Originally Posted by
Pickles
Yea, you hear that a lot. However, I've concluded that it is a load of crap, and a function of the difference more than any specific issue with it being "better" or "worse". Just different. Once you come to grips with that, the sound of one hand clapping when the tree falls on the bear in the woods will all make sense.
Count me as one who agrees with this. I have lived in Japan for 11 years and have loved every minute of it. It has been absolutely nothing like all the negative stuff I heard before I came here.