>The main reason for wanting to move was the change. I have always loved
>the culture of japan and wanted to experience it first hand and not just
>for holidays like I am doing at present when gf and me come back to stay
>with her family etc.

OK. Fair enough. If you do cut it to a move on to a higher paying job, a
cute japanese girl, and that inner peace Tom Cruise on the set of The Last
Samurai, then please let us know.

The pages of the gaijin press seem to be full of success in Japan stories,
while this ng is full of Anglosaxon men complaining about their
Japanese wives, about Japan, about each other.

Than inner peace. Debito.org seems to have found it. He's in Japan to
stay. A tough one some say, a nut others murmururururu. A fun read.

Who knows. Maybe when you get back from Japan, you'll ride the next IT
wave.