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I got my doorbell rung last night by a pack of Frenchmen looking for the airbnb next door. I thought it was cute though.
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As someone who likes hosting for people. Most Airbnb hosts are garbage regardless of price point
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Jun 13, 2018 01:37
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There is a legitimate debate going on about houses that could be used for families being instead leveraged as investments or vacation homes, like the poster above me noted. In addition to that, having people coming in and out of rental homes has been argued to have a detrimental impact to home value, neighborhood peace, and safety. It has some cool upsides too, but it's certainly not uncontested. I have never stayed in an airbnb because I like hotels and I value some of their amenities, but I'm also convinced there's about a 90% chance that someone is jerkikg it to hidden cams (not to my goon self, ofc) I just realized that both hotels I've booked in Tokyo are connected to Tokyo station, which is going to be awesome for an easy start to the mornings. Woop!
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Jun 13, 2018 02:29
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Richard M Nixon posted:Tokyo station... an easy start to the mornings. Lol
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Once I got my doorbell rung by a prostitute who I think was supposed to be going to the airbnb next door to my old apartment.
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Jun 13, 2018 08:44
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Magna Kaser posted:Once I got my doorbell rung by a prostitute who I think was supposed to be going to the airbnb next door to my old apartment. did you ask her if she had already been paid for
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Magna Kaser posted:Once I got my doorbell rung by a prostitute who I think was supposed to be going to the airbnb next door to my old apartment. Is this in japan
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Jun 13, 2018 10:35
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I rang your door bell and shared a bed room
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Jun 13, 2018 10:36
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Richard M Nixon posted:I just realized that both hotels I've booked in Tokyo are connected to Tokyo station, which is going to be awesome for an easy start to the mornings. Woop!  Pretty sure there are people still in that station who first entered it years ago. Doomed forever to wander its maze.
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Jun 13, 2018 12:56
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movax posted:
you're confused with Shinjuku Station. by comparison, Tokyo Station is dead simple. (don't ask about the tangle of metro stations surrounding)
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harperdc posted:you're confused with Shinjuku Station. by comparison, Tokyo Station is dead simple. Cape Town South Africa is safe compared to Syria.
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I feel a bit bummed out about the whole minpaku law situation, even though I do understand where its coming from. Of course my anecdotes aren't data, but I had great hosts for all the places I stayed (Akiba, near Yoyogi Park in a residential area, Dontonburi in Osaka, near Kyoto Station in Kyoto), I really appreciated having an actual deck, laundry, kitchen, bedrooms, sometimes multiple bathrooms, and the prices for hotels at the same times/areas I booked were huge multiples higher for smaller places. Oh well...
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harperdc posted:you're confused with Shinjuku Station. by comparison, Tokyo Station is dead simple. Oh, I thought my buddy had said Tokyo Station was hellish compared to...maybe we were talking about Shinagawa, not Shinjuku. Shinagawa is great. Either way, oops, my bad. 
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harperdc posted:you're confused with Shinjuku Station. by comparison, Tokyo Station is dead simple. This is wrong. The order of badness is Ikebukuro, Shibuya, Tokyo, Shinjuku. Ueno and Shinagawa are good.
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Jun 13, 2018 23:56
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Harajuku
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Tokyo station couldn't be any simpler. 6 exits each side, 3 above ground and 3 below ground. South, central, north. Only path to cross from one side to the other (without going through turnstiles again) is at the North exit. Yeah the surrounding area has a shitton of underground exits and such but that's not part of JR Tokyo station. zmcnulty fucked around with this message at 00:25 on Jun 14, 2018 |
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Jun 14, 2018 00:23
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ntan1 posted:Harajuku Harajuku is tiny and overcrowded due to the popularity of the area but it’s in no way confusing. Stringent posted:This is wrong. The order of badness is Ikebukuro, Shibuya, Tokyo, Shinjuku. Lol at shinjuku being at the end of the list
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LimburgLimbo posted:Harajuku is tiny and overcrowded due to the popularity of the area but it’s in no way confusing. I agree with this. Shibuya is bad, Ikebukuro is low-key up there too, but Shinjuku is a dungeon from the special bowels of hell.
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Shinjuku and Shibuya are horrible nightmares if you have a child in a pram and need to change lines. They are bareable if you are leaving the station and want to wait what feels like hours for a lift not clogged with Chinese tourists to get on. But some lines the lifts are via different non linked entrances so you have to leave the station walk around the perimeter and come in another entrance (the station staff all look pretty apologetic). So eventually you just go "gently caress it" and take the pram down the escaltors or barge down the stairs carring it (but bad luck if you can't carry the pram and kid down stairs). But this makes the stations seem pretty easy on your own.
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Jun 14, 2018 00:52
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You mean you don't like waiting behind five twenty year old girls to use the elevator?
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Jun 14, 2018 00:57
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Yeah, Shinjuku is the most confusing. For Tokyo, just remember that most of the underground food stuff is on the Yaesu side. Shibuya is pretty bad and somewhat confusing. I used to do xfers on the Yamanote to the Toyoko and that used to be confusing as well. But yeah the crowd can be bad.
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Jun 14, 2018 03:02
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Thing about shibuya though is that 99% of the time where you’re going is probably near or easily accessible Hachiko exit. Shinjuku though is big and spread out and I’ve frequently had to navigate all over it to get where I need because there’s major commercial areas on all sides of it.
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Yeah I don't mind Shibuya because the general flow will take you to Hachiko. Ikebukuro is hell.
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Jun 14, 2018 03:45
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I like the surprise five flights of stairs you have to climb if you transfer to Fukutoshin Line.
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Shinjuku is easy if you just go out the south side or north side and then use the portable real time map, compass, and auto-updating where are you now on the map marker you have with you. Alternatively bring a sextant.
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Crossing the station was a pain. I stayed in keio plaza hotel and it had been a while since I went to tokyo and I kept on getting lost. I think it was after that time I just settled for Tokyo station and Ginza. Like other hordes of tour groups, I grew up staying in shinjuku for our family vacation. It was cheaper, grimier, and closer to ikkebukuro. So you get a lot more cheap airport buses. Then I met stringent and picked up running so now I’m around Kanda, kyobashi and run around the moat during the mornings
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Jun 14, 2018 04:31
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What’s hard about ikebukuro? East side, west side, both sides have hubs. Foolproof.
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I'll be working in Shinjuku soon enough, one of my immediate goals is learning my way around the drat train station. Will post trip report
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zmcnulty posted:I'll be working in Shinjuku soon enough, one of my immediate goals is learning my way around the drat train station. Will post trip report Just don't go out the wrong exit and have to circumnavigate 3 city blocks because the guards get really confused when you try to traverse inside the station.
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Yeah, getting between the east and west sides without entering the kaisatsuguchi is a bit of a pain.
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Ikebukuro is just one big square, you can easily get wherever you want, worst case scenario is that you have to go from one corner to the opposite one, but it’s not a confusing walk at all. Not like Shinjuku where is you take the wrong gate and it’s literally impossible to get back inside and get to another entrance. Ended up at the southeast exit but was supposed to be at the west? Good luck!
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caberham posted:Crossing the station was a pain. go to Tokyo Square Garden (plaza connected to kyobashi by the escalators) and get some abura soba at Yamatoten for me
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Magna Kaser posted:https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Airbnb-removes-80-of-Japan-home-share-listings I also have literally nothing planned yet and no idea where I'm going, just have plane tickets. What's the pro travel guide? I'm not a weeb so I know next to nothing about Japan and broke up with my japanese waifu so I'm going it alone now. Please. I need hel;p
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Jun 14, 2018 19:05
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I think they delisted any non-compliant offers, so what's available is safe.
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hostels airbnbs in japan were always iffy.
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:Uh, gently caress, I was supposed to spend today finding airbnb's for my trip the first 10 days of August. Am I screwed? Buddy, you're going spend 3 days in Kyoto getting drunk as hell with Australians at the sake bar inside JAM Hostel. There will be a day trip to Nara. A festival will happen somewhere and you'll put all your bags in a coin locker and do an all-nighter. There might be a summer typhoon, this would be a good day to faff around Spa World and Kaiyukan aquarium. The last 4 days will be in Tokyo seeing museums and sky scrapers and shopping. At night you'll re-connect with some drunk Australians for korean bbq and arcade games. Enjoy!
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Yeah I was thinking, on the advice of my ex, to go to Tokyo for a couple days, then to Kyoto, then back to Tokyo, then up to Hokkaido, using a rail pass. Her only advice beyond that was "don't go to a soapland." I'm pumped but also the epitome of a Gajin Baka. The last time I went on a big trip I bought travel books and ended up spending a lot of time in tourist spots. I cannot stand that sort of thing, or tours at all really (or anime fwiw.) I want to get a feel for the place for what it is. I'll probably buckle down and get a hotel at least in Tokyo, the next question is what area in Tokyo is best to stay in for a first timer.
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I was in Minato for my first trip to Japan, it was pretty good IMO. Easy transit access to get anywhere without crazy transfers. Granted I was there for a series of government and finance meetings but still thought it was nice. Hibiya Park is gorgeous.
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:The last time I went on a big trip I bought travel books and ended up spending a lot of time in tourist spots. I cannot stand that sort of thing, or tours at all really (or anime fwiw.) I want to get a feel for the place for what it is. Lonely Planet guides are pretty good for that sort of thing because, while they do talk about tourist stops, they also deal with places to hang out and things to do that aren't specifically for tourists, like bars and nightclubs, concert venues, neighborhood parks, etc. They also have general information that's useful - the local legal system as it might relate to you, history of the city or region (including recent history up to the time the current edition's been published), different ways to get around, culture and etiquette stuff, how to place a call out of the country, where to get help if there's an emergency, etc. I recommend them. E: And tips, in no particular order: -Convenience stores like 7/11, Lawsons, and Family Mart are a good source of cheap prepared meals that are not only edible, but actually pretty good -Breakfast places are rare, so plan accordingly -7/11 ATMs let you withdraw money using your bank card; this isn't true of all ATMS IIRC -Trains are efficient and clean, just avoid rush hour -Don't feel like you have to eat at "recommended" restaurants all the time, you'll most likely be fine if you pick a place that looks good to you -Karaoke parlors are not like in the West, you rent a private room by the hour -If a Nigerian man starts telling you to go to a club or a bar, say "no thank you" and walk away -If a man in a Buddhist monk robe tries to give you a medallion, don't take it -Business hotels are good if you want a budget-friendly option and are not comfortable using AirBnB for whatever reason. Rooms are like closets, but amenities and service are good and prices are relatively low. The APA chain puts Japanese nationalist propaganda in their rooms, so you maybe want to avoid them -Visiting a sento or onsen can be a rewarding experience as long as you're cool with being naked in front of strangers and following rules to keep the bath clean Pththya-lyi fucked around with this message at 03:29 on Jun 15, 2018 |
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For soaplands do Ueno or Asakusa, north of the temple. Avoid anywhere Chinese. Hell with your ex-waifu, it's your ex. Girls have to earn money somehow Alternatively go to a Hub with aforementioned Australians and find a nurse who isn't working the following day, that's free and she'll come right to your hotel
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