I doubt that there a few of us whose dying to be there and experience Japan, whether to vist or to reside. I admit I'm one of those anime fanatics who's got their attention and curiosity to experience the life and see what its like in that country after watching a lot of animes, reading mangas and the like.

So for those who have been there, please tell us, who have not been there and/or planning.

Share us what's it like there and other related details such as how did you get there. Why were you there? When was it? Are you going back there?

There are a lot of questions that I would love to ask but there are a lot of things out there. I don't specifically think I could just point out exactly.

I don't want to stick with those tour guides/tour spots and watch those features of WINS or the morning presentations of RPN (which I assume were about 2 or more yrs ago). I want to hear what's the reality there. What about the underdog stuff and the poverty. Not that I'm being negative here BUT I'd want to hear an objective reality experience from you good fellow Pinoy cosplayers.
News is still different though like those I see in Time, Asiaweek and the like.

There are a lot of things that I'd like to know and for those who are interested.

I would be very glad to hear from you any details as long as it the truth of the Japan experience.

Arigato guzaimasu!

I will be in Japan from March to June this year, so I'll make sure to share what it's like! :D

Dapat matuto muna ng Japanese kasi bihira nage-English dun. Yung ayoko lang sa Japan mahal ang bilihin.

i've been there twice... the place is ok, the people are friendly and nice. although very few only know how to speak english. i love the sushi and sake! :D you guys better try it if you get the chance to go to japan.

Love to go there in the near future.

sabi ng friend ko n Tga-japan na nand2

ma-ganda yun place
but
attitude problem among teenagers
pero maba2it yun mga elders dun

and maraming Sakura/ Cherry Blossoms

pero sasama aku sa bakasyon pa

sabi ng classmate ko...mabaho the sa osaka airport(pasencia na..)
pero maganda dahil yung airport ay napapaligiran ng water!!! meaning nasa island!!!

Some info about Japan:

*nakapunta nako pero stop over lang sa airport :(.... pero yung parents ko nakaputa na dyan coz they're engineers and cyempre basta engineers, sa japan ang tours mo palagi, kung sinuswerte ka hehe :D...sa ngeun yung dad ko ang mdlas na out of town at pumunta uli cyang japan last december..*

-sabi nya,,puros gulay ang inihahain sa hotel na tinutuluyan nila,,mapa-umaga hanggang dinner...kaya sabi ni dad panay na rin ang bili nila ng noodles! *chuckles!* sawa na daw sila sa damong ligaw *ligaw kasi ni nila kilala yung mga hinahanda sa kanila*

-malamig tlga donn!

-anggaganda ng mga puno don

-nung nakita ko yung picturs ng mga road infrastructures duon,,napa-Whoa! ako..grabe...kung mag-aairplane ka pag titingna mo sa ere,,,para kang naglalaro ng simulation game,,ang orderly nung mga buildings tska yung mga kotse tapos andaming billboards!

-yung airport nila, pagkakita ko sa presyo ng isang pack ng candy, 1000 en!!grabe kinompyut ko pa yun into php!

-angsarap ng feeling pag nakakarinig ka ng salitang nihonggo!..lalo na sa airport..me nakita pa akong angganda nya magsuot ng damit parang fashion icon nya yun

-maliwanag sa tokyo,dahil sa maraming ilaw don makulay pa hehhe

Gusto kong mag perform, utu uto mga audience dun e :D sensya na sa term pero sinasabi ko lang ang nakikita ko

I've been to Japan... Well sa airport, ahihihi. When I saw the workers at the airport, I felt like I was in an anime... Wala lang, ahahahaha. Oh and they had porn magazines like in front of the store instead of the back.

ahehe madali pla makakuha ng porno sa Japan lolx :lol:

Japan is full of pornographic materials...
even on posters...in terms of topix like that?
japan is DIRTY! ^_^

even little kids would read magz like what terensu mentioned...

but japan in terms of earthly cleanliness...:lol:
it's extremely clean! not only will u pay a LARGE SUM...
if u litter even an ash from ur cigar! (around 500pesos!)
AND! you go to jail...

and did u know that children in japan...kinder-garden...
are to take care of a fish for a certain amount of time...
then they are to release it at the river/lake?

That way....they would not litter on the waters of japan knowing their fish
lives there! And even if they grow older & know the truth...
they'd already be used to throwing garbage where it SHOULD go...^_^

*Stayed in japan for a few years as a kid*

Man Japan rocks... Maybe Philippines should implement something like that.

di pa ako nakakapunta sa japan pero isa lng alam ko.....
nagspaspam nanaman si tea

Spam... Hindi spam yan, its a comment on what Eiri of Neiri said! Ikaw ang nag iispam, BOOOOO Rofe!

I've been to japan several times.... In my dreams

^aq rin...

in TV nga lang...

well..... maganda dun. parang sa us 7:00 am malamig pa.... mga tao dun ndi tamad ang friendly din... malinis ang paligid and hi-tech na rin yung mga bagay dun.... like.... you can buy stuff by using cellphone... sa mga malls e pwede ka mag ask ng info sa robot. etc. sa airport palang... makikita mo maganda at hi-tech... lalo na pag nasa shibuya ka na o kaya sa ginza... dami resto, malls etc. change nila ay mga parts ng electronic device.... ginagawa nila yun for spare parts or pangawa ng robot for hobbie. they sell 2nd handed device for low price pero parang brand new... ang ndi ko makakalimuta na place dun ay ang bandai museum.... makikita mo yung mga gawa ng banda sa tv like gundam... ang huganteng ulo ni zaku nandun.... pero u need to pay 500 yen sa ibang section ng museum like sa super sentai... but it's well to see.... i can tell you it's better to live there kaysa sa US...

ive never been to japan.. well.. since my bestfriend is japanese... everytime he goes there and comes back lagi ako my kwento at paslaubong na onigiri :D

he told me na masarap mag food trip dun hehe


chaka my area don talaga for costrips EVERYDAY.. wala ng annannouncement

:)) kyut nga eh...

^
ah... yung Yoyogi Park at sa Shibuya?
haha... sobrang saya... gusto ko pumunta dun...
sa Kobe,Osaka kami nag-stay nung pumunta kami dun...
sobrang saya... umaga malamig hapon okay lang gabi sarap ng hangin... i love the fashions there so much... i dream to actually live there for 2 months or so... 3 weeks lang kasi ako dun eh T_T

i dont mind the sorroundings..ive been dispatched by MITHRIL there to protect THE WHISPERED..i like the noodles there..

I really appreciate each and everyone sharing your insights. Im sorry if I was able to reply only just now. Let's all admit it, we're all been touched by Japan through our hearts. For me, its too much to ask to live there. But whats wrong about dreaming to be in a place like that? Quite frankly Im thinking of wanting to experience what life is there too.

Well, lahat ito nagsimula sa pagaatach ko sa anime pero anime is just a snowball compared to facing the whole Japan thing.

Now kung madali lang makahanap ng trabaho dun e no? Hehe

so sa mga nakapunta doon. kumusta mga kapwa pinoys?

one thing that I realized with these people is that to be who I really am. But one thing that really touches me is how? how exactly?

By the way, comrades, I got this thing from Japan Embassy. I visited the library they got. the desk lady shared me this book called the JET journal 2005. 1 time I'll be sharing some journals written there. :D

stay tuned :D