Winston's Parents' Trip Report from Japan

gsjackson · Post by **gsjackson** » June 1st, 2014, 6:38 am

I don't know much about it, but my understanding is that the Japanese military in the '30s cultivated a culture of blood-thirsty ruthlessness. I had not thought this necessarily extended to Japanese civilian culture.

Yohan · Post by **Yohan** » June 1st, 2014, 7:15 am

In general Japan is a nice place for living, I am living here since 1976, originally from Europe. No intention to go back to my native country.

Luc Furr · Post by **Luc Furr** » June 1st, 2014, 8:28 am

A tourist never gets to know the real Japan. It is completely different from how it appears but really that is true of all countries, isn't it. I guess we could say the same about people.

Jester · Post by **Jester** » June 1st, 2014, 9:37 pm

Yohan wrote:In general Japan is a nice place for living, I am living here since 1976, originally from Europe. No intention to go back to my native country.

Are you or have you been married to a Japanese lady?

Do you socialize with Japanese folks while speaking Japanese?

Or more with mixed couples, expats, etc?

Yohan · Post by **Yohan** » June 3rd, 2014, 7:23 am

Jester wrote: Are you or have you been married to a Japanese lady?

Do you socialize with Japanese folks while speaking Japanese?

Or more with mixed couples, expats, etc?

I am married to a Japanese woman since 1976 and we have 2 daughters, and I was living before together with a Malaysian Chinese girl for a few years around 1972.

Yes, I speak and read Japanese fluently, but I am a white man from Europe, not of mixed race.

I am quite busy, not retired yet, time is always a problem. Yes, I have some contacts, not so much however, with Japanese people, and also with some other expats, mixed couples, this is mostly related to my job and people I know from my workplace and hobbies like radioamateur (mostly technicians from USA) - but most contacts I have with Philippine people, as I support my Filipina fosterdaughter since over 10 years.