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Global auto in osaka ALWAYS have cars like this.. another unbelievable tough example if a hard tuned 'Line. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=e...%3Doff%26sa%3DG

steve, how are you doing your study? youre not at a language school are you?

yeah its about 100 for me. all the basic stuff like time, travelling, food and the like.. but just like a 100 bucks, 100 kanji wont get you far!

well that was a major typo on my behalf wasnt it? It doesnt seem so bad now! Not. that wasnt your level 3 on the website was it peter???

i believe i called this a while back myself.. now lets see what the kids got.

well..i guess im softening to Tales' goofy, naivety on these subjects... i stand by what i said though, all in the best intentions ofcourse, Richard.

It is my purpose to serve! get a lonely planet guide and look through it. Consider it an entree into Japanese living and lifestyle.

most places dont have a parking space because...there isnt any. Japan is 40 times smaller than Australia. Think about that if you can. Then think....the ENTIRE population of Tokyo ( around 19 million ) is the same as the ENTIRE continent of Australia... Perhaps with a bit of luck you'll get the picture. OFCOURSE Every citizen here has to pay rego and road taxes. Its very expensive, nay, prohibitive to own a car here unless you live waaaay out of the city. Even if you thought living out in the sticks wasn't a problem, jobs out there are few and far between, so don't go thinking if you move out to a remote area its all going to be peaches and cream when it comes to owning a car. You CANNOT come over here with the same mentality you have right now and expect it all to just "fit". YOU have to fit to some extent, a fact Rezz, et al elude to. mate, Ive said it before and ill say it again for your sake, take a trip over here and get the shock of your life. you wont regret a second of it trust me.

Hey Primo, what did you do before you moved to japan 2 years ago? Were you in the motortrade?

ahahaha!! gomenne!

most probably the latter steve..

Peter was telling me to pass level 1 he needs around 15000 ( !!!!! ) kanji!!!

You need proof of parking before you can even buy a car let alone register one. Parking rates vary but space in japan is at a premium and as such, the closer you get to the city centres, the more you will pay... In the area i live in, parking can be had for 100AUS a month. You head in towards the major cities and expect to pay upwards of 500 to 600 dollars AUS even more each month.

thats true.. heres another one with the muthalode of jobs in Japan... just do this... "Ready to get serious about finding an English teaching job in Japan? You can pick up a copy of the complete current issue of O-Hayo Sensei free by sending a message to [email protected] with the text "get issue" in either the subject or body of your e-mail and the complete current issue will arrive in your e-mailbox within a few hours." there are hundreds of up to date jobs listings in here every 2 months. I was staggered by the amount of positions.

well its a good one. Its from people all over japan, a melting pot and ive been a member for a while now but recently the gaijin pot has become more like a garbage pot..flame wars galore. backbiting, long time members getting banned for racist and sexist comments..messy. Still good advice can be had through there. Tales, go ahead and become a member but be prepared for some heat. You will most certainly get answers to your questions if you post them there, whatever they may be.. on secon thoughts, Cmon boys lets try and make SAU Japan section like a mini GP minus the backstabbing!

That never happens. They care about no one else but themselves and someone taking photos of them enhances their reputation, however bad it may be. pah, ive only asked if it was alright once, was refused, but took the photo anyway. Once i learned they dont give a toss, i began to feel much the same. its just a phase anyway. Most of them are still in their teens and early twenties and this time for them is like a big lash out at corporate and social expectations that will inevitably impose themselves upon them in the next few years.. i suppose im making excuses for them but i can understand the situation. As a gaijin youre never really required to hold to the same expectations and so society treats you very differently.

gaijinpot for gyaru photos?? or just general advice?

Gyaru are female and Gyaruo are male ---gyaru and gyaruo literally mean "young punks" . Ganguro literally translates into "youth gang"..it doesnt have positive connotations in the publics eye but we all say "Shouganai" as in " what can you do about it?" These youths dress like they got their clothes from the trash, dye their hair white, grey, silver, red,--you name it, have trashy attitudes to go along with their looks- they detest talking to foreigners in general, they hang about looking tough yet appear to be more like social refuse in the city hubs such as Harajuku, shibuya and Yokohama. They get fake tans until their skin turns almost black, girls wear name brand anything they can get their hands on... chanel, gucci and louis vuitton being favorites.. They are bad enough but then you have the "yamamba" which is literally "mountain witch"..these people look act and smell hideous..multi colour, skanky unkempt hair, skanky clothes, skanky attitudes..pretty much everything wreaks of skankness...utterly horrifying if you ask me..i dont touch them with a 20 foot stobey pole. They are fun to take pictures of though just to show the world how the youth of Japan has degenerated. The trick with these types is never to ask if a photo is okay..just walk right up and snap one in their faces. If they dont like it, tough shit..they would offer you an even lower level of politeness anyways... trust me, yamamba fashion sense is never to be appreciated. I suppose i should be glad Rezz likened me to a Gyaruo..at least that way he thinks ive got money and attitude even if he doesnt like it.. but i know hes a closet gyaru otaku.( otaku translates to a geek or nerd..a maniac for something )..i have to admit even ive seen some pretty stinking hot gyaru before that made me think twice.. :laughing-smiley-014:

Rezz, you should understand from your post why i reacted, jokingly ofcourse. ..for some reason, ive always wanted to wear gyaruou fashion..it just looks right somehow whilst being simultaneously, comprehensively offending.. heres some of my Shibuya crew..

Doomsday? "holy shit im in japan stakes"? You got me all wrong rezz. I really dont care where anyone lives in Japan simply due to the fact that fate and circumstance often decide the direction a person goes. No offense to Tales but bringing over a 96 falcon?! for crying out loud. If i want to go into detail for the sake of the OP i will and thats my prerogative. I hope you can understand that. As an aside, when i said i wasnt going to pander to such an outlandish idea, i meant it and you have taken that as the apocalypse. A bit of an over exaggeration? On the license, Tales, the details on the transcript arent important. You just need to show youve been driving in Oz for more than 3 months and have it translated. It is very easy for Aussies as has been mentioned, KPH, drive on the left, wheel on the right, etc. You can even change that license d- license with a simple practical exam, providing you know how to ride, into a middle bike license here which is 400 cc's i believe. Rezz, you know your a closet gyaru lover..

keep an eye on M3gtrs photo thread. ive got a month of ( paid! yay! ) and tons of pics to upload. illbeonitassoonas.

you dont even need to speak English if you are "Charisma man". You just say "now". By the way rezz, Pete was telling me about commissioning photos for your website. Hows that coming along?

i cant pander to this much longer. I dont know how you can Rezz, Im not going to mince words with Tales. You can get a license in Japan and you have been given a link. What Rezz failed to mention is that, depending on which state youre from obtaining the license may involve more headaches than you imagine. Cover yourself by obtaining a COMPLETE transcript of your ENTIRE driving history because recently the JPN trans authorities have become very anal about handing over licenses due to japanese nationals heading overseas, getting a license from Oz on the cheap and then returning to have it converted. You must be able to state you have driven for more than 3 months in Australia to comply with the guidelines. Dont even bother thinking about bringing a car over here. You obviously dont know how expensive it is to insure, register, and even park let alone run a car here. Shaken ( mandatory vehicle inspection ) is like taking the car to the pits except you have to do it every year or couple of years depending on how much you pay, and theres no getting around it. Add over 1500 to your bill right there. Shipping the car from THERE to HERE is a ridiculous idea. You can get a drift car cheap here, just have a rough search through yahoo.co.jp. I thought you were going to sell the car for funds before you came over? Do you have more than one car? The drift scene in and around Tokyo is alive and probably the biggest. Who told you it wasnt? Thats nonsense. Gunma is a stones throw from tokyo and home to many drift businesses. Mt Akagi, Haruna and Miyogi and there. Everyone knows of the Akagi Red suns from initial D. Nikko, which is just outside tokyo has one of the most famous drift strips in the country which is 1 way each way with both a downhill and uphill challenge called "irohazaka". the road has the name because there are 48 characters in the Japanese alphabet and the road has 48 curves. You can see all the drift damage on the railings as you drive along. Its a great road to attack. dont listen to those rezz et al..theyre from Kansai ( Kobe, Osaka and the like ). They think they know everything about Tokyo even though they live 900 kilometres away.

hitting a tree is one thing but being "put" in one is an entirely different kettle of fish!

im not anti Osaka! far from it..im just pro Tokyo. Your right about the ganguro though, i never quite fit in with black skin and garbage clothing...never been the same since that..