Green water
Most people put stuff in the water- 入浴剤. Theres loads of different... flavours? do bath salts and stuff like that have "flavours"? Oh well, you know what I mean.
ALT
Be prepared to act like a dick. I've never done that, did teach English for a bit but only 'cos I couldn't speak Japanese. Never did the singing/dancing stuff due to a high level of respect for myself. Seen people do it though and they seem to have fun.
Apparently most placements are outside of Tokyo, many out in the countryside, I'm not talking "Deliverance" but the countryside is BAD. Boring and irritating- maybe it's because I'm a city-boy, I don't know.
At least try and bet a placement in the Kanto area, so you can get to Tokyo on a regular basis and not be bored out of your face of seeing temples (Kyoto= temples and nothing much else and if you've seen one- you've seen them ALL) or other stuff like that. You'll probably be forced into doing some "cultural" stuff, which basicly means- Japanese traditional clothes, Japanese lessons, Shodo, Sado, and other degrading things. But if you're into Japanese culture/tradition (which as you can guess, I'm not) you'd enjoy it.
If you want any more specific info. PM or mail me and I'll see what I can get for you.
F1
To be honest, F1 only get coverage when the Japanese racers are doing well. No-one really cares about the other drivers. It's the same with just about every other sport. Last year there was a big Champions League game, Man U Vs some other BIG team, can't remember who but it was sure to be a good game. What did Japanese TV do??? Well, of course, they showed a NORMAL Scottish Premier League game that had Nakamura playing for Celtic. WHO...GIVES...A...****???
The only time F1 gets shown LIVE is then theres a window in the TV schedule and nothing else "important" is going on. Of course though, they'll put ALL the games for the Japanese National VolleyBall team on at prime time and cancel other programs if the game over-runs! For VOLLEYBALL!?! Now, excuse me if I'm wrong, but wasn't volleyball the thing you did in P.E. when it was raining outside and there was nothing else left to do?
It's like a joke thats not even funny or makes sense, like "Why did the chicken cross the road? Because last tuesday Ken scratched his leg when he woke up."
I am SO glad that I'm either working or sleeping, watching TV annoys the hell out of me.
I used to watch every race, no matter what time, when I was in the UK. Last Sundays race was the FIRST I've seen live on TV in Japan in 7 years!!! Sure, I haven't paid much attention, there probably has been many races shown live, but I haven't seen them. All the comentators seem to talk about is how the Japanese are doing, and since they're CRAP it's mostly about how they crashed or stalled. NOT interesting TV.
Rant rant rant rant rant rant rant ...
