4 years doesn't feel so long when your married! Being married to a Japanese woman in Japan gives the foreign husband/wife a whole different perspective on Japan... I think most of the Japan residents that frequent SAU are either married to a Japanese or in a long-term relationship.When I first got here, yes, culture shock. I remember the feeling well even though now Japan is well and truly a second home. Just the feeling of walking down the street and having to think first before you do ANYTHING (not knowing the language well, monetary system, directions, the lot), and not really knowing what was going to happen next was 100% fun for me back then. Not to mention walking down the street going nowhere in particular at midday holding a Sapporo Beer 2L gass mini-keg getting largered was priceless...