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[Gacha-pin]

台風たいしたことなかったです。台風は夜中に通り過ぎたみたいでー！めっちゃ晴れてるけどね。

夜中、風で家が揺れまくってた。たぶん震度1強から2弱ぐらいあったと思う(ﾟДﾟ&#65307

 

[Ayumi]

夜中、風で家が揺れまくってた。たぶん震度1強から2弱ぐらいあったと思う(ﾟДﾟ&#65307

気づかなかった。どこに住んでいるの？ しかし一気に寒くなったね。台風の余韻で風強くて大変でした。 (๑´・ω・`&#3665

 

[urfe]

家揺れなかったし、通勤で使う電車が遅れなかったし、全然寝ながら雨風の音が聞こえなかったし、本当に台風が来たかと思っちゃう。

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My place didn't shake, train for morning commute wasn't late, couldn't hear the wind or rain as I slept, you really wonder if a typhoon really came at all.

 

[Gacha-pin]

気づかなかった。どこに住んでいるの？ しかし一気に寒くなったね。台風の余韻で風強くて大変でした。 (๑´・ω・`&#3665

23区内だけど40階建の建物で台風じゃなくても強い風が吹くと結構揺れちゃう。耐震構造かなんかで揺れやすいんだと思う。

 

[BronsonLee]

私はちょうどバベル魚を介してこれを翻訳し、すべて言っているの言葉を理解していない、私にイエスを助けてください

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On a serious note, hope everybody is ok.

 

[Trojan X]

Looks so scary but I am ok.

 

[Ayumi]

23区内だけど40階建の建物で台風じゃなくても強い風が吹くと結構揺れちゃう。耐震構造かなんかで揺れやすいんだと思う。

うん、でしょう。
7階に住んでいる、邸宅は昨年建設された。ちょっとカタカタっw
新たに構築されてる・・・しかし地震は非常に強いであるよ。

私はちょうどバベル魚を介してこれを翻訳し、すべて言っているの言葉を理解していない、私にイエスを助けてください

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On a serious note, hope everybody is ok.

Haha, this is so cute! We're talking about typhoons and earthquakes, it really isn't that interesting. Basically the same as you have seen in English. www

It's easy to notice typhoons and earthquakes from earthquake resistant buildings. Normally I barely hear the rain but this weekend it was rattling a lot and I hear the wind coming down the kitchen fan.

I'm no architect but I believe it is healthy if a house can swing during an earthquake. It needs to be flexible enough to handle the pressure. We have earthquake proof windows as well, which is very reassuring. In many ways, typhoons can be more scary than earthquakes though. While I live in central Tokyo, I'm never going to be in trouble if there is a tsunami from an earthquake, but typhoon kind of affects everyone in a huge area affected. The wind from typhoons is also worse than earthquake swingings, anything can fall on anybody walking down a random road..

Looks so scary but I am ok.

That does look scary! Check out this one:
(https://twitter.com/kya0t/status/521562016826155008)

 

[Zornica]

[...]

Looks so scary but I am ok.

is it some random taifun pic or an actual picture from the one yesterday?

That does look scary! Check out this one:
(https://twitter.com/kya0t/status/521562016826155008)

how's this even possible? shouldn't they like close of the airspace/all airports in times like these?

 

[Peltz]

I just found this thread. Subbed. I plan on going to Japan with my vacation time next year. It will be my first time.

 

[MikeHattsu]

I just found this thread. Subbed. I plan on going to Japan with my vacation time next year. It will be my first time.

Better to check out this thread then:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=539079

 

[Mik2121]

is it some random taifun pic or an actual picture from the one yesterday?



how's this even possible? shouldn't they like close of the airspace/all airports in times like these?

I got this app that shows all the airplanes flying in real time, and during the typhoon Japan was packed with airplanes flying all over, so...

 

[Ayumi]

how's this even possible? shouldn't they like close of the airspace/all airports in times like these?

I'm guessing this particular flight wasn't closed (the guy was flying from Australia to Japan) because the airplane wouldn't fly through the typhoon but above it.

Believe it or not, there were airplanes flying from Okinawara on both Saturday and Sunday. That's a little bit worse.. a lot of them were delayed a few hours though.

 

[DiresuDR]

So I am going to Osaka for 2 weeks on October 27th, any suggestions for things to do and see?

 

[Aizo]

Should we change the title again? People still come here looking for travel tips so often haha

私はちょうどバベル魚を介してこれを翻訳し、すべて言っているの言葉を理解していない、私にイエスを助けてください

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It took me a sec to understand 「バベル魚」, then I laughed. I like this.

 

[MikeHattsu]

Should we change the title again? People still come here looking for travel tips so often haha

Somebody should figure out something better to put in the first post of the thread since it's full of travel advice right now

 

[Ayumi]

We need to be blunt as heck. New title suggestion:

"Wrong thread for travel tips. Link in OP!"

Then just a big fat link on the top of the OP:

TRAVELING QUESTIONS AND TIPS HERE:
<link>

 

[BronsonLee]

So I am going to Osaka for 2 weeks on October 27th, any suggestions for things to do and see?

You can read my posts in the Japan Travel OT; I went to Osaka during Golden Week this year.

RE: OT title change...if you change my glorious OT title, I'll fight you all!

 

[Aizo]

Somebody should figure out something better to put in the first post of the thread since it's full of travel advice right now

We need to be blunt as heck. New title suggestion:

"Wrong thread for travel tips. Link in OP!"

Then just a big fat link on the top of the OP:

TRAVELING QUESTIONS AND TIPS HERE:
<link>

Very true. I forgot about the first post...
Yeah, sounds good to me.

 

[Gromph]

You can read my posts in the Japan Travel OT; I went to Osaka during Golden Week this year.

RE: OT title change...if you change my glorious OT title, I'll fight you all!

I'm listening.

Side note: If you write in all Japanese, please add a translation for the people in this thread that can't understand because they don't speak Japanese.

 

[Kazzy]

Should we change the title again? People still come here looking for travel tips so often haha

In fairness, the title is very vague.

As an aside, after almost two years living in Japan, I still find train etiquette to be a very strange thing. I understand it, sure - but I think it's where I often find the highest concentration of rudeness.

 

[BronsonLee]

I'm listening.

Side note: If you write in all Japanese, please add a translation for the people in this thread that can't understand because they don't speak Japanese.

Here's my shot!

&#12371;&#12428;&#12399;&#20652;&#30496;&#12498;&#12461;&#12460;&#12456;&#12523;&#26085;&#26412;&#12289;PS&#26628;&#20809;&#12395;&#29983;&#12365;&#12427;&#12383;&#12417;&#12398;&#12493;&#12458;GAF OT&#12391;&#12377;

English:

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This is the Neo GAF OT for Living in Japan, PS ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNO TOAD

I..should not be making OT titles

In fairness, the title is very vague.

 

[Kazzy]

I..should not be making OT titles

youhadonejob

 

[Trojan X]

is it some random taifun pic or an actual picture from the one yesterday?

That actually hovered over our heads last weekend and Monday, bro. So scary.


Oh yes, please do not think about changing the title. It is not vague or confusion in any way. We talked about this a plenty in another thread which all lead to that OT title which many of us love. "Japan GAF" plus "I am not planning a trip, I LIVE HERE" is very clear cut so it shouldn't be anyone's problem if certain people do not read properly.

 

[Gromph]

Here's my shot!

&#12371;&#12428;&#12399;&#20652;&#30496;&#12498;&#12461;&#12460;&#12456;&#12523;&#26085;&#26412;&#12289;PS&#26628;&#20809;&#12395;&#29983;&#12365;&#12427;&#12383;&#12417;&#12398;&#12493;&#12458;GAF OT&#12391;&#12377;

English:

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This is the Neo GAF OT for Living in Japan, PS ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNO TOAD

I..should not be making OT titles

 

[Kazzy]

Oh yes, please do not think about changing the title. It is not vague or confusion in any way. We talked about this a plenty in another thread which all lead to that OT title which many of us love. "Japan GAF" plus "I am not planning a trip, I LIVE HERE" is very clear cut so it shouldn't be anyone's problem if certain people do not read properly.

It's not so clear if it's still being misconstrued. Also, the nature of thread title (as per most community threads on GAF), comes across as an inside reference, rather than a clear descriptor. It actually doesn't bother me personally, but as long as people are going to be annoyed about people stumbling into here, it's probably something you should think about.

 

[BronsonLee]

youhadonejob

I..have failed this OT *shoots arrow*

ALL GLORY

 

[Jintor]

But do keep posting in Japanese if you feel up to it, it's good reading practice. One of those messages I actually had sufficient vocab to nearly understand by myself! \o/

 

[MikeHattsu]

I'm listening.

Japan GAF |OT| Take your tourism elsewhere, we're sick of it

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[Ayumi]

Japan GAF |OT| Take your tourism elsewhere, we're sick of it

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Hahaha. I like this! It's so honest. Maybe a bit too rude. But I love it.

 

[Zornica]

That actually hovered over our heads last weekend and Monday, bro. So scary.

looks way scarier from space than up close... usually it's the other way around

Japan GAF |OT| Take your tourism elsewhere, we're sick of it

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perfect

Here's my shot!

&#12371;&#12428;&#12399;&#20652;&#30496;&#12498;&#12461;&#12460;&#12456;&#12523;&#26085;&#26412;&#12289;PS&#26628;&#20809;&#12395;&#29983;&#12365;&#12427;&#12383;&#12417;&#12398;&#12493;&#12458;GAF OT&#12391;&#12377;[...]

more &#12496;&#12505;&#12523;&#39770;?
something seems... off

 

[BronsonLee]

more &#12496;&#12505;&#12523;&#39770;?
something seems... off

Hahahaha, I thought it was clear I don't know how to write Japanese? My bad. Hell, I don't know how to speak it either!

I did that first bit as a gag because I had no idea what everybody was saying, and the second one because Gromph wanted a silly title

 

[ElectricKaibutsu]

We just need to get the OP updated and I think we'll be able successfully scare away the tourists .

 

[Zornica]

Hahahaha, I thought it was clear I don't know how to write Japanese? My bad. Hell, I don't know how to speak it either!

I did that first bit as a gag because I had no idea what everybody was saying, and the second one because Gromph wanted a silly title

I know, I was joking, kinda


I could use some gaf advice. I got a friend who is allergic to gluten (yes, she is 1 of like 10 people who are actually allergic) and I wanted to get her something for her birthday, like some gluten-free flour. rice flour should be gluten free, right? anyone any idea where I could buy something like that?

 

[BronsonLee]

We just need to get the OP updated and I think we'll be able successfully scare away the tourists .

But...but I'm a tourist!

Noooooooooooo *falls down well*

I know, I was joking, kinda

You've tricked me again!

White rice flour is gluten free, ya! Get her a ton of it and just dump it on her house

 

[Gacha-pin]

I know, I was joking, kinda


I could use some gaf advice. I got a friend who is allergic to gluten (yes, she is 1 of like 10 people who are actually allergic) and I wanted to get her something for her birthday, like some gluten-free flour. rice flour should be gluten free, right? anyone any idea where I could buy something like that?

&#30333;&#29577;&#31881;&#12392;&#12363;&#19978;&#26032;&#31881;&#12392;&#12363;&#12363;&#12394;&#12290;&#12473;&#12540;&#12497;&#12540;&#12510;&#12540;&#12465;&#12483;&#12488;&#12391;&#36023;&#12360;&#12427;&#12424;&#12290;&#25040;&#20855;&#21512;&#12364;&#33391;&#12356;&#12424;&#12358;&#12391;&#12354;&#12428;&#12400;gopan&#65288;&#31859;&#31890;&#12420;&#31859;&#31881;&#12363;&#12425;&#12497;&#12531;&#12434;&#12388;&#12367;&#12427;&#27231;&#26800;&#65289;&#12392;&#12363;&#12434;&#12503;&#12524;&#12476;&#12531;&#12488;&#12377;&#12427;&#12398;&#12399;&#12393;&#12358;&#65311;

and &#12496;&#12505;&#12523;&#39770;
Refined rice flour or powder from nonglutinous rice or kana. You can buy it in a supermarket. If one's financial position seems to be good, why don't you present gopan (the machine which makes bread from a piece of rice and rice flour)?

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I'm sorry I don't know what &#12496;&#12505;&#12523;&#39770; means. Using google translation or something? I used yahoo&#32763;&#35379;

 

[Zoe]

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I'm sorry I don't know what &#12496;&#12505;&#12523;&#39770; means. Using google translation or something? I used yahoo&#32763;&#35379;

http://www.babelfish.com/

 

[Zornica]

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and &#12496;&#12505;&#12523;&#39770;
Refined rice flour or powder from nonglutinous rice or kana. You can buy it in a supermarket. If one's financial position seems to be good, why don't you present gopan (the machine which makes bread from a piece of rice and rice flour)?

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I'm sorry I don't know what &#12496;&#12505;&#12523;&#39770; means. Using google translation or something? I used yahoo&#32763;&#35379;

&#12408;&#12360;&#65311;&#12381;&#12435;&#12394;&#12398;&#27231;&#26800;&#12364;&#35211;&#12383;&#12371;&#12392;&#12399;&#12394;&#12356;&#12392;&#24605;&#12358;

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I have yet to come across a machine like that

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please excuse my crude Japanese... I'm terrible at forming sentences..&#12288;please feel free to point out any errors

 

[urfe]

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please excuse my crude Japanese... I'm terrible at forming sentences..&#12288;please feel free to point out any errors

As a fellow non-native Japanese speaker, I say don't worry about it too much, and the more you write, the more comfortable you will be! Many folks in Japan never write, never get better at it, and always have a "complex".

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The way I write doesn't sound natural at all, but all one can do is keep on writing every day![ If you can get across what you want it say then who cares!

As for your question, I don't know. My wife is into vegan cooking, etc., which sometimes has overlap into gluten free, and she makes a lot of vegan/gluten tortillas (with beans likes soramame, soy, etc.) I'll ask her today.

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Despite her being an amazing vegan cook, I still am able to gain weight!

 

[I'm an expert]

Do they really need to translate what they type? Do other community threads do that? Giant blocks of meaningless spoiler tags. Put it in the J-go thread then?

 

[The Omega Man]

Do they really need to translate what they type? Do other community threads do that? Giant blocks of meaningless spoiler tags. Put it in the J-go thread then?

I don't think they need to translate all they type, however the thread must be mostly in English with some lines/jokes every now and then in the language the OT alludes to, that's how other countries OTs do it.

 

[Gromph]

Do they really need to translate what they type? Do other community threads do that? Giant blocks of meaningless spoiler tags. Put it in the J-go thread then?

The main forum language is English, i don't mind a bit of Japanese in the thread.

But as a courtesy for the people who don't understand i remind to put the translation.

 

[I'm an expert]

I don't care at all (minus the dumb non-spoiler spoiler blocks). I just thought I remember seeing foreign language threads where people speak the foreign language. Which I guess is the j-go thread and not this one anyway.

 

[urfe]

I don't care at all (minus the dumb non-spoiler spoiler blocks). I just thought I remember seeing foreign language threads where people speak the foreign language. Which I guess is the j-go thread and not this one anyway.

Good point.

 

[Aizo]

Are there any native Japanese people on GAF? Seems like we don't get many native Asians on GAF.

j-go

I call it that, too. Haha.

 

[Zornica]

[...]

As for your question, I don't know. My wife is into vegan cooking, etc., which sometimes has overlap into gluten free, and she makes a lot of vegan/gluten tortillas (with beans likes soramame, soy, etc.) I'll ask her today.

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Despite her being an amazing vegan cook, I still am able to gain weight!

went to Azabu Juban today to visit some old colleagues and they told me to check out Nisshin in higashi azabu. went there and they got quite a lot of gluten free stuff, It wasn't cheap though! about 700yen for a few slices of gluten-free bread. but hey, I guess it was worth it. They also got loads of other imported food stuff from all over the world.

 

[Mik2121]

Are there any native Japanese people on GAF? Seems like we don't get many native Asians on GAF.

I call it that, too. Haha.

As far as I know, Gacha-pin is Japanese. I think I remember reading him somewhere saying so, at least.

 

[Aizo]

As far as I know, Gacha-pin is Japanese. I think I remember reading him somewhere saying so, at least.

That's honestly what made me ask. He struck me as native, somehow.

 

[FINALFANTASYDOG]

Allright my fellow japan livers: here's a phenomenon I've noticed lately and curious if it's just me:

The "don't invade my token Gaijin turf" fellow Gaijin.

You make them less unique, thus they don't want to deal with you.

I've met three of them in the past month so: These people have either lived in Japan or visit Japan very often, Japanese is very good, can be found at sub-culture events. Don't really want to converse with you(Even today I overheard the guy telling Japanese fokls that he doesn't like being around Gaijin because he likes to be unique...) Generally I find these people to be extremely talkative types(aka most of the conversation is about themselves) etc.

I'm I just socially inadequate in dealing with my fellow foreigners, or do these people really exist?

 

[Mik2121]

I'd say they do. Some want to live in their own Japan bubble only interacting with Japanese people and acting like foreigners don't exist, when, well... even said person is a foreigner.

Now, I can understand not actively wanting to go to events where foreigners are the majority. I personally don't go to those foreign exchange events because they don't appeal to me (because the topics usually are things I don't care much about), but where I work there are more foreigners that I'm friends with, and I also like to hang around with other foreigners... not because they are foreigners, but because we just happen to like the same stuff. Even last weekend I hanged out with thetrin (does he post in this thread? don't think so...?) and a few other guys and it was awesome.

So yeah, that kind of people exist, indeed. Just leave them be, I've found a couple of them and they rarely have anything of interest to say either way.

 

[ElectricKaibutsu]

I'd say they do. Some want to live in their own Japan bubble only interacting with Japanese people and acting like foreigners don't exist, when, well... even said person is a foreigner.

Now, I can understand not actively wanting to go to events where foreigners are the majority. I personally don't go to those foreign exchange events because they don't appeal to me (because the topics usually are things I don't care much about), but where I work there are more foreigners that I'm friends with, and I also like to hang around with other foreigners... not because they are foreigners, but because we just happen to like the same stuff. Even last weekend I hanged out with thetrin (does he post in this thread? don't think so...?) and a few other guys and it was awesome.

So yeah, that kind of people exist, indeed. Just leave them be, I've found a couple of them and they rarely have anything of interest to say either way.

I think he posted once, in the beginning.

I find there are less of those kind of people in the Kansai area. I can't think of any I met while living there, anyway. I've met a couple in Tokyo though. Completely anecdotal though.