AhztheCat wrote:
> I will be heading to Nagano in about two weeks, and will be there for a 
> year.  I was wondering if there is anything I should know to prepare myself  
> for an extended stay there.  Anyone spent any time there?
> I'm wondering if it is an especially foreigner friendly place, if there is 
> an english option on the atms...good cheap  bars...stuff like that.  Any 
> info would be much appreciated!  

Standard advice is to bring some of your comfort food from home if you 
can. Where are you from? Not sure if Nagano has a good international 
grocery (and not sure what part of Nagano you're going to), but some 
things are hard to find. If there's a brand of peanut butter that you 
like, for example, bring that. Otherwise I think you'll be fine; I wish 
I could spend a year in Nagano myself!

John W.