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Thanks :P to all the Japan Forum regulars (you know who you are) who come in here and dispense with all their advice and experience... cheers guys. Just lately the Japan forum seems to have more experienced members than guys who want to find out stuff! It's all good though.

I'm just wondering, is there anything that we can do to make the Japan forum better? Any requests, ideas etc?

I for one try to reply to EVERY tread in here, I hate seeing a thread go unanswered...

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I think that the forum is pretty good as it is!

Would be good to have some links for the People interested in going to Japan or other stuff associated with Japan.

Here is some :

www.****edgaijin.com - ( "Edit" dam censor, well that 4 letter word where the stars are begins with f) Interesting Forum made by people in Japan or interested in Japan

www.gaijinpot.com - Information Page with almost EVERY question about everything Japanese - From finding a dentist to organising VISAs.

www.isize.com/carsensor - Contains car for sales, but also a lot of information about each vehcile. BUT IS IN JAPANESE if you dont have windows xp then....

www.njstar.com - A program that lets ur computer read Japanese, Chinese and Korean charcaters works on most Operating Systems i think.

There is heaps more but that is some of the top of my head that I find useful/interesting.

Cheers

I think that the forum is pretty good as it is!

Would be good to have some links for the People interested in going to Japan or other stuff associated with Japan.

Here is some :

www.****edgaijin.com - ( "Edit" dam censor, well that 4 letter word where the stars are begins with f) Interesting Forum made by people in Japan or interested in Japan

www.gaijinpot.com - Information Page with almost EVERY question about everything Japanese - From finding a dentist to organising VISAs.

www.isize.com/carsensor - Contains car for sales, but also a lot of information about each vehcile. BUT IS IN JAPANESE if you dont have windows xp then....

www.njstar.com - A program that lets ur computer read Japanese, Chinese and Korean charcaters works on most Operating Systems i think.

There is heaps more but that is some of the top of my head that I find useful/interesting.

Cheers

Right, thanks Genkisouzoku, I'm gonna make that sticky... if anyone else has any links (I know, I know, I could prolly do it all myself! But it's a group effort right?) they could submit, please post 'em up, and we'll make a super link thread... or something like that. Is that cool?

Another question... where are the New Zealanders??? We got Aussies, Brits, Yanks and even a Canadian, but no New Zealanders...

I see that there are quite a few Aussies over at Skylines Downunder (NZ site), but not the other way around... mmmmmmm.

I'm an australasian - so you can tick off the NZ box too, if you like :rant:
Hahaha! I forgot about that... if you'd replied to my PM I might've remembered! :D

Anyways, scratch that... we have one ex-pat New Zealander.

Hi Rezz here is some more!

http://www.bestgate.net/ - A Japanese search engine for Electronics from Japanese stores. Lists the best prices from which stores. IN JAPANESE but if you know Katakana should be ok

http://www.delabit.com/nekobaba/index.html - A wierd Japanese site with some funny pics.

IN JAPANESE has some Jap "babes" on it

http://www.japanhomesearch.com/TravelExper...ert/TE_main.asp - This page owns for travellers! Its a transport journey planer! Even tells you how much it costs and the time it takes. Make sure you spell the name of the city right, as you don't wanna end up at the other end of japan. PLUS ITS IN ENGLISH!

http://korya40.hp.infoseek.co.jp/top_english.htm - Guest houses in Japan, In the tokyo-ish region. Never stayed there myself so cant vouch for them, but may be handy if you wanna give them a go!?

Hi Rezz here is some more!

http://www.bestgate.net/ - A Japanese search engine for Electronics from Japanese stores. Lists the best prices from which stores. IN JAPANESE but if you know Katakana should be ok

http://www.delabit.com/nekobaba/index.html - A wierd Japanese site with some funny pics.

IN JAPANESE has some Jap "babes" on it

http://www.japanhomesearch.com/TravelExper...ert/TE_main.asp - This page owns for travellers! Its a transport journey planer! Even tells you how much it costs and the time it takes. Make sure you spell the name of the city right, as you don't wanna end up at the other end of japan. PLUS ITS IN ENGLISH!

http://korya40.hp.infoseek.co.jp/top_english.htm - Guest houses in Japan, In the tokyo-ish region. Never stayed there myself so cant vouch for them, but may be handy if you wanna give them a go!?

Legendary... added to the sticky "Links" thread. Cheers mate, much appreciated.
Hahaha! I forgot about that... if you'd replied to my PM I might've remembered! :D

ummm... looks like I've got a pile of unanswered pms! apologies to anyone who hasn't got a reply. I'm not rude... just looks like my pm notification option has mysteriously turned itself off :D

looks like you guys got all the best sites... f*ckedgainjin.com is next to worthless IMO. they have a hard time being helpful.
Yeah... those guys are *way* too smart... apparently...
looks like you guys got all the best sites... f*ckedgainjin.com is next to worthless IMO. they have a hard time being helpful.

There's worse out there. A lot of people have split personality disorder when it comes to living in japan (others actually do really hate it). My opinion is that the happiest people are (1) those who have a ultra-super-geek fascination for japan, (2) those who speak japanese well AND understand/accept the culture, (3) those who come with a partner and (4) those who find a steady one here.

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Heres the links ive found useful in Japan:

http://www.mapion.co.jp/ - a japanese address finder. Helps to navigate the weird addressing system they use here.

http://www.superautobacs.com/top/index.html - super autobacs store locations

http://www.upgarage.com/index.html - up garage store locations

http://www.kakaku.com/ - Japanese price guide site. Very accurate and matches street prices found in places like Akihabara.

http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/GA/ - Japanese tourism website in english. Official government one. Awesome info here.

http://www.japanrailpass.net/eng/en01.shtml - Official site for the JR pass.

http://grace.hyperdia.com/cgi-english/hyperd01.cgi - Japan Rail timetables and route planner. Very good way to plan trips around the country. All in english too.

As someone who can't read, write or speak Japanese, but has a distinct fondness for the country (having visited it a number of times), I really like the Japan forum: its nice just to keep in touch with what is going on. Most of all I really enjoy the conversations about living in Japan as an "outsider".

Anyway, my one useful link is the Bablefish (Japanese --> English) translator. Not only does it help me when I want to read Japanese sites, but its also a constant source of amusements (use it, and you will know why) :P

http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/tr

LW.

Just remember that Babelfish translates Japanese names (surnames in particular) literally... so you might get "Toshimasa little rice field riverside", or something like that... :P

Just remember that Babelfish translates Japanese names (surnames in particular) literally... so you might get "Toshimasa little rice field riverside", or something like that... :rofl:

Yes, hence my comment about it being a source of amusement ;) My personal favourite is how "Silvia" becomes "Sil beer" -- must be a fine brew :)

LW.

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