Your short name would almost be the exact same: Cami = Kami
Camilla = Kamira (”R” sounds like “L” in Japanese)

These are my best guesses, but I bet that is about right..

TJ is right, in the US it would seem very strange (as if you are not married) if you both did not share a last name. Additionally in the US if you do not wear a wedding band after being married many people will take that as a sign of unhappiness, divorce, or that you are single. In Japan I notice that many married couples do not wear wedding bands… so its a bit different here. After our wedding in Sept Ayako and I will wear a wedding band

First one: Is there a lot of crime in Japan? Like will people rob you and take your purse and/or wallet and run away? Or just like kidnapping, hurting, scaring people? Or is it a safe place for people who live there AND tourists?

Japan is actually one of the safest industrialized countries in the world, so safe that I didn’t even feel the slightest bit of tension walking down -kabuki- street in Tokyo at 2am (an area known for the Yakuza - or Japanese mafia). Now that isnt to say things dont happen, because they do, but they are really rare. The conviction rate in Japan is extremely high (like 95% or more), and the prison system here is not pleasant. Also, there is a big cultural difference in the way people see their actions - everyones actions here is a reflection on their entire family… this mindset that if you do anything bad it afflicts your entire ancestry is one reason why crime is lower here. Most Japanese people are generally very averse to committing crimes, breaking rules (even small ones), or doing anything considered rowdy. This place is extremely safe for visitors and residents imo.

Second one: What happens when you get married there with the last names? Will Ayako have your last name and will you have hers? Or people keep their own last name? What if you had a kid? How does that work by law? (Both in Japan and in the US)

Ayako will take my last name, but in Japan it will sound different (it will be spelled in Japanese characters). In the US we will also use my last name. Our children will have my last name, and until our children turn 21 (?) they can chose to be either Japanese or US citizens.

Wow, very cool information about Columbia and last names - that is very interesting!! What do you think about your last name being that of your future husband’s?

Well, I think I am overwhelmed myself trying to understand all those things in Japanese that you posted, I wish I spoke Japanese, that is so cool!

So that apartment you’re talking about is the one from the video right? (the last video you posted). Did you get a new one already?

Every once in a while I remember certain questions I’d like to ask. Here are two of them. First one: Is there a lot of crime in Japan? Like will people rob you and take your purse and/or wallet and run away? Or just like kidnapping, hurting, scaring people? Or is it a safe place for people who live there AND tourists? Second one: What happens when you get married there with the last names? Will Ayako have your last name and will you have hers? Or people keep their own last name? What if you had a kid? How does that work by law? (Both in Japan and in the US)

I know it’s different fom place to place. For example, I know when people get married in the States, the gril will change her last name but not the guy. So if I was to marry TJ, I would be Cami O’Brien and my kids’ last name would be O’Brien and that’s it. On the other hand, in Colombia, years ago the girls were supposed to change their last names but preceded by the word “de” which implies that the guy would be the “owner” of the girl. Thus, with the same example, I would be Cami “de” O’Brien (which translates something like O’Brien’s Cami…like if TJ was my owner). So women stopped changing their last names years ago and if people get married here, they keep their own last name AND if they have a kid, the kid will have two last names…the dad’s goes first and then the mom’s last name goes second. So everyone in Colombia has two last names. If I was to marry TJ, my last name would change in the States, but in Colombia, I’d still have two last names. Weird, huh?

Hope my explanation was clear enough for you to understand it, I did my best!! And I was just wondering how it worked there in Japan.

Alright, enough comments for now! But I will come baaaack Hehehe