Whats it like living in japan when you used to live in England or america?

Question:

i have just asked this question out of pure curiosity. basically i want to know that if you lived most of your life in America or England but then for some reason you moved to japan what was it like?
do you enjoy the culture, food, entertainment. what are schools and the people like etc
and most all is Anime popular their
so overall i just want to know what its like living in any part of japan and what atmosphere it gives off:)

Answer:

That depends on the person and what you're doing there. Working? A student? Do you look like you could be Japanese? Can you speak Japanese? Those are some pretty huge factors.

If you aren't Asian, you already have "Gaijin Status", and the native Japanese will automatically treat you like a foreigner. It can be fun at times, and annoying at other times. This can be a good thing if you don't speak Japanese, because they will try to speak to you in English. The will be surprised if you can speak Japanese. However, if you speak Japanese, and stay in Japan for a long time, it becomes annoying. For the most part, being a foreigner in Japan is fun.

If you are Asian, the Japanese people might mistake you for being Japanese, and will expect you to speak Japanese. They will be surprised if you don't speak Japanese. For example, two friends of mine- White guy and Asian guy. The white guy speaks Japanese, the Asian guy does not. The Japanese people keep looking at the Asian guy expecting him to understand.

Culture- the Japanese are very polite and try to keep to themselves. Watch and observe. If you're too loud, you could be offending someone. Also, they don't like giving straight answers. They're trying to be polite. "Um.. Well..." means "NO"... "Someday" means "Never"... So on and so forth.

As for the food~ Food is good. Ramen, takoyaki, okonomiyaki, yakisoba, sukiyaki- if the word has "yaki" in it, it's worth eating. However, the supermarkets are small, and if you're hoping to make some western style food, you'll have trouble finding the sort of ingredients that you're looking for. ALSO! Most houses don't have ovens. So most Japanese food is cooked on a stove.

Anime? Well, it's there. But it's not the main focus of their lives. It's popular, though. I'm sure you've heard the word "otaku". It means "house"- a derogatory term for anyone who says home and watches anime all the time, to the point of having no life. There are those people, but they're in no way the majority.

Everything is CLEAN. No littler on the streets. Everything is CONVENIENT. You can walk to a train station, and pay your bills at the 7/11, or Lawson, or any other convenience store.

Entertainment? Drinking party anyone~? Not a house party, out at an Izakaya (Japanese pub) with your co-workers, boss, etc., or if you're in college, your classmates and teachers.

Also~ they have no dryers (you hang out your clothes), and no central air conditioning. So that means individual rooms are heated, but not the whole house. So in the winter, it's cold, in the summer, it's hot.