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Subject: Re: Living vs. visiting Japan
From: dame_zumari@yahoo.com (Louise Bremner)
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Brett Robson <deep_m_m@hotmail.com> wrote:

> necoandjeff wrote:
> > Kevin Gowen wrote:
> > 
> >>Hallvard Tangeraas wrote:
> >>
> >>>I recently came back home after travelling around the world for more
> >>>than 8 months, and 2 of those months were spent in Japan, backpacking
> >>>all over the place. It was a blast!!
> >>>I had the greatest time and would love to go back some day and see
> >>>more. I've even considered looking into going back to work, for a
> >>>year or whatever. Teaching English or whatever..
> >>>
> >>>This is of course fantastic -to have such good memories from a place,
> >>>but talking to other gajins I met (who lived in Japan), reading bits
> >>>and pieces on the web, and of course this newsgroup I understand that
> >>>there's a big difference between living and visiting Japan, and that
> >>>all isn't rosy and fun.
> >>>
> >>>I'd like to know more about how life is in Japan for non-Japanese:
> >>>the good and the bad, and what you're comparing with.
> >>
> >>As long as you are not too short or too bald, you will get laid.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Hmmm. Being bald was never a handicap for me...
> 
> Being fat is probably the biggest handicap for dating Japanese girls.

That doesn't handicap sumo wrestlers much (so I'm told).

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