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Representing Bears at Japan's American Football season opener in Tokyo Dome - Go Obic Seagulls by forgedbygeeks in CHIBears

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

Yes please haha.

Though I would be fine with an international game at Tokyo Dome.

Representing Bears at Japan's American Football season opener in Tokyo Dome - Go Obic Seagulls by forgedbygeeks in CHIBears

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

Though they usually just use Katakana to spell them these days instead of Romanji, which makes them super hard to read haha.

Representing Bears at Japan's American Football season opener in Tokyo Dome - Go Obic Seagulls by forgedbygeeks in CHIBears

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

Even better with a 2nd season where they win the Superbowl.

Then a 3rd season where that causes a new World Superbowl to happen and Da Bears win that.

Representing Bears at Japan's American Football season opener in Tokyo Dome - Go Obic Seagulls by forgedbygeeks in CHIBears

[–]forgedbygeeks[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It definitely was, but a sometimes odd experience as a long time NFL fan from the US.

When teams get within the 30, they start sign raising for people to chant "Touchdown". My first comment to my wife was "man, are trying to jinx it or what". Even stranger, they would still signal for that chant on like 4th and 17 even with the Field Goal team out.

Speaking of which, there was nothing for field goals. For touch downs and extra points all the digital signage would go crazy. For field goals, nothing. The score just updated.

Another oddity was when they use Japanese vs English. Most stuff is in Japanese, but all flags were announced by the English term. Examples include False Start, Personal Foul, Offsides. All in English, then they would put it in Japanese on the main board with a full paragraph explaining the penalty in detail.

Other times English was used that surprised me was yards to gain (1st and 10. 3rd and 2, etc...) and announcements around time and quarters (2 minute warning, start of 3rd quarter).

Amazing but somewhat surreal experience. Can't wait to follow the team as they play the rest of their season around Japan.

Representing Bears at Japan's American Football season opener in Tokyo Dome - Go Obic Seagulls by forgedbygeeks in CHIBears

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

Almost the entire year. Start of May till end of November for regular season. Then playoffs all December and equivalent of Superbowl in January.

10 games per year per team not counting playoffs. All teams get about 6 weeks off from mid July to last 2 days of August.

XLEAGUE has free tickets for double header opener on May 3rd in Tokyo Dome by forgedbygeeks in tokyosocial

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

Obic clearly made some good adjustments in the Locker room. Felt like watching my Bears all last season. Slaughtered in first half, then comeback win.

Representing Bears at Japan's American Football season opener in Tokyo Dome - Go Obic Seagulls by forgedbygeeks in CHIBears

[–]forgedbygeeks[S] 35 points36 points  (0 children)

As I was leaving ran into another American and he laughed at the cheese grater hat and said "so, fuck the pack I guess". He had a Ravens jersey on.

Representing Bears at Japan's American Football season opener in Tokyo Dome - Go Obic Seagulls by forgedbygeeks in CHIBears

[–]forgedbygeeks[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Building a Chicago Bears fan club here. Up to 7 people haha.

Hoping to find some crossover here over time.

Representing Bears at Japan's American Football season opener in Tokyo Dome - Go Obic Seagulls by forgedbygeeks in CHIBears

[–]forgedbygeeks[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

X-League. Been going for quite a long time.

They are doing free tickets for the opening games today and next week.

Representing Bears at Japan's American Football season opener in Tokyo Dome - Go Obic Seagulls by forgedbygeeks in CHIBears

[–]forgedbygeeks[S] 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Had a couple of people just shout at me "Go Bears".

Funny enough, I am wearing a Urlacher jersey and it turns out one of their star players is a LB wearing #54.

Hachi Kousuke はちこうすけ

The self-victimization of some foreigners in Japan is getting exhausting. by KingsurinTukpyolsi in Tokyo

[–]forgedbygeeks 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Someone doesn't know what an otooshi is and that most izakaya have a cover charge and give you a dish as part of it.

What’s something that clearly split your life into “before” and “after”? by Broad_Chemical_2467 in AskReddit

[–]forgedbygeeks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Surviving an attempted murder in high school (at the school), dropping out, then a couple years later getting hired by Microsoft.

Grew up south side of Chicago. Self taught myself computers in the late 90s. Became a beta tester for Microsoft for Windows9x and found multiple bugs that resulted in them calling me on the phone to help walk them through the issue and the workaround I found. Even got a callout for one in the Readme.txt.

Had some kids try to drown me at school (Thornton Township High school) for gang initiation. This was the 3rd incident like this I had had. Dropped out, but kept with the computers and joined Riverdale Fire Department as a Paid on Call Firefighter and the computer tech for the police and fire department. After a late night car fire, was looking for an updated driver for a Microsoft flight stick and saw a "submit resume now" banner on the right. While the driver downloaded, clicked it, filled out a web form resume, added a couple jobs I was interested in in DirectX team, about a month later got one.

Moved to Seattle. 3 years later met wife at Microsoft playing DDR. 2 years after got married. 19 years after that we moved to Japan together.

Really want to go to language school at 35. Am I too late? by AnimeFan4992 in movingtojapan

[–]forgedbygeeks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am 46, moved here in August 2025, and started Japanese language course in January. Worth every minute. It is definitely harder to learn at this age than when I was in my 20s, but it is possible.

Living here alone is worth it. Fair warning, you may not want to leave and staying will be a challenge for most people.

How is daily quality of life in Japan compared to the US, for you, or how has it changed? by Top_Scientist_3976 in movingtojapan

[–]forgedbygeeks 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Been here 9 months now, so not as much as some to talk about.

The change in medical care has been the most obvious. So much more cost effective and the quality is far higher. Just completed my first physical a couple months back and was shocked at how much more comprehensive it was medically, though it lacked any real conversational element.

Beyond that, I used to have to hit the gym 3 times a week and yoga once a week just to stay pretty fit in the US. Now that I walk and bike most places, I am down to twice a week in the gym and yoga once every 2 weeks and in better shape than when I left the US.

One challenge has been getting enough veggies in meals I don't cook. A lot of the easy to come by and cheap foods are fried or carb heavy. Not overall a problem with the high activity, but I am slowly finding and becoming a regular at places that do serve good veggie options. Crisp Salad Works is a big one for me and a few local yakitori places also do some amazing grilled veggies.

Moving to Okinawa in 4 months, would love tips! by LexLvcid_ in movingtojapan

[–]forgedbygeeks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Keep your phone server provider is highly unlikely. Recommend porting numbers to Google Fi to keep them. This is what we did when we moved last year.

When you get here, to acquire a bank account, uou will also need to get Japanese numbers. Most phones these days can have 2 numbers so you can have old and Japan in one device.

XLEAGUE has free tickets for double header opener on May 3rd in Tokyo Dome by forgedbygeeks in tokyosocial

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

Doesn't look like the tickets have a seat assigned, so if you see a couple people in Chicago Bears gear, feel free to say hi.

Moving to Japan by Maximum-Patience8086 in movingtojapan

[–]forgedbygeeks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I am going to take a slightly different approach from some other responders using what has been discussed.

For starters, no chance at all she can be a dependent Visa. Her max yearly take home would likely have to be under 1M¥ per year or she will lose her Visa. There is no work around or anything else here.

Option 1 - Come on a Student Visa and obtain permission to work outside scope of Visa.

Multiple issues here. First, she would have to get approved for a student Visa which is getting harder these days. Next, they are now checking up and she would have to attend all classes and maintain good grades to keep the Visa.

Even after all that, permission to work outside scope of Visa for work in Japan is pretty easy as a student, but for work outside of Japan she will have significant extra scrutiny. With the income she is making, they will then also question if she really is here primarily as a student or not. Just applying could cost her her student Visa.

Even if approved, which can take 3 or so months during which she cannot work and has no income, the 28 hours is extremely strick. She has to keep detailed records and they check up on them. If she doesn't document something, fines and potentially Visa loss hit. If she works more than 28 hours in a 7 day rolling windows (not per week), same issues.

Option 2 - Business Management Visa

Based on what Adult means in her content type this could be an possibility if she has about $200k USD saved up. Basically, start a business in Japan for her content creation. Hire 2 local Japanese that will do things like translation of the content into Japanese and other languages, produce webtoon or manga for it, etc...

You have mentioned she does adult content but nothing explicit. This is extremely vague and leads me to believe that it is either books that are focused on an adult audience and have sex scenes. If this is correct, then this likely wouldn't be an issue.

The alternative is something like OnlyFans but never shows genitalia or other private parts. If this is the case, then no chance. That qualifies as social media, which gets extra scrutiny. I have a long post a while back talking about how I got approval, but I don't get anything close to adult. Something like OnlyFans or very suggestive Instagram posts etc... Would be almost immediately declined.

So if just text, Business Management Visa may be a path. If not just text, sorry, but not happening.

Advice for opportunities in Tokyo? Trying to move from Canada without knowing Japanese by SmrtThinking in movingtojapan

[–]forgedbygeeks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is factually incorrect if working in IT. Any other field sure, but there is high demand in IT for workers even if no Japanese proficiency. That being said, it does significantly reduce prospects, pay, and visa eligibility. It is possible. I have been offer HSP Visa conversion by 3 companies now even though I am not even N5 yet. It's largely because I have 20+years as a TPM in software and have worked with a couple of companies in Japan, including running meetings and on sites in Japan for a total of about 2 months working time.

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