I'm Going To Japan

Ikumu wrote:I think it is. People are rude up here. Always in a damned hurry. So uptight. I grew up down at the beach where the scene was very laid back. But the jobs are up here, so what can ya do....

Actually PCM, there's a big community of Asians around here. Annandale is basically Koreans...banks, stores, everything is in Korean.
I've yet to meet a Japanese person up here...I hear Bethesda has got a number though. I gotta make it over there sometime.

rude? dc peeps? ‚¤‚邹‚ȁ[IBTW, get the heck outta the way, i'm in a hurry! (JK). Not just anandale, but Metropolitan DC area have a huge K-population, moreso than JPN. Hey ikumu, bethesda mayhave a lot of J-peeps, but i think rockville has more JPNese.

Thanks

Wow nice pics. I want to eat some Miso ramen too. I'm like famished this morning. Didn't get much breakfast since I woke up late and I was going to be late for Chem lab! :beaten:

eltinator wrote:Wow nice pics. I want to eat some Miso ramen too. I'm like famished this morning. Didn't get much breakfast since I woke up late and I was going to be late for Chem lab! :beaten:

You're taking 17 freakin' units? Sheesh, Elt', I hope you're not working part-time too. That's quite a load.

Don't forget to eat your wheaties!
-PCM

pcmodem wrote:

You're taking 17 freakin' units? Sheesh, Elt', I hope you're not working part-time too. That's quite a load.

Don't forget to eat your wheaties!
-PCM

Hahaha, just a full time student here. And also a full time j-dramaaddict too :hehe:

Is 17 a lot? I took 17 my last 2 semesters also so I figured it was the norm, except that I got Chem this year which requires 9 hours of class (lab and lecture) each week!

eltinator wrote:

Hahaha, just a full time student here. And also a full time j-dramaaddict too :hehe:

Is 17 a lot? I took 17 my last 2 semesters also so I figured it was the norm, except that I got Chem this year which requires 9 hours of class (lab and lecture) each week!

What do you want to do when you're done with school, btw? Grad school? Career?
-PCM

pcmodem wrote:

What do you want to do when you're done with school, btw? Grad school? Career?
-PCM

Well I'm majoring in EE, not sure if I want to go to grad school, people say I should though. Depends how the economy is going when I graduate and if it's good then I'll probably get a job first but if it's bad and I have money still, then grad school :)

hey, I visited Hokkaido this summer too, visited the relatives in Rumoi and also spent a week in Sapporo (visited the sapporo beer factory :hehe: )
It was really hot this year!
and I prefer miso ramen too :woot:

eltinator wrote:

Well I'm majoring in EE, not sure if I want to go to grad school, people say I should though. Depends how the economy is going when I graduate and if it's good then I'll probably get a job first but if it's bad and I have money still, then grad school :)

EE? Get ready for a LOT of calculus! :)
-PCM

pcmodem wrote:

EE? Get ready for a LOT of calculus! :)
-PCM

Hehe, I finished Calculus last spring :hehe: :hehe:

niko2x wrote:rude? dc peeps? ‚¤‚邹‚ȁ[IBTW, get the heck outta the way, i'm in a hurry! (JK). Not just anandale, but Metropolitan DC area have a huge K-population, moreso than JPN. Hey ikumu, bethesda mayhave a lot of J-peeps, but i think rockville has more JPNese.

sheesh, my gf lives in rockville and there are NO nihonjins to be seen. :shakehead:

Ken-chan wrote:
It was really hot this year!
and I prefer miso ramen too

You arent kidding, bro. We actually had to bust out fans in Teshikaga.
Mmm...miso ramen :doh:

Hey, nice pics. thanks for posting.

Ikumu wrote:sheesh, my gf lives in rockville and there are NO nihonjins to be seen.

maybe i shoulda said rockville PIKE. Sorry, since i'm in VA, don't know MD too much. But we do know of some JP friends in MD and they tell us they have more JPnese there than VA.

Ikumu wrote:[image]

Nice pics! Thanks for sharing.

That wouldn't happen to be a Phillip Morris cigarette, would it?!
I know it's Japanese because I can see the charcoal filter preferations on it. :beaten:

Cool! I like Hokkaido, been there a few times. Otaru, sashimi, mmmmm. Tonkotsu ramen! Snow at Hokkaido resorts is pretty choice, can you say powder! When I went, i wasn't that good, but now better & my friend this past season said they get on your case for tree riding and going off course. Seems most slopes in Japan are still like this, the resorts are not too keen on off trail riders. Must go back to first place we went too years back, was it Niseko? Did not know how to ride then, & we went at the very end of season. But hotel right @ slope base has onsen, yeah! Nothing like chilling in the rotenburo outside & spocking a kitakitsune go running across the snow. No wait, I don't think it was Niseko that time, I forget.

taro wrote:Cool! I like Hokkaido, been there a few times. Otaru, sashimi, mmmmm. Tonkotsu ramen! Snow at Hokkaido resorts is pretty choice, can you say powder! When I went, i wasn't that good, but now better & my friend this past season said they get on your case for tree riding and going off course. Seems most slopes in Japan are still like this, the resorts are not too keen on off trail riders. Must go back to first place we went too years back, was it Niseko? Did not know how to ride then, & we went at the very end of season. But hotel right @ slope base has onsen, yeah! Nothing like chilling in the rotenburo outside & spocking a kitakitsune go running across the snow. No wait, I don't think it was Niseko that time, I forget.

wow, you have been to places I have been to too! ^^
My aunto has a summer house in Niseko and I have been a few times to otaru too (but in the summer, if I want snow I stay here in sweden). Have you visited the Otaru Aquarium? or tested the Soft Ice with Ramune Taste in Otaru? :)

nice pics ikumu-kun.. i prefer Asahi beer over Sapporo beer because asahi has a less bitter taste.. which makes it a perfect beer.. sine beer needs some bitter taste.. but i especially love the sake in sapporo...

im gonna be moving to japan pretty soon, probably in about 2 years. and i have many questions, such as will i be accpeted since im brown you know? and i want to live in the area of tokyo will that be expensive, for nwo i jsut want to live ina small apartment newar that area. im going to be finishing university with a degree in engineering, will i be able to find a suitable work in japan. and one last question will i be hated because im brown? im really nervous about moving thereee.

i think it just depends on how you assimilate into the neighborhood. if you are courteous, nice and all that, you will get that in return. being brown in japan is no big deal, especially in tokyo. being a loud, uncouth neighbor is.

They're treat you a lot better if you learn the language and the customs.
-PCM