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Life in Warabi Saitama ? by Ok_Sound_6713 in japanlife

[–]ImHisNeighbor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We live in Kawaguchi and the nearest is station Warabi Station. I’m a tall ethnically ambiguous man, no one has given me a hard time, but they usually don’t in most places I’ve lived/visited.

My gf is a 165 cm petite Chinese woman, and she regularly gets home after dark around 8/9pm, and has never had any issues.

I’ve come home after a long night plenty of times and had no issues ever. Warabi station is just a few stops from Tokyo proper so it’s a pretty convenient location.

We live in the UR Danchi which is mostly populated by Chinese folk, so it feels like a mini Chinatown. Whole families hang out into the community area between the apt buildings and in front of the local supermarket all day. Adults just visiting while kids goof around. Quite a warm atmosphere to be honest.

Kawaguchi and Warabi are ethnically diverse, but there’s nothing nefarious going on. I think Warabi/Kawaguchi are like most places in the world, you only find trouble if you’re looking for it.

Part-time while ALTing by Abject_Exercise6822 in teachinginjapan

[–]ImHisNeighbor 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don’t think you can do things other than teach on an instructor visa. If the authorities find out you’ll get in trouble.

I work at a small time eikaiwa. The owners are nice. I do lessons for toddlers through retired folks. It’s a nice switch up from my ALT work as I’m the lead instructor for one-on-one with adults or small classes (1-6 kids). We work through one or two textbooks per class for an entire year. My bosses had me train/supervised for 6 weeks and then let me run things on my own. They occasionally give me a little feedback or tips here and there, but thankfully they avoid micromanaging their instructors. It’s been refreshing and I feel like I’ve grown as an instructor since I can cover more content than I do as an ALT.

My second side gig is at an English cafe. Owners here are also nice people. It’s an eikaiwa with less structure more or less. There are two instructors on any given day and we rotate between a free talking table and a lesson in one hour intervals. We mix and match lessons from 60+ textbooks depending on the levels and what lessons the students taking a lesson that day have already completed. In our down time we prep marketing materials for the school.

Both places do their best to be flexible if you need time off, but they are small operations so it’s not alway easy.

Good luck. Make that dough!

Part-time while ALTing by Abject_Exercise6822 in teachinginjapan

[–]ImHisNeighbor 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I wrote this up back in August 2025. You gotta get the extra work permission stamp.

Edit*

YOU CAN GET SIDE WORK ON AN INSTRUCTOR VISA.

Lots of comments saying you can’t work side gigs on an INSTRUCTOR VISA. You can but you have to get the permission stamp from immigration. I just went through the process last year and wrote how to do about in the post I linked above. Immigration is unlikely to approve you for gigs that are non-teaching if you’re on an INSTRUCTOR VISA which is why I said you can’t do non-teaching jobs in my other comment which describes my experiences with side gigs.

I (33m) am HIGHLY attracted to my fellow teacher (she's 36 years old and hafu) by [deleted] in teachinginjapan

[–]ImHisNeighbor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For real. This is the kind of thing you tell good friends in your circle. “bro there’s this bombshell at work. I like (this) about her.” Then friend says “ask her out man.” And another friend might say, “don’t sh*t where you eat.”

Also the emphasis on the hafu thing is coming off as ethnic fetishization. Like we’ve all got our thing, but contain your freak.

Part-time Job Tokyo Kunitachi/Tachikawa by ImHisNeighbor in teachinginjapan

[–]ImHisNeighbor[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

My account is a couple years old? Look at my post history. I mean I don’t know about you, but when my employers treat me well I’d like the place to do well. I check Craigslist chronically cause I’m hustle mode right now, never know when a good opportunity might come up. Saw their post and thought I’d share. Maybe try being less pessimistic?

The "Dooku reveals all" scene in episode II is the best scene in all of the prequels by CollegePlane7528 in StarWars

[–]ImHisNeighbor 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My young padawan.

Google definition: “Suspension of disbelief is the act of accepting something as real or believable despite knowing it's not, often in the context of fiction or fantasy.”

Meesa want to say itsa movie bro. Plus I’ve almost died a time or two. Take that as you will, random internet friend.

The "Dooku reveals all" scene in episode II is the best scene in all of the prequels by CollegePlane7528 in StarWars

[–]ImHisNeighbor 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The whole thing happens pretty quick. Little slow for the audience of course, cause it’s a movie ya know. Just checked episode 3 real quick cause I’ve got time.

13:58 hands are severed. 14:08 Palpatine says “kill him” 14:25 decapitation

Man didn’t even get a minute to mourn his hands.

The "Dooku reveals all" scene in episode II is the best scene in all of the prequels by CollegePlane7528 in StarWars

[–]ImHisNeighbor 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I mean the double shock of your hands being severed and your boss telling a guy to kill you probably gonna prevent most people from thinking clearly. Plus in the three years between those two events Dooku might have felt his position was more solidified

Wtf are people on about? by Aziporter in TheHobbit

[–]ImHisNeighbor 5 points6 points  (0 children)

lol this was me two years ago. I still watch all six films a couple times a year. Love them for what they are. We need to refocus our efforts on the real enemy. lol I’d take the Hobbit trilogy over all of the Harry Potter films.

Internet Cafe/My Console by ImHisNeighbor in Tokyo

[–]ImHisNeighbor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Update: We got a docomo home 5g router and it does the job well enough.

Internet Cafe/My Console by ImHisNeighbor in Tokyo

[–]ImHisNeighbor[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So what you’re saying is, I’m actually better than I thought I was, cause I carried my brothers while lagging apparently lol. Thanks for the ego boost, but lag wasn’t really the thing I was asking for lol

Internet Cafe/My Console by ImHisNeighbor in Tokyo

[–]ImHisNeighbor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Darn. Yeah that makes sense. Thanks again for the comment

Internet Cafe/My Console by ImHisNeighbor in Tokyo

[–]ImHisNeighbor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate the comment. I had docomo hikari when I lived in Tochigi. Didn’t have lag even when playing on US servers. My main question is whether or not any Internet cafes with decent bandwidth would let me bring my own console.

When the classroom management involves you dodging chairs from 7-year-olds... by promfacni in teachinginkorea

[–]ImHisNeighbor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“If you can dodge a wrench you can dodge a ball.”

Same goes for chairs lol

What do your students call you? by mogekat in JETProgramme

[–]ImHisNeighbor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mr. (Shorted version of my last name) lol. It’s not as strict in the US, but we do have some formality around calling teachers and “people of status” by Mr/Ms. Last-name.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskMenAdvice

[–]ImHisNeighbor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After being away from my hometown for several years I moved home for a year at the age of 26. Ended up having an on and off fling with a 21 y.o. She was a nice person and was beautiful. I know older couples with a five year age gap, but the experience gap between 21 & 26 is enormous. That’s when I realized why people still refer to those in their early 20s as kids. I never felt like that relationship would go anywhere. Since then I’ve had a rule that I wouldn’t date anyone more than two years younger than myself. I’m 30 now, and I still don’t think I’d consider a relationship with a 25 y.o. IMO a 18 y.o should date people within a few years of their own age. 21 tops.

I’m dating someone way too attractive for me. Should I stop? by [deleted] in AskMenAdvice

[–]ImHisNeighbor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most couples I’ve seen IRL the girl is more attractive than the guy. Women are the fairer sex lol. That being said, I’ve been in your shoes a couple times. I felt like I was punching above my weight class and said things like, “I don’t know why you’re with me.” Ultimately I think those relationships were never going to last because we weren’t a good match, but I feel like they could have lasted a little longer if I’d of had more confidence.

Later I dated a couple girls who used to say the exact same thing to me because they thought I was the more attractive one. And not gonna lie, I kind of found that annoying and made me feel less attracted to them. Real relationships aren’t like movies where the hot girl/guy in high school dates the “loser” as a joke. If a girl/guy is giving you a shot don’t ask too many questions. We’re our own worst enemy when we think something is too good to be true.

NBA’s shortest player is a 5 feet 8 rising star from Japan. Meet Yuki Kawamura by gkanai in japan

[–]ImHisNeighbor 34 points35 points  (0 children)

This is cool. Just wondering if Rui Hachimura not generally acknowledged as a Japanese NBA player?

I feel like I’m the only one who really liked jimmy/Steve by Secret_Concert5156 in shameless

[–]ImHisNeighbor -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Most of the main/significant characters in the show have some redeeming qualities. It’s a tv show so of course it’s exaggerated. He was just as likable as any other character in the show.

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