qilver wrote:

i am thinking of going to this years...if it is online registration and the wait in line will be very minimal....cause waiting in long lines suck...

Yeah, if there is online registration, then that's good . It really helps to lessen a long queue. Otherwise, well, you just have to live with it (lining up in a long queue)
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If I can, I'll go to Japan to learn japanese. I'm so happy. I'll stay for a year, but If I'll like it, maybe I won't go home no more.
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Andro wrote:

If I can, I'll go to Japan to learn japanese. I'm so happy. I'll stay for a year, but If I'll like it, maybe I won't go home no more.

You might like it but Japanese immigration laws are STRICT...you can not necessarily stay just because you want to

Yes I know, my friends told me about it. Than I have to do something to stay there. Maybe if I'll get married... but that's just an idea. If I can't stay, I can't do nothing.
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Andro wrote:

Yes I know, my friends told me about it. Than I have to do something to stay there. Maybe if I'll get married... but that's just an idea. If I can't stay, I can't do nothing.

it's probably not difficult to get a student visa...but beyond that...is another story...unless you get a job.

Job is no problem. If I go to Japan, I'll get job next to study. So I can earn money. And they told me, I can live with a family. All I have to do is study and work. And if until I can't speak japanese, I have to speak english. If couldn't speak English, I couldn't go to Japan.

And if the new are true, I'll get a Student Visa too.
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Hmm, won't this be very expensive at least for the first months? If you can't speak a word Japanese, you should consider "professional help", which will cost definetely a bit.

I think you shouldn't rely on your english, the "simple" people in Japan can't/don't want to speak english. And you have to manage the thick accent

Can you get a visa this easy just with jobbing in some Makudonarudo branch?

Ezalor wrote:

Can you get a visa this easy just with jobbing in some Makudonarudo branch?

that's the question...i don't think it's so easy. but if you go to school...depending on where the japanese gov't offers scholarships.....

or if you are open to teaching eng. in Japan...

but you have to have a 4 year degree
and go through a grueling interview process...ok i am biased..and unfortunately didn't get in....oh well

Ezalor wrote:

Hmm, won't this be very expensive at least for the first months? If you can't speak a word Japanese, you should consider "professional help", which will cost definetely a bit. I think you shouldn't rely on your english, the "simple" people in Japan can't/don't want to speak english. And you have to manage the thick accent Can you get a visa this easy just with jobbing in some Makudonarudo branch?

The lessons'll be in English and japanese. So until we can't speak in japanese we'll speak in english. And there are a lot of people who don't speak japanese and they go out to Japan to learn the language.
Yes maybe it will be a little expensive, but my parents said, that if it's my dream, they'lll help me as they can.
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Life is nice with a lot of bishonnens!

Andro wrote:

The lessons'll be in English and japanese. So until we can't speak in japanese we'll speak in english. And there are a lot of people who don't speak japanese and they go out to Japan to learn the language. Yes maybe it will be a little expensive, but my parents said, that if it's my dream, they'lll help me as they can.

Your english is quite good. So I think you should focus more on studying Japanese language because you will definitely need it when you go to Japan for studies or work. As Ezalor said, people there will speak to you using their language.
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I know that. That's why I'll live with a family if I start there to study the language. I want to learn to speak japanese, because in my country there are only a few people who speak this language.

And thanks you said my english is quite good. Now I know I didn't learnt for nothing for ages.
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Ezalor, here are the responses I got regarding the Tokyo Internet Cafes:

" Most other internet cafes are also manga cafes and these places do allow devices (or, rather, they do not forbid them). If they require software that is not already on the PC, however, then you might find you are not allowed to install it."

"I don't know the answer to that, but I have been to a couple of internet cafes in Tokyo before and you usually get a private booth while using the PC. I suppose you could bring your device into the booth and give it a try without someone interfering. Depending on the way the computers are set up in the booth, there may be a problem accessing the back of the hard drive to get to a USB port"


So it sounds very likely you can bring in a portable storage device....

Thanks a lot. I will definetely try it. There must be at least few internet cafes where it works. Okay, since I will stay in Tokyo for only a week, I won't spend this much time on it XD

Ezalor wrote:

Thanks a lot. I will definetely try it. There must be at least few internet cafes where it works. Okay, since I will stay in Tokyo for only a week, I won't spend this much time on it XD

No problem. I'm sure you'll be able to find a place to do it...

Ezalor wrote:

Something else: Do the Japanese wall outlets have grounding contacts? Otherwise i have to saw off the one on the power plug for the HDD

If this has been answered, I apologize.

As far as I can remember, I don't recall seeing 3-pronged outlets in Japan, just 2-prongs. You should be able to purchase a 3->2 prong adapter so that you don't have to physically remove the grounding pin.

dochira wrote:

If this has been answered, I apologize. As far as I can remember, I don't recall seeing 3-pronged outlets in Japan, just 2-prongs. You should be able to purchase a 3->2 prong adapter so that you don't have to physically remove the grounding pin.

sounds dangerous, moving the grounding pin.....

maybe the japan-prong can be bought ahead of time...
does Radio shack sell univeral prongs?

dochira wrote:

If this has been answered, I apologize. As far as I can remember, I don't recall seeing 3-pronged outlets in Japan, just 2-prongs. You should be able to purchase a 3->2 prong adapter so that you don't have to physically remove the grounding pin.

simple advice is often best.

I just thought it was a little extreme. I wouldn't chop off an arm just to fit in a doorway....I'd find another way in..right?

dochira wrote:

I just thought it was a little extreme. I wouldn't chop off an arm just to fit in a doorway....I'd find another way in..right?

so desu. atama ga ii jan.