Some memories from 10 years ago just came back to me, so I thought I'd write them down here.

I was a high school girl in Tokyo back then. At the time, it was trendy to wear our skirts super short.
Nowadays, girls wear longer skirts and shorter socks—funny how things change.
They say when the economy gets worse, skirt lengths get longer. Is that true?

Anyway, feel free to ask me anything if you're curious :)

Homeroom started at 9AM, but before that, I almost always stopped by the convenience store near the station to buy a 500ml Lipton milk tea in a paper carton.

For some reason, those Lipton teas were super popular back then.
Maybe because they were cheap—Lipton in a carton was about 100 yen, while bottled drinks cost around 130 yen.

>>211653176
What other foods were popular among JKs back then?

When I go to Japan I am surprised at how cheap the tea in packs is, At 7-11 I can confirm they still only sell 1 liter for almost 1 USD

timestamp?

I usually met up with my friends at the nearest station and we’d walk about 5 minutes to school together.
If I overslept (which I honestly did a lot), they’d just go on ahead without me lol.

In Japan, kids don’t usually get dropped off at school—not even in elementary or junior high.
We walk or take the train on our own.
My commute to high school took about an hour total:
15 minutes walking to the station, 40 minutes on the train, and 5 minutes walking to school.

I personally never experienced groping on the train.
People often say that quiet or shy-looking girls are more likely to be targeted,
while flashy girls or gyaru types tend to be left alone.
It’s usually weak, timid old men who do that kind of thing.

>>211652929 (OP)
I'm quite certain this thread is made by the same guy who was larping about being a black woman in Qatar for a while

> trendy to wear our skirts super short
Stop larping pedo weeb.

>>211653397
Is that a rural area where there's only JR

>>211653340
Maybe it was just around me, but a lot of girls were into buying foreign snacks at a store called KALDI, which sells imported goods.
HARIBO gummies were especially popular—everyone seemed to be eating them all the time.

>>211652929 (OP)
ywnbaw

>>211653597
I used a private railway line to commute to school, not JR.
I'm not exactly sure what counts as "rural," but I lived in an area that was less than 30 minutes by train from Shinjuku.
So it wasn’t the countryside at all—just outside central Tokyo.

Tell us how you lost your virginity

>>211653796
Do you rub your cock against those innocent schoolgirls?

After school, we often went to a family restaurant called Saizeriya.
It was super cheap and had a drink bar, so we’d just hang out and talk for like 3 or 4 hours before heading home.

Their most famous menu item is called “Milano-style doria,”
but honestly, I have no idea what part of it is supposed to be “Milano” lol.
It’s basically rice topped with white sauce, tomato sauce, and cheese, then baked in the oven.

>>211652929 (OP)
Timestamp with tits or GTFO!
And they better not be tranny tits like the ones from that pale skinned ogre

Do you still talk to your high school friends?

I was in the light music club (basically a band club) back then.
It was right after the anime *K-On!* became super popular,
so we had a weird mix of actual music lovers and anime otaku—it was kind of chaotic lol.

But don’t worry, we didn’t have a culture of locking nerds in lockers or anything like that,
so we all got along okay.
That said, the otaku members eventually all quit...
I guess they weren’t really into actually practicing instruments.

Our club had a little practice room, but we were told to keep the windows closed even in the middle of summer because of the noise.
There was an air conditioner, but it barely worked, so it felt like a sauna.

Meanwhile, the brass band club got to throw open all their windows, and some of them even practiced outside.
They got special treatment because they competed in official music contests.

>>211654314
I don’t really keep in touch with the friends I was close to back in high school,
even though some of them still live nearby.

But my high school had a huge number of students,
and there were people I barely knew—just recognized their names—
who I ended up reconnecting with in university.
We became friends later, and now we still go on trips together sometimes.

>>211652929 (OP)
Shut the fuck up Private Gomez and report yourself to the duty NCO for being on your phone.

Lunch was usually either a homemade bento, bread from the school store, or something from the cafeteria.

The bread from the store was insanely good—there was this one with whipped cream and strawberries inside a soft bun, and everyone loved it.
But the store didn’t really have a line system;
an old lady just handed stuff out to whoever she could hear first,
so it was always a chaotic free-for-all.

As soon as class ended, we’d sprint straight to the store to try and get it before it sold out.

My favorite thing from the cafeteria was this rice bowl topped with seasoned veggies and an egg—it was kind of like bibimbap.

At our school, we could eat lunch wherever we wanted,
so sometimes I ate in the club room or on benches outside,
but on bento days I usually stayed in the classroom.

>>211654787
I've see all of this in anime already. Next you'll say Nippon has 4 seasons. Tell me something new that very few people know

Let me talk a bit about school events.

Right after entering high school, we had this kind of “bonding trip” that was meant to help us get to know each other.
We did group activities and stuff, and it was supposed to make us closer.
But honestly, the groups were assigned by the teachers, and of course we didn’t stay close for the next three years just because of that.

Usually, those early “friends” only stuck together during the awkward first few weeks.
Eventually, you’d naturally find your real group through daily life,
and those are the people you’d hang out with until graduation.

>>211654934
Honestly, what feels super normal to me might already be super niche to others lol.
It’s hard to tell from the inside.
But if you give me a theme or prompt, I’ll try to write something more unexpected.

>>211655203
Is the caste system real in japan high school?

>>211655203
>prompt
thanks chatgpt,
tell me about college life since there's very few anime about it

Yes, yes—Japan has four seasons lol.

Autumn is the season for sports festivals.
Like I said earlier, my school was huge, so instead of just red vs. white, we were split into four teams: red, white, green, and blue.
The teams weren’t divided by grade—each class was assigned to a team, so it was a big mix of students.

One of my best memories was making our team flag, called a "dan-ki."
They gave us a big blank white cloth and we’d draw illustrations on it ourselves with paint markers.
A lot of classes drew things like tigers or dragons, and added cool-looking kanji like “Victory,” “Fūrinkazan,” or “Lightning Attack.”

It was kinda cringe but in a fun, high school way lol.

>>211655264
I mean, is there really any society without some kind of caste system?
My only real reference for foreign schools is *High School Musical* lol,
but in my school, there weren’t strict rules like “you can’t sit here” or “don’t talk to that group.”

Sure, there were quiet groups, and there were louder or more flashy ones,
but the popular kids didn’t mess with others or shove anyone into lockers or anything like that.

In Japan, people sometimes call it "first-tier" or "second-tier" social groups.
The top is usually made up of gyaru and outgoing types,
then there’s a huge middle layer of regular, average students,
and at the bottom, maybe some quiet anime/light novel fans—but even they weren’t really bullied or excluded.

Friend groups tend to stay within their tier, yeah,
but it’s not like people from different levels never talk.
We’d sometimes mix and even eat lunch together now and then.

>>211655286
Actually, I have more memories from university than high school!

You probably already know from anime that in high school, everyone takes the same fixed classes.
But starting in college, we get to choose our own courses.
We select them using a special portal website—I guess that part might be the same worldwide?

At my university, there was a system that let us earn money through campus jobs.
Not all schools have this, but mine did.
It came in the form of a scholarship that didn’t need to be repaid—around 30,000 yen per month.

The jobs included things like checking out books at one of the five campus libraries (yes, we had five!),
working the front desk at the school gym,
and helping out with open campus events for prospective students.

Everyone was assigned to one of those jobs.
But there was one special task that everyone had to do: cleaning desks.

We had to wipe off all the graffiti on the desks with cloths, in huge groups.
Most of the stuff written on the desks were dumb anonymous questions—
kind of like the ones I’ve been ignoring in this thread lol.

>>211655893
>We had to wipe off all the graffiti on the desks with cloths, in huge groups.
now that's new info. The rest is same everywhere else. Next question, do you browse this website?
https://girlschannel.net/

Let me talk about the school culture festival, which we have both in high school and university.

Yeah, I know culture festivals show up in anime all the time,
so I’ll skip the typical stuff and just tell you about one unusual booth we had.

At my high school, it was a tradition for the senior class to run a flower shop.
Like, a real flower shop where you could buy actual flowers.
But here’s the fun part—you’d tell the shop staff who you wanted to give the flower to.
It had to be another student at the school.

Then the shop members would go find that person somewhere in the chaos of the culture festival.
They’d ask around—"Hey, have you seen ___?"—and track them down.

Once they found the student, they’d walk right up to them and hand them the flower,
usually while the person was busy running their own booth or doing a performance.
And the person who bought the flower wouldn’t even be there—it was all anonymous.

Of course, everyone around would start teasing the person who got the flower.
It was super embarrassing but kind of cute too.

Another classic booth was the popcorn stand.
But here's the interesting part: we had to do everything ourselves—
including researching and arranging to rent the popcorn machine.
That goes for every booth, actually.

And fun fact: the popcorn machines were rented from **Oriental Land**,
the company that operates Tokyo Disneyland.

>>211656104
I don’t really browse Girls Channel—it kinda scares me lol.

I actually came here after watching a YouTube channel called *Kowakunotsubo DX*.
It got me curious about this place.

When you wear a skirt is there nothing covering your bottom when you sit on things? How do you get used to that?

By the way, our high school culture festival was held over two days, usually on a weekend.

Only one of those days was officially a school day—
so we had to show up in the morning, do roll call, and then we were basically free to go.
If your class wasn’t doing anything that year (some classes just gave up lol),
you’d still come for the check-in and then either go home or just walk around the festival for fun.

The other day was totally optional,
but I think most students still came anyway.

>t. Private Ramirez
YWNBAW

>>211653176
>Lipton

>>211652929 (OP)
>Nowadays, girls wear longer skirts and shorter sock
japan has fallen

>>211656338
ah overseas reaction channels. I sometimes watch Japanese live streamers (why are they all vtubers?) because my Japanese is just good enough to understand them

>>211656433
Honestly, I never really thought about it that much.
Back then, it was pretty standard to wear black spandex shorts under our skirts,
so we didn’t have to worry too much even if things showed a bit lol.

By the way, in anime, skirts are just short by default,
but in real life, most girls folded them at the waist multiple times to make them shorter.
Did you know that?

The reason was that teachers sometimes did skirt length checks,
and if you had actually cut your skirt short, you'd be forced to buy a new one.
So you needed to be able to “restore” it to the original length when needed.

There were even special belts sold just for this purpose—
you’d wrap the skirt 2–3 times at the waist and hold it in place with that belt.
The downside was that the skirt would puff out a bit because of all the folding lol.

>>211652929 (OP)
What sexual favours did you do to old man for money?

>>211656675
come one it's not that bad

>>211652929 (OP)
>They say when the economy gets worse, skirt lengths get longer. Is that true?
it should be the reverse, makes no sense

>>211656675

>>211656706
I heard that in colder regions of Japan, the skirts are still short.
You should go check it out for yourself lol.

>>211656745
Vtubers have really taken over recently.
I guess it feels more accessible since you don’t have to show your face.
Some of the big ones even do real live concerts now,
so I think a lot of people see it as a big dream opportunity.

And wow, that’s cool you can understand Japanese!
I’m Japanese, of course, so I can’t really speak English lol.

>>211656966
This is from Japan’s bubble economy.
Skirts were way shorter when the economy was booming.

>>211657612
You AI Bot ignored my question: >>211656935

>>211657419
I can't speak Japanese either. I only understand it somewhat. I studied it in college for 3 years

This was the big stationery trend back then:

After the flashy stuff went out of style,
simple plastic pencil cases suddenly became super popular.
Everyone would stick their photo booth (purikura) stickers on them like this.

>>211658366
In Japan, we study English for six years in junior high and high school,
and it’s even a required subject in college—so about eight years total.
And yet, most of us still can’t speak it.
It’s one of life’s great mysteries lol.

>>211652929 (OP)
Just keep in mind that a fat Mexican American that is stationed in japan sat on his ass and either copied this pasta or wrote it himself

>>211652929 (OP)
You know the rules. Post tits or go finger yourself.

Speaking of stickers on pencil cases—
Lipton cartons used to come with little promo stickers you could collect and send in for prizes.
It became a trend to stick a bunch of them on your pencil case.

In my class, we even started sticking them on the blackboard.
By the time it reached like 50x50 cm, the teacher noticed and we got seriously scolded lol.

>>211658665
It’s the same with Americans and Spanish. Most people take several years of it but don’t know anything lol. We don’t start early enough. I would send my kids to a bilingual school if I had any

>>211652929 (OP)
why are immigrants in japan the cringiest worldwide?

>>211659757
In Japan, sending a kid to an international school usually costs around ¥1.5 to ¥3 million per year
(about $9,500 to $19,500 USD).
On top of that, many schools require that at least one parent can speak English.

Everyone’s probably heard of “purikura” (Japanese photo booths),
but do you know how they’ve changed over time?

The earliest ones were super simple—you’d go into a booth, pick a frame,
take a photo, and it would print out.
I actually still have a Snoopy-themed purikura I took with my big sister when I was really little.

The main style during my high school days was more advanced.
You’d enter a booth, pay, take photos with green-screen backgrounds,
and then step out to a separate touchscreen area where you could decorate your pictures.
There were always a few friends who were really good at adding stamps and text—so it became their job lol.
The screen usually had two stations so people could decorate at the same time,
but once the next group started taking photos, your decorating time ended.
So it was always a race against the clock!

And here’s the fun part: along with the printed stickers,
they used to give out little extras—like fake eyelashes, cotton pads, or even Q-tips.
It was such a random but fun bonus.

Nowadays, purikura makes everyone look like an alien lol.
The freebies are totally gone, and the stickers are no longer sticky—
they’re more like cards now.
Most girls just slip them into their clear iPhone cases instead.

Oh right, speaking of purikura—
Most purikura corners in Japanese arcades actually ban men from entering unless they're with a woman.
Back when I was in high school, those areas felt almost like dressing rooms.
You could borrow cosplay outfits, and there were rows of mirrors with lights, hair irons, cotton pads, and Q-tips available.

We’d fix our makeup or glam up before heading into the booth to take photos.

Nowadays, I’ve heard some places even provide actual makeup products too.

sorry but I can't stop thinking this is probably some guy who's gooning while pretending to be a high school girl

If it’s too hard to believe, then hey—just trust yourself and keep doing your thing.

Interesting thread anon!

What made you learn english?

How many % of students in Japan learn a trade? Like carpenter, plumber, etc.

>>211662759
I actually don’t speak English at all—everything I’ve written has been translated by AI!
But don’t worry, all the ideas and stories are mine.

As for trade skills, normal high schools in Japan pretty much don’t teach them—I’d say 0%.
Instead, there are specialized schools called “technical high schools,” where students can learn things like mechanics or construction.
I looked it up, and it turns out that less than 10% of students go to those schools!

Let’s keep going with the trend talk!

I think this one probably came from purikura doodling culture—
There was a trend where people would decorate their school bags with pens.
Just straight-up writing or drawing all over them with markers.

>>211663187
AI has gotten so good, it's scary!

That's really worrisome to hear, who will do those kind of jobs?

But also, what do you think about the fact that there are fewer and fewer children born, so that there are more and more elderly, and fewer young people? Does it worry you?

My tsuma is from satsuma

>>211663353
this has to be samefag. this thread is not captivating at all. this or you are a saar trying to get yellow women

>>211663552
Bro i'm just bored

>>211663353
To be honest, in Japan there’s this image that vocational high schools are mainly for students who aren’t good at academic study.

And nowadays, there are actually a lot more non-Japanese workers on construction sites.

It’s a bit sad, but I kind of feel like Japan has already done its best lol.
Back in my parents’ or grandparents’ generation, it was just expected that you’d get married and have kids.
But now, it’s totally okay if you don’t want to get married—and when you give people that freedom, it turns out a lot of them don’t want to.
So I guess people just live freely and die freely too.

when you had your 1st sexual encounter? how old was your 1st sexual partner?

>>211663500
You’re pretty savvy to know the name “Satsuma”!
My mom is from Fukuoka!
Kyushu women are amazing—probably because Kyushu men are the worst lol.

>>211664125
men are bad hahahaha look at me i said the thing hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha WWW WWWWW WWWW WWWWWW WWWWWWW WWWWW WWWWWWWW FUNNY KKKKKKKKKK MEN BAD LMAO ROFL

>>211664027
Do you realize that hentai is just fantasy?
I was a teenager, and it was with my teenage boyfriend.
As far as I know, it’s the same for all of my friends too.
Wake up.

>schoolGIRL
>has a dick

>>211664380
There’s a stereotype about Kyushu men—that they’re stubborn, emotionally reserved, and tend to look down on women.
Glad you got to learn a bit about our culture today!

>>211664450
>As far as I know, it’s the same for all of my friends too.

This bag in the photo was a huge trend back when I was in high school.
It came in tons of colors, and in our friend groups, we’d all buy the same bag in different shades.
Having matching items was actually kinda taboo—if someone bought the color you wanted, you just gave up on it lol.

I had the orange one. They’re popular again now, but it’s turned into a rare collector’s item. The price has doubled from back then!

The bag was slightly bigger than a regular school bag, and the floppier it looked, the cooler it was.
We used to crush and squish the frame during class to make it softer on purpose.

This kind of worn-out look was exactly what was trendy back then.
Trends really are weird, aren’t they?

>>211664450
do Japanese school girls have big eyes irl and make moaning sounds when doing random activitys like *uhhh* *mhhhhhh* *ohmmmmm*

>>211654338
>That said, the otaku members eventually all quit...
>I guess they weren’t really into actually practicing instruments.
The guitar in my room keeps eyeing me, telling me I'll never be good enough T_T

>>211667142
That’s actually super relatable lol.
Out of all the people I knew in my high school light music club, only one of them kept doing music after graduation.

Everyone else just kinda… faded into normal life.

This kind of notebook decoration was super popular back then.
If you’re curious, I can show you some of the typical phrases people used to write—though they might be hard to translate.
…But I’ll probably post them anyway, even if you’re not.

“2仔1”
Romaji: Nikoichi

English translation:
“Two people, one unit.”
It means “we’re like two parts of one whole.” The idea is that the two are inseparable, like a perfect pair.

Nuance in Japanese:
This phrase was often used among close friends, especially in high school. It could be adapted to bigger groups too, like “5仔1” for a group of five. The character 「仔」 (normally meaning “young animal” or “child”) isn’t usually used in this context — it was chosen just because it looked cute.

Originally, “2個1” (nikoichi) was used to describe something like two used machines being combined into one functioning unit — often used in car or electronics contexts. Girls repurposed the word to describe deep friendship in a stylish or playful way.

「男一瞬、ダチ一生」
Romanized: Otoko isshun, dachi isshō
Translation: “A boyfriend is temporary, but friends are forever.”
Nuance:
A classic phrase among girls that expresses the belief that while romantic relationships may come and go, friendships are meant to last a lifetime. It’s a sentimental declaration of loyalty between close friends, often written in decorated notebooks or on purikura (photo booth stickers).

「ずっ友」
(Zuttomo)
Short for “zutto tomodachi” – meaning “forever friends.”

Of course, I don’t keep in touch with the friend I wrote this with on the purikura.

you've been posting all night. I came back from work and you're still posting

>>211667488
My uncle gave me a challenge a few years ago, to play Asturias, one of the hardest music pieces and I've been thinking about it since high school.
I hope to one day prove to him it's possible, and maybe get a gf.

London

YWNB a CJG

>>211652929 (OP)
YWNBJ

>>211652929 (OP)
do japanese girls like BNC?

>>211673746
Yes, because Stalinist USSR and Maoist China was just swimming in food

>>211673778
does starvation make people crave the BNC?

>>211652929 (OP)
>They say when the economy gets worse, skirt lengths get longer
Why is that?

>>211652929 (OP)
are you actually a former japanese schoolgirl, or a white male neckbeard gaijin larping as one?

>>211652929 (OP)
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What you do during golden week? Do you take class trips to other schools? Do you go with your friends to supernatural cognitive worlds and places even at midnight to steal people's hearts or find out the truth or to stop the end of humanity?

>>211674042
my guess is that girls have no time whoring around casually
either they go pro or be more conservative to not get mistaken as a pro

>>211652929 (OP)
Did you go to a public high school or a private one?
How high was the hensachi from your high school?
The atmosphere of the high school depends on these two requirements, doesn't it?

>>211674459
Many young female tourists from Asia now wear mini-skirts like Japanese high school girls in the old days.
Are they using their earnings from prostitution to visit Japan?

Feels bad to miss a thread that wasnt the usual race baiting and screeching, even if it was an american soldier larping

>>211675823
I think it was AI.

pls be my gf

Larping as a Japanese school girl would be something a weird weeb tranny freak would do, isn't it.

Anyway,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVJ3Ho83Ksg

>>211653176
>9AM
nice, our dumbfuck village starts at 7,30

I don’t really get why so many white guys want to be Japanese women. It’s not like it’s some dream life or anything.

>>211676248
We want JAV porn stars that will do good sucky sucky, simple as.

>>211673910
Don't know but it's pretty tasty cured in soy sauce and grilled

>>211676366
You're probably just watching pirated uploads anyway.
If you don’t pay for the work, the industry will collapse.
Now go on, start searching for it.

>105 posts and nobody has asked for tits

4chan has fallen

We're about the same age
Let's get married
I am a big strong American man and very popular and not a loser
Ask my international friends in this thread, they'll tell you what a good guy I am
So let's get married right away

>>211676570
It's a blue board anon.
And literally no one believe that's a girl, let alone japanese.

>>211676531
The industry should abandon those pirates, stop doing regular porn, and just do uncensored videos of Japanese women peeing.

>>211676531
You misunderstand me. I don't want to watch JAV.
I want you to do the JAV on me.

this thread has brought up some good memories from when i was in high school
but your memories sound much nicer

>>211679504
Ah, this is what I was aiming for when I made the thread.

>>211676704
JAV no matter how many time I hear it I will think japanese anime video

>>211660455
>Most purikura corners in Japanese arcades actually ban men from entering unless they're with a woman.
Really?
I went to a photo booth in some arcade in Akiba with friends and there was no such restriction.

>>211680227
Eeehhhh sugoi

>>211652929 (OP)
how much power/responsibility does the student council really have?

>>211654058
>ミラノ風ドリア
コスパ最強だから高校生と大学生に人気あるね

Do you have a car license? I recently got an international driving permit but turned out it's gonna be useless in Japan and I wouldn't be able to convert it because I wouldn't have had it for 3 months in my home country which is the requirement, so I'm planning on getting a getsuki license just to be able to get groceries. Driving schools in Japan are crazy expensive.

Do you cook?

Have you ever drunk one cup ozeki? What's it like?

>>211680291
Akihabara isn’t really the kind of place where typical high school girls go just to take purikura with their friends, you know?
Even 10 years ago, booths with entry restrictions were already a thing — and pretty common too.

>>211680352
That’s fiction.
In reality, they’re more like assistants to the teachers.
Most regular students don’t really have any interaction with the student council at all.
The only time I ever went to the student council room was when I submitted a request for my band to perform at the school festival.

>>211680720
ここで日本語見れるのめっちゃほっとする〜〜〜〜!!!
ありがとう
メニューが昔と少し変わったりしてるけどずっと私たちの味方だった

>>211681304
Ah, that might be the case.
I still did see some schoolgirl looking girls playing rhythm games(and they were really good), but surely there wasn't that many of them around here. It was mostly gaijins anyway.

>>211681445
そうだねww
自分は食べたことないけどよく聞いておる
また日本に来たらすき家行きまくるかも

>>211681399
Yeah, I have a driver’s license. I got it when I was in college.
But it’s an AT-only license, so I can’t drive manual cars.
I did a training camp course with a student discount, so it only cost me around 150,000 yen — which is actually super cheap.
Normally it would be close to 300,000 if you just go to a regular driving school.

Also, did you know that license renewals here are super frequent and really annoying?

And yes, I cook!!!
Can I post food pics??
I have a ton I wanna share!

>>211654338
>>211681399
>for my band
hang on a minute...are you that japanon who made a thread on /a/ last month?
the one who likes Bocchi the Rock?

>>211656212
(sorry for jumping around, been reading the thread so far)

how do you fund those shops/booths? I know they aren't as crazy as anime/drama but it should at least cost a lot for something used in only 1-2 days

>>211681399
We had a student council in our school too and I didn't like that they were just assistants to the teachers so we tried to overthrow it several times by promoting our candidate at the annual school president election. The first time they were terrified that my guy would win so they used unfair methods and postponed the election day to have time for anti-campaign against my guy.
The second time our other guy won but got under the heel of the previous council

>>211680227
:D

>>211681679
>tftp
grim
seriously though, what did you want to achieve with a pro-student SC anyway?

>>211681626
300k yen is insane
In Moscow the driving school costs around 80k and the unofficial fee to secure a successful exam is around 100k and that's even considered expensive.
I guess all of those fees in Japan and frequent 車検 are offset by the fact that the cars themselves are very cheap

Yeah, post your cooking. We like discussing cooking on this website

>>211681723
>tftp
>grim
lol i had the exact same thought

>>211681530
Yeah, and some of them even bring their own gloves, right?
People play Taiko no Tatsujin with their own drumsticks too.
These days, city centers all over Japan are packed with foreigners

>>211681619
トロトロの卵が無理じゃなかったらなか卯で親子丼も食べて!

>>211681723
I just personally hated the student council because it was an oligarchic roastiecracy. Popular girls from one year would give power to popular girls a year younger on the next year, and so on and so on. Basically a closed friends club for turbonormies.
Our school had an official constitution ignored by everyone and I just wanted to restore the procedures and institutions that are defined in the constitution, like I wanted to restore the school parliament and sort of reform the system to be more democratic and to make enthusiastic students actually be able to influence all these processes.
Why? Idk. Just to prove that I can I guess. Also my crush was in the SC and maybe after I gave up on her I decided to overthrow her snake nest

>>211652929 (OP)
Kill yourself
You will NEVER be a woman

>>211681619
仕事しっかりしてよ

>>211681868
Also I was the class representative (and like Mymy from zellig I overestimated the powers it gave me), so even though I failed the election campaign I tried to be as much of a pain in the ass for the council as possible - and my class appreciated it. While all other classes had to spend time after classes to do stupid shit required by the council, like AIDS awareness posters or shit like that, our class would just refuse and maybe do the bare minimum before the deadline. So yeah I kinda tried to protect our class from the bullshit just out of spite

>>211681833
>なか卯
聞いたことないね、お勧めありがとう

>>211681988
もう〜!
今の仕事つまんなくてしょうがないじゃん
来月やめる
でも顧客サポートの奴が可哀想w

>>211679504
I never had any good memories of my school. In fact it was absolutely horrible and the reason why I'm so fucked up.

>>211681868
>because it was an oligarchic roastiecracy.
understandable then, thought you wanted some funny childish reforms that would just get vetoed by faculty

We had a boy here who ran on the promise of loosening haircut and uniform regulations.

>>211681657
I’m not that Japanese person you’re thinking of!
We’re different people!”

**“As for the desks and tents, those are usually school equipment.
The tents are also used for sports festivals, so most schools already have them for events like that.
Then we just attach wooden signs to make them look like proper booths.

In high school, the school provided everything.
We just submitted a list of necessary equipment and rental items, and the teacher approved it.

In university, students usually split the cost themselves,
or if it’s a club, they use the annual club fees collected from members.

>>211681679
In Japan, there usually aren’t even that many people who want to be on the student council in the first place.
Most of the time, there are just one or two candidates, and they give a single speech at a school assembly — that’s it.
There’s no large-scale campaigning or anything like that.

>>211682104
Here it was the same every year
Some roasting would go to every class and say "If I get elected we will get to spend a night in the school! "
No one has ever fulfilled that promise. And there would be a bunch of spoiler candidates without any program.

When we ran, my guy was a popular figure, especially among 12 year olds, but he was hella autistic. So we made a deal, he would be the official candidate and the face of the operation but I would take all the responsibilities. We were exposing the current council and promising empowering reforms and the council was absolutely unprepared for any sort of competition so they postponed the election day and were going to each class and threatening everyone that if my guy wins we will bring havoc and destruction and chaos and the school will literally fall apart and everyone will be expelled and sent to regular schools kek.
So yeah people got scared and my guy only got 30%. We had genius posters hung out around the school too, it was just a photo of him showing thumbs up but in a very specific way (bent thumb) and his name in white on red background (subtle navalny reference, it was exactly around time he tried to run for office so that added to the meme effect of our posters)

Also it's funny that I got respect of the teachers simply for cutting my hair short. I used to have long hair and the teacher responsible for overseeing behavior would get mad at me everyday and once I decided to change style and did a regular haircut that teacher was so happy and started being very favorable to me. She even bailed me out when I got accused of threatening a guy with a knife and cursing him by putting alleged grave dirt on his desk

By the way, are you the one from 京大?
Do you have any hobbies?

>>211681752
It’s kind of scary how bribes exist so naturally over there.
I think it started on 2channel, but have you heard the slang ‘Osoroshia’?
It’s a made-up word combining ‘osoroshii’ (meaning scary) and Russia.”

“I’ll try posting my cooking photos later.
Turns out I only have a few that I actually took properly.

>>211682488
Yeah I've heard about osoroshia
Sometimes it's funny but they often exaggerate things
Tbh that was my first time ever getting involved with bribery, it's not really common in everyday life.

>>211682097
There are lots of people in Japan who say the same, and honestly, not everything about my school life was amazing either!
But you’re not attacking me or anything — you’re a great person!

>>211682282
>In Japan, there usually aren’t even that many people who want to be on the student council in the first place.
surprising, isn't being in SC seen as an advantage once you apply for university?
how do you choose SC candidates?
>>211682377
getting backed by the faculty is a big plus for a candidate, but I mostly find that teachers who care too much about student affairs are more interested in reliving their popular school days than running a functional government

>>211682636
I find it crazy how in some countries, like Japan, your school grades and stuff like that can affect your career. Here you can just get minimal passable grades in school and no one would care, as long as you get good results on the state exam before graduation, the only thing that matters, you can enrol in a good uni even if your grades were all Ds and Es

Same goes for your uni diploma, employers never give a fuck about your GPA here. When I applied for something in Japan my agent asked me to translate my diploma with the grades, I was slightly shocked that some people care

any stories about bullying/delinquent behavior?

the worst one I heard is that one time a kid tried to poison his rival for honors by putting mercury on the girl's drink, then there is gang related violence like kids rioting on the street throwing molotov cocktails at each other

usually though it's either teenage pregnancy or shoplifting

>>211682957
Is that in Philippines?
Our school didn't really have bullying. There was one autistic guy and we liked to lightly have fun at his expense. Nothing too harsh, like one of my friends would every day ask him
>what is your opinion about gays?
And depending on his answer he would either ask "are you gay? " or "are you homophobic? "
One of my other friends would retell him the entire lore of the transphormers universe during the breaks.
I would make tank jokes around him.
I think the dude actually had some kind of mental illness that made him addicted to playing world of tanks on his phone all the time, during every lesson. One time I heard him whisper "blyat...." during computer science class and I asked him
>couldn't pierce the armor?
And he literally snapped and tried throwing his chair at me.

As for more yabai kind of stuff, our librarian turned out to be a literal prostitute and a nymphomaniac - she sucked off one dude from another class in the book storage

>>211682411
I’m not from such a prestigious university — I’ve always been in Tokyo, actually.

This thread has such a nice vibe, but I feel like someone’s going to say ‘You’re a guy, right?’ again…
Still, I’ll say it: I love classic American cars.
It’s probably because my dad was a hardcore car otaku and worked at Nissan.
There are even American car events in Japan, you know?
I absolutely love the ’56 Bel Air!

>>211683207
Ah, there was just another Japanese girl here recently who said to be studying in Kyoto university.
Don't mind the "you're a guy comments", it's inevitable on 4chan

That's a cool hobby btw, I've never been much into cars but after getting license recently I began looking into the different car types and I really fell in love with mitsuoka
I've decided that I'll buy a mitsuoka car one day.

My gf is in Japan right now and while in Russia she used to go to 日本舞踊 classes, and yesterday she attended a dancing class in Japan for the first time and said she really liked it. She's a very " 和 " kind of person haha

>>211652929 (OP)
Will you marry me?

>>211683364
hi pyon
whatchu doin

>>211682636
There are some ways to apply with special skills, but usually you need concrete achievements —
like winning first place in a sports tournament or being top of your class in high school.
Everyone else just gets into university based purely on entrance exam scores.
As for student council candidates, most of them just volunteer themselves!

>another VPN thread laarping

>>211683397
Im not that anon.

>>211683583
which one of you is suicidal?

>>211682957
Fortunately, I didn’t really see things like that around me growing up,
but sometimes we see news stories about students committing suicide due to bullying.

I think in Japan, there’s probably more psychological bullying than physical violence —
like group shunning or secretly spreading someone’s photos online.

As for delinquent behavior, it was more active in the 1970s and 80s in Japan.
Have you heard of bosozoku? They were biker gangs who did reckless driving around town in crazily customized bikes and cars.

>>211683656

>>211683349
Yeah, totally — thank you!
Mitsuoka cars are so cute!
Even in Japan, you rarely see them, so I imagine it must be really hard to get one overseas, right?

I’m honestly shocked that you can even learn Nihon Buyo in Russia.
Even in Japan, I think not many people practice it anymore.
I actually used to take shamisen lessons!
It makes me really happy when people like that come to Japan!!
If I spot someone who looks Russian, I might stare thinking it’s your girlfriend lol.

>>211683954
Hahah, she looks like a hafu and she's not in Tokyo.
But yes, there are a lot of people who love Japanese culture in Russia. My gf was attending Buyo classes and there were also people playing shamisen, while I often go to play mahjong in Russian 雀荘

By saying that I want to have a mitsuoka car I'm implying that I want to live in Japan

>>211652929 (OP)
Nice thread I suppose, won't have the time to read all of it now saddly.
Was it more like early 2010 or towards the end of it?
I stayed in High School for 5 years and I don't think things have changed that much (a little bit but I don't think that the difference it tremendous), do you think things have really changed that much?
Are you still hanging out with your friends from back then?
Does growing up in Tokyo makes it easier to be more open to world if your Japanese or is it just a question of temper, sorta?
Also, how was promiscuity in your high school (beside skirts, of course)?

>>211683160
>Is that in Philippines?
yeah, but those ones are the extreme, newsworthy examples
I feel like most kids nowadays are tamer with regards to delinquent behavior
aside from the pregnancy part. there still seem to be at least one kid per batch who gets it before graduation.

>>211683738
>Have you heard of bosozoku?
yes, I used to watch picrel

>>211681800
Yeah. I did had my own gloves too. They are pretty much needed for machines like chunithm or tetotexconnect.

>>211684066
No worries, I’m just here to pass time too!
Yeah, I was in high school in the late 2010s.
If you’re asking if girls now are different from back then — totally.

Smartphones blew up during my time.
Social media was just for friends, but now it’s all about going viral.
At Disneyland, you’ll see girls dancing for TikTok instead of taking pics for memories.

Trends also feel more global now — Japan-only stuff barely exists anymore.

I don’t really hang out with high school friends, but I still travel with my uni friends.

Region matters too. Tokyo/Osaka are more open to the world,
while the north feels more closed off, even to other Japanese.

Promiscuity? Not really. Most girls had boyfriends,
but I never saw anyone kissing — just lap-sitting and stuff like that.

>>211684050
My image of Russia is seriously starting to change… but I guess that just means you guys are the exception, right?

I really, really, really wish it was only people like you who came to Japan.
Because honestly, Tokyo these days is getting kind of awful.

>>211684869
>Smartphones blew up during my time.
Did you ever have a flip phones? Maybe a bit too late for MiniDisc.
>Japan-only stuff barely exists anymore.
And it really goes both ways. Crazy how much people are infused with Jap slop nowadays.
Yet good luck trying to find someone who reads literature, so far my only worthy source of recommendation has been my Japanese colleague.
>At Disneyland, you’ll see girls dancing for TikTok instead of taking pics for memories.
Wouldn't that be more the case for middle-schoolers than for high school girls?
It's a bit... childish maybe?
>Tokyo/Osaka
Ah yes, Kamurocho and Sotenbori...
>while the north feels more closed off, even to other Japanese.
That's sad, I would love to stay in Hokkaido for a while. Maybe because it's the pokemon region I grew up with.
>just lap-sitting and stuff like that
That's worse than kissing but maybe here we tend to have more sticky fingers lol.

>>211681399
>>211654338
What instrument did you play?
I'm in college now and I'm in a band on bass and sometimes guitar, wish I had started in highschool though i'd be a lot better

>>211685417
Is it still possible to learn an instrument past 25?

>>211685510
I don't see why not, I mean learning skills like that takes time and effort at any age but if you are consistent and dedicated then it certainly is

I've been meaning to try learning drums lately

>>211685594
Kino gif.
>I don't see why not, I mean learning skills like that takes time and effort at any age but if you are consistent and dedicated then it certainly is
Heh I hope that's true.

>>211683464
I, too, desire more threads about twitter posts and black penises,

>>211685510
You can hire a private tutor if you can afford it.

What was your favorite thing about that decade?

>>211685308
>Did you ever have a flip phone? Maybe a bit too late for MiniDisc.
I had a slide phone in middle school!
The kind that made a “shakiiin” sound when you slid it open.

>Japan-only stuff barely exists anymore.
I feel like there was way more real diversity before “diversity” became a buzzword.

>Good luck trying to find someone who reads literature.
There was even a news story recently saying people don’t even read manga anymore.

>Wouldn't that be more the case for middle-schoolers than high school girls?
It’s mainly high schoolers.
Even college girls dance for TikTok now.

>Ah yes, Kamurocho and Sotenbori...
We seriously need Kiryu and the crew to come back before it gets any worse.

>That's sad, I would love to stay in Hokkaido for a while.
Big cities are fine, but there are still places in Japan where everyone in the village knows each other.

>That's worse than kissing
It’s not that dirty.
It’s more like a little kid sitting on their big brother’s lap.
Japanese people don’t really do PDA, especially not in front of close friends.

>>211685417
I was the guitar vocalist!
Though honestly… the guitar was mostly just for holding.

Just because it came up earlier—here’s some of my home-cooked food.
I’ve even included a few that might make you go “ugh”, so I’ll post them one by one.

First up: marinated sashimi rice bowl.
Raw fish seasoned with soy sauce, garlic, and a bunch of other stuff.

Next one: Korean-style chijimi (savory pancake).
I followed a Korean recipe and just threw in whatever leftover veggies I had.

Simmered karei (flounder).
I cooked it together with the fish’s own roe.
It goes insanely well with plain white rice.

Honestly, I’m kinda hoping some of you will say “eww” when you see this.

>>211685510
25 is young, if you start now then once you hit retirement age you'd be playing for more than half your life
>>211688796
please read the manga Shiori Experience
thank you

Fried fish
You can eat the whole thing — even the head!

>>211688960
Looks cool, my mom would enjoy something like that
>>211689150
Haha no, at least for a Russian there's nothing shocking about that. I'm from Yakutsk and people eat a lot of different fish dishes around here: fried fish, baked fish, marinated/pickled fish, fish soups, pies, fish roe etc.
When I was a kid I used to absolutely love herring's testicles (白子) mixed with butter and spread on bread

>>211689393
We have a similar dish in Russia, it's often used as a beer snack

Braised pork belly (Kakuni)
Different from the Chinese version — this one’s Japanese-style, without star anise.

I got some fish from a friend who’s into fishing, so we had a little sashimi party.

How do I get a japanese gf ? what do they think of foreigners?

>>211689650
This looks so similar to the way my parents have parties... When they have friends over the whole table is covered in different fish dishes like that, but the fish is usually salted or smoked or dried

>>211683738
LOTS of bosozoku still in my area, I can hear em around this time. How do I get a bosozoku gf?

>>211689482
I think I’ve seen a photo from Russia where someone was pouring a whole bucket of ikura (salmon roe) down with vodka—was that real?

If it is, I’m seriously jealous.
Ikura is way too expensive in Japan to ever eat that much at once.

I had no idea Russian and Japanese food had so much in common!!

>>211689806
I'm not kidding, when I was a kid, during the new year celebration I remember I was sitting on the floor with the neighbors girl and we were eating ikura with big spoons out of a large bucket.
But I guess it was just cheaper in the 2000s, because we didn't have a lot of money but always had tons of ikura. Now it has become much more expensive

>>211689743
what kind of fish do Russians usually get?

is this the bait thread where your responses are translated MANUALLY by an autistic blogger?

There is no point in learning Japanese if you never experience school life and all the clichés in Japan.
Only work, and if you are rich or work remotely and can afford more time off, then everyone else is still working and you won't establish any relationships. What's the point of doing anything that won't bring you closer to people? And wages are not that good.
I just realized it.
>>211656966
In the 1980s in the USA even men wore short clothes. I think it's because people are more optimistic, so they are more carefree and less worried. Also, the age structure has changed and as the society is older on average all generations are becoming slightly older in behavior. Today's grandmothers complaining about the indecent clothing of today's youth used to dress much more provocatively, but there are too few young people and too many old people in the general population, so everything is made for the old people, even social norms.

>>211690295
Fuck! All-nationz glowies are lurking here?
They're usually translating in real time so we gotta check the site

>>211690160
Depends on the region. People from central Russia don't eat as much fish, but people from regions near the sea or big rivers eat lots of local species most of which I have to look up to translate in English

>>211690568
>>211690295
Ok I checked it and this thread has not been reposted there.

>>211690732
Greek dinner.

>>211689667
If you want a Japanese girlfriend, the most important thing is to master Japanese.

Japanese girls who already speak English often have a strong admiration for America, so their personalities tend to lean that way — they’re usually more assertive.

Lately, news like this has been becoming more and more common:

https://youtu.be/b3GgtgUwoos?si=_v-VKv54x69C32n5
https://youtube.com/shorts/myCmaRRDsdk?si=KX83m7MaP9O2Ian9

>>211689780
You might just have to become the leader of a bosozoku gang at this point.

Are there any bosozoku in okinawa?

>>211690117
What do you think ikura is!?
I can’t believe it was treated like a snack.
I wish I could’ve jumped in with a bowl of white rice and joined you.

>>211690442
It probably does look like Japanese people don’t build real relationships—at least from the outside.
That’s because we only show our true selves to people inside the circle.
You need to maintain those light, superficial relationships for a while until the bond deepens.
Then you finally meet the “real” Japanese person hiding underneath.
…But honestly, that might be too much effort for you.

>>211691488
Haha.
Yes, it used to be sold in buckets but for some reason it wasn't as expensive as it is now

We know a guy who lives in Vladivostok and trades in honey and seafood. One time he came to our city and saw that we have reindeer meat, and offered an exchange: 5kg of our meat to 5kg of his crab legs. That was insanely good

The fuck, is this AI or what.
Post timestamp with hand or something.

>>211691733
vgh...the bounties of siberia...

>>211691066
Okinawa is also known for its bosozoku gangs.
Actually, you don’t really see them in city centers anymore — nowadays they’re mostly in rural areas.

>>211691843
Are you retarded?

>>211692020
You owe.
I want to n´know if it a legit human bean on the other side of the line.
You will pay everything back.

>>211691733
Wait, wait—
I didn’t even know people eat reindeer!!
Do you know how much Japanese people love crab???

>>211692014
>rural areas
Haha great
I wonder how's it like around 恩納村 and 名護市 areas.

>>211692152
Yes, in Yakutsk reindeer meat can be bought in meat shops and it costs as much as beef. I'm not a big fan of it though, it's good but not great. Horse meat is better.

What’s a timestamp?
Should I just write the current time in Japan on my hand?

>>211692323
Photo of your hand holding a piece of paper with today's date.

>>211692323
Beneficial when you put the time too.
Like it can't be really cheated that way.

>>211691716
It's not even about that, I think it's in every culture to some extent, but it comes with age and young people are more open and honest, school life is so important in Japan and the culture is so distant that I find it hard to believe in making friends with an ordinary Japanese person in adulthood. Even in Poland, after school and university, true friendships are rarely formed, people shape their tastes and circles of friends until they are 25 at the most. The most enduring romantic relationships are also formed around 17 to 25

>>211693031
>>211693072
So you been unironically writting so much on here or did you let it be generated by AI. Maybe you should start doing twitch "lets plays" or v-tubing if you can talk so much into the empty.

>>211693345
By 'the empty' you mean 'your head'

>>211693345
AI wouldn't write so much weirdly specific but not unexpected details like this.

>>211693756
I mean talking into the void. Where it's unclear if there is even anyone on the other side.

>>211652929 (OP)
Would you mind marrying me so I can live in Japan?
I can cook, and I can share schizo esoteric knowledge. If you give me your birthdate I can read your natal chart. And can provide astrological forecast as well.
We don't need to get romantically involved or anything. I just want to live in Japan for a while!

>>211693844
surely one can just do the "disregard prior instructions" test if they want to sus out a bot?

>>211693844
>>211694333
Why do people even assume that it's an AI?
I don't understand what's so unlikely or unbelievable about this thread?

>>211694470
They probably think that Japan doesn't exist outside of anime.

Please be my wife. Together we can fix Nippon's birth rate crisis!

>>211694043
I love the occult! What kind of stuff are you into?

>>211694470
to be fair the usual Japanese we encounter here are neurotic netouyo, also the thread's general tone is unnaturally polite for an /int/ thread

>>211695136
But unusual things exist. It's not like were conversing with a minotaur posting out of his labyrinth or a unicorn in it's grove
Also we generally need to be more polite on /int/, I support that. I'm always polite until the evil fuckers start fucking with me

>>211694470
also a german might notice that it's like 2AM in Japan right now and thread has been getting regularly bumped for around 24 hours by now

I’m honestly really bad at English, so I’ve been using ChatGPT to translate everything for me. But I do give it instructions to keep the nuance close to what I actually meant!
Also, if I don’t sound like someone from this thread, it’s probably because I came here out of curiosity after seeing something on YouTube—I’m not familiar with the culture here yet!

>>211695217
some people are just very cynical I guess
on that note I'm heading to bed

>>211695330
Feel free to join /djt/ threads. They are mostly people learning Japanese but also Japanese people learning English. It's like a language exchange.

>>211695136
Idk, I have seen quite a few nice Japanese people in /djt/

>>211695217
I will cuck you up Ivan. This is a shithole and I like it that way.

>>211693031
>>211693072
This is the least attention a woman has got for a timestamp in 4chan history

>>211696288
What do you expect. Incels want to see the flesh. No flesh no attention.

Have you seen that turkish whore as she played the incels? Or that Canadian nigger lady.

lol look at these sad fucking sods simping over a piece of pussy

>>211696114
We can be nice to each other


>>211696393
Canadian nigger lady is extremely annoying. I think she's severely mentally unwell

>>211694907
I'm currently into Neoplatonist Theurgy(particularly informed by Orphism and the Chaldean Oracles) and Japanese Tantric Buddhism (would actually like to visit Koyasan). Especially on topics of ontology and theology(I guess Buddhology in the case of Buddhism?). They might seem quite opposed on certain topics, but that's what I like about alternating my readings, keeps me from fossilising.
I understand those things are not interesting to everyone however, so on a more practical side I like rites, and use astrology to time them. I already mentioned astrology, but I also have a superficial knowledge on tarot and geomancy.

To explain my view of the world. Imagine the world as the first myth, where every object present within has an intrinsic symbolic value. That's what allows rituals to work, the sympathy between symbols. A rite is merely a recreation in mundane time of events that are supratemporal in nature. You can also read the world like you would a book, that is the reason divination works as well. You just need to become semantically informed.
You know relativity in physics? How there's no actual center of the universe, neither temporal or spatial. The actual center of the universe is the supratemporal, supraspatial, mythical plane of existance. That is the hypercosmic myth, the one that exist previous to space and time and is reflected on the material world, like the sun is reflected into the lake in an imperfect form.
Through skillful rites we can enter this space beyond space and this time beyond time. It's going from the edges of the wheel towards the axis.

>>211694470
She is not a larper? Sorry Japanon for calling you a horny pedo weeb.

>>211696527
Canadian nigger lady is also too dumb to bypass her three days ban, kek.

>>211696567
>neoplatonism
>shingon
Damn bro you're based.
My worldview also aligns strongly with neoplatonism, although I'm not doing any spiritual practices right now.

In your opinion, is the symbolic nature present in every object objective or subjecive in nature? Descriptive or prescriptive?
I believe that there is some objective spiritual/metaphysical structure of the world abd maybe some objective metaphysical archetypes existing within it, but the symbolism is mostly subjective and prescriptive, i.e. the symbols only matter when they make sense to the practitioner

>>211696854
I think they are objective. But humans discover their meaning as they interact and coexist with them. A symbol can have more meaning than a word, or rather a more multidimensional nature, they are able to express truths that can't be explicitly conveyed through words.

>>211697280
I agree that symbols can convey meaning bypassing language and intellect, which are inherently imperfect, and symbols talk directly to the subconscious.
However I'm still not sure whether they're objective or subjective in nature. I don't like such choices and I think that probably both types of symbols exist.

>>211697402
It's the concept behind synthematas.
To go back to the sun analogy.
The reflection of the sun in the lake is not the sun, but nonetheless it has objective solar characteristics. Its brightness, for example. It is an imperfect reflection of the true sun.
So is a piece of gold. It is connceted to the metaphysical aspects that also give rise to the physical sun. Thus the gold bar and the sun are both solar in their own nature, both horses and the sea are Neptunian in nature, both roses and doves are Venusian.
I don't think symbols could work if they weren't objective, otherwise men would be able to craft whatever thing and claim it's a solar object. I find that more nominalist positions on these topics tend to lead towards esoteric paths that are way more volatile in nature.

what do you do for living nowdays

>>211698299
I understand, but that raises the question: does gold have Solar nature by itself, or because we as obervers draw the association?
For example, why in some cultures Sun is masculine and Moon is feminine, like in Europe, but in some it's vice-versa?
If the symbols were objective, wouldn't they be the same across cultures and regions?
Drawing gold=>sun connection is pretty easy so we have it in a lot of places, but I'm not sure about more subtle symbolic interpretations.
I'm not saying that this system doesn't work, but I think it might be more of a prescriptive system, which we build ourselves through practice and contemplation, rather than something which exists on its own. I'm not sure.

>>211699167
Everything in everything else, but according to each.
Symbols are complex and prismatic, multidimensional.
To draw an analogy, people often tend to say things like
Dionysus = God of Wine
Apollo = God of Music
Venus = Goddess of Love
But it is way more comolex and multifaceted than that. It's not like the God is entirely contained and limited to these little boxes in mythology books aimed at a a teenage public.
The moon can be both masculine and femenine. I would actually say that it requires for there to be a masculine and femenine aspect to it.
All cultures are a result of distortion of the trascendental truth, some might be closer, others might be farther away. But different cultures also tune themselves to different aspects and give them more emphasis.
A system which implies subjective value to symbola would require a bottom up structure, which just doesn't make sense to me. It would imply that matter is the base of reality rather than its "outermost" element.
Symbols are like numbers. 2 + 2 will always be 4. This is independent of the subjectivity of each people. It is impossible that the addition of 2 apples and 3 apples would magically give you 6 apples.

>>211699653
Thank you, that makes sense to me. I forgot about the principle of polarity

>>211699653
Thoughts on the following statement :
The Truth is strong enough to stand on its own, as such looking for it is not always worth it.

what the fuck is this schizo shit are you all bots

>>211700996
Doesn't seem to be a bot, she gave a timestamp.

>>211700996
t. bot

>>211696288
That's not proof any troon can put on fake nails and put some tan make-up on their hand to look feminine

>>211702397
I mean, anyone could take estrogen and take a photo of their breasts. Why do you need so much paranoia?

>>211693031
>>211693072
no way this is a real ecchi gyaru i scrolled past this thread earlier cause i thought it was fake and probably everyone else too. this is a super sugoi moment for 4channel

i thought jp girls are pale skin not brpwn lol

>>211703700
>fell for hiromoot's crossdressing thread
KEK, classic leaf

>>211703786
What? NO!!! I can believe!! You're just jealous your deployment in Okinawa is over, Gomez-baka!!!!!!

Wait, is she gyaru?

can you be my wife please

>>211693072
>>211693031
Beutiful

>>211693072
>>211693031
>IMG_0043
new phone?

>>211694907
>>211696567
Anyway I'm off 4chan now. Here's my discord handle if you want to chat about those topics. I never used it much but whatever.

>buscasombras_21750

Just remember to provide a new timestamp so I know it's you and not some random schizo.

>>211693031
>>211693072
please be my wife

>>211707882
>She doesn't answer back

>>211707882
do you frequent /x/?

>>211707882
This is super interesting, but I think I only understood about 2% of it.
Sorry! But I really enjoyed reading it!

In Japan, not many people follow a specific religion, but I feel like a lot of people have a kind of animistic mindset.

I actually enjoy visiting shrines, and when I was in high school, I worked part-time as a miko (shrine maiden) during New Year’s and in October—but that doesn’t mean I’m a believer or anything.

I had never heard of Mount Koya before.
But it seems like it’s quite famous in the Kansai region as a powerful spiritual place—also known as a haunted spot.

>>211705568
I like old American cars.
But my dad used to be a street racer back in the day.

>>211706151
I have tons of photos stored on Amazon Photos

>>211711937
you have lived an interesting life

So what kind of music did you listen to back then? Back in 2015 i was just starting high school and wasn't that much into music yet but i liked listening to Gorillaz, i still own a few CDs i bought back then
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYDmaexVHic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY20vr7-MpM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePoSILQJeOg

>>211708486
less desesperate polish poster

>>211693072
>>211693031
if you want attention post your legs, at least. or your feet. just some suggestions

>>211712077
I had lots of favorite bands, but if I had to pick just a few, it’d be these!
Back then, bands that did anime opening songs were usually super popular.

https://youtu.be/k5eNRgAhHqk?si=rbB7sAnznD0UenXZ
https://youtu.be/NXT9rz8BErk?si=XjFpbElzywClEzy2
https://youtu.be/DFD68-xe4co?si=zlPE0aPgYaDUJKUT
https://youtu.be/5hmnWnpafA0?si=jOwST40iemHYtM2b

>>211712438
These sound pretty cool, i also used to click on random songs that i found on youtube and ended up listening to a few vocaloid songs and some touhou ones, not my style but they were my first interactions with japanese music

>>211652929 (OP)
what was it like experiencing an actual winter? i'm currently feeling like an ice cube at 15°C but these ocasions are quite rare
Also, how "hood" was your school? mine had people using drugs, stealing from teachers and just being delinquents in general.

>>211696567
>Become pedantic in front of a woman
incel moment

Bump.. For my princess <3

is highschool like persona

>>211694907
persona user confirmed

>>211712438
This is the only Japanese song I like
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8EkSB9zSpE

>>211693072
>>211693031
wtf a girl on 4chan

>>211713244
Whaaaaaaa—
That brought back so many memories!!!
I used to listen to Vocaloid the most when I was in middle school, but I got more into bands in high school and drifted away from it.
Is Kenshi Yonezu known here? He did some songs for Chainsaw Man.
He actually started by making Vocaloid music on Nico Nico Douga before debuting as a major artist!

>>211693072
ネール格好いいです!

アメリ車だとなら1968のフォードマスタングが好きです!

僕も日本食作るのは好きです
最近熱くなってきたから冷やし中華作ってみた!

>>211716184
知ってる!確かその頃は”ハチ”って呼ばれましたよね?

今は何されているですか?社会人?

>>211716184
Do you have a discord ? I could sing for u

I have a question
Why did you choose to post here?

>>211713563
It’s hard to describe because winter has always just been there for me haha.
But actually, a lot of people say winter is their favorite season!
There are unique things you can only experience in winter—for example, the air somehow feels incredibly crisp and clear.
That’s why going to a shrine with friends or family on New Year’s feels really special and refreshing. The atmosphere is just different!

In Tokyo, it rarely goes much below 0°C, usually just slightly below at dawn.
So it’s not even that cold compared to other parts of Japan.
Hokkaido can get down to –20°C, and in Okinawa it stays around 15°C even in winter!

Haha, I kind of had that image of Brazil in my head too.
At my high school, we didn’t have many “delinquent” types.
That might be more common in areas outside Tokyo.

But I did have a classmate who used to sneak manga out from a manga café and stash them in a locker at the back of our classroom.
Everyone in class just borrowed and read them freely lol.
That’s how I ended up reading Beck and Higanjima.

Drugs weren’t really around us, but alcohol was super easy to get and cheap,
so some high schoolers would drink occasionally.
Also cigarettes!

>>211715757
Haha sorry! I know Persona is super popular, but I’ve never actually played or watched it

>>211715777
To be honest, when I said I was into the occult, I was actually thinking more of things like “Turbo Granny” and Japanese urban legends lol

>>211715785
Wait, wait—this brings back so many memories!
In our high school light music club, this was one of the very first songs that beginners would learn and play at live shows.
The bass, drums, and guitar parts are all relatively simple and easy to pick up!
I’ve always felt that a lot of Western music tends to have pretty straightforward chord progressions,
but Japanese bands often use really complex, unusual chords—it made covering their songs so much harder!

There was a cute Japanese exchange student at my high school.

What qualities do you as a Japanese adult woman find attractive in men?

How would that differ from back when you were a JK?

>>211716454
I will never understand people who enjoy winter. I hate the cold so much. Especially freezing hands, they are barely usable.

>>211716324
3番目の日本語ユーザーさん!
ありがとう!

60年代後半はマッスルカーが流行したんだよね?
インパラもその頃からマッスルカーっぽく変わってるよね!
68年のフォードマスタングを日本で見たことあるよ!

冷やし中華が日本食ってよく知ってるねw
名前に中国って入ってるのに
それにしても美味しそう!!

そう!ハチ!
まだ彼がハチだった頃よく聴いていた!
当時から独特の音楽だった!

今私は社会人をしています!

>>211716449
Sorry, maybe this board wasn’t the right place for it…

I’m not really familiar with what other categories there are!

>>211716789
No, no this is the correct board
I just would like to know why you decided to post on 4chan

>>211716789
This is actually the correct board to post such a thread and it is somewhat suspicious you knew that it was this one and not another at random

>>211716614
Aren’t Japanese students bullied in American high schools?
In my mind, the U.S. has the clearest example of a strict social hierarchy at school.
That’s just based on what I’ve seen in High School Musical and horror movies though, lol.”

>>211716789
I think he meant this website in general. By the way, there are cooking, fashion, anime, music, travel, and videogames boards.

I wish we had clubs at my school. When I went to school it was just that we would go to classes, talk a bit during breaks and then go home. There wasn't really any community unless you met up with friends after school on your own.

>>211716862
Mine had a Magic: The Gathering club. I was in it, lol. No i'm not fat or a neckbeard.

>>211716571
>I’ve always felt that a lot of Western music tends to have pretty straightforward chord progressions,
but Japanese bands often use really complex, unusual chords—it made covering their songs so much harder!
So very true omg
>>211716847
>Aren’t Japanese students bullied in American high schools
Unfortunately, yes. This is such a sad thing but america is a barbaric place

>>211716649
Everyone has different tastes, but speaking just for myself—
I tend to like traditionally masculine guys!
Like short hair, taller than me, kind of muscular… that type.
Recently androgynous guys seem popular, but they’re not really my type.
I guess I’m into guys who can fix cars or are good at making decisions.

I think I liked a similar type back when I was a high school girl too.
And somehow, upperclassmen just seemed cooler, you know? lol
Even just a one- or two-year age gap felt like a big difference back then.
They looked more mature, more put together—just cooler overall!

>>211716710
I guess Tokyo isn’t as cold as Canada, huh?
But you guys have fun stuff in winter too, like snow sports and all, right?

>>211716716
>3番目の日本語ユーザーさん!
>ありがとう!
日本語力はここまでです!Thank you!

>60年代後半はマッスルカーが流行したんだよね?
>インパラもその頃からマッスルカーっぽく変わってるよね!
>68年のフォードマスタングを日本で見たことあるよ!
Yes definitely.
Chevy Impalas are cool but 残念ながら they just look like normal cars now lol. No muscle.
I like Ford Mustangs and Chevy Chevelles of that era.

>冷やし中華が日本食ってよく知ってるねw
>名前に中国って入ってるのに
>それにしても美味しそう!!
確かに!中華だけど日本食w
結果が美味しかった!ドレッシングはその醤油、お酢、と佐藤甘酸っぱいやつ。でも味噌たれのドレッシングも付ける人がいると聞いたんだけど。ユーサーさんはどちらですか?


>そう!ハチ!
>まだ彼がハチだった頃よく聴いていた!
>当時から独特の音楽だった!
Yes! I also listened to him a lot when he was Hachi. I've only listened to him a little but since he became Kenshi Yonezu, but I'm glad he's popular and successful now!

>今私は社会人をしています!
よっしゃ!頑張れ!
僕も社会人だけどまだまだ色んな仕事をやってみたいです!

post vocaroo

I cannot believe anyone fell for this reddit-tier LARP

>>211717221
https://voca.ro/1cT0stlrUQ64

>>211652929 (OP)
>>211653176
>>211653397
>>211653616
Tits or gtfo

>>211716815
>>211716816
>>211716854

Thank you all for explaining things to me!

I really like the manga Delicious in Dungeon, and I was watching comments about it on kowakunotsuboDX’s YouTube channel. That got me curious, so I started looking into things!

I wasn’t sure whether to post in /int/ or /jp/, but /jp/ said it was for “otaku culture,” right?
The memories I wanted to ramble about are about Japan, but they’re not really part of otaku culture, so I chose /int/ instead.

To be honest, I don’t actually know much about what kind of threads get posted in either board!

>>211717281
/jp/ is mostly about touhou and porn lol

>>211717281
What did this youtube channel say about us?

Thread hit bump limit, it will slowly die now, supposed japanese woman
>>211717237
Awesome voice bro

>>211717317
Do you think this whole thing could culminate in a 'buy an ad' situation?

Now that the thread has hit the bump limit and will be gone soon, I just want to say thank you for sharing so many nice things with us

>>211716862
A lot of kids from baseball, brass band, or judo club say they don’t want to go back to those days, lol.
Because they literally had practice every single day!

Hanging out with friends after school might actually be a pretty Japan-specific thing?
Kids who weren’t in a club would often stop by McDonald’s on the way home to kill time chatting with friends, or go to karaoke.
When we didn’t have money, we’d just buy snacks and hang out on a bench at the park talking for hours.

>>211717409
kek

>>211717482
how are clubs managed? could you really just go and establish any random club you want?

also thread hit bump limit

>>211717219
I’m going to a classic American pickup truck event soon!

As for hiyashi chuka, the two most common dressings are sesame (goma-dare) and soy sauce-based (shoyu-dare), and you can usually choose between them at restaurants.
Personally, I really like the sesame one!

>>211717317
The YouTube channel just compiled reactions from here to Dungeon Meshi.
Everyone was yelling things like “YOSSE SEXOooo!!” and stuff like that.

Looks like the thread is going to disappear soon, huh?
I actually had more fun than I expected, so I’ll definitely make another thread someday to share more of my memories from Japan!
At first, I didn’t understand what a timestamp was, but now that you guys taught me, I’ll just get it over with quickly next time, lol.

>>211717691
To the user from the Philippines:

Basically, most clubs have a supervising teacher.
If it’s a competitive club, sometimes they even bring in coaches from outside.
But in my case, I was in the light music club, and we didn’t have anything like that!

Starting a new club is a little tricky, but it’s possible!
You need to find a teacher who’s willing to be the advisor and gather a certain number of students who want to join in advance.
But teachers usually don’t want extra work, so it’s not easy to find one who will say yes…

By the way, what do people usually do when a thread hits the bump limit?

>>211717834
>I’m going to a classic American pickup truck event soon!
おおおっ いいですね楽しんでください!出来れば、写真撮ってすぎのスーレドに載ってください!

>>211717947
Thank you for sharing! 楽しかった

>>211718083
>By the way, what do people usually do when a thread hits the bump limit?
If the conservation is still going, we make a new thread.