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by cedws 636 days ago
This is cool. One of the things I miss most after my trip to Japan is 7-Eleven/FamilyMart. So many nice snacks and drinks, and you never need to walk more than two minutes to find a store. I liked the onigiri a lot.
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Japan made me want walkable cities in the US. I'd love it if I could just stroll down my street and pick up melon bread and Boss coffee in the morning.
>Japan made me want walkable cities in the US.

Yeah, me too. But I realized in about 2 seconds that getting walkable cities in the US within my lifetime is a pipe dream, so instead I just sold my car, packed my stuff, and moved to Tokyo instead.

Can I email you? I'm aiming to do the same.
Sorry, I don't have an email address posted here. Basically, it was pretty simple: look for job ads that fit my skills, and which didn't require Japanese fluency. There's a fair number of companies here hiring for such positions. Then I applied, did a video interview, and got hired. There's a bunch of job boards where you can find such ads: gaijinpot, tokyo-dev, japan-dev, linkedin, etc.