Ye Olde Japan Thread

[manuel]

Hi guys!
Thanks for the kind words.
The flights and train rides all went well without problems. 

We'll now go shopping for some mosquito repellant, so I don't have time to write more now, but I'll post more soon.

[133MHz]

Awesome!!! Glad you got there without any complications! How's the jet lag?

[JC]

Blood-sucking insects...sucks. We've got a bunch around here, too. Cool that you're there!

[nurd]

Do those electric mosquito repellers work? It isn't really mosquito time in Wisconsin. 

[UglyJoe]

Congrats on your arrival!

[JC]

Give us an update...what are your impressions?

[Kuvio]

Yeah, what region did you move to? You don't have to say exactly what prefecture or anything of course, but in general where did you move? I think I am going to be going to Kyoto in about a year or so.

[manuel]

Sorry I can't post so often. But always when I sit down to do something there is something else to do, like searching the pacifier my son loves to throw around or killing some spiders. 

I moved to a little town called Onomichi, facing the Seto inland sea in the east of Hiroshima prefecture.
Look it up on google maps

This is the homepage of the Buddhist temple I live:
http://shounenji.fc2web.com/
At the bottom you can even see my name. And yes, the site needs to be cleaned up and updated. 

I'll post pics, too, when I find the time to do so.

[nurd]

Tie a ribbon on the handle of the pacifier, so It's easier to find. or tie the other end of the ribbon to something.


Wait. That's not safe.

[Kuvio]

Wow, those are some nice photos of the place. It looks lovely. I admire your willingness to hop from one country to another because of your wanting to. Is that why you went to Japan, because that's where you wanted to live? Or was there some alternative motive? Either way, that is still a big leap. The main reason I would like to go to Japan is to learn more of the language. I'm sure you learn it a lot faster when you have to, right?

[son_ov_hades]

Manuel if you don't mind me asking, why did you leave Deutschland? I'm American born and raised, but I wouldn't rule out living there at some point.

[corisco]

Sorry I can't post so often. But always when I sit down to do something there is something else to do, like searching the pacifier my son loves to throw around or killing some spiders. 

I moved to a little town called Onomichi, facing the Seto inland sea in the east of Hiroshima prefecture.
Look it up on google maps

This is the homepage of the Buddhist temple I live:
http://shounenji.fc2web.com/
At the bottom you can even see my name. And yes, the site needs to be cleaned up and updated. 

I'll post pics, too, when I find the time to do so.

Hey Manuel! I didn't know you came to Japan! If you are planning to come to Tokyo area someday, just let me know, I can show you some great retrogamming shop I use to go (no, not super potato, lol)

[manuel]

Thanks for the offer.  I'll drop you a pm should I travel to Tokyo.
My wife and I plan to go and visit a friend there, but our son is still too young for it. Maybe next year. (And I need to save up some money...  Don't want to go to cool stores without some serious cash.  )

[JC]

Hmm...what happened to manuel?

[133MHz]

Quoting a PM he sent me a while ago (unimportant stuff removed):

I'm quite busy right now with our son, looking for work and the preparations for the next happening here at the Buddhist temple I live.