I want to live in Japan so bad

[Anonymous]

Way better quality of food

Infinitely better education

WAY BETTER public transport

virtually zero gun crime

Zero school shootings

Affordable healthcare for all

Murder rate is virtual nonexistent

Obesity rate is below 5% while US is 50%

People obey the law

Virtually zero fare evaders on the Shinkansen

High speed internet and cell phones everywhere.


I do not give a crap about toxic work culture. I’d take that little zit vs school shootings and America’s unaffordable healthcare snd obesity. Do Americans realize how much it sucks to live in america?

[Anonymous]

Cool. What's stopping you?

[Anonymous]

It is nice, but it's super expensive and the housing is tiny, but otherwise I agree.

[Anonymous]

You must be a man.

Japan is still an incredibly misogynist culture. It's also deeply xenophobic. A gaijin will never fully integrate.

- Japanese woman who is happy to not live in Japan. But happy to come back for visits!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is nice, but it's super expensive and the housing is tiny, but otherwise I agree.

Actually it isn’t expensive, at all. That’s a myth left over from the 80s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You must be a man.

Japan is still an incredibly misogynist culture. It's also deeply xenophobic. A gaijin will never fully integrate.

- Japanese woman who is happy to not live in Japan. But happy to come back for visits!

Do not care. I can deal with xenophobia than sh!ty U.S. health care, infrastructure and schools. Japan has sits, but US is rotten to its core.

[Anonymous]

So move. Take ownership of your existence and stop being such a whiny little zero. Griping to DCUM of all places about how superior you are to the rest of the US is just pathetic.

On the merits, I like Japan and it’s one of my favorite countries to visit. But no way I’d live there. It’s exceptionally conformist, and all personal interactions other than (sometimes) within a family unit are built on a weird passive-aggressive politeness ethos.

No thanks. Give me people who say what they feel and what they want. Sometimes the Tokyo office bros get closer to that after some beers and whiskey, but come morning it’s back to being dutiful cogs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So move. Take ownership of your existence and stop being such a whiny little zero. Griping to DCUM of all places about how superior you are to the rest of the US is just pathetic.

On the merits, I like Japan and it’s one of my favorite countries to visit. But no way I’d live there. It’s exceptionally conformist, and all personal interactions other than (sometimes) within a family unit are built on a weird passive-aggressive politeness ethos.

No thanks. Give me people who say what they feel and what they want. Sometimes the Tokyo office bros get closer to that after some beers and whiskey, but come morning it’s back to being dutiful cogs.

Thank god you got free dumbz and nonconformist living n a country where they shoot up gaggles of 7 year old kids in school with an AR15 tho. Freedumb!!

[Anonymous]

I get what you are saying. We've talked about moving to Sweden or Germany but we worry about acclimating. It sounds great but the reality just seems lonely and hard. One reason these countries have all these desirably features is that they have very homogenous and insular cultures. That's why crime is so low -- high social cohesion. They tend to be suspicious and unwelcoming of outsiders. It's great for people who are born there but I don't think it's as easy to just adopt those countries as your own as you might hope.

Do you have family there? How fluent are you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is nice, but it's super expensive and the housing is tiny, but otherwise I agree.

Actually it isn’t expensive, at all. That’s a myth left over from the 80s.

I guess it depends about the cost of where you're moving from and where in Japan you'd be moving too. Tokyo is the 3rd- 5th most expensive city in the world for expats, depending on which ranking you look at.
https://globalpayrollassociation.com/blogs/emea/japan-tokyo-is-third-on-global-list-of-most-expensive-expat-cities

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I get what you are saying. We've talked about moving to Sweden or Germany but we worry about acclimating. It sounds great but the reality just seems lonely and hard. One reason these countries have all these desirably features is that they have very homogenous and insular cultures. That's why crime is so low -- high social cohesion. They tend to be suspicious and unwelcoming of outsiders. It's great for people who are born there but I don't think it's as easy to just adopt those countries as your own as you might hope.

Do you have family there? How fluent are you?

OP has no connection to Japan whatsoever. She’s doesn’t speak the language. Probably took a single vacation where she embarrassed herself and alienated every local she encountered. Except she didn’t realize their external politeness even in the face of that is a function of the culture. It doesn’t mean she’s welcome.

[Anonymous]

I hear you OP. But what you like about Japan applies to several Asian countries (Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand)

[Anonymous]

I lived there in high school due to my dad’s job. It was amazing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You must be a man.

Japan is still an incredibly misogynist culture. It's also deeply xenophobic. A gaijin will never fully integrate.

- Japanese woman who is happy to not live in Japan. But happy to come back for visits!

Do not care. I can deal with xenophobia than sh!ty U.S. health care, infrastructure and schools. Japan has sits, but US is rotten to its core.

PP you replied to. Then you are very naive and inexperienced and I feel sorry for you. I have lived in multiple countries. I can promise you that there is no perfect country. They're all imperfect in one way or another. It's a matter of finding which imperfection you can live with.

But I repeat: if you are a foreigner in Japan, you will never be fully accepted. This can have far-reaching consequences on your wellbeing.

But go ahead and move. It's good to experience new things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You must be a man.

Japan is still an incredibly misogynist culture. It's also deeply xenophobic. A gaijin will never fully integrate.

- Japanese woman who is happy to not live in Japan. But happy to come back for visits!

Do not care. I can deal with xenophobia than sh!ty U.S. health care, infrastructure and schools. Japan has sits, but US is rotten to its core.

PP you replied to. Then you are very naive and inexperienced and I feel sorry for you. I have lived in multiple countries. I can promise you that there is no perfect country. They're all imperfect in one way or another. It's a matter of finding which imperfection you can live with.

But I repeat: if you are a foreigner in Japan, you will never be fully accepted. This can have far-reaching consequences on your wellbeing.

But go ahead and move. It's good to experience new things.

As if I care about being gaijin vs being bankrupt for insulin or fearing being shot up simply going to the grocery store. You try to make it sound like being gaijin is something as bad as being shot up with an ar15 in school or during church, lol.