How can I get to Japan...

[Devilman]

for next to nothing?

I can't describe the fire that has arisen within me to go to this majestic island. I've already started sending out applications and put about 3 hours of straight net time into it this evening.

Does anyone know an easier way? Dear GOD, please tell me if you do before my eyes shrivel up and fall out of my ocular cavities!

[muthmaniac]

swim

[Devilman]

Originally posted by muthmaniac
swim


but there's sharks in the ocean. and i'm sweet. they'll eat me!

[MC Fumunda]

cosplay a suitcase...then sneak aboard a plane.

[muthmaniac]

Originally posted by Devilman



but there's sharks in the ocean. and i'm sweet. they'll eat me!

Punch one in the nut sack and surf it to Japan...God, do I have to think of everything!

[MC Fumunda]

i like muth's idea more than mine.

[Pep]

Hitch a ride to San Diego or some other sea port city, find a job on one of the cargo ships and work your way to Japan....but don't bend over during the journey.

[Rage-of-Xenin]

go to alaska, walk across to russia, steal one of their helicopters and fly to japan.

[Inkthinker]

Gather about 250 party-size balloons filled with helium, and tie them to a lawn chair. Catch a good trade wind and think happy thoughts!!

[muthmaniac]

Originally posted by MC Fumunda
i like muth's idea more than mine.

Finally, someone realizes my genius!!


Originally posted by Pep
Hitch a ride to San Diego or some other sea port city, find a job on one of the cargo ships and work your way to Japan....but don't bend over during the journey.

Or you could bend over, and not have to do any work for the trip...well, not "actual" work...

[Morganza]

Become an English teacher, and teach it there, they'll pay for your trip too.

[Chris Piers]

Just type "teach english japan" into a search engine. There's plenty of schools that will hire you. You get paid very little and have to live in apartments with other english teachers but you get your travel and living expenses paid and you don't have to know Japanese. You usually have to sign a contract for a one year committment and you get to list your top few choices for cities.

My friend's brother did it for two years and he liked it. I came *this* close to doing it just to go back to Japan because it's such an interesting place. In the end, I didn't feel like giving a full year to it. Most of the schools do not require you to speak Japanese. You usually just lead small groups of students through conversations and discussions in English.

Now go away and stop posting pictures of yourself.

[DeForgeo]

but there's sharks in the ocean. and i'm sweet. they'll eat me!

That's quitter-talk.

[muthmaniac]

Forge, that was awesome! :)

and this talk of teaching in foreign lands is really interesting!! I'm signing up myself!! :)

Woohoo, all the manga I can handle!!

[dfbovey]

Sneak on to a cargo ship and hope they don't find you.

[Mike]

I found this about a year ago and thought it was pretty good for ideas on teaching English in Japan: http://www.peterpayne.net/Merchant3/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=PP&Product_Code=P04&Category_Code=BJ Also, Zander Cannon's (Top Ten layour artist) wife posts a blog at zandercannon.com about her new teaching job over there.

One way you could go is join the Air Force since they have a base on Okinawa, but you'd be in for around 5 years in some place you'd never want to be, waiting for your dream job to open up (which might never happen). It's what my brother did, and he just married a girl that has been an Orion beer model.

[Bruce Lee]

I hear ACME CO. has some very fine products that will propel, rocket or slingshot you wherever you want to go. I did notice they didn't offer a guarantee though.:D

Loston
http://www.lostonwallace.com

[Devilman]

I really didn't want to go teach English in Japan, because I don't know if I'd want to stay there an entire year.

I remember there was this book put out by a man who wore a suit that had question marks all over it. In that book, he was talking about how to get a bunch of money from the goverment to do anything you wanted, and one of these activities was traveling to other countries. If someone knows what book I'm talking about or something.....


EDIT: i found the booger, his website is http://www.governmentgrant.com/

[Exiter]

my roomate has that book
on the commercial you'd think he was full of $#!+ but i was looking at the book and its a very very useful book.
Mostly the stuff you would get money for from grants and what not are specifically if you have something useful to do with it.
but they're definitely worth applying for

I've been wanting to go to japan too. I was actually going to plan to go out next summer. Dude if you're serious I'll look up some hostels there and we can bounce over there

[legend of 8]

Or you could bend over, and not have to do any work for the trip...well, not "actual" work...

Nahhh.... he does that enough already :D Sorry.

Well, DM, there's always the one alternative: You could *Gasp* get a real job!!!!

Or, you could just wish your way there..... cuz i don't think that your pics would get you anywhere.... except put in jail for over-exposure. heh.

[Awesome B. Rockinsocks]

I know how to get to Japan,
but since I obviously haven't gotten there yet myself, my information would be of no use to you:p







. . . .I seriously have to bug my sister for that girl's address again
the Inari shrine awaits

[dmario]

you could join the shaolin temple and work hard to attain the highest you can, then force yourself higher and learn how to use instantaneous movement.


or you could get a BIG box, and put the mail to address as somewhere in AMerica and the RETURN address as a place in Japan, and dont put postage on it, they will have to return it :D

[ghost-x]

Pretend you're Paul Pope (http://paulpope.com) and trick Kodansaha (http://www.kodansha.co.jp/) into hiring you. You've got that whole "Im a rockstar" mentality too, so it shouldn't be too hard.


http://www.kodanclub.com/

[Mase]

Seek out riq.

A good friend of mine who posts here occasionally (mostly on Critical Mass). He got back from an extended stay in Japan not too long ago.

[bushiboy]

Originally posted by Devilman
for next to nothing?

I can't describe the fire that has arisen within me to go to this majestic island. I've already started sending out applications and put about 3 hours of straight net time into it this evening.

Does anyone know an easier way? Dear GOD, please tell me if you do before my eyes shrivel up and fall out of my ocular cavities!

Ok first of all, you realise that the stuff you see in hentai isn't real, right?

Second of all, you could sell your organs to Japanese people. You'd get there gradually.

[southpaw]

become an english teacher there.

[Devilman]

alright, i checked out my options, and teaching english isn't one of them. The places want you to have some sort of bachelor's degree.

I'm trying just about everything else, though. In fact, I'm making a webpage (personal, not for work this time), for purposes leading to my trip.

[Chris Piers]

What's so bad about going to college and getting a real job so that you have money to go on trips like this? I think that option rox0rs.

[legend of 8]

*shudders* great, more pictures..... i can see his web page now...

"Hey. this is my picture. i want to go to Japan. Now that you've seen my picture, you want to send me to Japan. Please send your money here. Thank you."

Frankly, I don't see that happening.

[Mike]

I have a couple of pictures of my brother hanging out at some Orion Beer festival on Okinawa if anyone wants to put Devilman's face on some people's bodies so that it looks like he's been there...