed haha. This isn't the first time, either. Most of my Japanese friends say they are very scared of ghosts in the same breath that they'll say they're not superstitious.
It makes sense considering a lot of cultural activities, but it's amusing when people are this terrified of ghosts and being cursed.
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Are everyone else's Japanese friends superstitious? My friend is driving us around his hometown area and everyone's scared to go to this 心霊スポットwith me. My one friend said he didn't even wanna be around me if I go because I'll be cursed haha. This isn't the first time, either. Most of my Japanese friends say they are very scared of ghosts in the same breath that they'll say they're not superstitious.
It makes sense considering a lot of cultural activities, but it's amusing when people are this terrified of ghosts and being cursed.
Sammy Samusu
Member
Is Joyfully considered expensive?
For this first month I'll be trying different restaurants and supermarkets to get a better feel of how much I'll spend each month.
For this first month I'll be trying different restaurants and supermarkets to get a better feel of how much I'll spend each month.
No. He is from Tsukuba ad well?
Valkerionseven
Member
It's were the junior/high school kids go after school/on the weekends, and where the college kids go late at night so I'm going with no it's not considered expensive.
If I remember correctly there's a decent bakery at Yotsuya Station? Called Paul's or something?
Kagurazaka has a lot of French people, and quite a few decent bakeries too. It's also just a nice area to walk around if you have the time.
When I lived in the countryside, there was a great German bakery for a while, but it eventually went Japanese mainstream. It was a sad day when that happened.
Kagurazaka has a lot of French people, and quite a few decent bakeries too. It's also just a nice area to walk around if you have the time.
When I lived in the countryside, there was a great German bakery for a while, but it eventually went Japanese mainstream. It was a sad day when that happened.
It's a Family restaurant so it's not expensive, there are cheaper restaurants but not in the familyres category.
If you like tempura you should definitely try Tenya, especially the 18th every month.
Sammy Samusu
Member
I'm going to bother you all again with cultural questions.
1. Is it ok to play with kids in buses and trains? Because on my way to my room, I was riding the bus and this one kid (5yo?) on the seat in front of mine kept looking at me. I played peek a boo with her without saying a word, and she was smiling the whole time. The two ladies who were sitting with her whispered something to each other, so I stopped playing with the kid because who knows, maybe the Japanese finds offensive when strangers interact with their kids? I certainly was not ready to be deported. What do you guys think?
2. Do we not get receipts for the stuff we buy?
3. I'm going to meet my tutor tomorrow and the poor guy is NOT ready for all the questions I have. He is going to hate me.
And I really need a bicycle.
Thanks all.
I'm sacred of going to other restaurants to be honest, maybe when my Japanese gets better, lol.
The staff at Joyfull was really nice, the menu was kinda easy to understand, and the food was great! I'm going there again tonight to have dinner.
1. Is it ok to play with kids in buses and trains? Because on my way to my room, I was riding the bus and this one kid (5yo?) on the seat in front of mine kept looking at me. I played peek a boo with her without saying a word, and she was smiling the whole time. The two ladies who were sitting with her whispered something to each other, so I stopped playing with the kid because who knows, maybe the Japanese finds offensive when strangers interact with their kids? I certainly was not ready to be deported. What do you guys think?
2. Do we not get receipts for the stuff we buy?
3. I'm going to meet my tutor tomorrow and the poor guy is NOT ready for all the questions I have. He is going to hate me.
And I really need a bicycle.
Thanks all.
I'm sacred of going to other restaurants to be honest, maybe when my Japanese gets better, lol.
The staff at Joyfull was really nice, the menu was kinda easy to understand, and the food was great! I'm going there again tonight to have dinner.
TheContact
Member
Japanese girls are so hot compared to the rest of the world. I dont mean to sound ignorant or whatever but their skin is just ❤️ compared to other races. I would totes marry a Japanese woman if I had the chance
quoting because lol
Aizo
Banned
Use common sense.
Well you do.
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I'm starting to understand how people become as jaded and rude as expert after reading these posts.
UristMcDwarf
Member
Got my first interview set up for first week in October. Little nervous about how I will do. Unfortunately the company says that they probably won't have anything local until April at the earliest, so I am thinking about grabbing a short term part time job somewhere.
How rough do you think it will be to get a job stocking shelves or cleaning floors if I speak N5, N4 at best Japanese?
How rough do you think it will be to get a job stocking shelves or cleaning floors if I speak N5, N4 at best Japanese?
Valkerionseven
Member
1. Same rules as anywhere else. And like Aizo said, use common sense. I'm sure it was 100% fine.
2. All the time, most restaurants, combini's, and bigger grocery/department stores ala Donky ect. Have little buckets or cup thingy's for the receipts.
3. It's his job, ask all the questions you got.
Hope this is a drunk post, cause grats on being "That guy..." though not the worst i've seen on gaf.
Honestly, not likely. Might be able to wing it in a bigger city where they hire more foreign workers for places like combini's or department store staffer, but I would expect they want a higher level of understanding for reading at least. -maybe- though I don't know. My random encounters with foreign combini staff seem to have N2+ level Japanese most likely. Then again who knows how long they have lived here and what not.
Dreams-Visions
Member
I'm gonna go back to bed now.
1. I wouldn't play with my own students on a train let alone random strangers' kids but that's just me. I'm sure it wasn't a big deal; as others said, just use common sense.
2. Good luck not getting receipts. You'll be drowning in them. Learn to say that you don't need them or keep an eye out for the waste baskets that they conveniently keep near the counter for people to toss them.
3. This isn't a question
UristMcDwarf
Member
Gotcha. There's a volunteer Japanese class at the nearby university so I will practice there for now.
Thanks
Sammy Samusu
Member
My god this University is amazing.
And I'm coming from the best and the biggest University from South America.
BRAZIL IS CANCELLED
What if the University of Tokyo is even better than Tsukuba? Holy shit.
I loving Japan more and more. Especially now that I have a bicycle and I'm not paying 1300 for a meal. Ahhshahshs.
And I have a date tonight.
Life is good.
And I'm coming from the best and the biggest University from South America.
BRAZIL IS CANCELLED
What if the University of Tokyo is even better than Tsukuba? Holy shit.
I loving Japan more and more. Especially now that I have a bicycle and I'm not paying 1300 for a meal. Ahhshahshs.
And I have a date tonight.
Life is good.
You're in the discovery phase alright.
Porcile
Member
Where you gonna take your date for dinner? I highly recommend a fancy Italian place called Saizeriya.
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
The founder of my uni is on the freaking 10000 yen bill. Usually the biggest bill is reserved for the founder of the country or something of the sort. This fact kind of blew me away when I first heard it. To me this feels bigger than any university ranking or recommendation from students or praised teachers or whatever. The influence of Fukuzawa Yukichi is insane.
Yeah, Tsukuba is basically the least Japanese place you could probably find in Japan.
That said, it's kinda paradise for us gaijin. The way it's being developed, all the shops they have.
...Tsukuba Express linking straight to Akihabara...
I did my MA at Waseda, so we can be rivals. Or something.
Keio is the better school
Sammy Samusu
Member
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
Ah cool. One of my professors, Pokarier, is a professor from Waseda who is doing a guest course at Keio.
Errr'-- uhh-- I mean-- you Waseda scum, how dare you address me so casually. Let's settle this over a game of baseball.
Aizo
Banned
Hey, ponpo, you like gaijin paradise?
Aizo
Banned
Holy shit. Congratulations, urfe!
Aizo
Banned
I dunno about volunteer stuff, but go to Zuihoden and hang with our JapanGAF guy in Sendai. Hes cool.
I work across the street from his eternal resting spot. Fukuzawa was super influential in modernizing Japan.
Actually, why don't we do a Tokyo meetup?
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
Hahaha, I think that goes for most people, actually. Even if we don't mean to do it, our anonymous internet persona will always be different from our real selves, not least because we express ourselves differently in text, on a forum have all the time in the world to respond and thus respond differently, and lastly because it's actually quite difficult to imagine what a person really is, simply best on textual behavior.
Porcile
Member
I actually know a number of NeoGAF members in real life, based on some of the things they have posted, but they don't know I know they post here lol. It's best for all us, I got some personal invites to meet up when I started learning Japanese and moved to Japan. Probably wouldn't ever go through with it, unless you are a hot Japanese girl with that genetically racially superior skin ❤️ . I don't want to come across as ignorant though.
I mean, I'd be going to any meetup with bumblebae but that's not invitation.
I still can't believe that fucking comment...
Aizo
Banned
Thats not necessarily bad, though, unless your facade is important to you.
Yeah, I think a lot of my silly attitude doesnt really translate and people think Im being an asshole. Im nicer in real life.
I met Evilore, Gromph, and a few other members at a JapanGAF party years ago. Since then, Ive met another 5 or so just individually, and its always been a good experience. I guess I kinda knew them before meeting them in person, so I knew Id like them.
MightyKAC
Member
I remember that party. It was fucking dope.
After doing karaoke my voice was raw for like a week and I'm pretty sure Evilore has some incriminating videos of me.
We should really do that again one of these days.