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ntan1 posted:Marugo or Manpei. There are a couple of others too iirc. Both overrated. Yamaichi is the heat. Tonkatsu Yamaichi - 神田須田町1-8-4, 玉井ビル 1F - http://4sq.com/4Et4kP
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Re: duty free, go to places less busy to buy your shopping. Nothing is really rare so go to other places. As for receipts you need to make sure you hand in those forms before you clear departures. Nowadays there’s a box where everyone just drops off the receipts before passport control, nobody checks anything anymore. Or be chinese and get instant Alipay tax free shopping Stringent posted:Both overrated. Yamaichi is the heat. I’m a convert.
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Stringent posted:Both overrated. Yamaichi is the heat. ya that's the one Im forgetting, go there.
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Stringent posted:Duty free paperwork takes two minutes tops? i'll do it for liquor, but not for 1500 yen worth of gimmick candy
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Phone posted:i'll do it for liquor, but not for 1500 yen worth of gimmick candy I've seen your posts. Your time isn't that valuable.
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ntan1 posted:ya that's the one Im forgetting, go there. Cool. Thanks Stringent and ntan.
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Welcome new JETs! Join us in JGOON LINE CHAT and prove you are(n't) a shithead.
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Akiba also has one of the best ramen places i ate at when i was in tokyo, place called Menya Haruka. They make taiwan style ramen, which is basically without broth and with more other food stuff.
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peanut posted:Welcome new JETs! Join us in JGOON LINE CHAT and prove you are(n't) a shithead. what about someone like me, who was kicked out of JGOON chat for defending himself against a false charge >:[
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You have my line anyway just ask to be reinvited lol (Hawaii counts as Japan, mostly)
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peanut posted:Welcome new JETs! Join us in JGOON LINE CHAT and prove you are(n't) a shithead. i joined it and I'm not a JET or even in japan mwaahaha
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peanut posted:You have my line anyway just ask to be reinvited lol (Hawaii counts as Japan, mostly) I actually very rarely get to play the victim card, so I'm living this one up with screen shots and the like, in groups I'm in. this is one way that it is far worse than China goon chat, as people that aren't even in Japan and have nothing to do with Japan can just boot you out of the chat it's, crazily enough, been an experience I've gotten a lot of discussion out of in other places I'm done with group chats so it's all good, tell everyone I say hi 
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The Great Autismo! posted:I actually very rarely get to play the victim card, so I'm living this one up with screen shots and the like, in groups I'm in. this is one way that it is far worse than China goon chat, as people that aren't even in Japan and have nothing to do with Japan can just boot you out of the chat Who is in the chat that has nothing to do with Japan? Maybe we need to see those screenshots itt.
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Wait did nobody invite him back after I kicked him a month ago or something? Or is this another time. Either way lol at having lots of discussions with various parties about Japan goon chat of all things.
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Cool line group chat drama. What I come to this lovely old thread to see.
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Knuc U Kinte posted:Cool line group chat drama. What I come to this lovely old thread to see. The day before yesterday my partner and I stopped in an Iwanuma restaurant that was recommended in Touring Mapple. The chef saw me holding Touring Mapple and said "oh, Rider Sushi!", which ended up being a pretty good sushi set meal that was big enough to be filling for 1080 yen. While he was preparing our meal his wife hauled six photo albums to our table full of pictures taken over the past 20+ years of people in front of the restaurant posing with the chef and their motorcycle (with a few bicycles mixed in). He is/was an avid motorcycle rider and tried hard to communicate with us about are trip, but I'm a bad tourist and don't know any Japanese. I was at least able to pantomime how much fun it was decsending the Irohazaka (which I highly recommend if you like being stupid on two wheels). As we were leaving they pulled out a disposable film camera to take a picture with us. Today we were riding along the coast in areas struck by the 2011 tsunami. All the debris is cleaned up by now, but it is eerie to see hints of all the damage that was done. There are very few buildings that look to be more than a few years old and everywhere large sea walls are still under construction. We passed through Higashimatsushima and pretty much all that remains of the old town is a JR station that has been converted into a memorial slash family mart. E: again, because I'm a lovely tourist who can't take any meaningful photos of my own, have a picture of a before/after picture: 
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caberham posted:Akiba is fine for nerd poo poo. Mandarake has a great web store, I've been buying all my doujins and novels and poo poo from the Osaka one. A++ would buy again. I guess if I want to go on an anime trip I'll just go to Nipponbashi if Tokyo can't do it anymore.
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Is one day in Fukuoka enough or do I need more to really appreciate all the
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Fukuoka also has baseball sometimes, and sumo in November.
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Just popping in to say I just spent 4 days in Aomori and I wish I had spent more time in Aomori Aomori rules Apples
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Did you go to Osore-zan?????? (Mount FEAR) It looks spookycool.
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I liked Akiba, Yodabashi is fun and the side streets have all the small shops selling used games and JAMMA arcade boards and such. The one board game shop I stumbled into with a few D&D games running was awesome to people watch. And the random electronics stores are like a brick and mortar Digi-Key, there was even a vending machine for NOS Yamaha FM synths. Hong Kong had way more depressing shops and stores of electronic parts and computer stuff. If you’re comfortable, it’s honestly just...wander. I dropped pins on Maps where I found places that were cool. gently caress, I miss Japan. Going to aim to go there again this year around Thanksgiving; that’s when I went last year and weather was perfect.
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Next time I'm here I want to fly to Sapporo, then go down to Hakodate, take the ferry across to the osorezan peninsula, rent a car and drive around there and to Aomori and then go home from there.
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CopperHound posted:If you'd rather, I can ship up this thread with tales from my bicycle riding through the Tohoku: I like this post. Thanks for sharing.
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Shibawanko posted:Next time I'm here I want to fly to Sapporo, then go down to Hakodate, take the ferry across to the osorezan peninsula, rent a car and drive around there and to Aomori and then go home from there. This is very similar to our upcoming plans, except for the ferry part. Any particular places you were stopping around Aomori?
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peanut posted:Did you go to Osore-zan?????? (Mount FEAR) It looks spookycool. I wanted to, but apart from a Nagomi Visit in Aomori-shi we mainly just drove around Hirosaki doing apple-related things. Learning to drive on the other side was weird and fun.
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Aomori is a good place. First time I went to Japan it was Aomori. Edit: Also big ups to the Kita-Aomori highschool baseball team who gave me a ride when I was hitchhiking
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Is it worth hiring a car in that area? And is apples the biggest draw card?
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Granite Octopus posted:Is it worth hiring a car in that area? And is apples the biggest draw card? You need a car to get around outside of the big cities, even in Japan. There's some trains to an extent but you'll be real pressed to get most places.
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On the other hand, pretty much everywhere worth going to is served by public transport in some fashion. There may only be 2 or 3 options per day, so you'll need to work backwards a lot. And you may have to spend 30 minutes waiting at some roadside inaka bus stop, or spend a couple thousand yen on a taxi for the very last leg. But the timetables are pretty reliable and I've never found myself real pressed and needing a car.
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Granite Octopus posted:Is it worth hiring a car in that area? And is apples the biggest draw card? The trains in Aomori seemed to run only 1 every 40 minutes and busses weren't much more frequent. If you're comfortable with/trying the side of the road/car they drive on I say do it. It's not that expensive for the convenience and also the experience. Around Hirosaki there are some really nice forested mountain roads. On the way back to the hotel one night I saw some tanuki taking a stroll and a loving gigantic owl. Also they're very good apples, and you can even go apple picking. Hirosaki in particular also has a Zen Temple District, as well as a fuckton of onsen. I just love that level of inaka a lot. I find it extremely relaxing. I wouldn't leave if I could help it.
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mikeycp posted:The trains in Aomori seemed to run only 1 every 40 minutes and busses weren't much more frequent. Sounds great. I've been twice before and never felt the need for a car, but we want to go exploring a bit further out of the main population areas so having a car for that area sounds like the way to go. Seems that trying to return the car to a different location costs way more, so might hire from Aomori and return back there. I was hoping to find somewhere that would rent out MX-5s but didn't have any luck. Might settle for a manual kei car instead.
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Some goons added me on line using the QR code but cmon guys at least send a message.
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Granite Octopus posted:Sounds great. I've been twice before and never felt the need for a car, but we want to go exploring a bit further out of the main population areas so having a car for that area sounds like the way to go. Seems that trying to return the car to a different location costs way more, so might hire from Aomori and return back there. Dunno if it helps but I rented from the JR rentacar at the station and it was pretty affordable. They gave me a Yaris, which bleh, but for something to learn a new way to drive with it was fine.
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LimburgLimbo posted:Wait did nobody invite him back after I kicked him a month ago or something? you booted me because Stringent was drunk, nice work, cheers from Hawaii 
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The Great Autismo! posted:you booted me because Stringent was drunk, nice work, cheers from Hawaii but Stringent is always drunk 
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