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Ok I read the end because I saw the answers.
Personally I've never heard of the "honey moon" thing and think it's bunk.
As far as intergrating or assimilation as you put it, I think it's foolish to even try. There are some gaijins here who act more Japanese than Japanese with a greater knowledge of their history and language and they are still gaijins and everybody I know thinks they are weird to begin with.
I saw an interview with Konishiki once, probably the most loved gaijin in Japan and he said he'll always be a gaijin and everything that means.
But here is the thing, Japan needs to grow and evolve like the rest of the world and gaijins bring a lot of spice and variety to Japan that makes it richer. So just be yourself, there is no need to try to be something you aren't. Unless of course you're in the habit of screaming "Usa Usa Usa" in which case I wouldn't do that.
The job thing. I know people who have come and found a job in a day by working the gaijin network in Roppongi, usually bar jobs and such but they do that as they search for better employment. They do some crazy stuff, many just hand off apartments when they leave to friends. It can be done but you got to have some grit in ya if you know what I mean.
And this whole idea that Japan is such a polite kind place is also bunk.
Personally I've never heard of the "honey moon" thing and think it's bunk.
As far as intergrating or assimilation as you put it, I think it's foolish to even try. There are some gaijins here who act more Japanese than Japanese with a greater knowledge of their history and language and they are still gaijins and everybody I know thinks they are weird to begin with.
I saw an interview with Konishiki once, probably the most loved gaijin in Japan and he said he'll always be a gaijin and everything that means.
But here is the thing, Japan needs to grow and evolve like the rest of the world and gaijins bring a lot of spice and variety to Japan that makes it richer. So just be yourself, there is no need to try to be something you aren't. Unless of course you're in the habit of screaming "Usa Usa Usa" in which case I wouldn't do that.
The job thing. I know people who have come and found a job in a day by working the gaijin network in Roppongi, usually bar jobs and such but they do that as they search for better employment. They do some crazy stuff, many just hand off apartments when they leave to friends. It can be done but you got to have some grit in ya if you know what I mean.
And this whole idea that Japan is such a polite kind place is also bunk.
6 months? Do you speak Japanese?I think it is a very polite place! The customer service here is next to none and if you show respect for their mannerism first, they are delighted. So far that has been my experience.
Once you've lived here long enough to need customer service for when things go wrong you'll find out that they love saying "We can't help you" more than anything, of course it's said with the upmost politeness. End of the day they are still telling you to take a short walk of a long pier. Often times to get any satisfaction at all you got to talk like a Yakuza. I'll take American service with their rude operators any day over Japanese service with all their politness which amounts to nothing.
Most people who can only see Japan on the service thinks it's very polite. The rest of us understand that Japan is the land of scams, yakuza and brats.
What is about Japan that you think is very polite? People waiting for lights to change?
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