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So since I have the tastes of a middle aged Japanese lady, i booked a ticket for Takarazuka's take on Musashi Myamoto in Hyogo. Which means I'll be in Hyogo for a day at the start of April... what's a cool thing to do there?
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Archer666 posted:So since I have the tastes of a middle aged Japanese lady, i booked a ticket for Takarazuka's take on Musashi Myamoto in Hyogo. Which means I'll be in Hyogo for a day at the start of April... what's a cool thing to do there? Commit murder, if the newspapers are any guide.
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Feb 21, 2019 11:28
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Stringent posted:Commit murder, if the newspapers are any guide. Well, I was looking to kill some boredom...
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Feb 21, 2019 11:37
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There’s a woodworking tool museum in Sannomiya.
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Feb 21, 2019 15:24
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Watch takarazuka!!! The Tezuka museum is nearby. Hanami (the food/drinks in more important than flower quality, but hell yeah if you find a pink tree to sit under!)
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Feb 21, 2019 15:34
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Hyogo literally means SOLDIER BARRACKS because they kept a lot of defense their to protect from FOREIGN VISITORS in Kobe Port. So just go to Kobe ?!?!?! (the answer is also Himeji)
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Feb 21, 2019 15:37
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this place is in kobe and the food/drinks are good and the staff is very nice. it's generally chill as gently caress. also cute birbs. go here for a bit imo. http://birdcafe.jp/
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Feb 21, 2019 21:23
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takarazuka is a bit closer to osaka than kobe ftr, it's probably more time efficient to just do stuff around the umeda area theres a bus that goes straight from takarazuka to koshien stadium if youre into baseball and its on, iirc around that time they have student games you can get in for very cheap/free
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Feb 22, 2019 03:07
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If we’re going to Tokyo in October, how feasible is it to get 3 tickets to the Ghibli museum now? Do I need to get someone in Japan to buy the tickets or can I buy them online?
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Feb 22, 2019 16:43
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Nanigans posted:If we’re going to Tokyo in October, how feasible is it to get 3 tickets to the Ghibli museum now? The earliest Ghibli tickets go on sale is 4 months in advance. So you won’t be able to buy till July 1st. And you can buy online. http://www.ghibli-museum.jp/en/ticket-information/
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Feb 22, 2019 17:48
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re: KyotoBB2K posted:double the time for everything to account for wading through all the chinese tourists sale on Banksy art posted:Don't trust any itinerary that doesn't tell you to skip Kinkakuji. How bad would that be in October? I've read that theres only one spot to really see it and thus everyone waits in line to take the same picture as everyone else so even if I don't plan on standing in line to take pictures and I am still wanting to see it 'in person', how awful an undertaking is that?
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Feb 22, 2019 18:40
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What part of October? The first week of October is the biggest non-family related holiday period in China so everywhere in Asia is going to be a mainlander apocalypse.
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Feb 22, 2019 20:55
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Grand Fromage posted:What part of October? The first week of October is the biggest non-family related holiday period in China so everywhere in Asia is going to be a mainlander apocalypse. Guess what time I’m also visiting Japan 
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Feb 22, 2019 21:21
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jfyi, it's really easy to avoid mainlanders, you just need to go places that aren't the top five listings of every tourbook. there's lots of good stuff to see in Japan that won't be overrun.
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Feb 23, 2019 01:34
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Hokkaido was very beautiful in October because it isn't on the mainland chinese lists because it isn't summer when a mainland chinese person should go to Hokkaido. But yeah what Stringent said.
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Feb 23, 2019 01:39
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But no go to Kyoto instead.
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Feb 23, 2019 01:39
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I dunno, I've been there during CNY and mainlanders were totally unavoidable in Osaka and Kyoto. Even out in the mountains they were everywhere. Tokyo is relatively easy if you don't go to Akihabara or Ginza.
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Feb 23, 2019 01:42
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ntan1 posted:Hokkaido was very beautiful in October because it isn't on the mainland chinese lists because it isn't summer when a mainland chinese person should go to Hokkaido. I went to Sapporo during the Snow Festival/Lunar New Year. So many mainlanders. Day trips to Jozankei and Noboribetsu it would be like me, one other Westerner, a handful of Japanese and then 60 Chinese in the onsen.
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Feb 23, 2019 01:51
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captkirk posted:I went to Sapporo during the Snow Festival/Lunar New Year. So many mainlanders. Day trips to Jozankei and Noboribetsu it would be like me, one other Westerner, a handful of Japanese and then 60 Chinese in the onsen. Yeah, gently caress that noise.
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Feb 23, 2019 02:07
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Grand Fromage posted:What part of October? The first week of October is the biggest non-family related holiday period in China so everywhere in Asia is going to be a mainlander apocalypse. I'll be there on the 4th until the 15th, so I guess I'm going to be in hell. I should probably hurry up and lock in my hotel/airbnb reservations too.
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Feb 23, 2019 03:43
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If you want to be completely and utterly mainlander free you should hit up Fukushima.
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Feb 23, 2019 04:36
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Blackchamber posted:I'll be there on the 4th until the 15th, so I guess I'm going to be in hell. I should probably hurry up and lock in my hotel/airbnb reservations too. We’re going October 4-12! So...if I’m primarily going to be in Tokyo, am I hosed?
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Feb 23, 2019 05:12
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Tickets have sold the gently caress out for the Rugby World Cup as well, and whether that’s due to small allotments to the public / incompetence by those in charge, I still think we’re going to get a crush of Brits, Aussies, Kiwis and Pacific Islanders this year. Definitely going to be busy.
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Feb 23, 2019 05:15
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Nanigans posted:We’re going October 4-12! Akihabara is a PRC colony now, stay the hell out of there. Ginza will be full. Places like Yodobashi Camera will have huge lines of mainlanders buying 20 rice cookers or whatever. Tokyo is big enough you can find plenty to do that shouldn't be too bad, just avoid the touristy stuff until the 7th. The flood will be over by then. The Yasukuni Shrine won't be crowded.
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Feb 23, 2019 06:00
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Might want to stay at an APA hotel.
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Feb 23, 2019 06:07
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Stringent posted:Might want to stay at an APA hotel.  That got me to laugh outline outloud in the goshuin line at asakusa shrine.
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Feb 23, 2019 06:35
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Besides Fukushima, cities where Chinese mainlander flights do not land are also going to be good. Aomori, Yamagata, Shimane, Tottori, Eastern Hokkaido, and even places like Mie, Nagano, etc. are all good.
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Feb 23, 2019 06:54
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someone said aomori so now's the part where i say how aomori loving rules
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Feb 23, 2019 07:24
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So me and my brother are going to Tokyo and Kyoto. Anyone want to meetup/hang out or just throw touristy stuff at us?
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Feb 23, 2019 08:19
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Grand Fromage posted:... just avoid the touristy stuff until the 7th. The flood will be over by then. The same will be true of Osaka and Kyoto right? I can find stuff to do elsewhere to soak up some culture for the first couple days... sadly from what I'm reading around the interwebs it seems like Osaka and Kyoto have become some hellscape of shoving, spitting, line cutting, and pissing Chinese tourists year round.
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Feb 23, 2019 08:41
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Shiretoko in winter is a good place if you want to get away from tourists and still have a good time.
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Feb 23, 2019 09:49
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captkirk posted:
It got me to laugh out loud whilst taking a poo poo on the toilet, in my apartment.
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Feb 23, 2019 10:42
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The apex of shitposting.
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Feb 23, 2019 10:45
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Ridic festivals in Ehime every weekend and also some weekdays in October!!! Somewhere in my post history…
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Feb 23, 2019 11:13
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Chillyrabbit posted:So me and my brother are going to Tokyo and Kyoto. Anyone want to meetup/hang out or just throw touristy stuff at us? When exactly are you coming? And what kind of stuff are you guys interested in, Tokyo is full of stuff to do
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Feb 23, 2019 13:34
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No one ever goes to Shikoku but it is samurai as hell and I’m pretty sure no Chinese has ever set foot there.
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Feb 23, 2019 14:57
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sale on Banksy art posted:No one ever goes to Shikoku but it is samurai as hell and I’m pretty sure no Chinese has ever set foot there. Please understand that "samurai as hell" is an unendorsement and the Chinese thing is probably true.
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Feb 23, 2019 15:02
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To extend on that, samurai were basically maga chuds, and continue to be so to this day.
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Feb 23, 2019 15:03
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Stringent posted:Please understand that "samurai as hell" is an unendorsement and the Chinese thing is probably true. Nah there were a bunch in Takamatsu when I was there last summer. Certainly not like Osaka levels of course. And more of them were just normal solo traveling people rather than tour group hell so it wasn't bad. Blackchamber posted:The same will be true of Osaka and Kyoto right? I can find stuff to do elsewhere to soak up some culture for the first couple days... sadly from what I'm reading around the interwebs it seems like Osaka and Kyoto have become some hellscape of shoving, spitting, line cutting, and pissing Chinese tourists year round. There are lots of mainlanders in both year round but the worst of it will be over by the 7th, the holiday is that week before. Nara isn't nearly as bad, the only place I saw them was in the main park and it was good fun watching deer chase around terrified mainlanders who'd never seen wildlife before.
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Gotta be honest that I’m a little worried about “the mainlanders” now.  I guess I can make Oct 6 a day-trip day and go check out something outside of Tokyo. If you could only recommend one place to go for a daytrip outside of Tokyo that won’t be flooded with tourists, what would you pick? Nanigans fucked around with this message at 17:06 on Feb 23, 2019 |
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