I wish I was in Japan

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violet_yoshi
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07 Nov 2006, 9:30 pm

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I've learned a bit of Japanese because I was taking a Japanese Language course at one point in college, and I found it interesting and (I want to say 'easy') to learn. The alphabet is not hard to learn, and there are no complicated pronunciation rules like in English (like how a word changes sound when there is an 'e' on the end e.g. fat --> fate). I was once entirely set on going to Japan, and I guess I still am, but my extreme want for the country... I think I have grown out of it or something

I don't understand how you found learning Japanese language easy. I tried, and the characters all looked like meaningless squiggles to me. Do you have any tips on how to understand the characters more easily?

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08 Nov 2006, 1:17 am

violet_yoshi wrote:

Which set of squiggles?
They have no less than three different character sets o work with.
Two that works like the regular alphabet and one based on Chinese characters.
The two phonetic sets are pretty much just simple alphabets.
The Chinese characters takes a little more getting used to, but usually it's very logical and cleverly arranged.

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09 Nov 2006, 2:15 am

I read somewhere that japan has one of the lowest crime rates, but one of the highest suicide rates, it seems the price paid for much more order.

Anyway I had an obsession with japan for a year or two, now its transferred to music in general, however I'd still love to go there.

Work out how, and GO THERE!! !

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10 Nov 2006, 12:35 am

I don't want to discourage your interest in Japan and its culture but if want to go to Japan for video games and anime you will be disappointed. Those "geeky" things are just as looked down upon in Japan as they are in America. To tell you the truth video games are more mainstream in the US than in Japan.

Not to say that it's all bad though, the rigid order and punctuality of the society is cool for autistics (and one of my favorite things about the culture.)

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11 Nov 2006, 4:18 pm

I have found that anything one focuses on long and hard enough will come to be a reality, no matter haw far fetched.

And living in another part of the world is not that far fetched at all.

Don't overidentify with your surroundings, and let them bring you down.

It seems that we tend to absorb data like a sponge, and your environment is only so much data...go into your inner self and manifest Japan within. When you open your eyes, you will find yourself more like the vibrant Nippon cityscape and less the negative grey Midwest suburb.

Then make your plans, and go.

Godspeed excelsior!

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11 Nov 2006, 7:01 pm

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From the earliest age I have always felt the deepest affinity for Japan and its culture. Myself being half Japanese and the fact that I love anime and videogames have contributed to this fact. I feel like life is pretty hard when I realize that I am living in the middle of the redneck state of Montana, and consistently dealing with people who are racist towards the Japanese, and there are few asians where I live, and even fewer with my interests. I dream about life in Japan and being able to fulfill my interests there. I wish there was some way I could even be in Japan. Does any one know where there would be large populations of either asians or computer geeks nearby?

In the San Francisco bay area, there are tons of both types of people. Same with Seattle, Portland, L.A., San Diego, and New York. Or try Hawaii, which is predominantly Asian. Houston has tons of computer geeks--after all, we are the aerospace capital of the world.

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11 Nov 2006, 11:35 pm

I felt a little bit more socially comfortable when I went to Europe 6 years ago, but that may have just been because they were speaking in a different language.

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12 Nov 2006, 12:50 am

I've always felt more comfortable around British people, and I still do. I think that my mind tells me that they know better than to make fun of my accent and my ways.

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13 Nov 2006, 12:34 am

If you want to be around asians and computer geeks, definitely come to the San Francisco bay area. Vancouver actually has more asians, and has a slightly more japanese feel to me (more sleek highrises than the bay area).

I visited Tokyo for about 10 days, and I must say I don't think I'd want to live in Japan as an Aspie. The Gaijin are looked down upon... the only white people you see on the street are eastern european hippies hawking counterfeit watches on streetcorners. Of course everyone speaks Japanese so if you only speak English like myself you are really an outcast. The feeling of not fitting in was strongest in Japan than anywhere else I visited.

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13 Nov 2006, 11:03 am

Stoke wrote:

It's not a disappointment for a lot of people that I know who have gone to Japan. It all depends on whether or not the person takes the time and energy to plan everything out. Here's a website where people have posted some advice for anyone thinking about going.
http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=1356

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