What would you do with 4 months in Japan?

[Zing]

Here's a picture of a Hori controller if he's never seen one

They come in many different colors so they're not all black

Wow. They weren't kidding when they said Japanese hands are small.

[pierrot]

Seems like it would be entirely too uncomfortable to try to use the d-pad on that hori pad.

I often got the "You must own a gun because you're American" one.

How could I forget that one? I've done a lot of campaigning in Japan on the US not being nearly as unsafe as the average Japanese person assumes it to be. Seems to fall on deaf ears most of the time, though.

[TheGrimAngel]

I spent a year in Japan recently and just returned last September. If I could go back for an extended period I would probably focus on completing my CIB wonderswan collection, I only have about 60 games to go, and I would also expand my Neo Geo AES collection as Japanese Neo Geo games are pretty affordable compared to buying on eBay.

[BoringSupreez]

I often got the "You must own a gun because you're American" one.

How could I forget that one? I've done a lot of campaigning in Japan on the US not being nearly as unsafe as the average Japanese person assumes it to be. Seems to fall on deaf ears most of the time, though.

I met someone from Russia that was convinced the US was less safe than his homeland, because we have guns. It's not like we're just gonna whip out our pieces and start shooting just because we can.

[pakopako]

Anyone who regards women as merely a hole to put his dick in will never truly be happy and content in life...

Sure they will; they just won't have much of a life to begin with.

Nobody ever says, "I'm going to Canada. I'm gonna go screw as many Canadian chicks as possible!"

I could name names, but see your earlier quoted comment and my reply.

I'm an English teacher, and I've returned to this job after a 10 year break.

You teach? I've got friends who teach out-of-state and in foreign countries, but they always seem to be placed in the most remote areas. (One extreme case was that they were in a cell-phone free rural town -- commutes were 6 hours round trip to the hotel at the edge of the city.) In most of the situations I can remember, private teacher's pay was pretty limited -- everyone had to acclimate themselves to the local cuisine (usually some fried meat on a stick) because it would be all they could afford or was available in the region (and 7-11 food does a number on your insides after a few weeks). The domestic teaching trade remains the same, but has the overseas scenario changed much?

The part that stood out to me is Japan has a prefecture named in honor of Pat Morita's most famous role.

Japan has a district named Arnold now?

Maybe some OSTs?
Is it worth sending him out for Radiant Silvergun?

It's always worth it for RSG. Or most Saturn stuffs. Not sure about the OSTs considering the frequency of YouTube clips popping up. Perhaps more limited-edition memorabilia... like toys.

(Did I ever inquire about that rare, black, PS2 ASCII one-handed controller I'd willingly sell my blood for? ...just not around Thanksgiving.)

[Menegrothx]

I met someone from Russia that was convinced the US was less safe than his homeland, because we have guns. It's not like we're just gonna whip out our pieces and start shooting just because we can.

I remember my old classmate who was from Russia told me that his big brother's pal shot 2 guys (and wounded 1 IIRC) with a shotgun for self defence and some of his family members/friends back in Russia got shot or stabbed. They've got a bit over 2 times the homicide rate of the US these days, the situation was much worse during 1999-2004 (31-33k homicides a year, where as nowadays the number has dropped to 11.5k)

[#Red#]

buy a shit ton of msx games

[marurun]

I would love to revisit all the places I spent quality time in 98-99. I never did give Kichijoji a fair shot, and I need to spend time there when I actually have money. Also, more time at Mitaka and visit the Ghibli museum. I have 3 friends I'd like to check in on, two who have young children. Wouldn't have to leave Tokyo to do it.

And 4 months wouldn't be enough time to do everything I truly want to do...

[Hobie-wan]

and visit the Ghibli museum.

It was definitely very cool and I recommend it for animation fans that are going to be in the general area.

[pierrot]

and visit the Ghibli museum.

It was definitely very cool and I recommend it for animation fans that are going to be in the general area.

They need to stop being ageist and let adults on the cat-bus too, though. >_>