Home
What's new
Latest activity
Authors
Store
Latest reviews
Search products
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New listings
New products
New profile posts
Latest activity
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
Cart
Cart
Loading…
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Search titles only
By:
Menu
Log in
Register
Navigation
Install the app
Install
More options
Change style
Contact us
Close Menu
Forums
SVTPerformance's Chain of Restaurants
Pics and Videos Buffet
My experience living in Japan
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="10splaya22" data-source="post: 15561916" data-attributes="member: 135572"><p>I just want to start off and say this thread really isn't about my daily life but more so about some of the cool things I've done or seen. Of course if you have any questions feel free to ask and I'll do my best to answer.</p><p></p><p>Backstory</p><p>I was offered an opportunity for a new position at work and a requirement was to live in Japan for a year and train at our head R&D center. I started in September 2016 and will be here until October 2017 with a couple trips back to the US in between. I'm living in Hiratsuka in the Kanagawa Prefecture. Its a pretty small town but its a 30 min train ride from Yokohama and 1 hour south of Tokyo. Anyways on to the pics which there will be quite a lot of!</p><p></p><p>Just landing in Japan for the first time in September '16 and I see a F12 TDF being unloaded from and Emirates plane.</p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/RNobMJ" target="_blank"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2935/32686369204_be14330c3e_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />20160921_001025</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/147744982@N06/" target="_blank">Drew Nelson</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>Welcome sign at Narita Airport</p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/RNoaJ1" target="_blank"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2943/32686365624_ce532530b9_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />20160921_002357</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/147744982@N06/" target="_blank">Drew Nelson</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>A typical supermarket. Food is much more expensive here as is everything else.</p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/RNnWAh" target="_blank"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2887/32686321444_5b2e6e6c65_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />20161001_161548</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/147744982@N06/" target="_blank">Drew Nelson</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>Japan is very mountainous so the highways just go straight through them.</p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/STy7t2" target="_blank"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2898/33401245031_fe9a1a9137_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />20161003_063933</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/147744982@N06/" target="_blank">Drew Nelson</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>Dried fish...I have no idea how people eat this stuff</p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/STy6ir" target="_blank"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3949/33401241111_819d4b79fc_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />20161003_214107</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/147744982@N06/" target="_blank">Drew Nelson</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>A month in and I was able to sign up for a gym which was a huge relief. Pretty small but gets the job done</p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/RQWMWV" target="_blank"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3931/32715364053_8268b039bc_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />20161017_201925</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/147744982@N06/" target="_blank">Drew Nelson</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>Not sure I'll ever get used to putting slippers on to use the bathroom lol.</p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/T2hVQf" target="_blank"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2842/33488814546_e965e5b80f_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />20161021_195026</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/147744982@N06/" target="_blank">Drew Nelson</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>Like I said everything is expensive...$4-6k for these dogs!</p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/RQWJvB" target="_blank"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3939/32715352493_62751ed391_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />20161022_171435</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/147744982@N06/" target="_blank">Drew Nelson</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>An interesting Subaru R2 Kei car</p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/RQWECM" target="_blank"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2869/32715339453_e3c78cb43f_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />20161023_150906</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/147744982@N06/" target="_blank">Drew Nelson</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>Not sure what to even consider this...</p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/RNntiw" target="_blank"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3834/32686229644_8d6ab23233_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />20161110_084802</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/147744982@N06/" target="_blank">Drew Nelson</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>They are really into their minivans</p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/SR2CpE" target="_blank"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2928/33372664292_6537694dbe_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />20161126_155309</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/147744982@N06/" target="_blank">Drew Nelson</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>Japanese style "pizza" okonomiyaki</p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/STxzei" target="_blank"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3669/33401139951_eb8126cb24_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />20161203_180312</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/147744982@N06/" target="_blank">Drew Nelson</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>A small side street in town</p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/SR2uEm" target="_blank"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2933/33372638232_823c77205f_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />20161209_205749</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/147744982@N06/" target="_blank">Drew Nelson</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>They even use bikes to deliver packages</p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/SR2qVC" target="_blank"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2858/33372625662_d0e509cf82_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />20161217_152325</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/147744982@N06/" target="_blank">Drew Nelson</a>, on Flickr</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="10splaya22, post: 15561916, member: 135572"] I just want to start off and say this thread really isn't about my daily life but more so about some of the cool things I've done or seen. Of course if you have any questions feel free to ask and I'll do my best to answer. Backstory I was offered an opportunity for a new position at work and a requirement was to live in Japan for a year and train at our head R&D center. I started in September 2016 and will be here until October 2017 with a couple trips back to the US in between. I'm living in Hiratsuka in the Kanagawa Prefecture. Its a pretty small town but its a 30 min train ride from Yokohama and 1 hour south of Tokyo. Anyways on to the pics which there will be quite a lot of! Just landing in Japan for the first time in September '16 and I see a F12 TDF being unloaded from and Emirates plane. [url=https://flic.kr/p/RNobMJ][img]https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2935/32686369204_be14330c3e_b.jpg[/img]20160921_001025[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/147744982@N06/]Drew Nelson[/url], on Flickr Welcome sign at Narita Airport [url=https://flic.kr/p/RNoaJ1][img]https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2943/32686365624_ce532530b9_b.jpg[/img]20160921_002357[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/147744982@N06/]Drew Nelson[/url], on Flickr A typical supermarket. Food is much more expensive here as is everything else. [url=https://flic.kr/p/RNnWAh][img]https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2887/32686321444_5b2e6e6c65_b.jpg[/img]20161001_161548[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/147744982@N06/]Drew Nelson[/url], on Flickr Japan is very mountainous so the highways just go straight through them. [url=https://flic.kr/p/STy7t2][img]https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2898/33401245031_fe9a1a9137_b.jpg[/img]20161003_063933[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/147744982@N06/]Drew Nelson[/url], on Flickr Dried fish...I have no idea how people eat this stuff [url=https://flic.kr/p/STy6ir][img]https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3949/33401241111_819d4b79fc_b.jpg[/img]20161003_214107[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/147744982@N06/]Drew Nelson[/url], on Flickr A month in and I was able to sign up for a gym which was a huge relief. Pretty small but gets the job done [url=https://flic.kr/p/RQWMWV][img]https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3931/32715364053_8268b039bc_b.jpg[/img]20161017_201925[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/147744982@N06/]Drew Nelson[/url], on Flickr Not sure I'll ever get used to putting slippers on to use the bathroom lol. [url=https://flic.kr/p/T2hVQf][img]https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2842/33488814546_e965e5b80f_b.jpg[/img]20161021_195026[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/147744982@N06/]Drew Nelson[/url], on Flickr Like I said everything is expensive...$4-6k for these dogs! [url=https://flic.kr/p/RQWJvB][img]https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3939/32715352493_62751ed391_b.jpg[/img]20161022_171435[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/147744982@N06/]Drew Nelson[/url], on Flickr An interesting Subaru R2 Kei car [url=https://flic.kr/p/RQWECM][img]https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2869/32715339453_e3c78cb43f_b.jpg[/img]20161023_150906[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/147744982@N06/]Drew Nelson[/url], on Flickr Not sure what to even consider this... [url=https://flic.kr/p/RNntiw][img]https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3834/32686229644_8d6ab23233_b.jpg[/img]20161110_084802[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/147744982@N06/]Drew Nelson[/url], on Flickr They are really into their minivans [url=https://flic.kr/p/SR2CpE][img]https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2928/33372664292_6537694dbe_b.jpg[/img]20161126_155309[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/147744982@N06/]Drew Nelson[/url], on Flickr Japanese style "pizza" okonomiyaki [url=https://flic.kr/p/STxzei][img]https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3669/33401139951_eb8126cb24_b.jpg[/img]20161203_180312[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/147744982@N06/]Drew Nelson[/url], on Flickr A small side street in town [url=https://flic.kr/p/SR2uEm][img]https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2933/33372638232_823c77205f_b.jpg[/img]20161209_205749[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/147744982@N06/]Drew Nelson[/url], on Flickr They even use bikes to deliver packages [url=https://flic.kr/p/SR2qVC][img]https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2858/33372625662_d0e509cf82_b.jpg[/img]20161217_152325[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/147744982@N06/]Drew Nelson[/url], on Flickr [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
SVTPerformance's Chain of Restaurants
Pics and Videos Buffet
My experience living in Japan
Top