Random photos from Japan:

10/13/2006 9:58:39 AM

I like the 2nd pic a lot

is that near where you live?

10/13/2006 9:59:40 AM

jealous

10/13/2006 10:15:12 AM

Yeah, it's a shrine about a 15 minute walk from my apartment. These are from the same shrine:

10/13/2006 10:16:16 AM

that rock in the second picture looks like it's taking its greatest piss ever.

10/13/2006 10:22:32 AM

realllllly jealous

10/13/2006 10:25:33 AM

post some pictures of korea if you go over there too.

10/13/2006 11:06:22 AM

where in japan are u at? i am around tokyo area...

10/13/2006 12:12:47 PM

^^ Definitely

^ I am in Shiga about 1.5 hours from Kyoto.



The garden at the base of Hikone Castle.



Hikone Castle

10/15/2006 8:09:48 PM

10/15/2006 8:11:00 PM

Fuck, tear that shit down and put up a mcds

10/15/2006 8:22:49 PM

Naw, there's plenty of McDonald's around here. They need to build a Bojangles.

10/15/2006 8:24:39 PM

Stop teasing us. Did you see tubgirl or not?

10/15/2006 8:35:16 PM

I have not seen any sign of tubgirl or eel girl, though there is plenty of tentacle porn around here

10/15/2006 9:19:39 PM

Fucking gaijin bitch

10/15/2006 9:22:49 PM

Not only am I a gaijin bitch, I'm an official one with my handy dandy gaijin identification card.

10/15/2006 9:25:00 PM

I identify japanese people with my pokedex.

10/15/2006 9:26:15 PM

is it gaijin or gaizin?

10/15/2006 9:49:21 PM

You can usually identify japanese people because they have large eyes and multicolored hair

10/15/2006 9:57:03 PM

how about some everyday life photos

10/15/2006 10:01:58 PM

You should go see a PRIDE or a K-1 Event

10/15/2006 10:02:28 PM

what are u doing in shiga??
i work in tokyo~

10/16/2006 9:14:30 AM

i want to be there

10/16/2006 9:50:47 AM

^^ teaching the teenagers English. What do you do in Tokyo?





Kyoto btw

10/17/2006 1:15:07 AM

real estate finance.
valuation of investments(properties)...

are you an ALT in Shiga?

10/17/2006 6:47:36 AM

10/17/2006 6:54:30 AM

^^ Hai. I really wanted to be a CIR, but I wasn't confident enough in my language ability to apply for the position

10/17/2006 6:57:11 AM

what is CIR?

10/17/2006 7:26:16 AM

They basically sit at a desk at the Board of Education translating documents, doing interpretation, dealing with ALTs when they call to complain about something, and setting up "cultural exchanges."

10/17/2006 7:38:40 AM

I found it hard to picture the castles, most were elevated and it was hard not to get those ugly bottom stones all in the picture.

10/17/2006 8:39:19 AM

^ yeah same here. That one is the only decent photo I have of Hikone Castle.

More from Kyoto:

10/17/2006 8:35:38 PM

i really hope to get to go to our factory in japan with my job.

that or i may just have to schedule a vacation by myself

10/17/2006 8:36:41 PM

I'm quite jealous. How long you gonna be there?

10/17/2006 10:04:46 PM

10/17/2006 11:03:19 PM

Probably about two years. I'm hoping to pay off most of my loans and travel a bit before heading back to the States.

10/17/2006 11:05:41 PM

how far are you from Maze? my brothers teaching elementary there.

10/17/2006 11:16:31 PM

What city is that near?

10/17/2006 11:17:35 PM

someone had to do it

10/17/2006 11:21:29 PM

At least that destructions gives me joy atm

10/17/2006 11:37:59 PM

^^^ not sure, its almost directly north of tokyo on the other side of the main island in niigata-ken region

10/17/2006 11:50:38 PM

ahh, okay, yeah that's pretty far from me then

10/17/2006 11:51:27 PM

I am so freakin jealous. I would love to go to and live in Japan. I have a serious Asian Persuasion. Please post more pics! I swear if I was single I would ditch Bumpkinville, USA and go there.

10/18/2006 2:51:22 AM

There's a job opening in my boyfriend's company if you want to ditch anyway

10/18/2006 4:42:38 AM

That sounds waaay too tempting. But I am making bank to watch the weather here and I speak all of five words of Japanese (which I will be correcting in the near future). I must say though that torii from your Kyoto picture is HUGE!!!

10/18/2006 4:48:30 AM

That's more words than my boyfriend knew when he came over

Yeah, that torii is freakin' awesome. Here's another pic of it:



The cracka underneath it is me

10/18/2006 4:52:27 AM

You just totally made my day. It's good to know that someone else has an appreciation for Japan without being condescending about it because I am some stupid American with googly eyes for the "Far East".

10/18/2006 4:56:15 AM

^ Yeah, you meet a lot of those idiots over here unforunately.

10/18/2006 5:01:51 AM

If I may ask, how "Americanized" have the people become in Japan? I was saddened when after talking to the only Japanese girl that I have ever met that I knew more about Japanese history and customs than she did.

10/18/2006 5:16:20 AM

It all depends where you are. I live out in the countryside so a lot of things are still done the traditional way. There's a sake store down the street from me that's been in operation since the 16th century

But the kids I teach, all they care about is fashion and McDonald's.

10/18/2006 7:00:18 AM

Have you ever been to and/or participated in any of the Shinto festivals?

10/18/2006 7:06:26 AM