Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!passion.nalgo.co.jp!news.moat.net!prodigy.com!prodigy.com!newsmst01a.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr21.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!9a2493fe!not-for-mail From: "necoandjeff" Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan References: <41a49de4$1@news.broadpark.no> <30kimuF2vh04hU4@uni-berlin.de> <1gnsygo.qi303ajy9xmoN%dame_zumari@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Living vs. visiting Japan Lines: 37 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-2022-jp" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 219.118.119.23 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr21.news.prodigy.com 1101347239 ST000 219.118.119.23 (Wed, 24 Nov 2004 20:47:19 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 20:47:19 EST Organization: SBC http://yahoo.sbc.com X-UserInfo1: Q[R_PJSCOPTYBU\[NCOF_W\@PJ_^PBQLGPQRJVMHQAVTUZ]CLNTCPFK[WDXDHV[K^FCGJCJLPF_D_NCC@FUG^Q\DINVAXSLIFXYJSSCCALP@PB@\OS@BITWAH\CQZKJMMD^SJA^NXA\GVLSRBD^M_NW_F[YLVTWIGAXAQBOATKBBQRXECDFDMQ\DZFUE@\JM Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 01:47:19 GMT Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:22419 Louise Bremner wrote: > Brett Robson 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). True. A lot of sumo wrestlers have really hot girlfriends/wives. But that's a different kind of being fat.