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+ 205,000 hits since last nite + and is all over google, haha

Hi guys, Just thought I would post up this email my friend has posted on his blog by an American Phd Nuclear Scientist last nite regarding the "dangerous reactor situation." Since then his blog has had over 175,000 hits (since last nite), the BBC have rehashed the info and the scientist Dr Josef Oehmen has done many interviews with journalists. Its a very LONG but reassuring read. Why I am not worried about Japans Nuclear Reactors - Morgs At Large hope everyone is safe, good luck in the black outs, also if anyone wants to watch tv during these back outs NHK world have their own live stream app. cheers

unfortunately not. I sent a letter of demand to an old company politely demanding unpaid wages (as advised by the Tokyo wages / rights department) , this was sent as kaitome. I explained to the lady in the post office I didnt want to write my address on the form as I didnt want the company to know where I lived, she was fine with this. 2 weeks later i received a kaitome from their lawyer saying that I would not be getting any money blah blah blah, and any further "threats" would result in them trying to get my visa cancelled and i deported, even though they weren't my sponser ...? As confirmed by the inlaws, if you are registered in your ku / shi - yakusho (at your current address) you are easily findable. My advice dont update your torokusho ! , but this can / will lead to many complications , eg: being put in the back of a police car and driven back to your old address to show them your visa seal... then having to explain to them they need to drive you back to where they picked you up from as thats where you live. haha cheers

If you are registered at your local city office your previous employer will be able to find out your current address without too much trouble anyways........ , so i think you moght be wasting your time.

oh yeah, the above is a joke also

mt buller jockへ 馬鹿ではないんですか？ オーストラリア人ので勿論皆は（殆んど）漢字読めないんです 今度何か言いたい事だったら　誰でも読めるように英語でタイプしてくれない　...? ありがたい to mount buller jock, next time, so everyone can read, can you not type in english?, we are australian. thanking you kindly

beer baron, we seem to be agreeing alot recently! haha to the original poster, if you are serious about learning jp. start off with an online course while you are waiting for you tafe short course / uni course to start. however if you are planning on doing all this work just for a week / s holiday I say save your time and watch tv instead. If however you are planning on going and staying for 1-death +/- years study your ass off! and get ready for the everyday battle! haha

waits for someone to start a thread about japanese drivers / turning their lights off when coming to a stop at traffic lights so i can tell my story about a trip back home and doing this force of habit and explaing to oz police about why i did this . . .

they are used quite often if someone pulls out in front and there may be a need to break. the driver usually flashes them to either apologise and or make the people behind aware. also the above

niseko hands down!

take lots of tshirts and shorts and deodorant, its rather hot and humid at that time . .

munkyboy. This suica card or also pasmo cards people are talking about are just an electronic card that you can buy and instead of buying individual tickets / fare adjusting each ticket everytime you transfer or enter / leave a station you put the suica / pasmo card in one of the ticket machines then you can "charge it" which means putting money / credit on the card. Before going through the tickets gates you just touch your wallet with the card in it on the special area and the gates open and tells you how much credit / money you have left on your card. Nearly everyone who lives in Japan has one of these cards. they are more convenient, for a tourist though its probably easier just to buy the cheapest ticket and then fare adjust it later. those cards can be used anywhere in japan on any form of public transport except taxis, boats and the shinkansen. Then can also be used to buy things in supermarkets/ convenient stores and vending machines near train stations.

well over 100$ for 2 hours with 4 beers? jesus... hmm actually because of the exchange rate id say thatd be about right... im guessing that was a friday / saturday night? go there during a a weekday and that $100 would have been 2 dollars hehe

The average entrance fee to a Tokyo club is 3000 - 4000 yen (sometimes as high as 6500, depending whats going on there) , can beer = 700 / 800yen , cocktails minimum 800yen entrance(3500~) +beers(maybe 8 6400~) + food afterwards (1000+~) + train fare(500~) or taxi (2000~+) = 12900yen = 173.80AUD as beerbaron said a good meal in tokyo is about 8000yen (id even say a little more depending where and what you order), you would probably eat out every night. 1 club + dinners alone = 600 dollars (for a 4 night stay) then add, public transport / taxi rides + breakfast + lunch + vending machine drinks anything else you want to buy at the moment 700AUD = 51,000yen for a good time in Tokyo, including clubs , shopping and food. For 2 nights 6-700AUD just might be enough, but for 4 nights no way.

thanks everyone for your recommendations, Ive certainly got a lot of research to do in the next few days. and a bunch of restaurants that I must try in the near future Mr Oizo , I need a house before someone can cook at it unfortunately , just returned from Japan, so as soon as i get a job, a house will come. (***touchwood**)

Hey guys Im looking for a good restaurant. Somewhere with great atmosphere(romantic), great service, good "Australian" food, nice fish, steaks, starters etc , that has a good bar (wide selection of beers, cocktails), and a nice view would be good(but not essential). Something a little nicer than a pub bistro / outback steakhouse etc Dont mind spending a bit of cash. looking for something in the fine dining area, Have looked at a few places and a lot of internet reviews, but still cant find a place. thanks for any help chaps

take her to a hotel and plough the shit out of her . . .

sometimes you can use first name with san. but japanese to japanese in a business environment(depending on how friendly they are) it is always surname and san girlfriends will more often than not give their boytfriends a nickname and then add chan. if a girl doesnt know you very well she will use san, of if she wants to still bbe polite but not as uptight use kun. and there are also two others that havent been mentioned yet. and that is tan and chin these 2 are used for shortened girls names eg: makotan , makochin these are often used in teenage girl magazines, but are used by a lot of girls under 30. (in the tokyo area anyway)

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congrats. I dunno why. but id love to see some photos of it infront of some famous melbourne landmarks... guess you just got it so give it a few days

wow , never ever seen one in real life? Your gonna be in for a good time mate, they look absolutely stunning esp from the front

elrodeo666 I agree, Hokkaido would have more than its snow. I think from a vistors point though that is its major attraction. Beautiful in the summer time. Ive heard of the Sapporo beer festival, just didnt know it was such a crazy event.

elrodeo666 I have been up there many a times. for snowboarding(5 times) and for off season trips. havent been to many clubs and have been to 0 beer events . Hokkaido thoughout Japan is also sold/ marketed because of its beautiful nature(if your coming from Australia would be boring i assume) id guess a tourist to japan probably would be the same, unless they were well informed about these beer, free virgin events. ive lived in Japan for 5 years and love a drink ... and have never heard about these festivals.. its a shame since Im leaving in 2 weeks. but was a virgin well before I came.... for snow it is the undisputed champion of the world (from what i have seen. america, canada japan) for girls I agree there are a lot of cheap short skirt, high heel wearing >>> girls there , attractive yes, hot yes ....... STRANGE ...... hell YES, easy ...... 正解 have never been to any beer garden festivals(in hokkaido,..wish i had), nor have experienced any "loose hokkaido candy" thank you god .. as thats not really my thing dont really want to do a vs thread, as im sure if you can talk to people no matter what area of the world you are in your or their language, im sure anybody can score a girl here or there + 性病(日本の首都じゃない？北海道..）　.. (babblefish.com) the point I was trying to get across in short words. Hokkaidos travel (in non winter times) vs Osaka areas and Tokyos areas doesnt compare. very beautiful and not crowded but boring.. for a normal traveler for a normal traveller

drift.jp, please notice I used the word official, ( the japanese official snow sason starts around DEC 28) there are patches of snow in late november ... but the lifts etc dont open to at least early december... in most places, hence all the bus sno trips starting then

you need to get papers signed in australia too. agree with madbung, contact the embassy. however if your contacting the tokyo embassy make sure you speak to an Australian person. was given the run around 4 times when it came to visa questions similar to yours. In the end I demanded to speak to an Australian person (even though I was told no-one was available), and all my questions were answered straight up.