I wish I was in Japan

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I was born in Japan(military family), and I have wanted to go back for a long time. What sucks even more than never going is having lived there before but being too young to remember anything. Though the love of Japanese food has rubbed off on my brother and I, so I guess I remember something. I'm going to learn Japanese and try to figure the money situation. It would be great to live there but it's expensive and Japan has earthquakes. Even a small earthquake leaves me sick in bed all day before it hits.

I read somewhere that japan has one of the lowest crime rates, but one of the highest suicide rates, it seems the price paid for much more order.

Anyway I had an obsession with japan for a year or two, now its transferred to music in general, however I'd still love to go there.

Work out how, and GO THERE!! !

I don't want to discourage your interest in Japan and its culture but if want to go to Japan for video games and anime you will be disappointed. Those "geeky" things are just as looked down upon in Japan as they are in America. To tell you the truth video games are more mainstream in the US than in Japan.

Not to say that it's all bad though, the rigid order and punctuality of the society is cool for autistics (and one of my favorite things about the culture.)

I have found that anything one focuses on long and hard enough will come to be a reality, no matter haw far fetched.

And living in another part of the world is not that far fetched at all.

Don't overidentify with your surroundings, and let them bring you down.

It seems that we tend to absorb data like a sponge, and your environment is only so much data...go into your inner self and manifest Japan within. When you open your eyes, you will find yourself more like the vibrant Nippon cityscape and less the negative grey Midwest suburb.

Then make your plans, and go.

Godspeed excelsior!

I felt a little bit more socially comfortable when I went to Europe 6 years ago, but that may have just been because they were speaking in a different language.

I've always felt more comfortable around British people, and I still do. I think that my mind tells me that they know better than to make fun of my accent and my ways.

If you want to be around asians and computer geeks, definitely come to the San Francisco bay area. Vancouver actually has more asians, and has a slightly more japanese feel to me (more sleek highrises than the bay area).

I visited Tokyo for about 10 days, and I must say I don't think I'd want to live in Japan as an Aspie. The Gaijin are looked down upon... the only white people you see on the street are eastern european hippies hawking counterfeit watches on streetcorners. Of course everyone speaks Japanese so if you only speak English like myself you are really an outcast. The feeling of not fitting in was strongest in Japan than anywhere else I visited.