Being an Australian and working for a Japanese multinational where I was traveling to Japan multiple times a year for perhaps 5 days to 14 days at a time I struggled to find my way in such a complex/layered society. If not for the hospitality & support of some of my Japanese colleagues (who are now great friends outside of the work environment) I’d probably have never come to like or accept the Japanese lifestyle like I do now. I was once told by a wise traveler that when you travel to a modern, developed society there are three elements that you have to deal with. 1. Language, 2. Food & 3. Culture and for you to have a great experience in one of these foreign country’s that you have to be accepting and conversant with at least two of them to be comfortable and not feel like a shag on rock. As an example, traveling to the USA and to lesser degree the UK, the Language is easy to deal with, the Culture is a no brainer but strangely the Food can be a challenge, but you’ve hit two, maybe 2&½ of the three. As an Australian traveling to Japan you most likely won’t hit one of them so it’s no surprise that you felt lost. Now that you spent enough time there and understand the Culture, become accustomed to the Food and have probably picked up enough of the Language to get by, the 0 of 3 is now probably 3 of 3 and life is so much easier.

Wonderful lovely strong woman wife mother and friend to her husband and child very inspiring to stick together through thick and thin Aussies being true to themselves 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺👍👍👍👍👍

ジェイさんかっこいいです これからもご活躍を期待しています。

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You have a good head on your shoulders, keep keeping on 👍✌️🇦🇺

Loved hearing your story, Misty you are a very strong and caring wife and mother living Jay's dream, stay strong and live life, proud of you both, love moto love Yamaha

Yeah I mentioned that when I met you at Kumamoto, I drunkenly and rightly said 'you need that foreign network' for it sure makes things far easier. Sadly I did not get to drunken stumblebum my way around the Kumamoto track for either round this year as I have unfortunately been sober for around 9 weeks straight! Miracles do happen! hehe. Anyhoo, if only you lot were closer to Fukuoka for as mentioned about building stuff, I happen to have tools up the wazoo, chainsaws, generators, hand tools, k-truck tool tools tools, all that jazz. Anyhoo, soldier on! oh, hearing that is is not legal to work on such a visa sound like a bummer, surely there is a legal work around in that regard.

Keep ‘em coming guys ✌️

Amazing family and Jay has always been a solid dude and I’m speaking from the Cox mowers black RM days with the crazy big Tech 6’s. 😂❤

I have seen your family many times at racetracks in Japan. I think your family is wonderful. jey is a wonderful person. He is kind, strong, and an excellent athlete. Japanese fans respect "Jey-san". Please enjoy life in Japan forever. Forever?

You are so right, smart young man and father and husband good for you and your family, it's cool when you figger things and something as a family you need to do then you have a goal , best to you

これからも大変なことが多いかもしれませんが 是非日本でのレース活動を続けていって日本のモトクロスを盛り上げてほしいです😌

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