/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>17434024
Anyone know what those wooden structures in the water are?
I'm guessing they're something to do with fishing or perhaps sea salt collection

SOMEBODY LINK THE OLD THREAD TOO

>>17434064

>>17215207

>>17434043
I live in a port town and they look like floating wharves. Stages used for drying or curing fish are typically on land since you need easy access to the split fish in case it rains

>>17434043

Ouster farms.

That looks like Hiroshima actually.

I have a very similar picture if that somewhere.

These threads are my favorite on the entire website. You guys are fucking awesome.

You know that annoying loud bug that you can hear in every anime during the summer?

I saw one. Fucker is loud as hell.

They pretty much have a chirp orgy every morning and afternoon.

>>17434005
Here are a few pics I took for cell phone wallpapers

>>17435453
You don't have cicadas in your country?

青森ねぶた祭り

>>17435771

Any picture of Japanese slums? I imagine they're decent looking compared to the majority of the world.

>>17435950
here's a dirty building, but I don't think I've really ever seen a "slum." as far as I could tell, poor people just live in kinda gross apartments

>>17435969
I thought so. I've never seen anything as much that resembles a shanty town made up of corrugated metals and garbage. Definitely a Japanese exclusive.

>>17435453
Congratulations, you discovered cicadas.

>>17436137
why are you such a cunt

>>17435749

No we don't actually. Similar bugs, but different.

>>17436137

I've seen dead ones around and been deafened by their crys in the mornings and afternoons, but first I've seen a living one someplace photogenic.

>>17436148
Because he makes it sound special, when it's not.

>>17434702
It is Hiroshima, in the waters around Miyajima

Any of the ALT dudes from last thread here? I'd like to learn more about your experiences. I myself want to do JET after college for a few years for a few reasons:
>practice the language
>be able to live independently for the first (real) time
>gain the experience of working in Japan
>take a few years off of school in order to sort out my long-term plans (thinking about grad or law school as well)

I'm currently majoring in Japanese and philosophy so it's not like my prospects for employment after college are stellar anyways. Do you guys have any thoughts? Sorry for the off-topic post, but the posts in these threads are often very informative and have a lot of good experiences to share.

Posting some pics I've saved from past threads.

>>17440364
No idea, but I will do the same as well soon.
Basically I didn't plan for anything apart from saving around 15-20000 euro and then going to japan.
My reasons are the same as yours basically, except that I have potential job prospects.
As for teaching in Japan, I will have to think about it, since hopefully I won't have to do it, but still it could be a fun experience.

>>17440364
Your reasoning is fairly fine, the experience can vary greatly depending on where you get situated and what your school is like.

This is just conjecture, but I think that if you get put into a major city, like Tokyo or Osaka, the Japanese English teachers are more likely to be stricter on how you pronounce and have an headstrong approach, which can be hell for some ALTs.

Also, the first year is the easiest in terms of bills and living expenses, things like health insurance and taxes increase in the second year because you have an income history by that time. So keep that in mind if you do come over.

>>17440560
Thanks for the tips. I imagine I won't be put into a major city only because everyone else already wants those positions (although I'm not quite sure how the selection process works). I'm fine being placed in the boonies regardless.

Yeah, I haven't thought much about expenses though. I'm still two years off of even graduating, so this is still a long way away.

>>17440399
>Basically I didn't plan for anything apart from saving around 15-20000 euro and then going to japan.
Smart. As a poor college student I know for a fact I won't have nearly that much saved before I go. What are some of your job prospects?

Dumping a few more pictures.

>>17438040

Yep it is Oyster farms. Here is one of my shots.

>>17440364

I am not sold as ALT as a way into Japan. I know quite a few people who have done so and came out okay, but I know many more who have gone through hell and returned to America knowing less Japanese then when they started. It is highly dependent upon where you get sent, and you have little to no say into where that is.

I went to Japan for an intensive language program. In one year I went from barely knowing hiragana and katakana to passing N2. They also gave me a recommendation to a masters program at a good University.

As for your goals:
>practice the language

Depends on where you go. Your job will be done mostly or entirely in English, so that wont help. Social life could be English too depending on your situation.

>be able to live independently for the first (real) time

Good point, but you can do that at grad school too.

>gain the experience of working in Japan

It isn't like really working in Japan. ALT teaching is a joke, you are little more than a CD. You'd get more experience of the Japanese working culture taking a part time job at McDonalds.

>take a few years off of school in order to sort out my long-term plans (thinking about grad or law school as well)

One thing to keep in mind is that it is quite hard to go back to school after you quit. Spend a year or two doing ALT and you wont wanna go back.

I wouldn't rush into Japan unless you have a good plan desu. Unless you really don't care what happens career wise (ie, you're a girl planning on getting married fast).

Otherwise get a job that is marketable in Japan, but in your home country (preferably where you work with Japanese people) and brush up on your Japanese (hard, like n2 minimum), then apply for a real job in Japan through a job agency. (Tons that deal with placing gaijin)

I had interviews with unilever, cartier, hotels, consulting firms, etc...and eventually landed a decent job that actually pays me like a college graduate and not a tape recorder.

You can actually do this without learning Japanese as well, but you better have amazing qualifications or something, or be willing to settle for low wages.

>>17440772
I am a poor college Student too, but I'll graduate with a CS degree soon, and then will work for half a year to save money.
I haven't looked into specific jobs, but there are enough for CS grads where I live, and since I can live with my parents meanwhile I can save quite a bit.

>>17441173
What did you end up doing, and how hard was it to get?

I'm currently working on a BA and I'm too old for the JET program anyways, so what you've suggested is more long the lines of what I'd probably have to do.

>>17441919
>>What did you end up doing, and how hard was it to get?
I have a business degree, so it's in that realm. (Numbers type, like accounting/finance)

I got my N1 while I was in college, got a job where most of my coworkers were Japanese, and most of our clients were also Japanese straight out of college, and was exactly what my degree was for. So I got relevant experience + business language experience.(You can get these jobs if you search on Japanese language job sites for America/Euro/etc...just make sure you're able to put N1 or N2 on your resume. This will impress recruiters, though actual companies will not really know what they are usually) After 1-2 years, I started looking for jobs in Japan online and I got tons of interviews through skype and eventually got the job. Interviewing at 10 PM is kind of a bitch, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

>>17442391
Oh, also. You might want to google "Boston Career Forum" or the nearest career forum to you.

>>17442391
>>17442412
That's cool, I'm actually pretty close to Boston. Thanks for the info, man.

As for me. I got N1 (near full points), finished my Master's, applied for a research scholarship at the Japanese university of my choice and got a provisional promise of acceptance. Now I only need an okay for MEXT.

After the reseach period I'd like to proceed to a PhD course.

>>17443106
>As for me
誰も聞いてないんだがw

>>17441173
>you're a girl planning on getting married fast
But I'm a boy planning to get married fast

>>17435749
>>17435749
The cicadas in my country are slightly different, with a thinner body.
>>17435453
What sound do they make? Is the intermittent "bzz bzz bzz" sound just a convention (as opposed to a continuous "bzzzz")?

>>17443710
they sound exactly like what you hear in anime

>>17440367
My.
Fetish.
Nghh

>>17440776
Gorgeous

>>17435749
Different guy here, but I'm from Los Angeles and had almost never heard a cicada until I came to Japan. They exist in other parts of the US but they're pretty much unheard of in Southern California. I think maybe they like humid places.

>>17436686
Where is this, it's so wonderfully 1960s

>>17452421
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

>>17451887
LA here too, yeah never heard of them outside of anime.

>>17436137
kikaider?

View from underneath bridge in Nagoya end route to Sendai on Taiheiyo ferry.

Brazilian samba festival in Nagoya.

Jubilo Iwata at Vegalta Sendai.

Monkey rock on Iki island.

Nakanochaya park looking out towards Ontake/Sakurajima (Kyushu)

Cemetery at Onomichi (Chugoku)

>>17454691
VICTORIES ARE JUST ALL!!

>>17440364

Just stumbled onto this thread and saw this. If you are thinking about long term living in Japan (and actually having a career) if you get to at least business level Japanese and go to law school, you would probably be able to find a job at one of the Japanese or foreign firms in Tokyo. Generally Japanese bengoshi are pretty bad at Japanese, and given the shrinking Japanese economy, businesses are looking to expand outside of Japan, which means they need bilingual English/Japanese attorneys.

>>17440364
>>17459818

Sorry typo, I meant Japanese bengoshi are pretty bad at English.

Some OC from today

>>17435753
>>17435745
>>17435736
nice

>>17434043
I'm from Rias Baixas and they look like a batea, which is a vessel in the form of a trough, used in ports and arsenals, or a wooden platform that is placed in the sea for the breeding or cultivation of mussels and other molluscs.

Btw, batea is the galician name of that structure.

Entrance to a museum. Yes, it's open.

One of these isn't like the others.

>>17459818
>>17459821
I wasn't actually expecting a long-term life/career in Japan because I felt that there wouldn't actually be any opportunities post-grad school/law school. I wasn't expecting anything besides JET, really. I knew that I could always job search after the ALT stint, but I'm not sure how well that'd go for someone with only a BA in Japanese + philosophy.

A bilingual attorney working in Japan sounds nice (not that being an attorney is nice - it sounds like hell anywhere you go) and I'll keep this in mind. Thanks anon.


Dumping some more pics to make up for my blogging.

One of my favorites that I've saved.

>>17443710
>What sound do they make?
Depends on the variety of cicada. These are the most common ones found in Japan.

https://youtu.be/HPrffFrLFik
https://youtu.be/7orelAc-0Bg

>>17445231
Bridges? That specific one is at Tsunoshima.

>>17460431
whaat, that's a real place? I've seen it in 三ツ星カラーズ but it never occurred to me that it might be based on a real location.

>>17460827
No problem. It's true that it"s difficult to get a real career in Japan, but I'm working at a Japanese company now with somewhat decent career prospects and I can barely speak any Japanese (lol). So, it's possible, you just have to work hard and be a bit lucky. がんばってね！

>>17466495
>>17460827


NTT hires something like 40 foreigners a year.

Most of them can't speak Japanese too.

>>17460837

What was this taken with? It is painfully soft.

>>17465644
Just south of Ueno station in Tokyo.

>>17466509
It's probably soft on account of the rain and not the lens itself.

>>17465443
More than bridges photos of roads or cities at night. If you have more please post 'em dood. Btw the photo looks fucking neato.

>>17435969
>>17435950

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Moiq6Wrpd8

Skip to 8:50 if you don't feel like watching it all

>>17441063
>went to Japan for an intensive language program

what school?

>>17466504
what's NTT?

>>17454684
I'm guessing thats Osu? You live in Nagoya or just visited?

>>17454673
Nice, I've taken the exact same ferry lol

>>17460366
What is this? It reminds me of election posters, but I don't see any party insignia on them

What do you guys listen while browsing this thread?

>tfw I wanna listen to album related while wandering aimlessly through Japanese suburban areas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZJrC8X91io

>>17474343

Doshisha Bekka Program.

It has since been closed due to some politics mess.

>>17474354
A telephone and communications company.

>>17474937
That's what they are.

>>17474949
Anything from the 80's, really. Ozaki Yutaka, Yamashita Tatsuro, Haruomi Hosono, etc.

>>17443598
Is that from Mt Misen? Really nice picture. I was there in late April, and got to see a DDH sailing into Kure.

>>17475575
Yeah, or maybe Soutaisei Riron.

Was in Akiba on Sunday.

They closed the roads to all traffic because it was crowded as fuck and some foreign bitch came riding her bike through all the people. A warden spotted her, blew his whistle and moved in front of her with an arm waved out and she just fucking biked around him, didn't even turn her head at all.

>>17482716
They do that every Sunday, Anon.

>>17485135
Pretty sure a few years ago they only closed the section outside the southern Electric Town exit from the station.

Anyway, fuck Love Livers.

>>17485135
is that Kyoto

>>17435777
Ah.

>visit the hachiman shrine in kamakura
>this is one of the stalls there
I died a little inside.

>>17474949
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDfr8p0mPJU
>tfw i just wanna sit next to a vending machine at night chilling

>>17486348
Beautiful. It's almost a bit cliché, but I like the different layers there. High technology, modern housing, traditional temple, mountains and nature off in the distance. Japan in a Nutshell, if you will.

Also, is that the Nintendo headquarters I see there?

>>17486234
This is Narai-Juku, in Nagano prefecture.

All the pictures I took this year is hovering around 4MB and the good ones I want to upload are barely over.

This thread is godlike.

>>17460182
I went here during hatsumode and it was terrible. I couldn't get a picture of this or the shrine stuff inside because there was so many people covering it.

>>17475964
Miyajima was the most beautiful place I'll probably ever see

Mt. Misen was really something, and the hike over to the less traveled Komagabayashi peak was definitely worth it.

>>17489321
I envy you

>>17488145

Yea, it is far from an original shot.

It was from the roof/patio thingie of the Kyoto train museum.

I'd like to go back and time it better, but I only noticed the train at the last second and shot off the hip. Is actually a crop since my original image was too wide.

http://tokyostreet.photo/archive

>>17434005
home sweet home

>>17493277
Don't you mean "dome sweet dome"

I liked these threads better when people solely posted photos. Now it's full of ALT faggots shitting up half of the thread with their life story.

>>17500346
Why don't you cry some more about how threads don't cater to you personally

>>17499611
I see you visited Toyosato ES.

https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikishootme/

it needs patience; if it's too slow:
-try a different browser
-search for a specific location
-zoom in/out with + -
-use arrows instead of the mouse

it's useful to find the isolated interesting spot (also: boycott google)

>>17502173
Not my photo unfortunately.
One day

Had no plans today so I headed over to Shinjuku for a walk.

>>17502961

similar service:

http://tools.wmflabs.org/wiwosm/osm-on-ol/kml-on-ol.php?lang=en&lat=35.0097&lon=135.77704&zoom=14

the markers link wiki articles containing coordinates
if you change the language you'll go to the wiki in that language
you can set up the thumbnails view if you want (they'll cover the other markers)

also useful to find odd places (shipwrecks, battlegrounds, disasters, etc.)

>>17509877
Beautiful. I took a similar train along the Nichinan coastline in Miyazaki.

>>17460294
seta bridge?

>>17503847
The fox symbolises successful business iirc

I want to go back here already

>>17516160
Shimanami Kaido

>>17516161
80+km (not including side trips)

>>17516160
>>17516161
>>17516169
i hope you fished

>>17516171
80km+ is nothing (i do long rides and mountain trails) since the climbs are very gradual and dedicated paths and bridges for bicycles.

i would have rented the roadie but i want to ride comfy for this route since the view is gorgeous and stop to take pics once in a while (a lot), pictures don't do justice.

>>17516181
go fishing m8.
it's way comfier than a bike ride and you can honestly do both.

>>17516187
i like that too, but i usually prefer moving though indeed i encountered many folks fisihing along the route

>>17515953

Most of the Torii are sponsered by businesses.

>>17516181
you must be very happy

>>17522255

>>17522269
>1000x667

>>17522329

Woops, forgot to change from /p/ upload settings.

Want the full?

>>17522333
>>17522329

Here.

>>17522269
I had already fixed it. Here's the original.

>>17454684
Thick.

Dying is not allowed.

great thread

Spooky

>>17535253
This looks stunning! Where is this?

>>17538058
Just a back road in rural Oita.

>>17538058
Written like that those words on the wood almost look like some deep proverb but it's actualy just a menu for ice cream and cake and the like

>>17529056
Hiroshima?

So I saw a roll of Lomochrome Purple at the local camera shop and decided to give it a shot.

Shot at iso 200. Pretty neat, but I don't think I will bother with another roll anytime soon.

>>17549217

>>17549223

Thats it.

>>17548559
Enoshima.

>>17549217
Trippy

search aoike or 青池 plz

>>17516161
>>17516181
>Shimanami Kaido
My nigga. I can't wait to do it again, it's still my favourite experience after many trips to Japan.

Did you go Imabari to Onomichi or the other way round? All in one day?

kagoshima

I'm gonna take about a week to travel everywhere non-tokyo/non-kyoto/saka near in about 3 weeks.

Any scenic places you guys recommend? I'm thinking about shirakawa for a start. Also >>17516181 looks pretty damn comfy too.

>>17557276

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Views_of_Japan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Places_of_Scenic_Beauty

>>17557276
Everywhere outside of big cities is top comfy desu

>>17557276
Onomichi. I fucking love Onomichi. The area around the station is just a labyrinth of cool neighborhoods with random art stuff strewn about. There aren't even roads in that specific area, it's just pathways weaving between houses with stairs everywhere.

>>17557276
Onomichi. I fucking love Onomichi. The area around the station is just a labyrinth of cool neighborhoods with random art stuff strewn about. There aren't even roads in that specific area; it's just pathways weaving between houses with stairs everywhere.

>>17566513
I could sit in some comfy back alley like this and just take in the atmosphere for hours

Anyone been to doyagai, Airin area, Osaka?

or any other buraku areas or zainichi areas?

>>17566513
I'm gonna combine this with the Shimanami Kaido. Thanks for everyone that contributed to this thread, I always find something to my to-do list after these.

https://iesuuyr.tumblr.com/

>>17573074
What is this guy doing? Is this a common occurrence?

Coordinate-Anon, I want to know more about you. How do you have time to do so much travelling? How can you afford it?

>>17573635
It's the standard salaryman when he's not working, I guess.

>>17573635
He's sleeping.
Possibly boozed.

Do you have some Akiba pics, anons?

>>17573635
Public drunkenness....
Not that unusual and usually are not bothered by police, especially if a location like that where it won't bother people walking.

>>17435453
Are Cicada's only in Japan?
I'm just curious cuz I've seen some American little girl got surprised when she saw a cicada for the first time, aren't they in the USA?

>>17579648
>Are Cicada's only in Japan?
No.

However, cicadas the size they are in Japan might not be common in America.
The body of that cicada is generally about the size of your thumb.

>>17578033

Here you go, an akiba pic.

>>17573097
Where is this?

>>17579648
>aren't they in the USA?
Not all parts of it. America's a big place with varied wildlife. Heck, I met a girl from Washington state who had never seen a lightning bug before.

>>17575105
>>17575108
>>17575111
>no Kukuri to serve me
why live lads

>>17435950
>slums

do you know if those who live in "slums" have to clean the piece of street in front of their place, like everywhere else?

good threads never die
or
bump

>>17579648
They're in Vegas
And are really annoying just like my Japanese anime

>>17482716
I wasn't in Tokyo long but it's so cool to see a picture on the internet and know exactly where that spot is.

What is it with Japan that attracts so many foreigners to want to move there?

I've just started living in Kyoto and there's so many westerners looking for an apartment around here.

>>17589768
Kansai regions are more popular than Tokyo, that's why.
Also let's not forget about those "Doyagai" areas, where are regions with a distinct culture, an area of crowded, cheap rooming houses where day laborers live, very ghetto tho. A home of Ashita no Joe, Stars of the Giants, and Tiger Mask.
Thoae areas are very popular among foreigners.

>>17589768
I dunno why weeaboo EOPs like you flock to Japan. Maybe because they're weeaboos?

>>17589768
It's nice there and most western countries suck assholes in comparison.

>>17589768

There quite a few universities in Kyoto that have an extremely large foreign exchange program.

Doshisha alone has something like 1,400 students.

>>17589795
looks better than 50% of Germany
70% of USA
99% of Brazil

>>17474949
2814 atarashii hi no tanjou.

>>17435453
How can you be weeby enough to use these kinds of threads on this kind of board but not be weeby enough to know what a cicada is

>>17436715
Cute

These threads are incredible, props to everyone who contributes, this shit's better than porn

>>17566513
>>17571554
Confirming Onomichi is amazing, I could spend a whole day wandering and getting lost in the staircases and passages on that hill and not get bored.

>>17579648
>>17579681
>The body of that cicada is generally about the size of your thumb.
Yes, those fuckers are scary huge.

>>17594332

>>17594333

>>17594337

A shrine in front of Oomori station

>>17579648
pretty common in Brazil. Baffles me every time someone refers to them as "anime bug"

taken with a phone, not very good quality

>>17598218
>anime bug

Not much of a photog but I have some okay shots

>>17573036
>>17573100
It must be so nice to be a cat in Japan. They always look so chill.

New thread:
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>>17605044
>>17605044