i came from japan to teach high school over 10 years ago.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Japan ( \"Nippon\" or \"Nihon\" ; formally \"\" or \"Nihon-koku\", meaning \"State of Japan\") is a sovereign island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies off the eastern coast of the Asian mainland and stretches from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and China in the southwest. The kanji, or Sino-Japanese characters, that make up Japan's name mean \"sun origin\", and it is often called the \"Land of the Rising Sun\". Japan is a stratovolcanic archipelago consisting of about 6,852 islands. The four largest are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku, which make up about ninety-seven percent of Japan's land area and often are referred to as home islands. The country is divided into 47 prefectures in eight regions, with Hokkaido being the northernmost prefecture and Okinawa being the southernmost one. The population of 127\u00a0million is the world's tenth largest. Japanese people make up 98.5% of Japan's total population. About 9.1 million people live in Tokyo, the capital of Japan. Archaeological research indicates that Japan was inhabited as early as the Upper Paleolithic period. The first written mention of Japan is in Chinese history texts from the 1st century AD.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I just got back from Vacation. I was in Japan for 3 weeks. Have you been?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I have not. With a population of 127 million it might be pretty crowded there!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "It only seemed crowded in the cities. like Tokyo, toyko was crazy full with people."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Interesting, did you see a lot of diversity? About 98.5% of the total population are Japanese people."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Not really. As a tall American people looked at me like a side show. I'm 6'5\" and people thought I was a giant. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Haha I can imagine! Have you tried speaking the language? It is a Japonic language and was treated as a language isolate in the past."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes, I can speak it well. I'm actually going back next spring to teach English. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "That's awesome! Did you do a TEFL or TESL. Or maybe the ESL? There are many acronyms!"}]