JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- English Instructor (Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe)
- Berlitz Japan, Inc. (ベルリッツ・ジャパン株式会社), Kansai
- Salary: ¥125,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month
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- FT English Teachers for Kids - Osaka
- Kohgakusha Co., Ltd. （株式会社興学社）, Osaka
- Salary: ¥255,000 ~ ¥275,000 / Month Travel Expenses, Encouragement of Japanese learning*
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- Translator
- ZAIHON, Inc. (日本財務翻訳株式会社), Tokyo
- Salary: ¥6.0M / Year Negotiable
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DenTok2009
hmmm... didn't feel anything... (Chiba)
Posted in: M6 quake hits eastern Japan; Fukushima nuclear plant stable
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DenTok2009
aaargh. that's center... game center
Posted in: We're bored. We have nothing to do. I don't have anything to say to my husband anymore. It's much better to come here than just sit in the house watching TV all day. We need some excitement, too.
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DenTok2009
Thanks JapanGal! The link you provided is a good one. It gives the train, train station, bus and admission fee.
Posted in: Reclining Buddha
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DenTok2009
My plumber is 70 and he says he can't retire because he won't have money. Read about a 105 year old woman just the other day or so, who keeps busy with her duties as a volunteer at a hospital. (somewhere in North America...) I wonder she has an equivalent here. I know there are men and women in their 90's who are still farming in Okinawa and I'm guessing if they decide to give up farming then they'll probably do something like volunteering rather than sitting at home watching tv or sitting at a game canter playing games.
Posted in: We're bored. We have nothing to do. I don't have anything to say to my husband anymore. It's much better to come here than just sit in the house watching TV all day. We need some excitement, too.
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DenTok2009
anyone know if it's near a station? If so, what's the station?
Posted in: Reclining Buddha
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DenTok2009
Thanks to Gemma for adding "fossick" to my vocabulary. Never heard of it. I had to look it up. Anyway! Never heard of any of the bookstores mentioned in the article. Back in the bubble era, my go to bookstore was Jena in Ginza. Sadly, no longer around. I also liked the Magazine House in Ginza. Not a bookstore but a "library" of magazines from all over the world. Free to visit and read to your heart's content but not to check out. I'll have to visit Colobockle. Love that tidbit about sewing the book safely inside its bag! Hilarious! Cute! The only Book Off selling English books is in Shiroganedai. Granted, I haven't visit every Book Off and I've only been back several months but I've lived in quite a few places in Kansai and Kanto so I am basing my opinion on my experience (plus I asked a few Japanese about buying English books in Book Off and so far they all say there are none). I am so glad for those 200 yen books! A lifesaver! After I finish reading, I resell those books to my local Book Off. It shocked me at first to find out I couldn't even afford a soda. 3,000 yen worth of books from Book Off equals a few ten yen coins. I'll have to ask at the koban in Shibuya for directions to Shibuya Publishing Booksellers.
Posted in: My favorite English bookstores in Tokyo
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DenTok2009
ditto naruhodo 1 & Graham DeShazo!
Posted in: Getting warm
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DenTok2009
Wonder what the point was. In the states, forged IDs are used by: 1)minors for purchasing liquor (Fogell, anyone?) or getting into clubs 2)illegal immigrants for jobs or to drive 3)criminals to make purchases using stolen credit cards or for other scamming activities among other things...
Did the officer's friend want to impress or scare someone?
Posted in: Osaka cop held on suspicion of forging police ID
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DenTok2009
Wonder what the point was. In the states, forged IDs are used by: minors for purchasing liquor (Fogell, anyone?) or getting into clubs illegal immigrants for jobs or to drive criminals to make purchases using stolen credit cards or for other scamming activities among other things...
Did the officer's friend want to impress or scare someone?
Posted in: Osaka cop held on suspicion of forging police ID
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DenTok2009
Unless things have changed in the past couple of decades, Japan women don't take birth control pills because it isn't available. Japanese women rely on the man to put a condom on (ha, ha) or get an abortion when they do the deed and find out they are pregnant.
Posted in: Kuroki reported pregnant 2 weeks after denying relationship with Akanishi
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DenTok2009
Sarcasm321, what do you mean? I don't have a television so maybe KK is doing something awful but unless she is prancing away in her 80's costume, I don't get why you think she ought to retire. The few shows I caught several months ago when there was a tv provided in the room I was in bored me. The talento/idols/comedians were not even past it. How are they even entertaining?!
KK doesn't look like herself in the photo above. I don't know how she should look but she looks lifeless. She was so genki during her heyday. But I guess all idols were genki, if not they were quickly weeded out or they never made it in the first place.
Posted in: Kyoko Koizumi to release album containing 30 songs for 30th anniversary
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DenTok2009
MaboDofuIsSpicy, I've gone to sidewalk artfests. It's great summer fun!
Posted in: Off the wall
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DenTok2009
skipbeat, better go on a sidewalk art tour! You are missing out! If you can't get to the states (practically every city seems to sponsor a sidewalk artfest), then check out the trick art museum at Sunshine 60. Good to know the museum allows photography. It'll be a fun, touristy thing to do.
Posted in: Off the wall
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DenTok2009
Guess no chalk art here in this land of anime. Miss that.
Posted in: Off the wall
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DenTok2009
ha, ha, Ben! Good one! (love Ben Stiller!)
Posted in: SMAP singer Nakai to play savant detective
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DenTok2009
A blast from the past! I don't recognize her in the above photo. I remember her with short hair and a huge smile. Those drab clothes don't seem like something she would wear. Guess she grew up! (I saw a photo of Nakamori Akina some months ago and she still looks the same. Doesn't look like she aged. I caught a show where the some of 80's idols were on and though they looked the same, they did look middle aged...)
Posted in: Kyoko Koizumi to release album containing 30 songs for 30th anniversary
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DenTok2009
I like playing the slots at casinos but I don't get pachinko. My co-worker, a 22 year old single Japanese girl, took me to play once. I put in a 1,000 yen and a couple of hours later walked away with 3,000 yen. I had no idea how to play and I still don't! I know you're supposed to aim the ball into a particular spot but I don't get how some people are able to do it so well that they accumulate stacks of boxes. My co-worker said she went with her father once and won (around 30,000 yen) for him. She is not addicted to it and laughs about people who line up and stay all day long.
Posted in: Pachinko addiction a growing problem for Japanese women
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DenTok2009
Back when three generations lived under one roof and everyone in the neighborhood knew one another (and I do mean they knew all about each other enough to scold the children and the children listened), I'm sure no one in those days would have thought of putting their parent in a facility. Everyone looked out for each other. Dad worked, mom cooked, grandparents puttered around the house, children studied then grew up to be parents themselves and took their parents in or the in-laws in and the cycle began... But nowadays, you hardly know your neighbors and they don't care to know you. (I was surprised to find myself ignored when I said ohayougozaimasu/konnichwa to a neighbor a couple of times. One of my Japanese co-workers mentioned that Japan has changed for the worse. People have gotten cold. Sure, I remember the good old days when the economy was booming and real estate agents refused gaijins. Despite that negative vibe, there were plenty of other positive moments.) There seems to be a whole lot more Japanese who are much more prone to violence. Forget "ganbare", I don't think there's much agonizing over sending a parent who needs a nurse or an aide to get through the day to a facility. The problem is how to pay. Kurabayashi probably couldn't afford to pay for someone else to take care of his father.
Posted in: 38-year-old man held for beating father to death while changing diaper
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DenTok2009
The last time I was in Okinawa was sometime in the mid to late 80's. MaboDofulsSpicy, you crack me up! I love the uchinanchu food too and I agree with your >island itself could use a good scrub down. .
Posted in: Luxury lands in Okinawa at last
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DenTok2009
Hmmm... I wonder if these high-end hotels will pay well above usual Okinawa resort wage (600-650 yen/hour) for their staff.
Posted in: Luxury lands in Okinawa at last