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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dragonblade" data-source="post: 1447942" data-attributes="member: 2804">What I really liked about the movie was how well Sofia Coppola captured that feeling of isolation that you get after having spent a lot of time in a foreign country.I really related to that. I love Japan and still do. My wife, who is Japanese, plans on moving us back there in the future. But there were times when the little cultural differences would drive me crazy. And times when I would be desperately lonely for anything American, even if it was something as commercial and cliche as a McDonald's hamburger. I love Japanese food, but I think I ate at McDonalds more often during my years in Japan, than I ever did in the States. It was taste of home. Not quite the same but close enough. In fact, I first discovered EN World during many lonely hours of surfing the web after I broke up with my ex-girlfriend and before I met and started dating my wife. There was also the sense of estrangement from all my friends back in the States. They would all hang out without me, and write e-mail and tell me about it. They went through changes in their lives or even got married and I missed spending that time with them. Sharing those moments and those laughs.There are things I miss about Japan too though. The quiet civility of perfect strangers when you ride the train or bus, not the loud punks that ride public transportation in the U.S. The cosmopolitan big city atmosphere of Tokyo. The mini celebrity status you enjoy by being the "cool" and unique foreigner. Although that had its drawbacks too. I miss karaoke bars in Kabuki-cho and Shibuya. Drinking with my friends at the local izakaya (Japanese pubs), etc. Laughing my tail off when I saw some sign or T-shirt with bad "Engrish". <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I was able to relate to everything Bill Murray experienced in Lost in Translation since I had experienced it all myself.</blockquote>

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