well, i've come to notice not much is going on in here. partly my fault i guess.
anyway, my wife and i are going to be moving to japan really soon and i want to hear from people who have done the same. i want to know how people got used to their new surroundings and also how they dealt with simple things like getting a place to live, creating a bank account etc etc.
as time is getting closer for us, i am starting to feel a little nervous about it, but it's just because i started to think about all those little things that don't pop into your head until the last minute. but saying that, i can't wait to get over there!!!!
I know exactly how you feel. Our moving date is still at least a year away, some time to learn the lingo and look for a job but it is scary... which also makes it so much more exciting!!!
i think tokyo is gonna be where we're at. i'm pretty close to landing some work before i get there, but we'll see how that goes.
how did you gow about getting accomodation? did you live in a gaijin house or an appartment? i heard that it can be a bit tricky for westerners to get an appartment?
hi,
you must be very exiting and nervous,i know how you feel, `couse me and my husband just came back ,
we had live in london for 5 years, i had felt all dream are over when i left England,i loved london very much,
but here tokyo things are going well.
we found apartment , he could open his bank account easyly (you just need ID and INKAN),found a job,
your wife can help you a lots,just what you have to know is japanese pepole are very shy,and also very very punctual, there`s no excuse,,
you will spend good time here in japan,
don`t worry,it`s a good experience for your life to be here, completry diffirent mind pepole, culuture.
enjoy.
hi gibbo chan,
i had lived around west london, fullham, hammersmith,
now i live tokyo shimokita, it`s a nice area to live , there are lots of foreign pepole.
INKAN is a stamp of own name,
what we done is, my husbund have sub name,when he use public place, he will be called my family name . as it`s will be easyer to buy big stuff,like a house or car,if you think to live in japan for long period, i recomend to make sub name.
easyer to open bank account.