An American to Japan

Hey /anime/. I moved to Japan 2 years ago, and I am currently back at my parents with my wife to introduce her to the family. I am going to take this time off to answer any questions you have about Japan. I used to go here back in early 05, and I'm surprised how much it has grown!

This is a continuation from /a/, but I am used to text-boards a little bit more due to 2ch. I will check this whenever I can!

I am also very used to Japan. I suppose the biggest culture shock to me was the lack of trash bins, anywhere. And how it was relatively clean.

Living costs aren't high if you know where to look and if you make a steady salary(engineering again, haha)

Trains are very cheap here. You can get commuter passes if you work or go to school at a certain place, and you save tons of money. Also Shinkansen is cheap(for how far you travel), and you can get to Kyoto easily.

Learn Japanese before you come, or else you will be lost a lot of the time. Not everything is in English.