Stuff I can't do in Japan

My 3-year YouTube anniversary is coming up, so I have a fun video planned for later this week, and I hope you'll give me your thoughts and advice on that one.

Please feel free to leave a comment on this one too.

Cheers,
Jason

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[karechan14]

I live in San Diego too! I hope to go to Japan soon

[myargonauts]

@karechan14 wonderful weather we're having right now - great time to be back in SD, since it's about 1.C in my Japanese town today :)

[RochelleSendai28]

I had a dream that I got Mr. Pibb at a shop I like here in Japan and when I woke up I was realizing that you can't get Mr. Pibb in Japan, but it never bothered me so much. They have Dr. Pepper here you can it at Lawson 100 yen here in Sendai. Also I heard that you can get DVDs sent to you by mail now from Tsutaya, but I guess you would have to navigate the website in Japanese

[myargonauts]

@RochelleSendai28 good to know about the Japanese Netflix like service. Thanks. Luckily my local DVD rental shop is pretty good - I've been using it this winter!

[joeafrolovesblow]

If you don't mind me asking, how old were you when you first started teaching in Japan? The only reason I ask is because I am pushing 30 and just accepted an offer to teach for the first time. I was thinking that I might be a bit old in terms of the other teachers and I also heard that JET only likes to hire recent grads.

[myargonauts]

search my playlists and you'll find a vlog about being an older ALT...

I was 35 when I first went - 40 when I finished my 5 years.

JET does tend to hire ALTs in their 20s, but there are a fair amt of us who are over 30. 40 is the cutoff age.

You will be older than most of the other ALTs, but I found the cultural differences btwn me and other ALTs from Europe and Aus/NZ etc to be greater than age issues.

[chocolatehippocool]

I don't live in Japan (yet) so idk exactly what's hard to find. I will miss...

Netflix

My rambunctious friends

Hot cheetos

Mexican candy and chips

That's about it actually, I really want to go to a themed resteraunt like Alcatraz if you've ever heard of it it's really cool.

[JeremyScottThompson]

I'm from england and now live in japan - i miss going to the cinema regular where its cheap...i miss watching my regular english tv shows...i miss english food like fish and chips...i miss not being able to understand everything... when i first came to japan i knew no japanese and it felt like i had lost my voice because i lived in a village where no one spoke english :S... but japan does have a lot i like

[RochelleSendai28]

5 years in Japan now and I miss the organic food culture in the US (more specifically the west coast). There is a small movement here, but I can't go into a huge store with almost all organic food inside like food Co-Ops in CA. I also miss the art culture. AND MEXICAN FOOD!!! I can't recreate a good Mexican burrito here. I miss living in a country where being two faced is frowned upon and not encouraged. I'd miss Japanese festivals, hot springs, JR, and general random Japan craziness.

[kirby28645]

I would miss pretzels and peanut butter, both of which are almost non-existent in Japan. Thankfully, they have onigiri and candied sweet potatoes, so I should live. Plus, I live off of ramen at home here in the States -- I could do it again in Japan! Haha!

I might end up missing the ability to drive everywhere, but to be honest, I hate driving. Might also miss people that like to get into debates... those are supposed to be nearly non-existent in Japan also. But, hey, I'll have the internet!

[neuromasser]

That cloud on 5:41 looks exactly like Britain :D

[liebemin]

Maruzen (in Nagoya and Tokyo, anyway) sells popular manga and other literature in English, but the mark up in price is absolutely ridiculous.