Comments on: Still Adjusting to Tokyo Life After Several Years

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:22:52 +0000

obaasan are going to take over the earth. they are a secret army from hell. everyone parts from my way except them and i can see the pride in their eyes as they jab me. mark my words they are mutant warriors, fearless and deadly

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:19:06 +0000

i think comic / hentai books fit perfectly here since both the women and the men are despondent from reality. Men here have no balls and the women dont seem to want them. both are colder than a polar bears arse. men supplement fantasy sex for the real thing and the women supplement shopping for sex. go figure.

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:12:37 +0000

Thats because you dont have cable then. You shouldnt complain about free tv. It’s free. Even in the states free tv sucks. The number one past time here is Food. food + tv = Happy Japanese

By: Nobu E.

Nobu E. — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:14:02 +0000

This is an interesting post. I’ve always been curious what it’s like to move to Tokyo after living in another area of Japan. I have friends that have lived in Gunma and after spending just a little time up there I know that it’s a completely different world more similar to where I’m from back in my own country.

For me, the thing about Tokyo I am still having problems adjusting to is how hard-boiled the groups are, all with their fixed aesthetics, pattern of speech and social interaction.

I’m also often completely blown away if I listen in to groups of people who are discussing as hyper-superficial matters as I could ever imagine, and it is a reminder of what happens at macro-level in the mega-metro. Sometimes, not so much, as it turns out.

By: Erizabesu

Erizabesu — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:35:51 +0000

Omigod, how many times have I been whacked into in a relatively uncrowded space! It drives me nuts. I regret giving up smoking last month, because now my sense of smell is more accute, and I really don’t need to know what you ate or drank, how much garlic was in it, or who you slept with last night, or how sweaty you got at the office. Bleh.

I think it’s the car accident effect that draws people to us terribly gaijin-looking people. We’re conspicuous, which draws attention. And then the average person wants to pretend they don’t notice us, but it’s really hard not to, and then any human being is drawn to the exotic or differnt. Which leads to the inevitable collision, despite the desire to the contrary.

By: billywest

billywest — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:15:51 +0000

I lived near Sendai for a year and thought it was a great town. Big city squeezed in between the mountains and the sea. Love it. I would be happy to live there again if the chance came up.

By: Rei*

Rei* — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:00:07 +0000

Now im wondering what is it like to live in Sendai hehe

By: freedomwv

freedomwv — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 07:11:17 +0000

For me, the lack of public trash cans and hole-in-the-floor toilets are the hardest for me to adjust to.

By: -Paul

-Paul — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:48:53 +0000

My theory on the comic books is they read for one of two reasons…

1.It’s cheap porn with bedroom action they will never get/see/touch/smell in real life in 100 million+ years… unlike charisma man…
2 They are living their secret ninja super hero, muscular bodied, get the girl looks, fantasy lives…

Either way, living a life vicariously through the comic book studs for 100yen second hand is as good as it gets for some…

By: spartancus

spartancus — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:11:52 +0000

Oh, Lord, I can’t stomach those prick customers at Sukiya/Matsuya/Yoshinoya. No manners at all, barely look up, no “thank you.”
Nicely done with the “See-ma-seeeen!” That must be how these 30-year-old boys call for mommy’s second round of natto at the breakfast table.