NationStates Jolt Archive

How many people have lived or worked in Japan?
The things I have witnessed here are so interesting and funny.

The strange uses of English are well known.

ASS HERO: seen on a college student's knit cap.

FUCK: This was written in white, silver studded letters on a black shirt. A high school girl who attended my school was wearing it while walking to the train station. I saw her and called her over and then asked if she knew what she was wearing, she laughed and said yes, I asked her where she got the shirt and she said it was a gift from her mother.

LESBIAN, i want to be a lesbian woman on a woman love is my. . .: I saw this on the front of a shirt worn by a middle aged woman in a shopping center.

UNCLE MEAT: This is the name of a second hand store in Osu Kannon ward in Nagoya. I don't want to know Uncle Meat and I never want to meet him.

Keep hands and head at all times.: A warning on a cable car door. It is actually quite profound.

They have collectable toys you can get out of those big gumball machines for kids. Themes I have seen include half-naked high school girls and SM dominatrix gals.

5 years of this. I have been supplied with water cooler stories for the rest of my life.

Keep hands and head at all times.: A warning on a cable car door. It is actually quite profound.
Yes...
*ponders*

ASS HERO: seen on a college student's knit cap.


I've gotta meet this guy.

...No, I don't mean that, you pervert.

What about the "Beware of Perverts" signs all over the train stations, and those goddamn green phones ALL OVER THE PLACE XD

BTW, I'm fairly sure FUCK is a band that's pretty popular in Japan right now, it's an acronym for the band name.
they have tons of other asian translation things in www.engrish.com if you wanna see stuff.
Oh, and in the doujinshi shops they have mangas with the funniest names... there's an adult manga called "Tissues Time". :P

I SO envey you.

Tissues Time?

That's just gross.

I've gotta meet this guy.

...No, I don't mean that, you pervert.
Perhaps you meant you want to meet his Uncle Meat?

FUCK no. Uncle Meat can go whack himself, as far as I'm concerned.

evidence suggests he already does so

*despite better intentions to stay away from NS*
All joking aside, I really want to go to Japan, and envy you for being there. I am in love with their culture, and have even recently taken to some of their music. You are truly a lucky person to be there '31' :)

Oh, and in the doujinshi shops they have mangas with the funniest names... there's an adult manga called "Tissues Time". :P

I have a feeling that was quite intentional ;)

The high school girls are notorious for their short skirts. When going up stairs and escalators they put their bookbags behind them to cover their backsides. At one train station there was a man who would stand at the bottom of an escalator, wait for a girl to get on and then jump on behind her, squat down and look up her skirt. He would be there when teachers went to work and still there when they went home at night.
The train station staff did nothing about this and apparently the girls didn't complain cause he was there for a few weeks.

They seem to be really into Punk Rock, and they love the Sex Pistols.

The high school girls are notorious for their short skirts. When going up stairs and escalators they put their bookbags behind them to cover their backsides. At one train station there was a man who would stand at the bottom of an escalator, wait for a girl to get on and then jump on behind her, squat down and look up her skirt. He would be there when teachers went to work and still there when they went home at night.
The train station staff did nothing about this and apparently the girls didn't complain cause he was there for a few weeks.


That's... Odd, but seeing as no harm was done, it really doesn't seem to be such a bad thing.

Still screwed up, though.

*despite better intentions to stay away from NS*
All joking aside, I really want to go to Japan, and envy you for being there. I am in love with their culture, and have even recently taken to some of their music. You are truly a lucky person to be there '31' :)

I have enjoyed my time here. Met a lot of great people and saw some beautiful things. Gonna go home this year and will miss Japan a lot.

yes it was intentional.
And yes, japanese culture is great. I'm going through my first semester of intensive japanese at college right now and I'm applying for a spring semester exchange program with a college in japan for next year. I got some pen-pals recently, and they all got me hooked on that Visual-kei music... it's pretty damn cool >.>

The high school girls are notorious for their short skirts. When going up stairs and escalators they put their bookbags behind them to cover their backsides. At one train station there was a man who would stand at the bottom of an escalator, wait for a girl to get on and then jump on behind her, squat down and look up her skirt. He would be there when teachers went to work and still there when they went home at night.
The train station staff did nothing about this and apparently the girls didn't complain cause he was there for a few weeks.
I am both titillated and deeply scared by that.

I have enjoyed my time here. Met a lot of great people and saw some beautiful things. Gonna go home this year and will miss Japan a lot.
If youre ever up to it - IM me, Id love to learn a little about Japan from someone whos been there, really! :)

There's a headhunting agency in downtown Kyoto called "Executive Opportunities"; they recruit high level management for large corporations. Right above their offices is a hair salon which apparently caters largely to their clients. Deciding to combine the ideal of cuteness with the ideal of executiveness, they named their business "Execute" :)

There's a headhunting agency in downtown Kyoto called "Executive Opportunities"; they recruit high level management for large corporations. Right above their offices is a hair salon which apparently caters largely to their clients. Deciding to combine the ideal of cuteness with the ideal of executiveness, they named their business "Execute" :)
Sexcellent! :D

They love the Beatles. Seem to constantly bring out big Beatles cd sales. ALso love the Carpenters. Sell the cds everywhere.

I've heard so many bad things about Japan. They say it's a festering cesspool of paraphilia, xenophobia, totalitarianism, psychological illness, and cetaceocide. I don't know how much of this is true, but it is what I've heard.

How many people have lived or worked in Japan?
The things I have witnessed here are so interesting and funny.

The strange uses of English are well known.

ASS HERO: seen on a college student's knit cap.

FUCK: This was written in white, silver studded letters on a black shirt. A high school girl who attended my school was wearing it while walking to the train station. I saw her and called her over and then asked if she knew what she was wearing, she laughed and said yes, I asked her where she got the shirt and she said it was a gift from her mother.

LESBIAN, i want to be a lesbian woman on a woman love is my. . .: I saw this on the front of a shirt worn by a middle aged woman in a shopping center.

UNCLE MEAT: This is the name of a second hand store in Osu Kannon ward in Nagoya. I don't want to know Uncle Meat and I never want to meet him.

Keep hands and head at all times.: A warning on a cable car door. It is actually quite profound.

They have collectable toys you can get out of those big gumball machines for kids. Themes I have seen include half-naked high school girls and SM dominatrix gals.

5 years of this. I have been supplied with water cooler stories for the rest of my life.

Never vistited Japan, but always have wanted to. I'm looking into a student-exchange program, hoping that they have openings in Tokyo or Kyoto.

I've heard so many bad things about Japan. They say it's a festering cesspool of paraphilia, xenophobia, totalitarianism, psychological illness, and cetaceocide. I don't know how much of this is true, but it is what I've heard.
Ive heard the saem thing of a lot of countries, but a lot of coutnries dont also produce studio ghibli

I'd like to stay there for about three months to "try it out". And if I like it, maybe I'll stay for a whole year or more.

Never vistited Japan, but always have wanted to. I'm looking into a student-exchange program, hoping that they have openings in Tokyo or Kyoto.

Kyoto has many beautiful places but it is hot and humid as hell in the summer. Really miserable. Also very crowded. Interesting dialect of Japanese. Very softened tones almost mushy.

I love japan, the Engirsh that goes on there is just immense. i was there last summer and let me tell you, its not something I'll be able to forget for a long time... Just really funny and odd.

Heres some sayings that the Japanese would say to me:

*You Dave Beckham, aowww Thank you*

*Michael Owen! Yes Owen*

*Really?*

*Are you american? (No) Great*

*Engrish! .. really?*

*Thanks you to be here*

Ah you had to be there.

This friend of mine was telling me about what happened when he visited Japan one year.

He was in an arcade, standing by the Marvel vs. Capcom 2 machine, and these two Japanese kids (about 15) wouldn't get off.


Him: "You've been on this for two hours, can you let somebody else on?"

Kids: *unintelligible Japanese*

Him: "Two hours! Two hours should be enough!"

Kids: *more unintelligible Japanese*

Him: *unintelligible*

Kids: "What happen? You spoke such good english before!"


He told me that he just left after that. He wasn't gonna bother :D.

Kyoto has many beautiful places but it is hot and humid as hell in the summer. Really miserable. Also very crowded. Interesting dialect of Japanese. Very softened tones almost mushy.

Tokyo then? Or any other recommendations?

They have an interesting form of Buddism here. My first time to see a monk on the street collecting money was an eyeopener. He stops ringing his bell strolls over and buys a pack of smokes, lites up and leans against the wall. I figure he has got to be a fraud. Found out later he is pretty typical of their form of Buddism/Shintoism. They get married, drink, smoke, go to sex clubs and rule the temples like small money making corporations. I wonder what a Tibetan monk would think if they came and saw it.
I saw on tv a monk from Tokyo who collected top of the line sportscars and spent his nights at the local touch bar feeling up the gals.

Tokyo then? Or any other recommendations?

If you want a fun city, Kobe!! Wonderful place! If you want comfortable in summer, Sapporo (but you will freeze in winter). Nagoya isn't so bad but there is nothing so special there.
I live in Mie, kinda the backwater of Japan. It is quiet and nice though, not much happening and pretty good weather.

That's my kind of a Monk!

What about Osaka?

Oh, their buddism is a pretty sweet deal! Oh yeah, gonna convert and start smoking.

They have an interesting form of Buddism here. My first time to see a monk on the street collecting money was an eyeopener. He stops ringing his bell strolls over and buys a pack of smokes, lites up and leans against the wall. I figure he has got to be a fraud. Found out later he is pretty typical of their form of Buddism/Shintoism. They get married, drink, smoke, go to sex clubs and rule the temples like small money making corporations. I wonder what a Tibetan monk would think if they came and saw it.
I saw on tv a monk from Tokyo who collected top of the line sportscars and spent his nights at the local touch bar feeling up the gals.

That really doesn't bother me given the hypocricy of the Catholic Church. It's the authoritarianism and cetaceocide that I can't stand.

Hahah.

Speaking of Japanese cities... Is there any real difference between Yokohama and Tokyo? I know they're pretty much the same city, but still.

Hmm, Osaka. Nice shopping, fun people. They have the Pig and Whistle, a nice pub. Confusing as hell!! Their subway train system would make a New Yorker cry. They got Universal Studios Japan, nice park. Osakans and Tokyoites always compete for cultural dominance. Having met both I prefer Osakans. Best comedians and easy going.

Hahah.

Speaking of Japanese cities... Is there any real difference between Yokohama and Tokyo? I know they're pretty much the same city, but still.

Sorry, don't know. I avoid Tokyo like the plague. Don't like big cities and it tops the list.

It tops the list of the entire fucking world, it does!

Tokyo's metropolitan area has more than 31,000,000 registered residents. That's a lot of people.

Hmm, Osaka. Nice shopping, fun people. They have the Pig and Whistle, a nice pub. Confusing as hell!! Their subway train system would make a New Yorker cry. They got Universal Studios Japan, nice park. Osakans and Tokyoites always compete for cultural dominance. Having met both I prefer Osakans. Best comedians and easy going.


Osaka sounds like it'd be nice, then.

The daytime population drops by four million in the evening. The 8:00 rush home is a thing to see. I have watched it on tv.

I have also experience the subway packers. When the cars are so full they have train station employees use sticks to push in and hold people as the doors close. It is real fun inside, let me tell you. I once heard some gal from the states start yelling and complaining loundly when this happened. I wanted tell her to shut the hell up, everybody was dealing with it, but I couldn't get enough breath to yell.

That'd be a bad place to rip a big one.

It's the authoritarianism and cetaceocide that I can't stand.
Ok, cetaceocide is just flat out not a word, and not an etymologically accurate neologism. Cetocide might work, as cetacean is dervied from the Latin cetus

That'd be a bad place to rip a big one.

Oh I have, believe me I have. I am evil, heh ehe. Well, gotta go and do some stretching before work. Nice ta chat with ya'll! Ja matta!

When the cars are so full they have train station employees use sticks to push in and hold people as the doors close. It is real fun inside, let me tell you.
Sounds like the mosh pit's little brother.

What about Osaka?
My best friend (part-Japanese) has family there; he said it's quite nice....

Looks to be quite nice. I'm searching websites for pics of Osaka.

It is quite crowded, though. And I'm probably a foot taller than a lot of these people!

lol ive been on that site for like an hour :P

Ok, cetaceocide is just flat out not a word, and not an etymologically accurate neologism. Cetocide might work, as cetacean is dervied from the Latin cetus

Good point. Then they are guilty of cetocide.