yoroshiku onegai shimasu

I got me a good buddy who is the kind of guy who kicks up a fuss at the earliest possible moment, feels the whole world is against him and he's on some kind of crusade against everything/everyone. It is always interesting when I'm with him to see how he gets treated Japanese around him. He almosts invites people to treat him with suspicion with his attitude. Sure, there will be cases where you'll get screwed over - as everywhere - but I'm sure attitude has a hell of a lot to do with how you are treated, especially in our situation in here in Japan.

An interesting number would be how many people are free-ta (?!) and arubaito. That must be massive. So many people around me are.

I watched that second one, interesting to see it. Bush spoke better than I imagined he would, still don't like him though. Not too sold on Kerry either.

Tiny thing going on out back, it seems very incorrect to label it 'garden'.

I've noticed recently I seem to (increasingly) play along with the Japanese way of communicating, most specifically saying "sumimasen" and "yoroshiku" and "moshiwake nai" even if I don't really FEEL those things and don't want to say them. Whether thats a good or bad thing, I'm not sure. Not saying them would not be good for some of the relationships I have. Saying them doesn't make me feel too good if I think about it in English, so I just try to block that out and go along with the Japanese style. What about you?

Bastard. Yoroshiku onegai shimasu

They shoot the crows where I live.

Hey thanks for the responses. Looking forward to it. Are there any special "beginner resorts" or things like that just for us? (Not that I'm sure that would be fun, I wouldn't mind seeing some people doing their stuff to impress)

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Do many non-Japanse work at resorts here?

Hi. New here and new to winter sports, but looking forward to it. My question. At resorts, do they have special areas for complete beginners like me, are there any kind of limits/boundaries as such? Cheers & yoroshiku

I work just outside of Shinjuku and live 30 minutes further west.

I'm new to it all.