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If you book your tickets using United on a codeshare, the ANA seat selection you will have to do on the ANA site. The record locator is not the same, but you should be able to input your 13 digit Ticket Number (that you should see on the United receipt) on the ANA site.
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Goons posted:Stuff about Peach Airlines Good info, thanks! Unfortunately the next cheapest flight that isn't Peach/HK Express (~90 USD plus bag fees) is Hong Kong Airlines for 375 USD, so unless Peach really really sucks it doesn't seem worth it to pay the extra. I've flown EasyJet, Frontier, and Spirit, and while they weren't very comfortable it wasn't too bad I guess, so if Peach is about the same or slightly better than those, and I can feel confident that we aren't going to end up in the South China Sea then I'll be okay. I'll just have to check bag info if they're lovely about it. I have a 45L duffel/backpack convertible bag and then whatever crap duffle I pick up in Japan for my peanut posted:Note that the Peach terminal at KIX is a ghetto trailer maze that you get bussed to, so allow an extra 40 minutes just for that. Good to know. How early should I leave Osaka and/or arrive at KIX for an international flight taking this into account, then? Edit: Just noticed that their carry on restriction is a max combined size of 115cm. My bag combined measurement according to Tom Bihn: 114cm 
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Nov 19, 2018 19:00
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Food you can bring through KIX; liquids you cannot. Last time I went through a Japanese airport they triggered on a bunch of purins I had on me and confiscated it  . Jokes on them, they forgot the other container of purins I had.
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Nov 19, 2018 19:18
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Keret posted:Good to know. How early should I leave Osaka and/or arrive at KIX for an international flight taking this into account, then? Normal international minimum is to arrive at the airport 2 hours before departure, try to make that 2.5 or a full 3 hours (to also buy snacks after going through security.) Hong Kong is cool and good. If you can speak English and recognize some Kanji you'll do well.
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Nov 20, 2018 00:22
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Keret posted:Good info, thanks! Unfortunately the next cheapest flight that isn't Peach/HK Express (~90 USD plus bag fees) is Hong Kong Airlines for 375 USD, so unless Peach really really sucks it doesn't seem worth it to pay the extra. I've flown EasyJet, Frontier, and Spirit, and while they weren't very comfortable it wasn't too bad I guess, so if Peach is about the same or slightly better than those, and I can feel confident that we aren't going to end up in the South China Sea then I'll be okay. I'll just have to check bag info if they're lovely about it. I have a 45L duffel/backpack convertible bag and then whatever crap duffle I pick up in Japan for my Get stuff cuz especially if you bought the cheapest ticket on peach, cuz they don't give you poo poo. Before the one time I flew them multiple reviews said they wouldn't even sell you drinks on the plane if you got that ticket which seemed wrong but I brought a drink and slept 90% of my flight so I was unable to confirm/deny.
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Nov 20, 2018 00:36
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I liked peach more than the other LCCs. Hong Kong Airlines is more of a LCC than an actual airline. Normally they are cheap as hell but not this time I guess. You can’t bring drinks across security but being Japan there’s still a duty free terminal after you clear customs. You can buy food/snacks before departure BUT All the Japanese airlines wised up to the shopping tourists and insist on a 1/2 carryon bag policy so you can’t buy 5 bags of duty free crap anymore. Just use your Tom bihn and you should be fine. The KIX LCC is ghetto but ghetto in japan is not ghetto at all When are you coming to HK? I can meet up or host and if you can get me a box of Tokyo bananas that would be awesome
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Nov 20, 2018 00:53
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Mom and dad want to try again with the Japan tourism trip. I’ve put on a few pounds and I’ve always been pretty butch in appearance. Would I have any issues socializing or getting attention? I know that Japan has a bit of a thing about being overweight or any sort of gender non-conforming.
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Nov 24, 2018 15:31
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No one cares about tourists in Japan unless they're mainlanders breaking things.
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Nov 24, 2018 15:37
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Fair enough 
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Nov 24, 2018 15:53
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Pollyanna posted:Mom and dad want to try again with the Japan tourism trip. I’ve put on a few pounds and I’ve always been pretty butch in appearance. Would I have any issues socializing or getting attention? I know that Japan has a bit of a thing about being overweight or any sort of gender non-conforming. You will be the top headline for weeks after you visit. Everyone in Japan will be thinking about you for months, if not years, after your visit. You are very, very special.
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Nov 24, 2018 18:23
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Your parents are the primary obstacle to socialization (people already expect tourists to be fat and crass.) Avoid peak summer, if possible. Tourism means walking around outside all day and most Moms and Dads of Gaikoku will quickly wither in July-August heat.
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Nov 24, 2018 23:13
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Any living being will. Even inanimate objects like roads and restaurant displays cannot withstand Japanese summer.
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Nov 25, 2018 00:20
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I went to Japan with my friend who's a butch, broad, tall (cis) woman and she got harassed and glared at in washrooms, somebody actually in broken English told her she needed to leave and wasn't welcome. My friend responded by grabbing her own chest to "demonstrate" and the woman was mortified and apologised. (The worst was in rural areas but there was a bit in Tokyo too.) I speak Japanese a bit so I could hear people talking about her... nothing derogatory, actually, but kids and teens were saying stuff like "Is that foreigner a woman?" or "wow, she's tall!" or "look, it's a woman with a shaved head!" She was like "is this how it's like to be trans?" and I'm like, "Basically. Try unisex washrooms." A lot of interesting people in Tokyo dug her style, though!
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Nov 26, 2018 00:12
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sale on Banksy art posted:You will be the top headline for weeks after you visit. Everyone in Japan will be thinking about you for months, if not years, after your visit. You are very, very special.
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Nov 26, 2018 01:32
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Why do people think they are some unique snowflake all the time? We only talk to you because you paid 10 bucks for some Internet forum
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Nov 26, 2018 01:33
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Because I'm small, insignificant and melt easily.
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Nov 26, 2018 04:27
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Saeku posted:nothing derogatory, actually, but kids and teens were saying stuff like "Is that foreigner a woman?" or "wow, she's tall!" or "look, it's a woman with a shaved head!" Perhaps I'm reading this wrong, but maybe they were talking about you?
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Nov 26, 2018 05:24
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Lol nah, I'm a trans man, not tall, and my hair's a few inches longer than hers. I get mistaken for a woman way less than she gets mistaken for a man. (But she got mistaken for a man way more in Japan.) It's more like, yeah, I remember it being that way.
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Nov 26, 2018 20:14
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Japan's still p far behind on that kind of stuff, but probably no worse than like Indiana or something.
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Nov 27, 2018 03:44
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Stringent posted:Japan's still p far behind on that kind of stuff, but probably no worse than like Indiana or something. I would bet your chances of getting beat up are a lot higher in Indiana.
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Nov 27, 2018 04:12
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Do any of you play pachinko with any regularity? I've tried a few times when in the inaka with literally nothing else to do, but I still can't see what the draw is. Always give up after like 20 minutes and a couple thousand yen. Is it actually entertaining at some level I haven't reached?
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Nov 28, 2018 04:08
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You need to be about 50 years older and a chain smoker.
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Nov 28, 2018 04:16
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Alright, I'm working my way to becoming both. Will post trip report
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Nov 28, 2018 05:49
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zmcnulty posted:Do any of you play pachinko with any regularity? I've tried a few times when in the inaka with literally nothing else to do, but I still can't see what the draw is. Always give up after like 20 minutes and a couple thousand yen. Is it actually entertaining at some level I haven't reached? Nope. No interest. I’m not much for gambling in general but the atmosphere of pachinko places is a major turn-off. Don’t smoke and hate smelling like it, don’t like the noise, and the gameplay is pretty incomprehensible to be honest. I know there’s not much in some inaka towns but tachiyomi at the 7-11 of the adult section or drinking in front of said 7-11 has to be more entertaining than pachinko.
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Nov 28, 2018 07:12
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im in sapporo now and hokkaido rules. i've had like 3 of the best things i've ever eaten while here.
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Nov 28, 2018 08:50
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Obviously not in a smoky loud atmosphere, and more comprehensible than the video machines, but I do have this and one other and I quite enjoy it? EDIT: I really like the ding of the bell 
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Nov 28, 2018 09:42
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harperdc posted:drinking in front of said 7-11 This is my default past time throughout all of Japan, and I recently discovered the same is legal in S.Korea. However I've also discovered a few true inaka where there is no 7-11 anywhere nearby the train station. Instead only pachinko. In the true inaka, no one can hear you scream. Magna Kaser posted:im in sapporo now and hokkaido rules. i've had like 3 of the best things i've ever eaten while here. 1) Ultimate Fridays™ Signature Glazed Ribs 2) Extreme Fajitas© 3) Shrimp Poppers Just kidding! Do check out the restaurant called "Noa's Ark" while there. zmcnulty fucked around with this message at 10:11 on Nov 28, 2018 |
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Nov 28, 2018 10:09
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Magna Kaser posted:im in sapporo now and hokkaido rules. i've had like 3 of the best things i've ever eaten while here. That’s it? I’m sure there’s more to the story of this happy trip
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Nov 28, 2018 10:09
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Blackchamber posted:EDIT: I really like the ding of the bell I haven't seen that style of pachinko machine in 15 years
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Nov 28, 2018 10:19
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peanut posted:I haven't seen that style of pachinko machine in 15 years One of the other things I like about it is its mechanical, the only electronics in it is the bulb (I replaced with an led made for arcades) and a couple leaf springs. I think the modern pachinko machines can be pretty interesting (when its done with a tie-in to a property I recognize) but I couldn't make heads or tails of what was going on and I left when my ears started to bleed. Theres an episode of Abroad in Japan where they sort of go over how pachinko is played for anyone thats interested.
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Nov 28, 2018 19:24
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What's the best way to get from Hakodate to Hiroshima? Fly to Osaka and then trains to Hiroshima? Quick googling isn't showing a lot in the way of flights to Hiroshima.
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Nov 29, 2018 03:51
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captkirk posted:What's the best way to get from Hakodate to Hiroshima? Fly to Osaka and then trains to Hiroshima? Quick googling isn't showing a lot in the way of flights to Hiroshima. Hakodate-Haneda and then Haneda-Hiroshima. There will be more available through Haneda than anything else. Trains and buses would take a lot longer.
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Nov 29, 2018 07:45
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harperdc posted:Hakodate-Haneda and then Haneda-Hiroshima. There will be more available through Haneda than anything else. Trains and buses would take a lot longer. Using JAL's website and google flights I was unable to find flights from Hakodate to Hiroshima even with layovers but looking more specifically I can certainly find flights from Hakodate to Haneda and then one from Haneda to Hiroshima. Is this how flights are sold in Japan? Some element of standard lovely Japanese web design? A sign I can't operate a computer and need an adult?
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Nov 29, 2018 15:05
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Google Maps probably just doesn't have the information from JAL (and has periodically been poo poo at booking domestic Japanese flights). Are you looking at the JAL domestic (Japan) website? I see connecting tickets there. If you are booking by Explorer Pass, then that will have to be done by segment.
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Nov 29, 2018 20:52
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I have a couple of friends visiting Tokyo in April next year for about a week. They're not super into touristy sightseeing or countryside walks or anything and afaik basically plan to spend the whole time in arcades. Is there anything else you guys would recommend in/around Tokyo that might be of interest to them? One of them doesn't drink, so cool bars aren't really an option. Even slightly odd arcades like Anata no Warehouse or the old games at Decks Tokyo Beach would do for suggestions!
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Nov 29, 2018 23:21
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Natsuge museum (retro game museum) http://www.t-tax.net/natuge/
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Nov 29, 2018 23:41
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Magna Kaser posted:im in sapporo now and hokkaido rules. i've had like 3 of the best things i've ever eaten while here. Sapporo is like the world capital of having a good time
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peanut posted:Natsuge museum (retro game museum) Question Mark Mound fucked around with this message at 12:45 on Nov 30, 2018 |
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Nov 30, 2018 12:42
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It's got "museum" in the game but it's like any other arcade, just with retro cabs.
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Can we add these to the OP? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOwRyix7zu8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrNsroX4Bcs
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