/jp/ - Otaku Culture

[Anonymous No.]

Ok /jp/, i have a question : Do you really plan to go to Japan someday?

I was a total normalfag before here.
- Wanted to see a sakura tree on a high hill
- Wanted to see maidens in a cafe
- Wanted to see the true power of 2D

Now i know that you failed if you're a wapanese or american or black (my case) or french (?) or just a stranger (meaning that you'll actually failed no matter what you are )

Has Japan, waifus & 2D been trollin' us THAT bad?

Pic related : My view of Japan

[Anonymous No.]

Yes. I doubt i will ever get there though, but i like to think that one day i will be scavenging the Tokyo subway tunnels.

Im a train nerd to the fullest, im not even that interested in Japanese culture or the country itself.

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>>4088090
Actually i am very interested about their culture, past and things like that.
But i wonder if the best Japan is actually the one they're drawing more than anything else.

[Anonymous No.]

Used to live there for a couple years, moved back last year to go back to school.

Am staying in Osaka for a week later this month to visit some friends.

Feels good man.

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>>4088120
And? At least give us some hints instead of trolling us.
Is this like america with more fags or is this like the way we're imaginating it.

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I've heard it's rather like 'England but Asian'. Having grown up in England I know that's something to avoid, if it's true. I guess I might go at some point but really I'm only in /jp/ for /jp/ related topics, not Japan itself.

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>>4088155
It's hard to convey really. Everybody has different experiences.

Me personally, I loved every second of living there and want to move back after school. Loved the food, loved the culture, had a lot of great friends.

Hanami season is the best when all the sakura trees bloom, it really is amazing.

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maiden =/= maid

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>>4088193
Maids sorry.
But i've heard again that you won't find a lot of them there actually, only in u-know-what-building.
That's pretty sad.

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>>4088213
Such buildings are generally off-limits to baka gaijin, it's worth noting.

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>>4088213
Maids like maid cafes?

Depends on where you live really. Tons in Akiba, Den-Den Town.

They had just opened up two of them where I lived in Hiroshima right before I left.

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>>4088171

I've always thought that the Japanese sound a lot like the English as well: quiet, reserved, emotionally repressed socially awkward tea-drinkers who get ridiculously drunk and secretly have lots of weird fetishes.

Maybe it's something to do with island nations that have military histories...

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>>4088055
I live in Japan. I live near Hachinohe which means I don't get to make it down to Tokyo very much.

Not a bad country.
But not the best either.
Especially considering that I have to drive through mountains on occasion.

So no not trolling, just a bunch of anons having unrealistic expectations.

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Been there twice, going back (fingers crossed) in 8 months for year long Erasmus.

Had a great time, loved the food and the massive cities. Its nothing like anime, by virtue of the fact its real life.

Surprisingly clean though, compared to my home.

[Anonymous No.]

Cherry blossoms are overrated, and you can see plenty of them without going to Japan. My street is lined with them. In the spring, there are flower petals everywhere, and it's just an inconvenience cleaning them off my car.

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Japan is not a magical place and whatever luster it had is fading fast.
#1. its getting dirty like china
#2. girls are getting fat. yes, america-level fat.
#3. homeless & out of work salarymen will get down on their hands & knees and beg for 500.

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>>4088282
I'd say almond > plum > peach > cherry when it comes to nice-looking tree blossoms. But fuck trees, maypops and the titan arum have the coolest blossoms of them all.

Cherry > plum > peach > almond when it comes to fruits/nuts, though!

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>>4088289
OP here. I wasn't that optimistic.
Just wonder if you could at least see what i've said in my first post.

>>4088223
Are you talking about "normal" cafe with maids?
I supposed they're few but though, forbidden to strangers? That's a bit extrem.

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>>4088250
You know, now that you mention it...

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>>4088307
since the economy has tanked, very little is off limits to foreigners. even the special massage/bathing places are now open.

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>>4088307
Not strangers. Just white and black people.

Although I imagine they'd be able to pick you out as Asian-American too.

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Yep, for the beginning, it used to be kinda "magical place" for me too, but as the time went by, its shiny image had lost its magic and got some stain. Nevertheless, the real image of Japan is still inviting for me, so no matter how unmagical I see it now, I still want to go there so badly. And yeah i'm working on it.

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I wanna go to Comiket!!!!!!!!!

anyone agree?

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I've stayed in Japan and I enjoyed it. But I was never under the impression that Japan only equals Akihabara and Otome Road.

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>>4088353
Releasing a bunch of Asian giant hornets during a Comiket is the goal of my life.

Much better than school shootings and the like.

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>>4088353
it'll be really boring if you don't understand kanji.

[Anonymous No.]

I've been to Japan 3 times (Kansai and Kanto regions). Shit is so awesome.

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Only because my roommate asked me if I wanted to go. Guess it'll be good to see some sights, and it gives me more incentive to practice my moon daily.

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yeah, ever since they removed the public trash cans it's turned into a real dump. I was going to take pics, but my japanese friends made faces when i started focusing on a pile of trash in the middle of shinjuku. they also made faces when i was going to take pics of graffiti in ueno.

[Anonymous No.]

-I want to see Sanrio land
-I want to regularly hang out at Daikoku parking

I personally would want to visit for a month or so. I wouldn't want to live the rest of my life there.

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>>4088400
Yeah I was surprised at lack of trashcans. Most people usually ate in front of conbini or machine. Otherwise they'd carry their trash home.

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>>4088400
lawl. i can imagine that haha

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>>4088400
>>4088415
Removed public can trash? Why is that, sure is a stupid thing to do.

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>>4088400
If you give in to their faces, they'll only continue to manipulate you with them. Break the cycle! Don't give in to peer pressure! Just say no!

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>>4088334
You can think of Japan as your regular theme park; it gets ugly after closing time.

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>>4088433
TERRORISTS!

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>>4088448
But then, wouldn't they just remove them from train stations and stuff?

[Anonymous No.]

You will probably have more fun at a small scale cosplay/doujin event at Big Sight rather than going straight to the ordeal of Comiket.

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i wish i had taken a pic of the herd of squatting ko-gals smoking next to the vending machines...

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Funny, I was impressed by how clean everything was. But then again I come from London.

[Anonymous No.]

I plan on going there and having fuck-amazing adventures.

1. Going to woo a Miko.
2. Going to treasure hunt in Aokigahara.
3. Going to dive the supposed underwater city of Yonaguni, also looking for treasure.
4. Going to see if I can survive on a section of uninhabited coast-line for a few weeks.
5. Climb those mountains.
6. Hunt out one of the few remaining traditional tattooists and get a tattoo from one.

My life will be awesome. I demand it.

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>>4088496
I'm going to ride a unicorn to the end of a rainbow and fuck a dragon.

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>>4088520
is that the new slang for going to a gay bar & having sex with an asian?

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>>4088520
Silly, that's not possible.

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>>4088496
> woo a Miko.
fuck off she's mine

I live in Japan but I still haven't met a miko outside a shrine (where it would be awkward to woo her).

Either I go to the shrine when there's almost nobody and strike up a conversation (but I don't see that many miko outside festivals), or I try to go by the friend of a friend of a friend route. Dilemma...

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>>4088520
I already know a guy who (almost) got a tattoo from a traditional tattooist, but the guy was so old he got sick the day before he was supposed to give it to him and then died some months later.

He's still hunting out one of those tattooists. If he finds one, he's going to give me a call.

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>>4088567
Silly boy. You don't even have wooin' strategies?
Hah. I have my plan all set up.

I'm going to join a global studies course and write my senior thesis on the interaction between modernity and tradition in Japan - a nice excuse to visit a shrine and chat up any Miko that catches my fancy under the guise of "interviewing" them for my final paper.

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>>4088593
Certainly a more sound plan than mine. Mine involved becoming a Shinto deity and marrying an itako that way.

[Anonymous No.]

>white people think they can get with Japanese virgins

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>>4088644
But I've been practising my charms!

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>>4088644
>japanese virgins

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>>4088662

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>>4088644
>Japanese virgins

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>>4088644
>virgins
>that aren't us

[Anonymous No.]

>>4088671
No?

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>>4088699
Flan get back in the basement

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>>4088699

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>>4088671
Aww, c'mawwn.

Are you really saying I wasted my time in researching Miko and compiling images of them in my "Destiny" folder?

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>>4088722
>no white people on the pic
>no black people on the pic
>not even blue people on the pic
you shouldn't try anything else than your waifu

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>>4088730
I'll show you, /jp/. I'll show you all...

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>>4088496
>>4088644
>>4088671
>>4088730
funny nobody took issue with this guys idea of robbing corpses, diving underwater cities and surviving in the japanese wilderness but the idea of getting laid was way too far-fetched for /jp/...

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>>4088752
thatsthejoke.jpg

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>>4088752
It's because that's the first thing on the list.

Next up is Aokigahara survival kit optimization. Stakes for vampires, an axe is good for zombies, chalk for binding demons and ghosts, elder signs for Lovecraftian horrors.

No one knows if all those suicides aren't caused by a supernatural beacon luring people there. Some even call this mysterious force the Witch of the Forest.

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>>4088782
Look for signs of cracks in the Border, then post location in /jp/.

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>>4088752
Wooing is very different from "getting laid".

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>>4088752

[Anonymous No.]

i'd love to pop some miko cherry, of course given that now it seems that school girls looking for pocket change have taken this role it seems likely that they may not really be virgins ;_;

[Anonymous No.]

>>4089179
So sad.

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>>4089204

eat shit asswipe

[Anonymous No.]

I would like to visit the islands in the south.

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>>4089237

I will because I am fly.

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>>4088722
>>4088742
>>4088873
Keep posting that "destiny" folder good sir

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>>4089363
Okay. More Miko.

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>>4089480

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>>4089490

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>>4089509

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>>4089561

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>>4089606

[Anonymous No.]

I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to go to Japan for a bit, but I don't think I'd want to live there permanently.

I've had my eye on Sweden, but I recently learned they're trying to pass some incredibly invasive telecommunications interception law, so now I'm thinking Norway or Finland.

[Anonymous No.]

That is a shame, Sweden is a great place to visit. Especially Stockholm.

Oh, the food (above all the bacon) there is unforgettable, at least in my experience.