Hometown

[Otokonoyama 2,735]

Some info (write-up and pics) on Gifu, my hometown in Japan.

What about yours (in Japan, or around the world)...care to share? :-D

Edited December 6, 2004 by Otokonoyama

[Doitsuyama 1,260]

How did you get to Gifu? Sounds like an unusual place to settle as a gaijin, or are there more gaijin than only you?

My hometown is Berlin, you might have heard from that one. In case you didn't, I looked for a picture gallery, and here is one with many photos plus short descriptions (German, English, French), pretty correctly showing what you get when you live here. If you just want to see lots of pictures in one place without descriptions, you can look here. Many more pics here actually, but German text for navigation only... right now I'm sitting near the Potsdamer Platz, here is a 360

Edited December 6, 2004 by Doitsuyama

[Otokonoyama 2,735]

Ah, Gifu...I settled here because a friend from my university days was already here when I decided to come to Japan, and I had an open invitation to stay with him & his girlfriend until I found a job and my own place. That took less than a month, but he was around to help me get settled and get my bearings. Plus, by Japanese standards, Gifu is a small city (just over 400,000), and considered to be the countryside. I'm from small-town Canada, and had no desire to be in a big city when I arrived. I have friends in Tokyo, and sometimes I envy them. Other times not.

Anyway, there are a lot of other foreigners in Gifu now. Mainly English teachers at conversation schools (there are national chains, smaller local chains, private schools...a lot). Others work for public and private kindergartens and on up through high-school and university. Exchange students. A few in other lines of work, like exporting used cars, a lawyer, travel agencies. Most of the non-English-teaching jobs (business and tech stuff) are in Tokyo.

As for Germany, I've only visited Bavaria (Munich, for Oktoberfest). :-D What little I can remember...wunderbar :-)

[aderechelsea 125]

Trikala is my hometown but i live in Athens now (i am sure you can find information about Athens if you want very easy)

but Trikala is another story....

this is our castle (not big but it did its job in the old days)

one of the oldest hospitals in the world and the most ancient that has been found in Greece (Asklipiio).

an old musulmanic temple,remnant of the Othomanic empire

a pretty picture of our river

thats it ... i would post a few pics from Meteora too (some really interesting rocks in the middle of a valley with monasteries on top of them) but i already burdened the thread with all those pics so ....

:-D

EDIT: there is an official site of the municipality but it is in Greek ... (very clever if you want to lure tourists ... huh?)

Edited December 6, 2004 by aderechelsea

[Manekineko 200]

Zagreb. For a capital, it's quite small and human-sized city. I've lived there whole my life, and it is furusato in full meaning of the word - I always breath a sigh of relief when I return to it: I'm home.

It's also worth a visit, next time you're in the neighbourhood. :-D

[Kishinoyama 625]

Since we are talking about home towns, I have a couple of links below you might be interested in. I was not born in Jamestown Tennessee but I lived there from the age of 7 until I was 19. Then military duty called me away. Sorry if some of the pictures seem a bit cheesy but we are talking about a really small town and county, population wise.

http://www.fentressco.com/about.html

http://www.fentressco.com/morepictures.html

The main site is here http://www.fentressco.com/

:-)

Edited December 12, 2004 by Kishinoyama Whitney

[Taizeniki 0]

Livington, Texas: a little hamlet (5,000 people) on the Trinity River in Texas is my hometown.

We also have a big lake with good fishing near by. My ancestors are farmers and clergymen. I am a 5th generation Texan and proud to be so. There is something different about being a native Texan. You grow up holding loyalty to the state first and then the US. (Texas is the only mainland state that used to be its own country--1836-1845) The Texas mystique IS all its cracked up to be! YEEE-HA!!! :-)

[Iwagakki 0]

www.fdlrez.com

[Kishinoyama 625]

You grow up holding loyalty to the state first and then the US. (Texas is the only mainland state that used to be its own country--1836-1845)  The Texas mystique IS all its cracked up to be!  YEEE-HA!!!  B-)

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Hopefully you won't forget the contributions to Texas independance made by people from other areas. One state with the name "The Volunteer State" got that nickname in helping the cause of an independant Texas. :-) BTW.... I am not a native born Texan but I currently live in Texas (the third time I have lived here) but I can tell you a little secret.... We " foreigners/outsiders" pay taxes just like the native born Texans (In love...) . No disrespect intended.

Whitney

:-)

[Taizeniki 0]

No disrespect intended.

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No disrespect taken, partner.... meet you at high noon by the OK corral ;-)

(I am not worthy...)

Edited December 13, 2004 by Taizeniki

[Otokonoyama 2,735]

This is where I spent my first 10 years after high-school...my formative years ;-)

L.A. (I am not worthy...)

[Onnagumo 4]

Nijmegen, the city where I live, was known as Noviomagus during the heydays of the Roman Empire. It is said to be the oldest city in the Netherlands.

nijmegenhistory (click on English Pages on the left)

touristinformation

In 2005 Nijmegen will celebrate its 2000th birthday! (Clapping wildly...) (Second prize...) So, if anyone of you will be in the Netherlands next year, my hometown is certainly worth a visit (Sign of approval)

Edited December 17, 2004 by Onnagumo

[Sasanishiki 57]

I'll bear that in mind, as I am hoping to be in Europe for about 3 months researching amateur sumo. The Netherlands is on my list, as is Germany and Czech Republic. Will have to see how far my money stretches though. I've got plans to visit a few other places for non-sumo reasons, but this will depend on money and time.

[aderechelsea 125]

i am digging up an old thread but i wanted to add here something i learned recently from a friend of mine who is a psycologist.

Trikala holds the 2% of psycosis incidents (don't know if i am translating this correctly) in the European Union.

And this comes from a city of 70.000 residents !!!!

no wonder there are 6 psyciatric institutions in the suburbs ...

must be the water or something (or the boredom the citygenerates if you live there long enough ... ;-) )