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How cool!!! Japanese is such a tough language to learn (hence why I can only understand very little!)Thanks for the response, and what a pleasant surprise! We are actually heading back over there next week; my son has been accepted into Temple University in Tokyo, and 5 years of studying the language worked well for him and us when we visited for the first time last year.
We had about 6 weeks to tour the country last spring/summer, and between trains, buses, and 2 weeks of car rental and other daily rental excursions, we managed to take what the people we met called an "America-jin" vacation. The two weeks driving was spent going counter-clockwise from Tokyo, through Niigata prefecture, down through Okayama and Hiroshima, to Nagasaki, and then back through Shinjuku and Shizuoka, and then back to Tokyo. On our Northern excursion, we rode the bus to Sendai, then flew to Sapporo, then took trains down to Akita; from there, it was the overnight bus back to Tokyo. In between that time, we kept coming back to Chiba and Minamiboso, as well as staying in Kunitachi (on the southern outskirt of Tokyo).
My favorite? That is a tough one, but there is definitely a place in my heart for anything on the Isumi Railway in Chiba; I told my students before I retired that if I ever moved to Japan, you could probably find me within sight of the Kazusa-Azuma station lol. Second choice would be Okayama/Hiroshima, or anything in Setouchi; however, Fukushima and Miyagi could easily steal my heart as well. Everything about Japan is beautiful, and the inspiration of Japan's performing arts has no parallel. . .I'm an Idol Otaku (Nogizaka46), and my dream is to write a book or screen play telling the story of their beginnings and struggles, especially the first and second generation UnderGirls. Do you still have family or contacts there? One of my fellow Otakus and Nissan enthusiasts lives in Shizuoka, and I'm definitely planning on spending some time there.
That sounds like a great trip. A bit American, yes, but it gets you a feel! Just gotta make sure you stop at 7-11, such a far cry from American 7-11! Once you go to the countryside, it completely changes everything too.
That's a good one. The arts are so intriguing there, as is the culture as a whole. Far cry from America, both are far from perfect, and each has its pros and cons, but there is an argument to be made for both.
Haha no not hakujin, but I do enjoy fishing & wrenching. There are a surprising amount of JAs like that, more than the other asian groups imo... although most of the JAs offroading I see own a Toyota! Ford/Chevy a rarity in the asian group hahahaO I always thought you were a red neck like me lol