You always need ____ in Japan.

[Hatori]

Hey there. I thought it'd be interesting to hear from your past experiences of visiting or living in Japan (before or currently). The point on this thread is to post things you KNOW from your experiences that you need no matter what. From cooking supplies to furniture and so on, tell everybody what's an essential to have or what other people have in Japan that's unusual to other countries.

[Infidel]

お金

[Yudan Taiteki]

Patience.

[I-samu]

Infidel wrote:
お金

Quoted for truth.

And you need the guts for not eating soft serve everyday

[Harisenbon]

Electronic Dictionary
Cellphone

Remembering that Japan is not your home country, and that they might do things differently there.

[tanuki]

Chopsticks.

And I'm waiting for keatonatron to come and shout "Pasmo!!!".

[Kagemaru]

your alien registration card

[caroline]

open mind;
take nothing for granted

[Oracle]

A different concept of "personal space"

[keatonatron]

PASMO!!!!

[tanuki]

Told ya.

[lastlife]

condoms

[Seapony]

lastlife wrote:
condoms

Hahaha...I'd like to know a more detailed reason why, if you please.

[lastlife]

Oh... my friend said Japanese condoms are too big for him.

[flammable hippo]

lastlife wrote:
Oh... my friend said Japanese condoms are too big for him.

That seems kind of ironic considering a certain stereotype about Asian men...