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How to live in japan Part II:

As you know Japan has 4 seasons but each of those seasons, Japan has special presentation in various locations and all of them are guaranteed with quality. Most of Japan is with good quality and you can trust almost all Japanese, most of them are honest but of course you’ll never know. Here’s what you should know about Japan:

• Japanese are trustworthy but you also have to be trustworthy because if you mess up once they would doubt on you but of course you still have chance to make it up and they’d trust you again. One thing, you have to be honest to be able to be trusted. If you use their being trustworthy as a weakness and you take advantage of them, you’ll end up discriminated and the next people of your kind.
• For summer (Natsu), it can be humid and hotter than any place maybe due to plenty of buildings and fresh air cannot room around but you can always enjoy the hanabi (fire works!). For autumn (aki), you can always go to their dobutsu and koens (huge statue and parks)…they have a lot of amusement parks for you to enjoy so you room around and enjoy it. Spring (haru) is the best season of Japan because of Sakura (cherry blossoms) and hanami (flower watching). It’s the best among all countries I’ve seen. And in winter (fuyu) is the loneliest season but you can always enjoy skiing.
• Commuting through train can be really confusing but Information centers are helpful and you can visit jorudan.co.jp for train schedule guide it’s always updated.
• From Narita airport to your station you can ride Airport limousine bus at cheap price JPY1,500 to your nearest station ask the information in the airport.
• Police people cannot speak english so you have to always bring your passport and alien card to avoid delays. You just present them these papers whenever they stop by and talk to you.
• Hospitals are very expensive, there are many English speaking hospitals just call TELL you can google TELL Japan for the numbers once you get there. Remember TELL is very important for all gaijins (foreigners) in Japan. They can always help you with anything you need. They established TELL for the purpose of helping foreigners and for safety of visitors of Japan.
• If you are paying taxes and SSS in Japan you have reimbursement at the end of your term or when you finally exit Japan and go back to your country. You have to ask Japan about it, it’s usually more than your monthly salary or you can hire a 3rd party to help you with filing. Again, ask TELL about assistance.

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In Japan, you have to be independent in everything but there’s always help if you want to. Enjoy Japan.