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| SteamrolledGobias
Offer Upgrade  User ID: 46787476  United States12/17/2013 09:26 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| SteamrolledGobias
(OP) User ID: 46787476 United States12/17/2013 10:14 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thread: They are going to close my town There are only 12 households left. This is a rural mountain village. Most of the peole here are very old. In fact, I'm the youngest left here. Its kind of sad but inevitable. They are consolidating these small communities to bigger places. You can stay if you want but there will be no more electricity, water, road care, etc. People get a little money to move, so I accepted. Quoting: Shinto TraineeSlowly the plants will be reclaim the site. It will be covered in green slowly, an abandoned and forgotten town. Most of the buildings are made poorly and will collapse in a few years. It is a sad and beautiful thing to think about. |
| Michael User ID: 15473500 United States12/17/2013 11:01 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I TOTALLY agree !!! PLEASE contribute if you are from Japan. Dont werry bout yor speling....use this as a chance to improve it, but PLEASE share with us. I would like to know just how Fukushima is affecting your people and your island. I would LOVE to hear about your culture, ideas, etc. |
| SteamrolledGobias
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| reader9
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 22207590 United States12/17/2013 11:13 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| SteamrolledGobias
(OP) User ID: 46787476 United States12/17/2013 11:15 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 39554676  Netherlands12/17/2013 11:23 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Japan is awesome. Japanese people are so creative anime/manga/art/games/martial arts etc. I also think they have the best fighters out of Asia. I love their culture as well so respectful no drama queens who cry about all the bad things they experienced. I hope everything will settle out in Japan after all those things that happened. |
| Michael User ID: 15473500 United States12/17/2013 11:33 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Folks, let's keep this thread at the top so that the beautiful people of Japan will be sure to read about our intense interests in them, as well as in their culture, and especially in their well-being. Post a reply to keep this thread going, and at the top. If you are from Japan.....PLEASE share with us. We are all in this together. |
| SteamrolledGobias
(OP) User ID: 46787476 United States12/17/2013 12:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | here's another convo I had with a brilliant Japanese fellow just a few weeks back hey this might be a good thread to ask, can anyone explain to me the exact regional territories between Japan/Russia in the Sea of Okhotsk? Quoting: SteamrolledGobias I've always been so confused because Japan is like this tiny island, with a lot of other islands and the land mass is just weird. Especially when you look towards the northern region of Japan It is a good question. The islands north of Hokkaido are historically Japanese territory but in the last days of WWII Russia seized them. Japanese citizens moved out except for some Ainu who were native to those islands. Technicallly Japan and Russia are still at war -- no treaty was signed after WWII. Japan does not officially recognize Russian control of those islands, although in actual fact they are under Russian control. I do not think a war over those islands is at all likely. I think that both Japan and Russia are basically settled with things the way they are now (although occasionally far-right Japanese groups make noise about it). The more pressing concern is wit China and the southern islands. [link to www.godlikeproductions.com] |
| SteamrolledGobias
(OP) User ID: 46787476 United States12/17/2013 12:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Prizefighter Inferno
User ID: 51270471 United States12/17/2013 12:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Apparently there's a female street-gang that wears those sailor outfits and their weapons of choice are yo-yos.Pretty bad-ass. 5 Bizarre Real Life Gangs That Put The Warriors to Shame Read more: [link to www.cracked.com] |
| SteamrolledGobias
(OP) User ID: 46787476 United States12/17/2013 12:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | there's another thing that keeps me up at night.. Hiroshima/Nagasaki, followed by this culture of weird radioactivity precautions.. those masks?? [link to www.degourget.com] now fukushima 50-60 years later... any philosophical thoughts? are there legends or folklore of this in Japanese historical texts? |
| Sir France's Beercan
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| Michael User ID: 15473500 United States12/17/2013 12:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The people of Japan are in the same boat as the Americans, in that they have been "fukushima'ed" by their own government. If I had the resources, I would sponsor a family from Japan and bring them to America. They will still die from the effects Fukushima here in America (just like Americans will die from this man-made disaster), but they will not die quite as soon. We're all in this together. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 51687322  United Kingdom12/17/2013 12:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| SteamrolledGobias
(OP) User ID: 46787476 United States12/17/2013 05:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 51687322 United Kingdom12/17/2013 05:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| SteamrolledGobias
(OP) User ID: 46787476 United States12/17/2013 06:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It's only 7:11 am there, they are still in their hello kitty pajamas and deciding whether to have rice or rice for breakfast. is it a bowl of rice or the neat little rice cakes? see these are the types of borderline-stereotypical questions inquiring minds need to ask. in all seriousness I'll keep bumping in the hopes our friends from Japan will contribute some personal stories |
| SteamrolledGobias
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| SteamrolledGobias
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| Michael User ID: 15473500 United States12/18/2013 05:20 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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| SteamrolledGobias
(OP) User ID: 46787476 United States12/18/2013 06:23 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 51724063  Japan12/18/2013 06:35 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Hi, I have seen your posts around OP, you strike me as a good guy. I like that you are interested in Japan. I am an older man who has lived in the US and UK and I can speak English to some extent. I try not to give the personal informations and I don't know much about pop cultures or videotapes, manga, anime, etc. Also my life is very boring. but I can try to answer questions if i can lol. |
| old guard
User ID: 1405158 United States12/18/2013 06:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Hi, I have seen your posts around OP, you strike me as a good guy. I like that you are interested in Japan. I am an older man who has lived in the US and UK and I can speak English to some extent. I try not to give the personal informations and I don't know much about pop cultures or videotapes, manga, anime, etc. Also my life is very boring. but I can try to answer questions if i can lol. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 51724063 Some of us truly do care about the people of Japan. How affected are you by this disaster? |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 51724063 Japan12/18/2013 06:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Hi, I have seen your posts around OP, you strike me as a good guy. I like that you are interested in Japan. I am an older man who has lived in the US and UK and I can speak English to some extent. I try not to give the personal informations and I don't know much about pop cultures or videotapes, manga, anime, etc. Also my life is very boring. but I can try to answer questions if i can lol. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 51724063 Some of us truly do care about the people of Japan. How affected are you by this disaster? Thank you for the kind words. Personally "not at all" is the answer, beyond whatever might be in the food, water, etc. I have had a long and happy life and now I have few attachments. My guess: the truth is worse than TEPCO says but not as bad as CitizenPerth says. The information flow is weak, we know so little. For now at Least the people of Fukushima are the ones who are the most aftected, at least as from my standpoint. |
| SteamrolledGobias
(OP) User ID: 46787476 United States12/18/2013 07:09 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Hi, I have seen your posts around OP, you strike me as a good guy. I like that you are interested in Japan. I am an older man who has lived in the US and UK and I can speak English to some extent. I try not to give the personal informations and I don't know much about pop cultures or videotapes, manga, anime, etc. Also my life is very boring. but I can try to answer questions if i can lol. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 51724063 here is one question not related to you personally do you have any beliefs of the origin of the Japanese/Asian people? were they here before native Americans... how old do you think the island of Japan actually is?(roughly estimating) I feel that the Japanese are very historic people on this planet.. but I cannot place my finger on why I feel this way. no need for a super-long answer but just your opinion would be superb(if you have one) and again thanks for replying! you are the 1st Japanese poster to hit this thread so I'm excited this may snowball over time Last Edited by SteamrolledGobias on 12/18/2013 07:21 AM |
| SteamrolledGobias
(OP) User ID: 46787476 United States12/18/2013 07:11 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | one thing I notice is "religion" in Japan is mostly set around Buddhism whereas other people in Europe,N/S America are such a mixed bag of beliefs. I think the Japanese beliefs following "the purpose of life" may be truer than other cultures Last Edited by SteamrolledGobias on 12/18/2013 07:11 AM |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 51733592 United Kingdom12/18/2013 12:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | one thing I notice is "religion" in Japan is mostly set around Buddhism Quoting: SteamrolledGobias whereas other people in Europe,N/S America are such a mixed bag of beliefs. I think the Japanese beliefs following "the purpose of life" may be truer than other cultures Shinto and Buddhism are the main religions in Japan. |
| SteamrolledGobias
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