tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post7959908157665853645..comments2024-03-14T07:32:30.141+09:00Comments on Marketing Japan: Tokyo in 1979, 1984 and Todaymike in tokyo rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04977446676243085409noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-69336259905716960022013-06-11T12:26:52.975+09:002013-06-11T12:26:52.975+09:00"...looking for foreigners to teach classes f..."...looking for foreigners to teach classes for that evening. We were desperate! If the foreigner was walking and breathing, then they qualified for a teaching job."<br /><br />Damn, I'll bet I waked right by you while telling someone how I'd like to teach English and how can I make money here?<br /><br />Talk about missed opportunity. I can't say I enjoyed reading about it. <br />I'm glad you had fun though.<br /><br />- IndividualAudienceMemberAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-12971774042083263422012-03-23T07:22:57.611+09:002012-03-23T07:22:57.611+09:00Great Post! I lived in Japan from 79-84 and liked...Great Post! I lived in Japan from 79-84 and liked it so much I brought my future ex-wife back to the states with me. I was a jarhead stationed in Iwakuni, south of Hiroshima. I taught english on the side three times a week for a few years, learned to read and write Japanese on about a 3rd grade level and pretty much went native. I went back in 97 on business installing Robotic drug research equipment and boy had things changed!Carlhttp://www.carlsmotophotos.x10.mx/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-65875972204122031672012-02-26T13:39:20.122+09:002012-02-26T13:39:20.122+09:00In late 80's and early 90's, I, as a young...In late 80's and early 90's, I, as a young guy, was just wondering why women in this country were so easy with white guys (of stupid faces), just because they were white. That was crazy and envious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-7899697049532970942011-12-10T07:42:40.059+09:002011-12-10T07:42:40.059+09:00Jeffrey,
I'd love to meet with you and have a ...Jeffrey,<br />I'd love to meet with you and have a beer and share fond memories of the times we spent together, separately apart, in Japan. Ah! Those were the days!<br />Thanks, my old friend.mike in tokyo rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04977446676243085409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-27086107926518376482011-12-10T02:43:39.746+09:002011-12-10T02:43:39.746+09:00Our time line for Japan is nearly identical. My f...Our time line for Japan is nearly identical. My first visit was for the summer of 1979 after my sophomore year at university. Tsuyu started about a week after I arrived in Nagoya. One of my fondest (and dorkiest) memories is a "Singing In The Rain" walk home from the school where I was "student-teaching." The rain came down so hard that it was lapping the sidewalk and my umbrella was useless. I'd never seen it rain like that before and have, naturally, hated tsuyu and Japanese summers ever since.<br /><br />Unlike you I didn't have a "model" girlfriend to help pass the long and mostly boring evenings - Nagoya was pretty quiet in those days and I spoke about as much Japanese as you. If there were few gaijin in the Tokyo area in 1979, there were fewer yet in Nagoya and I probably knew half of them because they worked at the same school.<br /><br />I visited once more for a couple weeks in 1982 with my parents as a graduation present.<br /><br />I returned to Nagoya to teach at a women's senmon gakko from 1987 to 1990 - ah, the golden glow of the Bubble years. Yes, children, the money <i>was</i> that good.<br /><br />Returned again in 1995 for another three year stint in greater Tokyo.<br /><br />We hope to retire in Japan for at least part of the year, if we can afford it.Jeffreynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-31672706045113709742011-12-06T14:54:25.694+09:002011-12-06T14:54:25.694+09:00You know Mike... I only just read this blog. Thank...You know Mike... I only just read this blog. Thank-you very much for posting it ON my birthday. Your are indeed a good friend to mention my two blogs (Crap! No wonder the views are going up! I thought it was me!) <br />And I love your diary. <br />I swear... if you can recall half of what happened to you, it'll make a damn fine book.<br />Oh... and your wife is gorgeous! Definitely a keeper! <br />Thanks again, my friend!Andrew Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15063234777548462157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-57337351464870615582011-11-11T16:30:07.346+09:002011-11-11T16:30:07.346+09:00Hey Mike san, how are the page views for this blog...Hey Mike san, how are the page views for this blog post of yours? <br /><br />This particular blog post is absolutely intriguing and I have reviewed it on several occasion to make certain that I absorbed all of the details. And I actually read the words one time, I swear.Andy "In Japan"https://www.blogger.com/profile/04505038501136945817noreply@blogger.com