LogFAQs > #927496048

AlCalavicci posted...

brestugo posted...

I did. I had taken 2-3 years of Japanese prior to moving there. Most Americans there didn't speak any Japanese though. Most things are written in Japanese and English so it's not too hard to get around in the cities. It's a little trickier outside big cities though. One there's less English signage and two the people may speak a dialect or with a strong accent (most Japanese courses teach Tokyo-ben, the Tokyo dialect/accent).

It took me a couple days to figure out what people were saying when I went to rural Otaru in Hokkaido.

I was looking at a job in Chiba (Funabashi?)

Ever been there? Is there much English in way of signs and stuff?

Chiba is like a suburb of Tokyo (BTW Japanese call suburbs "local areas"). I've spent time in Chiba, and Funabashi yes. Narita airport is also in Chiba. Yes the signs will be in English and Japanese in Funabashi, it's right next to Tokyo.

Getting a job in Japan is a lot more difficult than when I was there in the 1990s. Very competitive nowadays. It's a popular gig for people right out of college.
---

It's not about the size of the dog in the fight, it's about the size of the fight in the dog.