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  1. Sweetpotato

    Shonen (movie)

    Interesting read and an interesting movie: http://www.japansubculture.com/shonen-how-a-young-japanese-gigolo-learns-to-love-life-via-hard-work-film-review/ Strangely it made me think of all the sex I'm not having, and that put me in a sad mood :unsure:
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    Buying a house in Tokyo - how much can you borrow?

    Thinking of finally moving from rental to actually buy a house, but I'm a bit lost as to what a reasonably budget would be. Thought to see if anyone here has any good advise? Those of you who's already done this, did you get any good guidelines from the bank/agent? Annual salary multiplied by X...
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    Customs inspection at airports

    Kind of a random question, but has anyone ever got their bags searched by customs at Narita/Haneda/<japanese airport>? After 10 years with maybe 5-10 entries per year, I've yet to have anyone ask me to open my bag. Even those times when it looks like they are searching through almost everyone...
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    New member!

    Hi everyone, this feels kind of silly but why not? I haven't been lurking too much before registering, but done a fair bit of "research" at this point. Not quite sure what I want to get out of this yet to be honest, still thinking if this is something I want to pursue or not. Like many here (I...