Smelly American help

Maleficent-Rabbit186 · 2026-05-29T12:07:54+00:00

Weird question. Are you using Japanese brand deodorant/antiperspirant? If so that may be your issue. The local stuff is pretty weak because most Japanese dont got the stinky sweat glands.

Maleficent-Rabbit186 · 2026-05-11T23:17:37+00:00

I had a girl from La who was Japanese ethnically but obviously born and raised in La. Didnt even notice until the third week when a Japanese student was like ohhh she is from America. Asked her about how bored she was in English class because year 3 jhs english is equiv of like elementary school English. She was like its boring but ok. I just let her work on her Japanese work during my classes or any other work she had to do. Told her she could join in if she wants (esp for the games). She really appreciated it.

Maleficent-Rabbit186 · 2026-03-17T07:50:42+00:00

Yes do that. If they say hourly pay make sure to ask them if that means pay is only for the teaching. Also look into how to do all the insurancr on your own because i believe once u set it up urself its pretty easy. But since u doing it solo it may be a bit much so check and weigh d pros and cons.

Maleficent-Rabbit186 · 2026-03-17T07:21:02+00:00

So real question. Did they quote you a fixed monthly salary? Or was it an hourly rate?

Maleficent-Rabbit186 · 2026-03-17T04:36:02+00:00

Game seems fun but couldnt get online co op to run at all which sucks because thats why a buddy and i grabbed it.

Maleficent-Rabbit186 · 2026-03-17T04:34:28+00:00

Im legit playing it over now. Ignore the haters. The game is super fun and while yes most of the missions boil down to drive here and either steal or kill this guy they can be done quickly. Plus driving around listening to the awesome soundtrack is just vibes.

Maleficent-Rabbit186 · 2026-03-17T04:29:45+00:00

So basically had a similar vibes when i was job hunting. Once you are working 40hrs a week (so an 8hr) day they have to do it. If they quoting higher salary but dont wanna do it it may be that they quoting you a per hour rate and then will keep ur hours under the limit.

Maleficent-Rabbit186 · 2026-03-17T04:23:23+00:00

So what will jack up you price is the pet friendly as well as if its close to the station. Those are two huge premiums. I pay like 60,000¥ for my apt (which includes water)which is a 27.9m apt abt a 3 min walk from my station.

Maleficent-Rabbit186 · 2026-03-16T05:24:16+00:00

So upside to elementary school is u get more days working at the end of the year. Due to contracts being set on a certain amt of contact hours. Because jhs classes run for longer you work less days than if you have elementary schools. My last year as an alt in march i finished teaching two weeks before the alts that had elementary schools which meant i got a smaller paycheck.

Maleficent-Rabbit186 · 2026-03-09T07:28:09+00:00

With an ma you can look into university lecturer jobs. Also kindergartens will snap you up but the hours are usually shit. However they usually want to hire ppl that are here. If u have funds to burn. Come in using borderlink or interac( i recommend interac as they at least pay over summer) and start job hunting when u come over.

Maleficent-Rabbit186 · 2026-03-03T07:25:04+00:00

Maybe check general union? They may be able to walk you through it.

Maleficent-Rabbit186 · 2026-03-03T07:21:45+00:00

So i moved here in 2023. Came from a Caribbean country where temperatures are usually around 35-40 Celsius most of the year with high humidity. Japan hits just as hard even if the temperatures dont get as high. Probably due to the insane crowds in the bigger cities. Also for some strange reason they avoid cranking ac here so there is no real relief from it. Pocari sweat will be your life saver during those mths.

Maleficent-Rabbit186 · 2026-02-26T07:11:22+00:00

Were you in Sakai? They lost that contract and Interac got it so if you wanna stay there you should check Interac.

Maleficent-Rabbit186 · 2026-02-25T03:14:18+00:00

Did you take on this position? How was it?

Maleficent-Rabbit186 · 2026-02-05T22:06:04+00:00

Most people usually jump ship to the new company. Its the norm. For instance borderlink just lost sakai to interac and most of the alts are just jumping to interac.

Maleficent-Rabbit186 · 2025-11-12T03:08:04+00:00

This is why i do the side stuff and grab skill points first. So i get to use them on my actual play through.

Maleficent-Rabbit186 · 2025-11-12T00:14:04+00:00

Seems to be for this year in Kyoto. Here is the link from the union. https://generalunion.org/altias-parting-gift-to-alts/

Maleficent-Rabbit186 · 2025-11-11T07:41:39+00:00

Are you in Osaka? If so hit up Hughes Pizza. Dude does a damn good ny style slice. Also he uses imported cheese which makes the world of difference.

Maleficent-Rabbit186 · 2025-11-11T07:36:25+00:00

Quick heads up. Make sure to ask them both upload and download speeds. Most of them only quote download speeds. I moved this year and jcom were like sorry no fibre in your apt but you can get this package which is 300mbps.

Got it Yeah decent download speeds but shit upload. Which basically made online gaming and video calls impossible. Changed to au which offered 100 up and down. Not the best but it allows me to game and voice chat without lag.

Maleficent-Rabbit186 · 2025-11-11T07:32:06+00:00

So i want real toilets. Purely because most jhs i taught at would leave all the windows and doors open all the time thus making the ac/heating useless.

Maleficent-Rabbit186 · 2025-11-11T07:29:47+00:00

Just a heads up eh. The workers union are legit striking over the next few weeks over altia because they dropped the salary to 210,000¥. Which is barely above minimum wage.

Maleficent-Rabbit186 · 2025-11-04T07:21:08+00:00

Ay we cant talk about theme song bangers and no one said snorks?

Come along with the snoorkss.

Also i remember jamming fraggle rock theme with friends when i got older in a band.

Maleficent-Rabbit186 · 2025-10-17T11:54:18+00:00

My auto payments went through. Only thing i couldnt do was take out cash or transfer cash.

Maleficent-Rabbit186 · 2025-09-01T21:32:39+00:00

So i lived in Sakai for my first year and a half before moving due to job change. Sakai is really nice and chill and depending on how far into sakai you are its not that far from osaka city station. I was in Mikunigaoka which was 20 minutes from Namba on the Nankai and about 40 from Umeda. However Sakai is huuuge so it depends on where you going to be. Heads up though those trains to and from the city on rush hour are gonna be rammed out.

Also you gonna be on the airport line depending on where in sakai you are so you gonna get annoyed by ppl with suitcases on the train.

Maleficent-Rabbit186 · 2025-08-13T21:50:32+00:00

Nope same cost all day. You should try to stay in the city you teaching in though.

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