Number One Dating App In Japan

[Sherlene Holloman]

Records on early Japanese-made Fender instruments are not complete and are therefore not completely definitive for dating purposes. As always, serial numbers should only be used as a guide for dating and should be used in combination with known age-related specifications to help identify the production year of an instrument.

Several years ago I purchased this cherry red Epiphone Casino. It has the oval orange label serial number in the cavity. Serial #65838 The seller claimed it's a 1986 MIJ Casino at the time stating "some MIJ serial numbers are 5 digits in which the 1st indicates the year of 198x or 199x, 2nd telling the model (2:EMPEROR, 3:RIVIERA, 4:SHERATON, 5:CASINO) and the rest being the production number of that year".

1996. My sunburst 1996 Casino's serial number is 65783. As you stated, the first digit is the year (6) The MIJ were first made by Matsumoku in about 1975 until about 1987 when Matsumoku went bankrupt. In about 1988 production was continued by Terada until about 1997 when they moved into the Elite/Elitist lines. The first year of Terada production was 1988 signified by the first serial digit being "8" this continued until 1997 when the first digit was "7". The second digit as you stated indicates the model with "5" indicating a Casino. This is as close as I've been able to get dating these guitars. the last three digits of my serial number is "783" which is a run number but I don't know if it's the run for the month (what I think but I don't know what indicates which month) or the year. The Teradas except for a special run of "64 Casinos" (A precursor of the Lennon) for Yamano Gakki, a Japanese music store have the 17th fret joint.

Also just a note: Terada built Elitist Casinos, as well as the earlier release of the John Lennon AIUSA Casino (Assembled in USA > Body built by Terada, hardware & electronics installed in Nashville by Gibson), have the neck joining the body at the 16th fret.

The first topic we agreed to write about is dating. Specifically, dating Japanese people in Japan. Kayo wrote her piece from the perspective of an outgoing, independent, and overall badass Japanese lady. Be sure to check it out here.

Then there is language. Japanese language is extremely high context, and the level of mastery you need for a healthy, fulfilling relationship goes far beyond what you need with friends or for business.

Naturally, people who feel exhausted with their lives in Japan figure the grass must be greener at the chalet. Usually you can tell when during the first few dates, your romantic interest asks you how long before you plan to go home, and how wonderful it must be to live abroad.

The most famous is the go-kon (合コン), which is basically a group first date. Many Japanese people are nervous of just meeting one-on-one, so instead they meet two-on-two, or three-on-three. A group of single ladies will meet with a group of single men, and couples will be formed.

I was also surprised by how many couples are formed within companies. Japanese employment is usually for life, so the company can be a second family. When you spend most of your time with colleagues, romance will naturally ensue.

Sadly, sometimes declarations fail. If she friendzones you, tough luck. On the bright side, you get to use one of my favorite Japanese phrases, furareta (振られた, meaning to get rejected)! Might as well turn it into a learning experience.

Also, as you say in your blog post: Speaking the local language really opens up lots of more possibilities. In China most people either speak very poor English, or (for the vast majority) do not speak any English at all.

The truth is (this is my gut feeling, you may challenge me on that ? ) about 95% of the woman will never consider dating a foreigner, about 5% would date both and then there is this tiny tiny fraction of women (actually significantly less than 1%) that will

exclusively target foreigners. They have the same weird motives of mixed blood child and this BS and some want to leave China ( a lot of Chinese people are not very happy with their lives).

Additionally, due to this stupid one child policy and the fact that still to this date women are considered as the inferior gender, men significantly outnumber the women. So there is a shortage of women especially in rural

areas. However, while men tend to stay at home the women tend to move into the big cities. Therefore in cities like Shanghai and Shenzhen women outnumber men a little bit.

Due to these circumstances foreigners (applies only to males) are considered to be stealing Chinese women while women that date a foreigner are considered inferior and therefore dating a foreigner gets a pretty bad touch.

1. Some girls will want to fuck/date/bfgf because you are white. These tend to be 1-3s/10 with the occasional cute party girl, but these girls are low not just because of looks but they will have the worst personalities. Girls that like you for being white, black, American- these girls are the bottom of the barrel, girls that japanese guys tend to not like (its no wonder they suddenly quit and turn to foreigners).

I can 100% confirm this experience. In Tokyo it is easy to get with women, but remember there are over 40 million people living in that area. In reality there are not that many women interested in dating a foreigner, especially high quality women.

New to the group. I just picked one up for GBP1.70. 8Z with black plastic shutter release so December 1978?

Is in fantastic condition and only 14 months younger than me.

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ok...i have a black button N06,so thats June of 80?

I also have a chrome button one and it looks like a B or a square with a line through it B17 so that would be....july of 1971?Its in mint shape compared to the other one.

I have a 3rd on the way.

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Hi everyone - I'm new here also. Just received a mint condition trip I bought through ebay - even came with the original flash, instructions, and box! :) Black button, K98, so August 1979. Haven't even run a roll through it, but will post some photos once I do. Looks like a fun group.

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Ok, I popped my Trip open, and there are no characters at all! The SN is 170237 - any ideas? This thing is in excellent shape, except for the minor blemishes from having taken the pressure plate off, and takes great pictures.

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I'm selling a Trip that I bought at an op-shop years ago - I just popped the back and found the numbers 7 7 printed there. It has a metal shutter button - does that mean it's a July 1967 model? Should I be putting this on eBay or hanging onto it ...

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Moth Clap edited this topic ages ago.

Yay. Yesterday I was given a Trip 35 for free from the shopkeeper of the used camera shop I usually visit (and hang out). It's in very nice condition and very clean inside and out. I just checked its age with the method suggested. It has a black plastic shutter button and the code is N9X, so it's October 1979. Not bad. :)

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Hey guys.. New Trip owner here, number one just arrived in the mail. N37 with black shutter button. I guess that's July 73. Second Trip (I couldn't help myself) coming in a few days, will check that out when it gets here. After a four year absence from shooting film, I'm back and keen to get going! Oh, and I'd not heard of the Trip until I read KenRock's article, so at least he's good for something, aye!!

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just received my second trip....bit grubby but once i cleaned it up and put new light seals on its in very good condition....chrome button and when i checked the pressure plate its oct 1967....[weird symbol 7x]

my other one is black button 78 but the aperture has given up the ghost....so chuffed to bits of having a really early one...cant wait to put some film through it tho.... :-}

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I think the chinese character e.g.東(Higashi) means east.

Tokyo is located in the eastern of Kyoto that was a capital city before.

In fact,'東' means capital letter of '東京Tokyo.

So my Trip35 is made in Tokyo factory,Japan.

One of my trip is 61.2.5.東.

It was made in January of 1976,Tokyo??

What is the number of ' 2.5 '?

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januari.elva edited this topic ages ago.

I finally got the info off the first Trip that I bought. Under the plate it says:

[Japanese character] 62. It has a chrome button so I assume this means it was made in June of 1976.

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