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net work error posted:Subsist solely on plain 7-11 onigiri and soda. I got food poisoning from a fried chicken one. If the onigiri has a wattage on it, FUCKIN' FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS. I literally thought I was dying. I'm sure that the Strong Zero didn't help.
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Stringent posted:Me and my boyfriend are are both vegans and allergic to rice and on a very tight budget, could you recommend some restaurants in Tottori?
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I would like more info on the Kawasaki penis festival because that sounds cool. I'll be in Tokyo those days but it looks close enough.
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Hey guys I have some questions maybe you can help me with. I met my wife in Japan 2 years ago while I was over there teaching English for a semester. I'm now 32, she's 22. We started dating, got engaged, married, and she came over to the US via the K1 visa program about 5 months ago. There are several issues that have come up since we got married and moved in together. I'm hoping for some goon advice from others in relationships, even if they're not exactly like this. Keep in mind she has been in the US officially for about 5 months. I understand there is a huge cultural change and learning curve, but some of this is crazy. 1) She still hasn't learned to drive. But not through lack of trying. She has extremely bad nerves, and every time she even gets in the driver's seat she freaks out and starts shaking and sweating. We tried parallel parking once and she just floored it while the E-brake was still on. I had to physically pull her foot off the pedal. We try driving at least half an hour a day and she's gotten no more comfortable with it. 2) Her English is pretty good, but she still prefers speaking Japanese all the time. My Japanese is alright, but I don't catch everything, especially slang and things like that. Many times after an argument she'll run into the bedroom, lock the door, and start yelling things at me in Japanese that I don't understand. 3) We are having some money issues - mostly tied to the fact that I'm the only one working. I'm a substitute teacher, and work is spotty at best. I also do work as a landscaper but it's winter so there's nothing going on. So finances are TIGHT right now. We've looked for work she can do from home until the driving situation is fixed, but most of it needs a way better understanding of English. 4) We still haven't consummated our marriage. The most she's willing to do is some stuff with her feet, no actual intercourse. This is a nerves thing again.
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TWSS posted:My partner and I just snagged a flight that will put us in Japan from March 8th to 22nd. She's really interested in traditional Japan and is super-excited to see the temples in Kyoto, but I have a massive fetish for JDM cars (I have an '85 MR2) and would love to check out engineering/technology museums in addition to the more traditional stuff. I'm interested to hear any recommendations you might have. Get one of those food allergy print out cards with pictures. People will take you way more seriously and it's easier to understand with a picture printed card
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Stringent posted:Me and my boyfriend are are both vegans and allergic to rice and on a very tight budget, could you recommend some restaurants in Tottori?
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Tequila Sunrise posted:Hey guys I have some questions maybe you can help me with. lmao sugoi
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Tequila Sunrise posted:Hey guys I have some questions maybe you can help me with. It's not just a cultural gap, there's a generation gap as well! Props for you being patient enough with young people. I can't handle college kids anymore. Especially the OMG I'm on an adventure in Asia types. quote:1) She still hasn't learned to drive. But not through lack of trying. She has extremely bad nerves, and every time she even gets in the driver's seat she freaks out and starts shaking and sweating. We tried parallel parking once and she just floored it while the E-brake was still on. I had to physically pull her foot off the pedal. We try driving at least half an hour a day and she's gotten no more comfortable with it. The goony answer I have is try euro truck simulator. I'm not sure where you guys are in US, but if you really need to drive and can't take much ubers or public transportation then I guess you will be the one driving. Or work out some car pool  quote:2) Her English is pretty good, but she still prefers speaking Japanese all the time. My Japanese is alright, but I don't catch everything, especially slang and things like that. Many times after an argument she'll run into the bedroom, lock the door, and start yelling things at me in Japanese that I don't understand. Arguments are fine, but what are you guys arguing over and what is the frequency? How do things escalate between you two? Does she not like being challenged? Do you not like being challenged? Who is the one who initiates a compromise? Again, there's not much for me to say except 22 years old is really really young. We all grow up without knowing and I was really obnoxious when I was 22. Luckily I'm getting better and more attractive as I age  quote:3) We are having some money issues - mostly tied to the fact that I'm the only one working. I'm a substitute teacher, and work is spotty at best. I also do work as a landscaper but it's winter so there's nothing going on. So finances are TIGHT right now. We've looked for work she can do from home until the driving situation is fixed, but most of it needs a way better understanding of English. There's online translation work I guess? Or reach out to the local Japanese community (if there is one) Sorry to hear about the tough job situation quote:4) We still haven't consummated our marriage. The most she's willing to do is some stuff with her feet, no actual intercourse. This is a nerves thing again. THAT'S hosed UP I was going to say something vulgar like "man, a 22 year old, what is this, some JAV fetish? She better be good in bed" And you already commit a marriage to a possibility of dead bed? That's crazy  I was always curious about foot jobs. Man the biggest issue you have isn't cultural, is that you are dating someone with a lot of issues and your finances are in dire straights.
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Tequila Sunrise posted:Hey guys I have some questions maybe you can help me with. Buy her a one way ticket home. This can only end up even worse.
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Tequila Sunrise posted:Hey guys I have some questions maybe you can help me with.  Source your quotes pls
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Mr. Fix It posted:
Your username is a lie
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Tequila Sunrise posted:Hey guys I have some questions maybe you can help me with. I love this thread.
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Vidaeus posted:Your username is a lie Your reply is a non sequitur
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Tequila Sunrise posted:Hey guys I have some questions maybe you can help me with. please stay out of my posting history
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please post pics of wife feet, we need more info to properly help
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peanut posted:lmao sugoi
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Tequila Sunrise posted:Hey guys I have some questions maybe you can help me with. You were half-convincing until the end. 4/10 better luck next time.
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First of all, we love each other very much. My wife is also not a child. Again, put yourself in her shoes. Imagine you are just living life when suddenly you meet this amazing person who is also your Japanese teacher. You have a whirlwind romance and he or she asks you to marry them. Of course you say yes - but then you move to Japan with only a rudimentary understanding of the language and culture. You'd probably be pretty shaken up, right? That's what my wife is living with. Her support network right now is me, and a family that's on the other side of the world. Finally, on the sex thing. I probably should have clarified this since it's apparently an issue for several goons. Yes, I have a foot fetish and my wife is fully aware of this. One of the ways we started bonding in the first place was I'd give her foot massages - it was a nice little thing for both of us. After a few dates I worked up the nerves to kiss her. After a few more I took her to a Japanese "love motel" with the intention of losing my virginity. However while I was putting the condom on she started crying. I asked her what was wrong - she said she was a virgin too and didn't want to do anything until marriage. I told her that was fine, kissed her, and she went back to her parents' house. I tried to consummate the marriage on our honeymoon. As mentioned, money is very tight, so for our honeymoon, we did a 3 day pass to Hershey Park. It was a lot of fun. To make the first night really romantic, I splurged on something really cool. The staff will fill the bathtub up with melted chocolate (really more like slightly watered down chocolate syrup - it's a skin care/spa thing). I had them do it and planned to make love to my wife in the tub (we both love chocolate, her especially). That didn't go well because she said it looked like a tub of "poo-poo". I showered off but by the time I was done and had cleaned and drained the tub, she had fallen asleep. The next day I tried again, just regular bed sex. I was about to put it in and she suddenly started shuddering all over. I asked if she was cold, and she told me she was so nervous. We had an adult conversation about this and she admitted that my penis was much bigger than any other boyfriend's she had before (makes sense as she had dated solely native Japanese before) and that she was worried it would hurt her. We agreed to go dildo shopping after the honeymoon as a way to kind of "work up" to me. Since then she's started that process (this is a real thing, before goons jump to conclusions). Our current form of sex will usually be her using dildos (starting really small and working her way up) on herself. I'll then try to enter her but she'll either start shuddering or her vagina will tighten up so much I can't enter. After about a month of this I got frustrated, and she saw that. She then gave me a footjob, which I'm not gonna lie - was awesome. I kind of let up on the penis in vagina sex after that, since she'll give me a FJ fairly regularly now. She is still using the dildo step up process, though, and I hope to consummate things by Valentine's Day. I am also trying to meet some Japanese immigrants around my city for my wife to become friends with and discuss the whole cultural adjustment thing. We went to a Japanese restaurant a few weekends ago and I started talking to the chef. It turns out he was actually Hawaiian so it doesn't matter, but that's the kind of thing I'm willing to do for my wife. I will keep updating this as needed. The holidays were a nice downtime and we bonded a lot and got a lot of driving practice in. I figure if we can get the driving and sex things tackled by Valentine's day, and a job by St. patrick's day, then we're golden going forward. Also regarding the holidays - this was an awesome time for us both. I've been an atheist since elementary school (I'm sure some jokes will fly at this, but it's the only educated way to look at the world and I figured that our really young) so I don't decorate for or celebrate anything related to Christmas. My wife and I exchanged gifts, but that was it. We went to see Star Wars on Christmas Day - it was her first time seeing a movie in theaters and although it was a bit too much for her (she had to run to the bathroom when the aliens broke out on Han's ship and started eating everyone). When the movie was over she was waiting in the lobby for me and she was fine then. Afterwards we ate KFC I had bought a few days earlier and kept in the fridge(this is a Japanese tradition on the holidays) and we both really enjoyed it. I think getting these kind of American experiences in is helping her a lot.
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Tequila Sunrise posted:First of all, we love each other very much. My wife is also not a child. Again, put yourself in her shoes. Imagine you are just living life when suddenly you meet this amazing person who is also your Japanese teacher. You have a whirlwind romance and he or she asks you to marry them. Of course you say yes - but then you move to Japan with only a rudimentary understanding of the language and culture. You'd probably be pretty shaken up, right? That's what my wife is living with. Her support network right now is me, and a family that's on the other side of the world. Ok shut up now, idiot.
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ok this was at some point posted in the anonymous confessions thread.
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what happens after valentine's day!! the suspense is killing me!!!!
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Tea.EarlGrey.Hot. posted:what happens after valentine's day!! the suspense is killing me!!!! the whitest of white days
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So I had applied for a semester abroad through agreements with my university. Applied to 6 universities across the world, and 5 rejected me. The only university that accepted my application and asked me if I wanted to study there for a semester? University of Akita, Japan. Now I know nothing about Japanese culture, customs, language or anything like that except for the little of anime / manga I've watched. What should I keep in mind? What should I learn? What should I do before going? I've still seven months before I have to go, but I've already been recommended to start learning a little Japanese so that I won't be 'that' person.
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Stalins Moustache posted:So I had applied for a semester abroad through agreements with my university. Applied to 6 universities across the world, and 5 rejected me. The only university that accepted my application and asked me if I wanted to study there for a semester? University of Akita, Japan. Watch more anime.
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Stalins Moustache posted:So I had applied for a semester abroad through agreements with my university. Applied to 6 universities across the world, and 5 rejected me. The only university that accepted my application and asked me if I wanted to study there for a semester? University of Akita, Japan. A friend of mine lived there / went there and loved it. He was there for a few years too.
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"Akita" is Japanese for "I got fed up with it". Probably just one of those coincidences though!
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A stay in Akita will be authentic, that's for sure. Like Idaho authentic, but in a good way. Help the locals stay warm
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Stalins Moustache posted:So I had applied for a semester abroad through agreements with my university. Applied to 6 universities across the world, and 5 rejected me. The only university that accepted my application and asked me if I wanted to study there for a semester? University of Akita, Japan. is it Akita International University or Akita University?
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Phone posted:Any suggestions for neighborhoods to stay in near Osaka/Kobe? It depends what you're looking for in Osaka, but you're probably gonna want to stay around the Amerikamura/Namba area. Lots of life, cool restaurants, venues, street food. Relatively easy to get to other places in the city from there too. Kobe's a little harder to pin down, but somewhere around the Sannomiya central area should be fine. There's a lot of great stuff that's relatively spread out, so anywhere should be fine for sight-seeing since you'll be moving anyway. On the other hand, if you can stay in Kitano, that area's rather lovely if a little touristy... On the other hand if you mean 'near' Osaka/Kobe more liberally, Arima is a nice little hot springs town on the other side of a mountain next to Kobe. Probably too far away, though?
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Clanpot Shake posted:I'm going to Japan in April for a little over a week and plan on going to Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto. I've actually been there before a few years ago and we got rail passes, but looking online now it seems like Tokyo and the others are in separate regions. What's the best way to plan travel between these cities? We may be doing day trips from these cities (Nara and Himeji most likely). If you get a JR rail pass it doesn't matter which JR Group company is operating the lines you want to use.
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orcane posted:If you get a JR rail pass it doesn't matter which JR Group company is operating the lines you want to use. I was hoping to save some money with a regional pass. Sounds like you're saying my only real option is the national pass?
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Heartbroken 2Twice posted:It depends what you're looking for in Osaka, but you're probably gonna want to stay around the Amerikamura/Namba area. Lots of life, cool restaurants, venues, street food. Relatively easy to get to other places in the city from there too. Word, thanks. I was looking at places in Hirano, but I think I found a nice place near Kobe University that should be good for a few nights.
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