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Pollyanna posted:Dad took exactly one bath. Mom refused and was extremely confused with the non-western shower/bathtub room. How hard can a bathroom be.
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the place we stayed at was not a luxury place (it was more that it was super old, family run) and was full of japanese, I think we were some of the only white folks there (e: and there were zero chinese  ). It wasn't really near a lot of the tourist stuff. my friend picked it and is super into this stuff as you seem to be and talked about all that. I'm not saying everything in hakone is like that but not everything is what you're describing eitherEDIT: Though yeah, I'm not sure that there was anything special about the water. neither of us really care about onsen too much so we didn't pick it on that basis. we picked it because it was a cool old place in a beautiful location with a reputation for legit good food and there was other stuff we wanted to see in hakone. I'm gonna get the name from my friend when I get the chance and post it d0s fucked around with this message at 07:22 on Apr 20, 2019 |
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Apr 20, 2019 07:13
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actually found pics from there (from 2016)      
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Apr 20, 2019 07:29
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i extremely don't understand what there is to be confused about wrt japanese bathrooms
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Apr 20, 2019 07:36
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Is this the tv that Sadako crawled out of.
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Apr 20, 2019 08:09
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ntan1 posted:uh that part is you not knowing what is meant by a ryokan Fair  mirror123 posted:Is this the tv that Sadako crawled out of. Jesus, it really kinda looks like it.
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Apr 20, 2019 08:27
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mikeycp posted:i extremely don't understand what there is to be confused about wrt japanese bathrooms You need to be careful not to get water on the floor, first get in the bathtub, then take the shower head off the wall and wash yourself. They have a stool or something but I didn’t use it. That sounds incorrect mom.And it was.
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Apr 20, 2019 08:32
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Get naked with mommy and wash her back
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Apr 20, 2019 09:50
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She will loathe me forever. Mom hates being naked. In fact, she brought a swimsuit for the onsen. When we corrected her she absolutely refused to go until dad managed to cajole her into it. Then refused again when she learned that dad wouldn’t be with her. Why does everything be one about my parents? Oh right, cuz they’re nuts.
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Apr 20, 2019 10:00
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If you asked your parents to rate the place you stayed, how many stars out of five would they give it? You recognize that a lot of what happened may have been self-inflicted, and a lot of blame falls to your parents for being what sounds like pretty typical older gaijin travelers. And yet right here in this thread you conclude that you didn't feel Hakone was worth it. How do you even find a ryokan that has a no-dinner option? Perhaps it was a minshuku. Or did you deliberately skip it? This is why the restaurant scores and rankings on TripAdvisor are different from the scores on Tabelog.
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Apr 20, 2019 11:47
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zmcnulty posted:If you asked your parents to rate the place you stayed, how many stars out of five would they give it? You recognize that a lot of what happened may have been self-inflicted, and a lot of blame falls to your parents for being what sounds like pretty typical older gaijin travelers. And yet right here in this thread you conclude that you didn't feel Hakone was worth it. How do you even find a ryokan that has a no-dinner option? Perhaps it was a minshuku. Or did you deliberately skip it? I unfortunately don’t know - I didn’t handle picking and reserving it. Suffice to say that we’re gaijin dumbasses including me  Also I’m gonna stop posting about my parents, what I’m doing is kinda really hosed up.
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Apr 20, 2019 12:15
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My dad has visited me in Japan 4 times and has still never used a washlet or public bath because ??? He's not quite as bad as those guys who don't wipe because touching (their own) man's butthole is gay, but… kinda…
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Apr 20, 2019 12:16
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I booked a ryokan without a dinner option cause we are unsure if we want to do it or not.
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Apr 20, 2019 12:27
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Onsens/public baths loving rock but I can get the reticence to try one for the first time, especially with older relatives who've never been to a non-western country
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Apr 20, 2019 12:33
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BB2K posted:Onsens/public baths loving rock but I can get the reticence to try one for the first time, especially with older relatives who've never been to a non-western country I'm seriously looking forward to this much more than I ever thought I would.
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Apr 20, 2019 13:11
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e: nvm
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Apr 20, 2019 14:06
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peanut posted:My dad has visited me in Japan 4 times and has still never used a washlet or public bath because ??? He's not quite as bad as those guys who don't wipe because touching (their own) man's butthole is gay, but… kinda… When we got back from Japan I ordered a washlet and installed it the next weekend because after two and a half weeks in Japan I just couldn't handle not having one anymore.
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Apr 20, 2019 14:19
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Doctor Zero posted:When we got back from Japan I ordered a washlet and installed it the next weekend because after two and a half weeks in Japan I just couldn't handle not having one anymore. I was pretty surprised that you can just order a US version Toto on Amazon that easily installs in place of the existing seat.
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Apr 20, 2019 14:33
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Washlets/bidet are amazing for 〜menstruation〜
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Apr 20, 2019 15:08
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I discussed installing a washlet in my bathroom with Dad and he said it would lower the property value of my house America 
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Apr 20, 2019 17:48
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Pththya-lyi posted:I discussed installing a washlet in my bathroom with Dad and he said it would lower the property value of my house It's just the seat, you can remove it.
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Apr 20, 2019 17:57
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Pththya-lyi posted:I discussed installing a washlet in my bathroom with Dad and he said it would lower the property value of my house if this is true america really is a terrible country
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Apr 20, 2019 18:01
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d0s posted:the place we stayed at was not a luxury place (it was more that it was super old, family run) and was full of japanese, I think we were some of the only white folks there (e: and there were zero chinese Oh sweet you got good advice 
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Apr 20, 2019 18:04
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Shemp the Stooge posted:It's just the seat, you can remove it. Isn't there also an electrical hookup I - and the potential homebuyer - would have to worry about too? I know pretty much nothing about home improvement, so I'm just going by what Dad says. It may also be true that his Boomerness is influencing his judgment. mikeycp posted:if this is true america really is a terrible country Land of the free, home of the dirty butthole
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Apr 20, 2019 18:55
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Why are white people so incredibly brokebrained about being naked
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Apr 20, 2019 19:44
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Pththya-lyi posted:Isn't there also an electrical hookup I - and the potential homebuyer - would have to worry about too? I know pretty much nothing about home improvement, so I'm just going by what Dad says. It may also be true that his Boomerness is influencing his judgment. It has a normal wall plug, so depending where the nearest one is you'll have to run an extension cord and hide it/neatly pin it to skirting. Apart from that it just slides into the seat plug holes, clamps down and then you just run a splitting cable to your water hook up to the toilet tank. If you end up selling the house... you just remove it and stick the original seat back on. For how germophobic americans are (everyone has that small purell bottle) it amazes me that washlets aren't a standard mcmansion feature.
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LimburgLimbo posted:Why are white people so incredibly brokebrained about being naked Jesus was never naked so we can't be either Also yes washlets are just a wall plug
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Apr 20, 2019 20:11
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LimburgLimbo posted:Why are white people so incredibly brokebrained about being naked Christianity probably?
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Apr 20, 2019 20:13
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LimburgLimbo posted:Why are white people so incredibly brokebrained about being naked Puritans.
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Apr 20, 2019 20:17
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I've been to Hakone 3 times and I enjoy it a lot. We went there with our dog to a ryokan that accepts them and which had a nice little private onsen outside that you could book and sit in together. The day we went there there was a horrible storm and we were completely soaked and cold when we arrived, onsen felt like heaven after that.
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Apr 20, 2019 20:54
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I drunkenly bought my dad a regular JDM washlet for his house in the US, despite having no knowledge of how it might be impacted by things like differing standards in electricity or water connectors. He managed to get it working -- added a new outlet near the toilet -- so it's not impossible. However he does regularly email me pictures of the remote asking for translations of the buttons
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Apr 20, 2019 22:46
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buy a label maker and make labels to go over the japanese
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Apr 21, 2019 00:19
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so looks like we're doing nov 8-13 in kansai (undecided if base camp will be kyoto or osaka), 14-16 on the kumano kodo, shink to onomichi on the 16th, shimanami kaido on the 17th, and shikoku until the 23rd when we have to get back to osaka to get to kix on the 24th unless it would be easy to get from shikoku to kix by 530 pm on the day of our flight?
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Apr 21, 2019 01:38
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We have some interest in getting a hanko while we’re here. Anyone here who doesn’t live in Japan try getting one before? Is it an application or just buying it?
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Apr 21, 2019 01:57
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There are tourist focused hanko shops that'll make you whatever while you wait, just google 'em.
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Apr 21, 2019 02:06
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I didnt know what a Hanko was... so googled this. Says 3 days for a registered one with an option for payment on delivery... or yeah go to a shop that does em. https://tokyocheapo.com/shopping-2/hanko-japanese-personal-seals/ EDIT: I might do this, but the cheap Donkey machine one as a souvenir.
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Apr 21, 2019 02:07
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there's literally no reason to get a registered one if you're not going to live in japan
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Apr 21, 2019 02:09
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i went to the local remodeling sink/toilet store in the us and they had a bunch of toto toilets and I was trying to see which one I liked. thanks for listening.
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Apr 21, 2019 02:25
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the main issue with buying us toto washlets that as far as i can tell they only have the expensive models here it was still over $100 less to buy the cheapest toshiba one and have it shipped back than to buy the cheapest domestically available one
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Lol I managed to both be completely embarassed by the group of airbnb guys I was drinking with in Shinjuku, and to completely embarass myself by having a small alcohol inspired mental breakdown. Vacations are great.
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