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Question Mark Mound posted:That Initial D machine is in Sega Joypolis in Odaiba. Prepare for massive queues. Shinjuku and Akihabara in general are good for arcades, and Anata no Warehouse in Kawasaki has a really cool aesthetic. Also be prepared for the hydraulic platform movements to not really match what you're doing with the car. It felt completely wrong and straight up ignored many of the turns I took. leather fedora posted:This only applies if you'll be in Japan before July 17, since they'll be closing it down after then.
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Thanks internet friends. I'm not gonna be in Tokyo until the first week of January so I'll be missing the one in Odaiba. 
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Jun 14, 2017 22:55
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Japan really needs to move up one timezone, this whole "getting light at 4 a.m." thing is ridiculous.
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Jun 18, 2017 01:39
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All of Asia is off because old people did it, I think. Here in China the entire country is Beijing time, which works out okay in Sichuan because it's at least an hour off and therefore is reasonable.
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Jun 18, 2017 02:41
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Moon Slayer posted:Japan really needs to move up one timezone, this whole "getting light at 4 a.m." thing is ridiculous. ^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Jun 18, 2017 05:20
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Moon Slayer posted:Japan really needs to move up one timezone, this whole "getting light at 4 a.m." thing is ridiculous. I'm glad this wasn't just me. When I was there last month on multiple occasions I woke up to a bright sunny day and saw it was like 4:45. poo poo ain't right.
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Jun 18, 2017 05:46
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It sucks. Especially because its fully dark by 7pm. It's just because they want to be an hour ahead of China. That me first poo poo is endemic through the region.
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Jun 18, 2017 07:00
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Dark by 7 pm isn't that big of an issue for me though it getting dark by 4:30 pm, and that's during autumn, is.
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Jun 18, 2017 22:20
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Doesn't look that off to me: Actually it doesn't look like it could be better even with a .5 timezone. 
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Jun 18, 2017 22:32
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sunrise was 4:09am here in northeast china, first light must have been around 3:40something, i dunno, woke up at 4:15 and it was already bright
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Jun 18, 2017 22:59
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Grim Up North posted:Doesn't look that off to me: Anything green on that map is in the wrong time zone. Anything white is too if they don't do daylight saving time (which is dumb, btw). gently caress aligning with solar noon.
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Jun 18, 2017 23:04
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Poor Vladivostok, west of Tokyo but 2 hours ahead 
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Jun 18, 2017 23:34
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zmcnulty posted:Poor Vladivostok, west of Tokyo but 2 hours ahead No, poor us. The sun is probably still up at like 10PM there. Sun setting before 8 in Summer is BS.
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Jun 19, 2017 04:18
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Mr. Fix It posted:No, poor us. The sun is probably still up at like 10PM there. Sun setting before 8 in Summer is BS. Not in Singapore or Australia 
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Jun 19, 2017 04:46
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I recently landed a new job that's gonna have me in Japan for a few years, and I've been poking around trying to find out what to do about cellphones. Is there an accepted way to keep using my current cellphone, or am I gonna have to get a new one - in which case, what are the best arrangements to look out for? I ask because my contact for the job made it sound like I'd need to get a new phone with a new phone plan, but also confessed he wasn't 100% sure and encouraged me to look into it.
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Jun 20, 2017 03:15
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Is there any particular reason you want to keep your current phone if you could get a new one in Japan? Make your company pay for it; they're already sending you to Japan, they should have the budget to get you a phone.
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Jun 20, 2017 03:30
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Saving myself the hastle, mosty. If there's a way I could just keep using my current phone, I'd prefer that over getting a new one. I also only just finished paying this one off, and its in my nature to avoid unnecessary expenditures if possible, even on someone else's dime.
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Jun 20, 2017 04:07
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There's little to no chance you're going to be able to get a Japanese company to put your foreign phone on a Japanese cell phone plan.
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Jun 20, 2017 07:18
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If the phone is unlocked and supports the proper LTE bands, you can use it with any of the MVNOs. Whether or not your company is willing to pay the bill is a different story.
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Jun 20, 2017 08:24
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Bad Seafood posted:Saving myself the hastle, mosty. If there's a way I could just keep using my current phone, I'd prefer that over getting a new one. If it's a SIM-free phone, it's likely you can just get one of the MVNO plans. Even if your company insists you go with Docomo you can just sign up on your own for one of these plans, they're pretty cheap. (I felt like Rocky punching out Apollo Creed when I finally ditched Softbank for an MVNO.)
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Jun 25, 2017 06:26
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Is 4 hours enough for a international to domestic transfer from NRT to HND? That seems like not enough time considering customs and transfer time, but that's what this award flight I'm looking at is offering. Also, has anyone taken the ferry from Fukuoka to Osaka? Think it's worth the experience over taking a bullet train?
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Jun 28, 2017 03:05
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I'd say about an hour from wheels down to clearing customs, wait a few minutes for the direct bus to Haneda (they pick up from right outside arrival terminal, depart every 20 mins or so), then an hour-ish bus ride. Domestic departures at Haneda are laughably easy, even if you arrive at the airport 30 minutes prior to departure you should be fine. So I think 4 hours is plenty.
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Jun 28, 2017 07:53
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Yeah, 4 hours sounds good. Domestic is easy cheesy* minimal check-in *not cheesy 
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Jun 28, 2017 08:14
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domestic airports remind me that holy poo poo bentos are a thing and way better than airplane food here in the US
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.Z. posted:Also, has anyone taken the ferry from Fukuoka to Osaka? Think it's worth the experience over taking a bullet train? Considering that the fastest train from Fukuoka to Osaka takes 3+ hours, the ferry sounds like it'd take a whole day? 12 hours looking at the Osaka ferry website. If you got the time why not. I may be wrong but I don't think it's really all that much cheaper than the train though.
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Stumbling Block posted:Considering that the fastest train from Fukuoka to Osaka takes 3+ hours, the ferry sounds like it'd take a whole day? 12 hours looking at the Osaka ferry website. If you got the time why not. It's an overnight ferry which is what piqued my interest. But yeah, it's a bit of a trip though, on top of it's own transit time, there is the time getting to and from the ferry terminals. As for cost, I'm not looking to save any money, it just looked like an interesting way to move around Japan. But it doesn't seem worth it for such a large transit time. .Z. fucked around with this message at 22:50 on Jun 28, 2017 |
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Jun 28, 2017 22:44
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.Z. posted:It's an overnight ferry which is what piqued my interest. But yeah, it's a bit of a trip though, on top of it's own transit time, there is the time getting to and from the ferry terminals. As for cost, I'm not looking to save any money, it just looked like an interesting way to move around Japan. But it doesn't seem worth it for such a large transit time. I'm going to Korea via the same route this summer purely because the sea between Shikoku and Honshu is beautiful and I want to ride a boat through it.
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.Z. posted:It's an overnight ferry which is what piqued my interest. But yeah, it's a bit of a trip though, on top of it's own transit time, there is the time getting to and from the ferry terminals. As for cost, I'm not looking to save any money, it just looked like an interesting way to move around Japan. But it doesn't seem worth it for such a large transit time. Overnight ferries might lock you inside and cover up all the windows (the ones from Aomori to Hokkaido do at least. Fine if you just want to sleep, but terrible if you want to catch the stars or the sunrise.
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what's my options look like if i get into Haneda at 11pm. will the subways be open and stuff? will i end up sleeping at baggage claim?
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Jun 29, 2017 00:54
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Haneda has nice chairs for sleeping on. And I like your new avatar, GTA.
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Jun 29, 2017 02:08
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if they are really good for sleeping, that's fine, i've spent the night in Incheon more than once, and also spent the night in PEK, so if that's what i end up doing, it's all good thx for the kind words about the avatar, i like it too, though i wish the person had actually put some actual chinese pinyin instead of "hing" and "ching", as those are not actual chinese pinyin  you can't always get what you want, i guess
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The Great Autismo! posted:what's my options look like if i get into Haneda at 11pm. will the subways be open and stuff? will i end up sleeping at baggage claim? Where are you considering staying? The monorail to Hamamatsuchou runs until around 0:10. Last train to Shinagawa is at midnight.
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DiscoJ posted:Where are you considering staying? The monorail to Hamamatsuchou runs until around 0:10. Last train to Shinagawa is at midnight. wife and son and i would like to stay in Ueno like we did last year but we haven't booked anything yet. i'm fine crashing somewhere near the airport the first night, or even in the airport if there's a 24 hour bar or restaurant. i can pull an all nighter reading no problem if a starbucks or something is open. dunno if they'll kick me out of the airport at some point, though
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Jun 29, 2017 02:34
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Busses leave for Shinjuku once an hour until like two or three am from Haneda I know. Probably a similar deal for Ueno. Train access to Haneda is kinda jacked in the first place, so your best bet is usually busses.
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Jun 29, 2017 02:42
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that was very helpful Stringent. thank you. i guess i'll just take a bus downtown and go from there.
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Jun 29, 2017 02:55
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I can even go one better, here ya go: https://www.limousinebus.co.jp/en/bus_services/haneda/index
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Jun 29, 2017 02:57
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you are cool and good imo
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Jun 29, 2017 03:00
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pick a night from 12-15 if you want me to buy you some beer and you want to hear my racist hot takes
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just leave Yale out of it
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Hey TGA I'll buy you a beer if we can talk about Maine poo poo. Also hi thread I haven't logged on to SA in like a month but I'm moving to Singapore in like, a month to 6 weeks; basically as fast as they can process my visa. Saraba goonbros
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