[09:55] <windparadise> hello good morning, anyone in the room?
[09:57] <windparadise> ここでHello、誰も
[10:01] <windparadise> 誰もが日本のここにしてくださいスピークス？
[10:58] <asakura> windparadise: hi!
[11:00] <windparadise> asakura: hi
[11:00] <windparadise> Good morning
[11:00] <windparadise> you there?
[11:01] <asakura> good evening,
[11:01] <asakura> it is 8PM in japan.
[11:06] <windparadise> asakura: ah, ok, I forgot
[11:06] <windparadise> it's morning here, though
[11:06] <windparadise> I just want to enquire about few things. I am planing to come to Japan
[11:06] <windparadise> but I want to know what are the average cost of accomodation there>?
[11:07] <asakura> good hotel: one night for 10000JPY
[11:08] <asakura> bussiness hotel: 5000JPY for one night.
[11:10] <asakura> budget hotel, i mean.
[11:10] <windparadise> well, what if I want to stay a bit longer, for 2 years ?
[11:11] <asakura> gee, business hotel is Japanglish!
[11:11] <asakura> you will live in japan right?
[11:11] <windparadise> yes
[11:11] <asakura> which city will you stay?
[11:12] <windparadise> welll, I am planing places like Semyoji, Fiji, or TOkyo
[11:12] <asakura> Ex. In tokyo, room charge is expensive.
[11:12] <windparadise> ah, ok, in which region room charges are cheaper?
[11:12] <windparadise> at least I must expect a stable internet connectivity so I can do my workm
[11:13] <windparadise> I might think villages rooms mihgt be very cheap there right?
[11:13] <asakura> villages rooms? what do you mean...
[11:14] <windparadise> I mean remote areas,
[11:14] <asakura> rural area?
[11:15] <asakura> or away from metropolis?
[11:16] <windparadise> well, any or both, rural areas, away from metropolis, just any safe place where accomodation will be cheaper
[11:17] <asakura> okay, in local city, you can find a room which charge is less than 50000JPY for one month.
[11:17] <windparadise> ok,
[11:18] <asakura> internet charge is independent from where you are, it is aroud 5000 JPY for one month.
[11:19] <windparadise> what is the broadband speed?
[11:22] <asakura> ah, it depend on speed of cource, 100M-12M i think,
[11:22] <windparadise> ok
[11:22] <windparadise> let's hope from next year, I will come there,
[11:22] <windparadise> another question, how do I obtain Japanese Nationality?
[11:23] <asakura> note that, it is download speed
[11:23] <windparadise> yes
[11:23] <windparadise> and how much do I invest to get that?
[11:25] <asakura> there are 6 criteria, acording to wikipedia.
[11:25] <asakura> 1. stay in japan for more than 5 years.
[11:26] <windparadise> ok...
[11:26] <asakura> 2. be age 20 or over.
[11:27] <asakura> 3. His/Her conduct is good.
[11:27] <windparadise> ok
[11:27] <asakura> 4. possible to I must expect a stable internet connectivity so I can do my workm
[11:28] <asakura> mistake...
[11:28] <asakura> 4. possible to earn one's living
[11:30] <asakura> 5. you don't have nationality or it is possible to loss of nationality by getting japanese one.
[11:31] <windparadise> asakura: oh, ok, but you must have a nationality before entering,
[11:31] <windparadise> are they ppls who don't have a nationality? I think it might not be a common cases
[11:32] <asakura> 6. don't attempt to topple the government.
[11:32] <windparadise> oh, no, I am me,i don't have anything to do with the government, except, taxes I can pay and other thing i can do to help the community
[11:32] <windparadise> otherwise, apart from that, I am quite safe.
[11:33] <windparadise>  i do earn a living myself, don't depend on anyone except my business
[11:33] <asakura> yeah, usually to enter japan, you must have nationality.
[11:35] <asakura> i mean in No.5, japanese government doesn't accept Multiple citizenship
[11:35] <windparadise> ah, ok
[11:35] <windparadise> so meaning I have to renounce my formal nationality, right?
[11:36] <asakura> right.
[11:37] <asakura> and there is another way to get japanese nationality.
[11:37] <windparadise> yes...
[11:38] <windparadise> (marry a Japanese woman )   ?
[11:38] <asakura> marry with japanese
[11:38] <windparadise> yea, I thing it's in my mind to marry a japanese woman, unless I come to japan to date them, I believe they are not that hard?
[11:39] <windparadise> african ladies at times can give yo headache, even hart attack
[11:39] <windparadise> I just want a sould a calm atmosphere,
[11:40] <windparadise> *sound and calm
[11:41] <windparadise> ok, another issue, how are government tax and business registration like in Tokyo?
[11:44] <asakura> just stay in tokyo, you have to pay residential tax. it depend on your income.
[11:45] <windparadise> ok
[11:46] <asakura> about getting job, i don't know much. but it is better to get job before comming japan. because It's very difficult to get a job in these days.
[11:48] <windparadise> well, I am a freelance web developper, so I can work anywhere i find myself in
[11:49] <windparadise> but maybe I can set up a business like english teaching, or something similar,
[11:49] <asakura> if you have some special technique, it maybe easy to get job,
[11:50] <windparadise> ok
[11:50] <asakura> if your mother tongue is english, it is possible i think.
[11:50] <windparadise> I will prepare some funds to come there,
[11:51] <windparadise> I can speak english and french
[11:52] <asakura> speaking or understanding is not so much important.
[11:52] <windparadise> ok
[11:53] <asakura> *ability of speaking or understanding
[11:53] <windparadise> I am born in TOgo, where official Language is French, i was raised up and later moved to Ghana, where Englsh is the official language, I had my professional education there, and I am there for the past 11 years now
[11:54] <asakura> important ability to get english teacher job is japanese ability of speaking and understanding.
[11:57] <windparadise> ok
[11:57] <asakura> i have never met TOgo or Ghana people who is english teacher
[11:57] <windparadise> oh, ok
[12:02] <windparadise> j.15 was really good, I loved it
[12:02] <windparadise> let me start with 1.7 and see how it is like
[12:02] <windparadise> but what happened to 1.6, ?
[12:02] <windparadise> oh, sorry, wrong channel
[12:03] <windparadise> It supposed to be joomla channe, lol
[12:03] <windparadise> asakura: ok, so apart from my personal job, what quick business can I start with? instead of looking for a job, ?
[12:05] <asakura> like part time job?
[12:07] <windparadise> yes like part time job,
[12:08] <windparadise> or like selling, or offering service
[12:08] <windparadise> here service available are snapping picture, operating a Desktop publishing business, what alternative business do you have htere?
[12:09] <asakura> if you are not able to understand japanese, it is dificult to get a job in japan.
[12:09] <windparadise> yes, I will learn japanese, I started learning japanese 2 years ago, but i stopped, due to my tight time schedule
[12:14] <windparadise> thanks a lot anyway, I will be preparing towards my coming probably from next year,
[12:15] <windparadise> I supposed to visit a budhist template this ear, but I was quite busy, but I schedule the whole thing to next year
[12:15] <asakura> i know some foreign citizen who get a job in japan and don't understand japanese. they are working for research institute or are professor
[12:17] <windparadise> oh, ok, but I will learn japanese anyway, so I will come fully prepared :)
[12:19] <asakura> work hard! enjoy studying japanese.
[13:08] <Emmanuel_Chanel> こんばんは。