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  1. fireman

    Best Burger chain in Japan?

    Shake Shack blows. The burgers are soggy slabs of mush and the fries might as well be made of cardboard. Maybe the shakes are good but I am not into consuming tons of sugar these days.
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    Best Burger chain in Japan?

    I really enjoyed Wendy's back when they re-launched and started opening combined locations with First Kitchen. The fries with custom seasonings and dips were amazing. However, they seem to have dealt with inflation by seriously downsizing their product and now everything on the menu is a...
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    Trans-friendly Onsen / Sento

    I think the issue with indoor places, for trans people, is that they have sex-segregated changing and washing areas. If the rest of you doesn't match your genitalia, you may run into problems there. There are a bunch of onsen in the deep countryside that are basically just outdoor ponds in the...
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    Trans-friendly Onsen / Sento

    One of my Japanese professors in college in the US (a blonde woman) had a story about going to a konyoku onsen in Tohoku -- she disrobed, entered the bath area, and immediately some fucking oyajis gasped and pointed at her, and she nope'd right out. I've heard that others are so dark and steamy...
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    Gyms in Tokyo

    Any Joyfit24 users here? I have been wondering how they compare to Anytime...
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    The future for Japan

    If you're talking about the dating market on the East Coast -- it's horrible for guys who are not physically stacked and/or financially loaded. It's true that there are some good-looking women, but there are also far more wealthy men, and far more men who are muscular/in shape and not social...
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    The future for Japan

    Well... depends, I guess. You can make $100k in the US, but you'll pay $2k a month in rent and $500 to have sex with a fat woman. Or you can make Y5,000,000 in Japan, pay Y100,000 a month in rent, and pay Y30,000 to have sex with a tight college student. And the food is much better and you are...
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    The future for Japan

    And provided they are willing to give up their other passports, which is the biggest reason why many people opt for PR instead.
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    The future for Japan

    Actually I believe you can get Japanese citizenship without PR or a spouse, you just need to have lived in Japan legally for the required number of years. In some respects the standards are actually lower than for PR. The main caveat is that you are not allowed to keep your previous citizenship...
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    The future for Japan

    Every country outside of Africa is facing or about to face a population decline, so immigration isn't going to save Japan unless they want to bring in a ton of Nigerian refugees. The population here is also not going to replenish itself. So we'd better get used to old people and robots.
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    I'm about to get fired

    I'd see what they are offering and then decide whether to involve a lawyer. Seems like 6-12 months' pay is typical in employee buy outs here, but sometimes people can get much more than that. All depends on circumstances
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    Better Currency Exchange!

    Daikokuya's rates are posted online. Some of their cash rates are indeed better than Narita. Not all though. That said, if you don't have a Japanese bank account, you will get the best exchange rate by using USD traveler's checks (assuming you can get them cheaply overseas) and exchanging them...