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My parents and I had a huge fight in our Airbnb so I’ve been there buddy. Edit: Tourist hanko it is! Pollyanna fucked around with this message at 03:35 on Apr 21, 2019 |
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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… wait, what?
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Apr 21, 2019 05:53
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wait how the gently caress did i miss that post
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Apr 21, 2019 06:16
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drat and I thought I went through some poo poo..
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Apr 21, 2019 07:13
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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 he moved out I’m sure the values would go higher
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Apr 21, 2019 07:25
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mikeycp posted:the main issue with buying us toto washlets that as far as i can tell they only have the expensive models here There are cheaper mechanical ones or get a Korean or chinese washlet
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Apr 21, 2019 07:26
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caberham posted:There are cheaper mechanical ones or get a Korean or chinese washlet well i didn't look into that and i'm happy with my toshiba butt cleaner
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Apr 21, 2019 07:35
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mikeycp posted: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 You can take a bus in the morning and get there in plenty of time for a 5:30 flight. It will be 3-4 hours depending on where you depart from. Edit: Actually there is plenty of time to take a train, too, but since that involves at least 3 transfers depending on where you start from, I recommend the bus for ease and convenience and price. LyonsLions fucked around with this message at 12:39 on Apr 21, 2019 |
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Apr 21, 2019 09:14
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Mods rename me おいおいビル食大祭 because that’s what we do every fuckin night
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Apr 21, 2019 11:31
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Pollyanna posted:My parents and I had a huge fight in our Airbnb so I’ve been there buddy. Remember, it starts with は not ま!  caberham posted:There are cheaper mechanical ones or get a Korean or chinese washlet I wanted a Toto, but they didn't fit our toilet, so I got a BioBidet. It's pretty great, and was quite a bit cheaper than the Toto.
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Apr 21, 2019 12:31
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mikeycp posted:unless it would be easy to get from shikoku to kix by 530 pm on the day of our flight? Get a hotel in Osaka (and go to spa world?) Hankos: just order one at a local shop in the morning and pick it up in the evening. I am happy to help with legit katakana or even kanji for your names, just ask. Budget 5000 for a good plain hanko.
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Apr 21, 2019 13:03
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Need some input on my Hokkaido 7-day itinerary. It's just me and I'm super-flexible about my schedule but I still want some resemblance of a plan (since my first Tokyo trip ended with me not knowing what to do with my last day in there). Day 0 (Arrival, Saturday): - Arrive at New Chitose Airport, about noon. Go straight to my hotel in Sapporo not far from the station. - Check in, freshen up, immediately go for Sakurajima Ramen near Hassamuminami Station (my friends loved the joint) for early dinner - Head for Mount Moiwa to catch the sunset and enjoy the night view - Come back down, try some Book-Offs to see if they got any Gameboy Colors for sale. Just explore and chill while I return to the hotel. Day 1 (Sapporo): - Have seafood at Nijo market for breakfast - Walk along Odori park, then head for Maruyama Zoo <-- Not sure how bad it'll be on a Sunday - Maybe check out the ski jump stadium nearby? - Visit the Shiroi Koibito Park - Go over to Zenibako and have a nice cup of coffee in a cafe by the coastline. - Return to Sapporo and check out some arcades. Big fan of UFO catchers and retro games. Day 2 (Biei): - Wake up at like 6am, use my Hokkaido rail pass to get there - Rent an electric bike and use it to tour everything: Patchwork no Machi, Blue Poind, Shirahige Waterfall etc. - Go back to the hotel and drop dead Day 3 (Ashikawa): - Again, wake up at like 6 am. - Start from Ueno Farm, then head to Ashiyama Zoo and the nearby park - Eat at Asahikawa Ramen Village - Check out Round One Stadium (I told you I liked arcades) - Look at Ashibashi Bridge maybe??? I'm a bit thin on ideas for this one Day 4 (Hakodate): - SIX A M - Check out the Red Brick Warehouse - Go up Mount Hakodate via the ropeway - Come back and down get more coffee at a nice seaside cafe - Visit the star-shaped island thing Day 5 (Otaru half-way, more Sapporo): - Visit the aquarium, go up the observation deck - ????? - Go back to Sapporo and i ran out of ideas Day 6 (Sapporo and / or easily accessible nearby areas) - I DON'T KNOW Day 7: - Fly back home So yeah, I kinda ran out of ideas for the ending bit, but I might've packed the front end a bit too much so I could always spread that out into the end instead. Suggestions welcome. Also good places to eat, if you have any. Edit: Goddamn tab key Reallycoolname fucked around with this message at 15:37 on Apr 21, 2019 |
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Apr 21, 2019 15:27
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Reallycoolname posted:Day 0 (Arrival, Saturday): New Chitose is a pretty awesome airport, I'd recommend you stop at Ebisoba ramen before you leave. http://www.new-chitose-airport.jp/en/spend/shop/s146.html . Egg tarts (forget the name of store) are quite unreal too and would recommend you pick some up. I think they have a store in Sapporo maybe? Are you able to do car rental? Hokkaido is very much a car place and I feel like you'll miss a lot without one. paberu fucked around with this message at 15:59 on Apr 21, 2019 |
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Apr 21, 2019 15:56
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There's a really good onigiri shop in shinchitose and have you considered eating genghiskhan mutton bbq in sapporo? I think one of the main ones is called Daruma.
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Apr 21, 2019 16:16
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peanut posted:Get a hotel in Osaka (and go to spa world?) will do, both
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Apr 21, 2019 18:04
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speaking of toto stuff, I had my friend order me one of these on amazon prime while I was staying at his place last month: I get back to america and it turns out there are different toilet paper standards because american rolls don't fit right lmao 
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Apr 21, 2019 18:45
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Magna Kaser posted:wait, what? http://www.wehuntedthemammoth.com/2017/10/13/dudes-too-macho-to-use-toilet-paper-is-apparently-a-thing/ Nothing's ever getting in between my asscheeks. I ain't no queer!
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Apr 21, 2019 19:02
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Reallycoolname posted:Need some input on my Hokkaido 7-day itinerary. It's just me and I'm super-flexible about my schedule but I still want some resemblance of a plan (since my first Tokyo trip ended with me not knowing what to do with my last day in there). Exactly when are you going? this is important. Skip Maruyama Zoo. Where is your hometown? Using that, I can tell you if you should skip Asahikawa Zoo as well. Go to the Hakodate morning market. It is infinitely better than Sapporo's nijo market, where you will be scammed. The Hakodate ropeway is crowded as hell with Chinese people. I hope that you are aware that Biei to Hakodate is 5 hours by car, like 7 hours by public transportation.
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Apr 21, 2019 19:32
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ntan1 posted:Japan is crowded as hell with Chinese people. The sooner you get used to it the better; barring some sort of travel ban, they're not going away. Every secret Chinese-free spot you have now will be overrun with them within the next couple years.
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Apr 21, 2019 21:45
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all the more reason to go as rural as possible imo
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Apr 21, 2019 22:07
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It’s a little early for 8500 yen inclusive flight from PVG - KIX is nice
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Apr 21, 2019 22:30
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zmcnulty posted:The sooner you get used to it the better; barring some sort of travel ban, they're not going away. Every secret Chinese-free spot you have now will be overrun with them within the next couple years. Indeed, PS: With the hakodate view, the serious photographers are going to be on a platform slightly down from the main platform, where it's not possible to take any photos. Basically follow the path downwards form the mountain, and you should be able to see it. Has even a better view and much more space/fewer people around that area. You can even walk down instead of taking the gondola.
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Apr 21, 2019 23:24
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What is the Chinese package tour obsession? I went in broiling August but still, it was never that bad. Places were crowded, but with your regular tourist mix not the mainland boogeyman fresh from selling ancestral land to a car park developer.
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Apr 22, 2019 00:36
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when I was in shinsekai standing somewhere checking my phone a chinese woman had her toddler stand next to me to take a photo (without asking). I prevented not to notice to avoid any face loss
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Apr 22, 2019 00:53
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Strategic Tea posted:What is the Chinese package tour obsession? I went in broiling August but still, it was never that bad. Places were crowded, but with your regular tourist mix not the mainland boogeyman fresh from selling ancestral land to a car park developer. August isn't the worst time. Two weeks for Chinese New Year or the National Day holiday the first week of October are the vacation periods basically everyone in the country has off. d0s posted:when I was in shinsekai standing somewhere checking my phone a chinese woman had her toddler stand next to me to take a photo (without asking). I prevented not to notice to avoid any face loss The only hope for it stopping is to call them out when they do this poo poo. Shame them. I never yelled at Chinese people more than when they were being lovely tourists in other parts of Asia.
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Apr 22, 2019 00:59
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I haven’t been in kansai for 4 years and I when I land I have to walk from the tarmac into the gate. Holy poo poo kansai is already so ghetto
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Apr 22, 2019 01:13
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On this last trip I saw a lot more package tours from Southeast Asia around Kyoto. Thais and maybe Cambodians or Burmese? I'm not too good at picking out those languages. I saw the flags from far away and was like "oh no, mainlanders" and then I had to eat my hat when I got within earshot. That wasn't Mandarin.
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Apr 22, 2019 01:48
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Yeah south East Asian folks have more money and japan is getting more affordable. You can tell them apart because they over dress in a bajillion layers
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Apr 22, 2019 01:49
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Lots of Chinese, Koreans, and assorted Asians here, especially in Kyoto.
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Apr 22, 2019 06:02
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i extremely don't see the appeal of package tours that's like the polar opposite of how i want to spend a foreign vacation
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Apr 22, 2019 06:23
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A package tour can have some value. A lot of them include a 1 day tour, and discount the flight as well as the hotel significantly, and you can tell the person on the one day tour you are not going to show up.
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Apr 22, 2019 06:53
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Pollyanna posted:Lots of Chinese, Koreans, and assorted Asians here, especially in Kyoto. Hey I’m here too! I’m here until Friday wanna meet up tonight or Wednesday for dinner
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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… My father in law loves to poop and bidet spray at the same time. He’s also a big guy 6”1 so he expunged a lot of mass. Cleaning the toilet was not fun
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speaking of packages, we're doing this kumano kodo itinerary https://www.kumano-travel.com/en/model-itineraries/3-days-E1-kumano-kodo-highlight-walk-nakahechi if anybody has recommendations for things to do or eat, or places to stay i'm all ears or recs on which leg of the trip to splurge on a ryokan for
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Apr 22, 2019 07:18
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mikeycp posted:or recs on which leg of the trip to splurge on a ryokan for none. If you are ok with it, stay in Minshuku in all places in that area.
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Apr 22, 2019 08:00
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ntan1 posted:none. saving that money is fine by me. the minshuku looked more appealing anyway e: any ryokan (that won't put me in the poorhouse) in shikoku worth it? p sure the gf would like to stay at one this trip at some point mikeycp fucked around with this message at 08:14 on Apr 22, 2019 |
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Apr 22, 2019 08:04
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I stayed in an old merchant house I kotohira. Kotohira hidan was it called? Not the cheapest but I get a giant rear end house to my own and a time slot for a private bath looking from the mountain
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Apr 22, 2019 09:09
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Apr 22, 2019 10:57
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Package tours are a super Asian thing I guess. When I lived in Hangzhou I would see tons of Korean and Japanese package tour groups going around with their matching hats. I saw a couple Korean ones when I was in Sapporo during the winter as well.
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There's no way to create reservations from the Tabelog site, right? Or am I just missing a crucial link somewhere. I know the app allows it, but it's also a little too Japanese for my ability right now.
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