/jp/ - Otaku Culture

[Anonymous No.]

sup /jp/

I've been on a business trip to Japan and stayed in Tokyo for 10 days at four different hotels.

I had a two days off and 6 evenings for myself to explore.

I gotta say that I was both disillusioned and occasionally amused. But as a whole I experienced my trip there as rather depressing to be honest. The streets and subways are insanely crowded, everybody 2nd person is wearing those portable facemasks (which is terrifying) and parts of the city looked really rundown. There's this huge contrast between the skyscrapers and the impoverished areas. Most of the time I was alone I felt lost because I couldn't understand a fucking thing those signs said.

I did visit lots of "street markets" where all sorts of stuff was sold. I'm not very much into anime, but I did recognize lots of Miku and K-On stuff as well as the usual "what the fuck japan" items you see posted around here a lot. They sell DVDs, magazines, figurines, plush things and to my surprise the place was not just crowded by nerdy asian guys but also a lot of non-landwhale girls.

I've seen some insanely hot chicks and some of them were actually wearing this thigh-high sock/skirt combination (like the one Miku has) and once I've actually seen a woman wearing this typical "japanese maid" outfit. The fashion sense there is really fucked up sometimes, but I'm never complaining about seeing lots of skin. Turns out half of the japanese schoolgirls wear jeans or pantyhoses under their skirt. I've also been to a karaoke club and it was simply hilarious.

I also noticed how many english words were on advertisements and signs and most of them didn't make any sense at all.

I don't want to make this too long, but the tl;dr version is that Japan is pretty cool sometimes but it's not a place where I'd like to live, at least not Tokyo from what I've seen.

And short question, how many of you have ever actually been to Japan?

[Anonymous No.]

I have, but do you see me blog about it on /jp/?

No. Also 3 days wasn't enough to go through all of akiba. I didn't even make it to mandarake.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181147
Just thought I'd share my experience.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181147
If you go to Akiba, you really should blog about it. There are a lot of people who would be interested. Same goes for if you manage to hit up Comiket or anything like it.

[Anonymous No.]

I figured this was more like a >>>/trv/
thing...

To be honest, this sounds really generic, and somewhat close to what I would expect from Tokyo.

I don't know why people think it's some kind of really different/magical/amazing place when in reality it's just as much a city as any other in the world.

Wouldn't stop me from living there, though...

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181142

Never been there, but I want to go someday. I wouldn't choose Tokyo as a place to live, though.

[Anonymous No.]

Come to Kyoto.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181153
All I can say is it is overwhelming. I couldn't imagine how a normal would be able to handle the culture shock. You see all types of people in toranoana, alot of them look like normals, bringing their girlfriends into the used H doujin places and stuff.

[「ロリあき」 No.]

I've been. I found the contrast between new and old beautiful.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181153
Not him, I was at the C77. Not much to tell if you ever seen a single anime with episode about it. Only in reality it has 10x more people, HUGE LINES to everyone popular, and occasional photosession of cosplay with various degrees of want, although it was miles better than anything posted in /cgl/.

[Anonymous No.]

>bringing their girlfriends into the used H doujin places and stuff.

God I wish I had a girlfriend like that (or any girlfriend)

[「ロリあき」 No.]

>>8181197
It's not all it's cracked up to be.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181171
Not OP, but Kyoto also has way too many people (although obviously it isn't as bad as, say, Tokyo or Osaka). Naha is much less crowded and more peaceful.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181142
>everybody 2nd person is wearing those portable facemasks
The people that wear them have a cold or think they have a cold, I admit it's a bit odd but in such a crowded place, it's better to help stop spreading germs than to not.

Did you notice all the beer vending machines (mainly in hotels and other buildings) and all the cigarette vending machines, we could use em here in Canada.

When I went there, I saw quite a few things that I regret getting, such as some extreme fetish capsule toys I saw at an arcade.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181220
>I saw quite a few things that I regret getting

I'm sitting on about $150 worth of loli doujin. No regrets, though.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181147
The fuck?
Just what did you do in Akiba that you need 3days?
Did you waste your time queuing for stuff like this?
It took me half a day to go through all the shop.
The most important shop that you cant miss in Akihabara is White Canvas. Just look for the sign with ホフキャソ.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181147
I would love to know a lay-out of the streets, any "hidden" shops, places of interest they don't usually show, etc. etc. if you found any. Planning to go there in a year and a half, already laying out my street maps and look-for list.

Any places that struck your fancy or had a wider/rarer selection than most?

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181261
forgot my pic.

[Anonymous No.]

>everybody 2nd person is wearing those portable facemasks
They also wear them to avoid getting germs from other people.
So half of people wear them as a result.
The first idea of wearing a mask comes from manners. They think it's bad manners if you don't wear a mask when you have a cold.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181261
I think you mean ホワキャン.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181261
>>8181274
My eyes are shot right now... did he mess up on the last character? I can't really tell the difference...

[Anonymous No.]

Buy plushies and figurines
Sell on Ebay
Profit

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181284
second one. not him by the way.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181284
Yes, and the second as well. What I'm wondering is how he managed to type it without realizing it was wrong... Writing is one thing, but on a computer it's rather hard to make a visual error.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181288
Maybe he actually read it wrongly and never knew how to type it properly in the first place?

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181277

I wish people that were sick in public in America would wear face masks, but no, they don't give a damn about anyone else.
Common cold? fuck covering your mouth, strep throat? Time to go grocery shopping,
chest cold? I hear they have a sale at the mall.
If i weren't forced to be in contact with the public I'd never go outside.

[Labarador !!iuszTExGCNs No.]

>>8181282
How do you get that much shit through customs? Don't they make you pay a tax?

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181287
>>8181288
Ah, now I see.
>>8181303
What village do you live in where they don't make throat lozenges, or at least have the decency to cough into their elbows? Hell, people in NYC love getting sick because sick days are always freebies, especially in offices.

[Labarador !!iuszTExGCNs No.]

>>8181287
The last one is different too.

[Anonymous No.]

>/jp/ in Tokyo

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181320
Nope.

First thing I'd visit, and pay millions to drive.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181321
why mikufags open their wallets so easily?

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181320
No, I'm pretty sure this /jp/ in Tokyo

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181326
ALL NIGHT CROSSING THE LINE

I would love to ride around tokyo with some /jp/ers blasting that at full volume

[Anonymous No.]

>OP here, I'm judging an entire country off a cheap business trip I had, though I didn't really do anything anyways

[Anonymous No.]

pic very related.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181142
How can you talk Daiteikoku like that when you post such a cool pic?

[Anonymous No.]

I've only been to Okinawa, OP. I have the option to go to Gunma, but I really like Okinawa.
I imagine Okinawa is different from Tokyo, though. Also, the planes are loud and scary sometimes. I was in Ginowan and later in Okinawa City, I have fun there.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181336
Yes,
yes,
and yes.

Plan to head there in a bout a year, on a working holiday visa, should be.. interesting!

[「ロリあき」 No.]

>>8181362
>working holiday visa
Sometimes I wish I was Canadian.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181362
You better do it and record it Anon.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181366

Sure has its perks sometimes. god awful cold though. i think after my trip and a few more years here , im moving down south, to a place i can motorbike all year round.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181370

Like the entire trip? Just blog about it? Hadn't really considered doing that.

[Anonymous No.]

good luck finding a job because you'll never find one, other than english teacher and get paid minimum wage.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181379
It's funny because I work at Mc donalds.

Pretty fitting,no?

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181376
No, no one will probably care about your entire trip.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181379

ill be bringing plenty enough money to relax. just work so i leave with less of a deficit :P

this is only gonna be for 6 months, maybe longer if i find something worthwhile. not to concerned about what kind of work i will be doing.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181386
> :P
Get. the. fuck. out.

[「ロリあき」 No.]

>>8181379
WWOOF

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181385

oh you mean the ride. well if i find a nice RX7 while im there im not holding back.

[「ロリあき」 No.]

>>8181392
>RX7
Mah nigga.

[Anonymous No.]

>I gotta say that I was both disillusioned
You're silly for having any expectations at all. It's just another country.

You don't go to America expecting it to be New York and Hollywood everywhere.
You don't go to New Zealand expecting Lord of the Rings everywhere
You don't go to Canada expecting everyone to say ABOOT

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181405
Fuck you I say aboot all the time.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181390
isn't this gensokyo. only Alice gives orders around here.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181405

am very sick of people thinking,

ohh yay im gonna be an otaku yayy dream world lalala

get over yourself. its gonna be hell.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181435
No, I'm pretty sure plenty of people have perfectly fun trips to Tokyo. Planning fun trips to hell is harder.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181441

when people go their thinking its gonna be heaven, its gonna seem like hell to them. thats what im getting at

[「ロリあき」 No.]

>>8181446
I disagree. I got everything I expected and more.
Granted, I didn't go expecting all the Japan cliches the west has ever cranked out....

[Anonymous No.]

>a lot of non-landwhale girls
Of course! Japanese fujoshi aren't fat like Americunts!

[Anonymous No.]

really? i can honestly say i know from self- experience, just what i have heard from other that have went

[Anonymous No.]

Its the ideal place to live if you have money. i remember buying lunch from a vending machine, spent my entire time chilling at my apartment drinking beer. Buying shit from amazon and have it delivered the next day. When I felt like seeing some maids I'd bike to Akihabara. But that all ended when I realized there were no jobs expect being a stupid english teacher.

[Anonymous No.]

I guess If I want to live the Gaijin dream I have to be a shitty english teacher

[Anonymous No.]

Did you made any friends?

[「ロリあき」 No.]

>>8181498
There's always WWOOF.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181516
I don't think typical /jp/ dwellers are cut out for agricultural work.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181502

He said it was a business trip so he probably went by himself

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181525
time to masturbate again.

[「ロリあき」 No.]

>>8181525
It's not all farming. There are some who offer jobs waiting in organic restaurants.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181525
You'd be surprised.
People are surprisingly adaptable.
When I was doing similar work during the summer the overall soreness and fatigue lasted for the first 3 days or so, days where exceptional amounts of labor was done excluded, and I'm in no where near decent shape.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181537
It seems that Japan is facing a crisis in agriculture. The average farmer is 66 years old.

Perhaps /jp/ could attend agricultural college?

[「ロリあき」 No.]

>>8181566
I had not considered this....

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181566
Only if I get to be the little girl.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181558
>When I was doing similar work during the summer the overall soreness and fatigue lasted for the first 3 days or so
I concur. The first three days are hell, but once you get past the heat and learn to drink enough water that you constantly have to pee, it's not too terrible.

What were you doing?

[Anonymous No.]

>>8181583
A lot of different things.
General grounds works with other stuff mixed in would probably the most concise way to describe it.
The worst days were probably when the only chain saw they had broke, and we needed to saw down several trees, as well as whenever digging of any sort was involved.