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I've been to Japan lots of times. I went there 5 times. This year, I'm probably gonna stay there for a year to continue learning Japanese. I went there in the Spring when I was 2 in the spring with my family for the first time. We all stayed at Takamatsu. Unfortunately that's all I can remember. I went with my sister for the second time after we went on a small trip to South Korea for a few days. At most, we stayed at my dad's flat in Fukuoka, then we went to Tokyo, Nagoya, Takamatsu, Kyoto and a night in Mount Aso. We went to Nagoya Expo and it was a very long queue. We had a nice time there. 3rd time, I went on my own. That's when I started learning Japanese for the first time in Fukuoka in a Japanese school. While my dad was working, I met a friend, Tomomi. Also my elder sister and her friend was there for a week. When I was in Tokyo, I met a friend. Her name's Yukako She was working at my dad's friend's salon for around 6 months or so. My friend and I went to La'Qua (Theme park in Tokyo) for a while and at Sunshine City. I also did some Japanese dance on my time there with my Japanese dance teacher. The Japanese dance teacher is my dad's friend, Miyuki. I went on my own again on the 4th time. I went to a lot of places there. I've carried on learning Japanese in 2 different Japanese schools in Fukuoka. I stayed there for quite a long time after my time in Malaysia and Singapore. Last year, I went on my own again, but this time without an assistance. The last 2 years when I was on my own, I had an assistance. I was very busy that I went to 2 Japanese schools. One in Fukuoka and another in Tokyo. I continued learning it. From the last 2 years, I was nervous and could not speak any Japanese at all. Last year, I'm confident and I am able to speak to anyone in Japanese. I went to the same cities, but I also went to Mount Aso and stayed there for a week before heading to Malaysia and Singapore.  |
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I've been to Japan once, a few years back. To be brutally honest, not the best place in the world. I can think of several other countries I'd rather go back to before Japan. Sure its cool and all, but its really just like America hopped up on crazy-pills. They want to be like us SO BAD its not even funny. The people aren't particularly friendly, especially to foreigners. They actually DISCRIMINATE against foreigners, and in some cases fear them. Also, the country isn't very tourist-friendly language-wise either. If you don't know Japanese, you're BONED, my friend. Points of interest are difficult to locate. Restaurants, shops, and the streets themselves fill up really fast at rush-hour and at lunch time. That being said, Japan is a marvelous country. Lots of history, some beautiful locations. Wonderfully exotic foods. Crazy cool technology that we probably wont see in our homes for at least 5 years... Just don't expect it to be like the Japan you imagine it to be... they hate OTAKU over there too. |
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@Doom46-I agree about tourist-friendly language wise, but a lot of signs have English language underneath the Japanese language. I guess you don't see that when you were there. And the rush hour are filling up very quickly in those places you mentioned. But I have to say, Japan's not the best place, but it's a nice country to visit if you like anime & manga, the language, history culture or technology. |
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on 07:34:07 pm 10/18/09 |
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I sorta agree with anime19..cause I been to Japan before..mainly Osaka, Kyoto and Tokyo... |
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I never been to japan, I hope someday I will able to go to Japan    |
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on 02:59:30 pm 10/27/09 |
I've been to Japan before for school as a transfer student and for vacation. I've been to Tokyo (who hasn't) Osaka Mt. Fuji, Okanawa, and my favorite Kyoto. I recommend Kyoto, best site seeing place ever. I really enjoyed the Cinema Village in Kyoto, had a lot a fun there.    I'm also known as Schoolboy. ~'Live for nothing or Die for something'~ |
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on 05:35:50 pm 10/27/09 |
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Too many times, Been to Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka, Okinawa, Shibuya [+ Ueno], Nara and Kanagawa. Was gonna go again this year for TGS but eh. Maybe next year I'll go somewhere new. South Korea maybe?   |
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on 04:52:00 am 10/30/09 |
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Awwwwww big bro that's no fair all the things I ever wanted man... I wanted to go I wanted to learn bit I sacraficed all my chances of going for...well to start a family and junk. But while u were ever there did you ever meet a guy named Toshi Mitaroshi black shaggy hair big glasses always dresses nice something sorta along thoughs lines
<~)A man that makes exuceses is seldome good for anything else...(~>
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yeh, and it's pretty cool, the foods are really nice, although some goods are on the expensive side! 
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I've been twice! First time I went with my family, first to ski/snowboard in Sapporo, and then we then chilled out in Tokyo - was a great tourist experience, and we totally weren't there long enough to start hating the place or anything XDD! Second time was I believe the following winter, or maybe the year after, it's been a pretty long while, but I went for 3 weeks for a homestay in Aomori, which is basically the last possible prefecture before actually going over to Hokkaido. It. Was. Freezing. And seeing as I came from a tropical country, the snow was just liek OH MY GOD SNOW EVERYWHERE AHHHHHHHHHH (the me now laughs at the me back then - we have about that much snow here in London these days too apparently!). But. Yeah. That was a pretty amazing homestay experience - I got to attend my host father's high school (he's a teacher. And so was my host mother, but at a different school), and I made a lot of friends, and it was great :D! And I loved my host family, they were adorable~~ ...I really should have sent them a New Year's Card :(. It totally slipped my mind ;A;. |
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If staying at the Narita airport for a few hours counts? Then yes. If not, then no. I would like to go, just for cultural experiences, though :) 
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| I went to Japan. and directly went to Otaku's paradise, Akihabara..^^ lol |
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Anna, staying in Narita for a few hours doesn't count. @Dai-I can't believe you went to Akihabara directly. Looks like you like that place a lot, right? Apart from technology, there's cheap manga in that place. |
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i really want to go there . . . ! well the main reason is probably the cosplay things and anime . .. hey emily? can i buy something from amazon.jp and send it to your address? then u send it to me XD i really want to buy something from amazon.jp bcause it's somewhat cheap T_____T |
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on 04:41:27 pm 01/24/10 |
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I went there for a couple weeks a couple years ago, and I'm leaving in two days to be there for five months. Oy vey!
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Lucky you Arabbel! I'm going back there for 3 months next month. What are you gonna do there? In Japan, I continue studying my Japanese. |
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I went to Hokkaido last year. It was snowing~ :D The tour guide there said that the snow in Hokkaido is special, somehow more solid than those in other places. The seafood is the BEST! Yup. Nice weather. I got to see the indigenous Ainu peoples. It was quite cold though. Hot springs are a must when you go to HOKKAIDO :D Its my first trip there. There are a lot of nice places. I hope I can go there again. I wanna go Tokyo! Harajuku! I JUST WANT TO GO THERE AGAIN :p  |
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| I have had the opportunity to go to Tokyo, Sasebo, Tokushima and Okinawa. Over all Japan is a good place. I can't read Japanese so I always had the feeling of being illiterate.... over all though it feels like a safe place and its probably one of the cleanest places I have been. |
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