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I went there end of last year, it was awesome. I went toOsaka first then to Kyoto, Mount Fuji and last stop was Tokyo. I went to Disney theme park as well, it was great. Its way bigger than I thought, and its fully packed inside(queue up 3 hours for a game, 1 hour for getting a burger and 30mins to a small popcorn). Japan is really small, packed but much cleaner than Sydney.
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By the way, have you seen people queue up to cross the traffic light? If go to Japan, you might see people doing that,,,,how organise they are....
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lol thats funny. is that a rule or just some sort of ethic thing O.o.
besides theres nothing wrong with mobbing around the traffic light posts. =D
oh, and no i havent been to japan before. would like to visit one time though. |
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I was there on holiday with my mum more than 10 years ago. The only thing I remember is that I was at Disney Land and I was crying because this roller coaster I was on was so freaken scary. Havent been on a "rough" rollercoaster since. Japan has given me rollercoaster-phobia.
Lining up for the traffic light green man... wow..
I cant imagine a thing happening in more densely populated areas though.
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man lining up for traffic lights haha thats a first.  Funny stuff 
Yeh Would love to go to japan ^^
Its so beautiful as well |
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| Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 3:12 pm Post subject: Re: Any one been in Japan? |
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Japan is really small, packed but much cleaner than Sydney.
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Yup
The Japs are pretty fussed about cleanliness and thats a neat thing to see
did you see any vendor machines dispatching out clean-clothes?
i heard you could purchase fresh socks and underswears
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| Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 5:13 pm Post subject: Re: Any one been in Japan? |
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Japan is really small, packed but much cleaner than Sydney.
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Yup
The Japs are pretty fussed about cleanliness and thats a neat thing to see
did you see any vendor machines dispatching out clean-clothes?
i heard you could purchase fresh socks and underswears
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Oww, for that I didn't see any, but one thing about their drink machine is they have hot drinks and cold drinks, so good especialy you get a can of hot coffee any way(drink machines are every where). The choices are alot more than here (around 6 x 3 or 6 x 4).
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| Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 7:10 pm Post subject: Re: Any one been in Japan? |
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Japan is really small, packed but much cleaner than Sydney.
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Yup
The Japs are pretty fussed about cleanliness and thats a neat thing to see
did you see any vendor machines dispatching out clean-clothes?
i heard you could purchase fresh socks and underswears
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Oww, for that I didn't see any, but one thing about their drink machine is they have hot drinks and cold drinks, so good especialy you get a can of hot coffee any way(drink machines are every where). The choices are alot more than here (around 6 x 3 or 6 x 4).
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well it's not all that new now... my school has hot drink vending machines.....
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well i went to japan via school exchange in 2001. it was fun. 14 days in tokyo with host family, and 4 days in kyoto, basically by ourselves, well with teacher, but like 6 hrs of roaming time... I want to go back..
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| i went to japan last year in dec... and i absolutely LOVED IT!!! planning to go through lubo next year =D universal studios was hell fun ^^ better than tokyo disneyland in my opinion [ but then again, i went to uni studios on monday and disneyland on friday... that probably had something to do with my liking of one over the other.... ] |
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well its much cheaper than when i went. It wat 50:1. >.<
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I spent around 3500-4000, I didn't buy any thing at all.
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i haven't been but i'm planning to go on a holiday there next year i'll have to save alot though i want to buy everything in japan!! and my friend Mika is going back to Japan soon so i want to visit her in her country town Koffu. can't wait!!
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Any one here speak Japanese?
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I speak english otaku. Does that count?
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| Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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roflz, english otoko? =P
hmm so far, its hiro and ayako, the only registered people so far that i know who should be able to speak it well =]
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my sister is taking japanese in uni, she did 3u for hsc last year.... shes gonna be a high school japanese teacher =D
i've learnt japanese since i was primary but was only taught it seriously from yr 7 -10 [now]
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well its much cheaper than when i went. It wat 50:1. >.<
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when i went it was roughly 80:1 |
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日本語？俺はまだ学びたいぜ、しかし大学で学びたいんだけど、工学を取ってる学生にちょっと無理や、アカン！
well.... excuse my poor japanese....  , well for those in uni, there is this place called TLCC http://www.tlcc.edu.au/ but to be honest it's more for those working already and the class is mostly on wed night or sat morning, didn't really like it.....
for those in high school, i do recommend labo heavily. Geee.... dun think they have any OZ sites.... yet
hhhmmm pictures eh? i'll post some after i find my missing photo album....
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my sister is taking japanese in uni, she did 3u for hsc last year.... shes gonna be a high school japanese teacher =D
i've learnt japanese since i was primary but was only taught it seriously from yr 7 -10 [now]
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you must be somewhat fluent at it then?
My school offered japanese as a course until this year XD. its popularity died out.
In year 5 and 7 i was taught Italianthough and i was almost topping the class lol. can't remember anything any more though.
I dont really know much jap at all, a few friends did japanese in year 7 as well, but when it was time to choose our electives in year 8 there were only around 5 people who chose to do japanese as a subject so the class was cancelled.
Japanese is really unpopular (not hated, just no interest) at the school now and is no longer taught to year 7s. only Italian and Spanish >.< what a shame. I'm not sure if it is available as an elective for year 8-10 though.
This year though for year 11 + 12 there are 2 guys who are doing that study japanese by themselves while some teacher checks up on their learning every few weeks. |
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well I studied jap in highschool, and failed horribly, yet they let me do yr 11 Jap. o.O
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I read somewhere earlier this year that the majority of students who learn Japanese these days do so because of interest in anime. I don't remember the percentage, but I'm going to blindly assume it was around 70%. Just because.
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yea, it was some reason like that...
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i wouldn't be surprised if the percentage was that high, but in my class at school about half the people watch/have watched anime....but i only have about 20 or 21 people in my class...
yeah chocohi... im somewhat fluent... tho i think fluent might be too strong of a word to describe my fluency....
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hmmm yeah, i find it hard to learn japanese.
i've forgotten all my hiragana symbols......
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o.O I think i remember more now than ever before. Musy be because of the anime+j-drama watched..
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