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RuBisCO posted:Booked a flight to Japan for Mar/Apr Wander around a https://www.donki.com/en/.
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Furnaceface posted:At least you have a house/condo. Whole lot of us that will never know that luxury let alone being able to (eventually) travel overseas.
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Dec 29, 2023 10:51
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RuBisCO posted:Booked a flight to Japan for Mar/Apr If I might, I have some opinions from my family trip 5 years ago, even if they might be outdated: -The JR Pass is still worth it even if they increased the price if you're planning on visiting multiple cities. Specially since bullet trains are amazing. -If you bring luggage and go multiple places try looking for a luggage sending service, we used that to send luggage from Kyoto to Tokyo. I have a nice memory of an old couple who run one of those places and we communicated in my medium Japanese and a translation app and we had laughs and got a discount. -On that note, look up some Japanese useful sentences, sometimes English won't get you very far. Like "Ikura desu ka?" to ask how much something costs. -You will get lost on the Tokyo subway. Persona 5 was absolutely faithful to real life in that aspect. -This is more of a personal opinion, but try not to visit too many temples, I felt they got samey after a while. Kiyomizudera in Kyoto was beautiful though, even with the construction work it had. We got to visit the Imperial Palace and it was nice too, but not sure if it's open. -If you have any allergies I'd say to not go to fast food restaurants, they usually did not accomodate my celliac sister. That said normal restaurants did usually pay attention to that. -Convinience stores are extremely useful if you need something quick. -Check out if there's gonna be any events or special things you like while you're there. Don't be like me and miss out on the Kyoto Pokemon Center opening because you were going to go to the Tokyo one. -Akihabara is great if you want nerd stuff, but arcades require buying a card and also are traps. -Iida meat is better than Kobe meat. -If you can afford one, a guide could help you find less known places. -Don't eat extra spicy ramen.
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Dec 29, 2023 12:51
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what's wrong with extra spicy ramen
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Dec 29, 2023 13:14
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Spicy food sucks?
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Dec 29, 2023 13:19
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insanely and emphatically wrong
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Ohtori Akio posted:insanely and emphatically wrong
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Ohtori Akio posted:what's wrong with extra spicy ramen Oh sorry, that was partially a joke cause I ate spicy ramen at Kyoto station and 5 minutes later I fell in the middle of going into the bathroom with a heatstroke? not sure the word and also a massive bellyache that had us going into the hotel instead of what we had planned.
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GiantRockFromSpace posted:Oh sorry, that was partially a joke cause I ate spicy ramen at Kyoto station and 5 minutes later I fell in the middle of going into the bathroom with a heatstroke? not sure the word and also a massive bellyache that had us going into the hotel instead of what we had planned. whats the spot brother i gotta try it
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Ohtori Akio posted:insanely and emphatically wrong As someone who cannot handle spicy food at all (most wrt digestion), I have to still heartily agree with this.
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Meowywitch posted:Spicy food sucks? meowy...wtf sis
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Ohtori Akio posted:what's wrong with extra spicy ramen  cuz I really like it and it's slightly spicy to me but also I am basically a vampire with how white I am so I don't usually do spicy at all so it could be a 0 on the scale for all I know
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Dec 29, 2023 13:53
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Ohtori Akio posted:whats the spot brother i gotta try it Like, it was one of the multiple restaurants you can find at Kyoto Station, can't exactly remember. Basically my sister couldn't eat there so my other sister and I went and I asked for the same thing as her. I also might have eaten it too fast since my sister said you could bear the heat of the noodles that way. Last Celebration posted:As someone who cannot handle spicy food at all (most wrt digestion), I have to still heartily agree with this. Same, I do enjoy some spicy food and such. But ramen and me seem to not mix well, I once ate takeout ramen my sister left me and the results were not pretty.
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kirbysuperstar posted:meowy...wtf sis My body is frail and i also have ibs Meowywitch fucked around with this message at 14:10 on Dec 29, 2023 |
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Dec 29, 2023 14:02
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those with medically fail intestines are exempt from spice contempt
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Meowywitch posted:My nofy is frail and i also have ibs Sigh very well you should try a mild butter chicken someday though, delicious stuff
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Captain Invictus posted:on the spicy scale from 1-10 how spicy is this stuff i actually can't do most packaged noodles like this because i abstain from meat. those full heat buldok carbonaras really beat my rear end though
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kirbysuperstar posted:Sigh very well Maybe Coco-ichi Curry will have some.
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Ohtori Akio posted:i actually can't do most packaged noodles like this because i abstain from meat. those full heat buldok carbonaras really beat my rear end though I have some older versions of it that say that but that one apparently doesn't so who knows
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Dec 29, 2023 14:17
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Captain Invictus posted:supposedly that kimchi ramen is vegan, but idk I have some older versions of it that say that but that one apparently doesn't so who knows hm ill see if i can snag a pack
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Dec 29, 2023 14:18
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Ah wait wrong one, I was thinking of a different kind that had the vegan mark on the label that i got at a local asian grocery, not that kind that shows up in the supermarket, which doesn't have that label. My bad
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Dec 29, 2023 14:19
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you are now my foe for all time. count your days like coins of gold, for they are short
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Dec 29, 2023 14:22
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I have forever shamed my name with this ramen mixup. I will never recover from it Maybe I should try that buldok stuff and see how badly it annihilates me and then compare it myself
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Dec 29, 2023 14:26
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it's cheesy and rich and umami and delightful and it also punches a hole through your GI tract. insanely ftw
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I’ll throw in a +1 for the JR pass. It gets you on way more trains than you will realize. Even with the bump, if you are planning on travelling around to a lot of different cities and within Tokyo go for it. If you are only staying in Tokyo do not buy it as it would be a waste. My other big recommendation is to add a suica card to your phones digital wallet so every time you use a subway that isn’t covered by the JR Pass you can just slap your phone over the reader to pay. It’s incredibly handy and if you’re moving around in other cities it will be a life saver. You can also use it for vending machines and other things as well. You can reload a suica card no problem as well. If you get a JR Pass, the Yamanote line will take you most places you want to go. Even if travel apps say the subway will be a bit quicker, the Yamanote line would be free. I would usually take that and then if I had to, switch to the subway for my final leg of the trip. The excellent thing for me was the hotel I used was literally one stop away from a Yamanote line stop and it was a JR line stop as well. If you plan on going outside the city. I’d highly recommend downloading the Japan Travel app by Navtime. It told me what buses I even needed to get on so when I went to Yunessun it was an easy experience and made travelling by bus a pleasant experience. Also let me help out a family who was travelling as well.
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Dec 29, 2023 15:09
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Asked management for a budget for a New Year’s Eve party to just order some food for everyone. They gave me a budget of $7 per person. So yea that just covers pizza for the only thing in that price range. Unless I just order a bunch of egg rolls and one large fried rice for everyone to share. They’re definitely not factoring inflation on delivery food on that.
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Dec 29, 2023 16:51
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Usually you see rich people overestimate the price of food, not underestimate. You sure they don't just want you all to subsist on saltine crackers and a soda stream?
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Dec 29, 2023 17:00
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The Xmas party last week for the upper management was a private venue and had raffle prizes. (We got no Xmas party) I was the one that brought up the idea to give us something for new years, they didn’t even think of it giving something to the regular employees. I’m low management so I’m like hello we exist too Pretty much going Oliver Twist, “please sir may I have some more”
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Dec 29, 2023 17:25
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I don't think I like your management very much
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Meowywitch posted:Spicy food sucks? you must die! - ganon (epic style)
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Ohtori Akio posted:those with medically fail intestines are exempt from spice contempt that would be me to a mild extent and you know what, suffering builds character
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that being said no spicy food ever causes me routine intestinal meltdown to the effect that those little fuckin breakfast sausage links of all things do
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Dec 29, 2023 17:47
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Just keep eating spicy food to build a tolerance like with poison in anime
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GateOfD posted:Asked management for a budget for a New Year’s Eve party to just order some food for everyone. GateOfD posted:The Xmas party last week for the upper management was a private venue and had raffle prizes. (We got no Xmas party) lmao wtf. corporate here at least allotted $15 per person for the Thanksgiving skeleton crew. bread and water-rear end company
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I couldn’t eat spicy food for about a year a few years back and it was soul ruining. Spicy food ftw
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symbolic posted:that being said no spicy food ever causes me routine intestinal meltdown to the effect that those little fuckin breakfast sausage links of all things do Breakfast sausages are just sodium and fat squished into a tube. You eat one and you're sick for the day I can't stand the things.
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Dec 29, 2023 17:54
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My entire team works on the opposite end of the country so my work christmas party is hanging out with cat and eating some noodles
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GateOfD posted:The Xmas party last week for the upper management was a private venue and had raffle prizes. (We got no Xmas party) Holy wow, that sounds like a parody of lovely management. Just the most stuck up ungrateful poo poo, lmao.
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Dec 29, 2023 18:01
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symbolic posted:lmao wtf. corporate here at least allotted $15 per person for the Thanksgiving skeleton crew. bread and water-rear end company Would feast like kings for $15. $7 not even minimum wage an hour per person.
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Gonna deadass go to a Chinese buffet with $15 and sneak in some tubberware and when they’re not looking sneak food into them to bring to the party.
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