fukdane 2 Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 As yamakashi said in another thread, just need to get outta here every now and again to regain sanity. What's your limit without a break? Link to post Share on other sites
fukdane 2 Posted April 13, 2005 Author Share Posted April 13, 2005 Oh yeah once a year or so for me. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 Im out every 1.5 years or so...longest I went was 3 years Link to post Share on other sites
mfurmane 0 Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 Been here for about 8 months....been OUT of Japan 4 times and in a few weeks, I'll make it 5. GET ME OUTTA HERE!!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
veronica 2 Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 It's been once a year, I would like a bit more than that actually. Link to post Share on other sites
Dims 0 Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 One a year is good, more than once is better. Other than that I always managed to let off a lot of steam by hitting the slopes, Izu, and the pubs and clubs of Tokyo on the weekend. And my weekends were sacred. You wouldn't believe the looks of disbelief I got when I said that I was having a two week holiday to Thailand at the end of year break last year. I was thinking why would anybody want to go somewhere for less than that? Link to post Share on other sites
7-11 2 Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 Need - twice a year Can - once a year Link to post Share on other sites
gamera 0 Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 I have nowhere to go back abroad even if I want to leave Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 need 3 times. can twice, though family expanding, becoming difficult (Need because NO WAVES here) Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 Never. Here's home. But going somewhere else for a holiday every few years is nice. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 I feel the need every year. 2 would be great but in reality it's just the once, usually summer. Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 Usually once a year, I went home for a short time in winterthough and will be going again in July. Link to post Share on other sites
r45 4 Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 Similar stuff here once a year sounds sane to me. Link to post Share on other sites
woywoy 0 Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 I NEED to get "out" TWICE a year. I have been successful with this so far ...one trip home and one trip to a country other than my own. But also as Dims says, your weekends must involve some "change of scenery" to stay sane here. Whether it be Izu, the mountains or onsen or what, you have to get out and about. Link to post Share on other sites
woywoy 0 Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 How do you know when to call a country that is not your place birth, your "home"??? Link to post Share on other sites
Curt 1 Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 I definitely feel the need every year. Link to post Share on other sites
joshnii 2 Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 At the end of last year I desperately NEEDED to leave Japan. Usually once a year is fine, but I like to take 3 or 4 weeks if possible. Getting work to agree is always a long and painful process. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Quote: Originally posted by woywoy: How do you know when to call a country that is not your place birth, your "home"??? When youve lived here for a long time, have a family, kids, a house, and couldnt imagine living somewhere else...which is, Im guessing, O11 situation. After living in Japan for just a year or two I never considered Japan my home, but now it is and heres where I call home; and, my friends back home laughed at me over vacation for stating that. Thing is, I have nothing in America other than my family, and have over 6 years invested here, an awesome job, my best mates, apartment, and a life(style) I love. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Yeah, if you've sired a Japanese person who is going through school here, it takes on a homely sort of feeling. (Except when your kid calls you 'gaijin' and says things like "Foreigners are not allowed to attend this sake tasting event") Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 O11, did you go to the Sake matsuri in Saijo (Higashi Hiroshima)last Fall? Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 No, but I've been to lots like that. There's a really good shop in Matsuyama that has Ehime sake from 100 to 500 yen a glass. Going there tonight in fact for a little aperitif or five. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 I had 剣菱(けんびし)the other weekend. Not bad for an Ashiya/Nishinomiya sake. Still prefer Hiroshima or Tohoku. Enjoy yer sake tanite! Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Quote: Originally posted by woywoy: How do you know when to call a country that is not your place birth, your "home"??? I would say when you are settled, comfy and and in a permanent situation. I call Japan my home now (I didn't for first 2 years as it was temp) but I do intend on moving back. When i lived in Indonesia it was always going to be temporarily so I guess you can't really call that home. Link to post Share on other sites
mfurmane 0 Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 "Home" for me will always be where I grew up, where my parents live. I guess this will only change when I begin a family or they move on. Link to post Share on other sites
echineko 1 Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 I want oversseas holiday every year now. This year I plan to go west coast of US. I think if I live overseas I want to come back every year for family. Link to post Share on other sites
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