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i'm going there in may for a month and a half and was wondering if any natives or people who have been there could give me suggestions on places to go, things to do, etc. |
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first of all - i envy you!!! second of all - i never been there... |
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you lucky guy. I have never been, i hope to go one day though. How came you are going? Holiday? School trip? |
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a long "holiday". |
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stopping over in hawaii for a bit too. lucky me:D |
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want to give out more details? The only tip that i can give you is to take a towel!!! |
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I hopefully go myself next year. It is expensive I have been told, but I just want to go to some electrical stores and get pissed in a cheap dive. I think a few people who come here have played over there. They could probably give you good ideas of where to go :D |
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yeah, i'm getting a vague idea of how i'll do the trip, but its still in the very early planning stages. i'm also trying to learn japanese, which i don't think is going to be as successful. luckily i know some people who have family over there, so i can get away with a couple of nights not paying for hotels. |
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You are a very lucky man...if I could choose one place to visit in the world Japan would be it. As for specifics, I don't know, check out all that you can! The gardens that are in a lot of the major cities are beautiful. |
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i should go there some day. i might get the opportunity to do so within the next few years perhaps, since i plan to learn Japanese all throughout college. my prof's hometown is Hiroshima. she suggests that i go to Japan sometime or get a major or minor in Japanese since i'm good at the language, even though it's just entry level. oh, and have fun in Hawaii! i went to O'ahu in May last year & i had a blast =) |
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yeah, i basically decided i was going to do a large trip, and i began checking places off a list, and japan is first. just somewhere i've always wanted to go but never had the time or money to see it. |
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BTW does anyone here know how far-east monkey is doing? i haven't seen him on here for a while.. |
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wow, pachi with the takeshi's castle avitar :D i like it alot |
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i had a great dream about japan a few days ago, even though i've never been there. all i can remember now though is a tiny beige house with fluorescent orange trim.. |
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arigato gozaimasu! General Lee desu ;) |
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watch out, they ALL know karate. |
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i watched one karate chop a man in half for dropping some rice and then the guy killed the rest of the village AND his because he was so mad. |
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which movie was that? |
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get a tattoo of a fish |
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i like your name.. but what does it mean>? |
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its like a druqks thing but from a more northerly aspect |
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Your going solo there right? :] Japanese woman DIG foreigners big time, trust me! There's a whole exotic airness to it, so keep your eyes peeled you lucky bastard!!! |
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Too bad that they also 1: Mostly don't that good (a few do, but im talking, mostly) 2: They know wery little english, mostly. 3: They live in Japan. Anyhow, i still have a dream myself, of going to Japan. Its so exotic, and still, probably the most "Western" country in asia. Very fascinating. |
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I can help with this one.. I dont anymore but I lived in Japan for years. That country totally kicks arse and a good time is guaranteed. Places you must visit; Tokyo, Kyoto (for temples, gardens and culture), Osaka (incredible aquarium, funny people, good food and drink), Hiroshima, Yokohama, Nikko, Kamakura. Parts of Tokyo you should go to: Shibuya, Roppongi, Harajuku, Aoyama, Shinjuku, Kabuki-cho, Akasaka, Ueno. I dont even know where to start for stuff you should do in Tokyo. way too much. BTW in response to one of the posts above about Japanese girls digging western guys, that is not strictly true. Some dig you, some want to sleep with or marry a foreignor just for passport, some other girls would cross the road rather than talk to a non Japanese. Dont expect the ladies there to give it up that easily if you are just on holiday either. Good luck though. If you have more specific questions, I can help. |
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I can help with this one.. I dont anymore but I lived in Japan for years. That country totally kicks arse and a good time is guaranteed. Places you must visit; Tokyo, Kyoto (for temples, gardens and culture), Osaka (incredible aquarium, funny people, good food and drink), Hiroshima, Yokohama, Nikko, Kamakura. Parts of Tokyo you should go to: Shibuya, Roppongi, Harajuku, Aoyama, Shinjuku, Kabuki-cho, Akasaka, Ueno. I dont even know where to start for stuff you should do in Tokyo. way too much. BTW in response to one of the posts above about Japanese girls digging western guys, that is not strictly true. Some dig you, some want to sleep with or marry a foreignor just for passport, some other girls would cross the road rather than talk to a non Japanese. Dont expect the ladies there to give it up that easily if you are just on holiday either. Good luck though. If you have more specific questions, I can help. |
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i've been there for two weeks on a school trip... it was great : ) lucky you! just be sure to take enough money with you (some things are very expensive, fruit among others...) and learn the habits too (like, shower yourself first to wash yourself, then take a hot bath to relax, don't wash yourself in the bath - for the wc, you have like 50% chances to find just a kind of hole-thing without a seat and 50% chances to find a super-high-tech toilet seat à la star trek with heating and lots of cool buttons to push at random if you don't understand to see what it does)... also you cannot always count on the japanese to speak english, they don't know it as much as you'd think they'd do... and... also the salutations and all that... |
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you need shirt (second one on page) |
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I want to go to Japan. |
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travelling to japan is on my to-do list, right after london,.... |
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Skip London... |
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you think? |
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Yeah, it's not that special. |
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Anus is right. To come all the way from Sydney to see London would ba a waste of your time. |
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thanks for the info, tokyojo. yeah, i know some japanese people and alot of that stuff about women digging foreign guys isn't true. i'm tired of white guys objectifying asian women anyways, and thats definitely not why i'm going. but it'd be cool to meet some new people there. |
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my friends who have been tell me that tokyo is pretty overwhelming as an entry point into japan. anyone here have suggestions for alternate starting points, maybe osaka? |
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no, jump into tokyo. It's bad ass! i've got mixed feeligns about japan... Definatly hit up ropongi for some clubs and a quick grab for za sackin'. When you come over, definatly give me a hit! I can hook you up with free room and board for a while. And i'm not talking abouth those small as shit shoebox apts! |
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that'd be tight. i am wondering how difficult it is to meet people if you're not staying for a particularly long amount of time. i don't really want to wander around tokyo alone, as i'm going solo over there as is. anyway, any other info would be nice, maybe hotspots in the city, etc. |
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i want japan pictures |
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yeah, deffinatly look me up. when do you plan on stopping by. As far as meeting people on short notice; japan's very disected. It's almost like a buffett, you want floozies; go here! you want one night stands, go there! you want foriengers, go there! If you want to date japanes, learn the language...if you want one night stands...it's pretty easy if your not of asian decent. |
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I heard that in Japan hamburgers eat people. |
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Watch out for the Yakuza (they run more shit than you know. Keep on the good side of them, and you'll get a treat every birthday and christmas(not a "godfather"-treat)). Don't eat fish served the wrong way, and don't serve fish the wrong way (belly facing away from the person eating). |
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Yakuza treat? WTF? |
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i'm definitely going to be flying into tokyo, probably on the last day of may or the first of june. i think i'll check into a capsule hotel just to psyche myself out. i hear roppongi (sp?) is the big club/youth center of the city, so i'll have to check that area out. |
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what the hell are you talking about? |
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Yakuza. And what are YOU talking about? |
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