{"id":971,"date":"2026-01-08T11:20:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T16:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supremeactofwar.com\/blog\/SawWarDiary.html\/?p=971"},"modified":"2026-01-08T11:20:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T16:20:55","slug":"life-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supremeactofwar.com\/blog\/SawWarDiary.html\/life-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Life in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve been in Japan for over 2 months straight so far, lots of catching up with friends and lots to see and do and will still be for a few more months. Rent is considerably cheaper here, but it’s easy to spend a lot of money if you’re not careful. I only speak limited Japanese, so anything beyond expected conversation subjects becomes difficult and often impossible. Still, I enjoy the challenge. The key seems to be picking out the main point, for example, when I’m checking out at a store, the cashiers talk very fast because they say the same phrase hundreds of times a day, way too fast for me to understand. But if I can pick out ‘Pointo kaado’ (points card) or ‘rejibukuro’ (shopping bag), it doesn’t take a genius to figure out what they’re asking.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Visited the Mikasa battleship, did some metal detecting, saw some concerts, caught up with a ton of friends, became somewhat of a regular at a nearby restaurant\/bar called Rambo Chicken and even found a couple bilingual churches. But had a lot of really quiet days too, just exploring or staying in to save money.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Overall a good time, but there’s a few things I miss. My car (walking everywhere sucks, especially if you’re carrying stuff and even moreso in bad weather), guns (although there’s a ton of realistic replica gun stores here), being able to read the ingredient labels of food I’m buying, explaining nuances of something you’re looking for in a store and obviously friends and family back home, but we’ve been keeping in touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last but not least, the album will FINALLY be released on streaming platforms tomorrow!
The links will be posted here then!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter Wolvesblood\/ S.A.W.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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