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mikeycp posted:fukui has a dope-rear end dinosaur museum you should go to fukui Seconding this. It's really great. I went with the expectation of "Eh, well, dinosaurs. I've seen dinosaurs /shrug but might as well check it out while I'm here." I was, frankly, blown away by how awesome the whole place is. They've got visiting scientists working and, I assume, helping with the signage because it's quite good.
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For some reason the teamlabs websiote refuses to let me buy tickets for borderless. I was planning on going there this Sunday (I'm flying to Japan tomorrow, but it's closed Mon-Wed next week and I'm leaving Tokyo on Thursday). Since it's not exactly the busiest time of year, is it likely there will still be same-day tickets available?
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netcat posted:For some reason the teamlabs websiote refuses to let me buy tickets for borderless. I was planning on going there this Sunday (I'm flying to Japan tomorrow, but it's closed Mon-Wed next week and I'm leaving Tokyo on Thursday). Since it's not exactly the busiest time of year, is it likely there will still be same-day tickets available? Your odds for same day tickets will be pretty good given the lack of Chinese tourists. Though if you want to play it safer, I'd go around opening just so you've got more ticket times slots to work with.
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That's odd that the Teamlab tickets aren't working... I tried myself and it seems to be ok: https://ticket.teamlab.art/#/order. Once you choose your date, you actually have to click in the 'Entrance Pass' box to make it expand and choose your number of tickets. It's not the most intuitive. When I went in the summer you had to choose a timed ticket, but it doesn't seem to have that option anymore.
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geese posted:That's odd that the Teamlab tickets aren't working... I tried myself and it seems to be ok: https://ticket.teamlab.art/#/order. It claimed that the service was busy or something and wouldn't accept either of my cards, two days in a row 🤔 I was thinking it might be because my surname has Swedish letters (åäö) and it wouldn't let me input that in the cardholder field so the name didn't match
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netcat posted:It claimed that the service was busy or something and wouldn't accept either of my cards, two days in a row 🤔 I was thinking it might be because my surname has Swedish letters (åäö) and it wouldn't let me input that in the cardholder field so the name didn't match I would think that if it was a name mismatch it would just say something about the transaction having been declined, not something about the service being busy?
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Feb 15, 2020 12:35
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Feb 15, 2020 13:03
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Bofast posted:I would think that if it was a name mismatch it would just say something about the transaction having been declined, not something about the service being busy? You are assuming that glorious Nippon has web site design that isn’t circa 1995.
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Feb 15, 2020 23:40
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Doctor Zero posted:You are assuming that glorious Nippon has web site design that isn’t circa 1995. Good point
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Feb 15, 2020 23:50
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I actually got two error popups, one about the service being busy and one that about there being a problem with the card Anyway they hade tickets and there was an insane amount of people so I'd hate to see how it is when theyre sold out
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Midjack posted:I’m a type 1 diabetic using two different types of insulin pens (long and short acting). Should I expect to have to taken these for the customs inspection, and how many will they let me bring in without needing the special permit? I know this is from a few pages back, but I wanted to chime in as a T1 who just got to Japan for a 3 month stay. I was sweating bullets at customs, but the attendant didn't check a single bag. For posterity / any future diabetics in this thread: as far as applying for and getting a yakkan shoumei (which, as peanut said, you only need if you're brining in more than a 1 month supply), the process was super easy. If you're just traveling on a tourist visa, you don't need a physical, original copy. I emailed my application and documents to the ministry of health and received a digital yakkan shoumei within 24 hours. Just print it out and keep it in your carry on with your meds. Easy Peasy. I would love to hear how traveling to Japan effects your bg levels. For whatever reason, I'm constantly low and have had to adjust my Lantus considerably. I've actually been less active here than at home in the US, so... it's just baffling. Midjack posted:Got back yesterday from my first visit. LOL. My b. Spanish Inquisition fucked around with this message at 13:07 on Feb 17, 2020 |
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Hi all, i'm looking to spend six days on/around Okinawa after a trip to Taiwan. Been reading various trip reports online and i've kinda come out of it with a simple itinerary BUT i'm always open to change. Just looking for general tourist stuff, chilling out, little party, few sights. I'll be going in late April. Day 1-2: Mainland Okinawa. Stay in Okinawa city or Naha Day 2-5: Kerama National Park. Stay on one of the islands there. Day 6: Return to Okinawa I know this is a very basic agenda but you may say 'hey, don't stay on Kerama. Go elsewhere'. ....
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this is just me, but if i were going to okinawa i'd try to go diving at least once. it seems like a great place to do it.
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Man I’d love to do something like chichijima in 2021 but the 24h ferry ride just puts me off. I’d rather just do Okinawa at that rate. Guess I should start looking at other islands I can do some 3-4 day trips to.
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Ishigaki has some nice stuff to do and good bilingual signage (never been there but I translated the dang pamphlets lol)
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Spanish Inquisition posted:I know this is from a few pages back, but I wanted to chime in as a T1 who just got to Japan for a 3 month stay. It's cool, thanks for sharing your experience, especially about the permit being a next day email. I was mostly concerned because everything I could find said "one month supply" which is pretty easy for something like pills, but for pens the only information I saw said "no more than two for a one-month supply" and that wasn't on an official site. Since I'm on two different insulins (Tresiba and Fiasp) and like to carry an spare of both in case I lose one, plus I have terrible bad luck and wanted to be prepared if COVID-19 got out of hand while I was there and I got a deal like what those cruise ship passengers are currently enjoying. I was concerned that taking three or four pens would land me in narco smuggling jail as soon as I tried to clear immigration. Ultimately since it was a four day visit I opted to simply carry two new pens and be careful, and nobody looked in my bags anyway, but next time I'll just apply for the permit and have some backups. I didn't have much of a problem with my glucose getting out of hand on my visit. I always get a little disrupted on travel, probably due to body time and local time being out of whack, and it was such a short trip I didn't really have a chance to stabilize. I was running a little low for most of this trip, but it was easy enough to stick a couple of coins in a vending machine or hit a 7-11 and get back in business.
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Finally just hit fukkit and booked a flight to April 10-18. Uh, now I just have to figure out a plan. I'm thinking of maybe flying to Shirahama from HND, spending the week working my way over to Kumano City and then maybe train back to Tokyo to fly back?
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captkirk posted:Finally just hit fukkit and booked a flight to April 10-18. Uh, now I just have to figure out a plan. I'm thinking of maybe flying to Shirahama from HND, spending the week working my way over to Kumano City and then maybe train back to Tokyo to fly back? Head northwards into the Tohoku region? April 10-18 puts you in the forecasted peak Sakura blossoms for that area.
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.Z. posted:Head northwards into the Tohoku region? April 10-18 puts you in the forecasted peak Sakura blossoms for that area. Well, now I'm fiercely googling Fukushima and Sendai.
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sendai is good. never been to fukushima but it's probably also good.
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My sister's 30th birthday is tomorrow. Is there anything we absolutely need to do in the greater Tokyo area? Any particular shrines where she should pray? Best cake shop? Any wacky traditions? If I was home in Nashville, I'd take her to drink a dog bowl of beer at The Village Pub, so something in that vein.Midjack posted:I didn't have much of a problem with my glucose getting out of hand on my visit. I always get a little disrupted on travel, probably due to body time and local time being out of whack, and it was such a short trip I didn't really have a chance to stabilize. I was running a little low for most of this trip, but it was easy enough to stick a couple of coins in a vending machine or hit a 7-11 and get back in business. Honestly the vending machines are such a godsend. I'm glad you had a good time!
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Feb 19, 2020 09:00
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Any recommends on a Tokyo spot for those stupidly fluffy pancakes you see online?
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Indolent Bastard posted:Any recommends on a Tokyo spot for those stupidly fluffy pancakes you see online? Edit: I think that photo might actually be from A Happy Pancake tbh!
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Indolent Bastard posted:Any recommends on a Tokyo spot for those stupidly fluffy pancakes you see online? My recommendation is to go in with low expectations. They aren't all that great. They look neat and photograph well.
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Waltzing Along posted:My recommendation is to go in with low expectations. They aren't all that great. They look neat and photograph well. Expectations suitably adjusted.
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Feb 20, 2020 20:53
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Most of those beautifully constructed looking Japan/Korea desserts are pretty flavorless.
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Grand Fromage posted:Most of those beautifully constructed looking Japan/Korea desserts are pretty flavorless. This, only for all the menu of pop up/theme cafes. Went to Gundam cafe and a Code Geass pop up cafe and it was just really bland, but nice looking food.
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Indolent Bastard posted:Expectations suitably adjusted. With that in mind, look for the chain called Gram. They have even opened a location in San Francisco. Anyway, they only make about 20 of the pancake plates every 3 hours. It's pretty limited because each pancake takes a long time to make. So find a location and figure out what time you need to get there. At busy time there will be lines. I had them at one cafe and they were really terrible. I vowed I would get a good one. I kept seeing various Gram locations and they were always sold out until one day... And it was pretty disappointing. Not bad, just underwhelming. Okonomiyaki, on the other hand. I love it so much that I have recently begun trying to make it myself. First attempt was about 90% as good as I would expect in Japan. A lot easier than I had feared. I am going to get good at it.
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Archer666 posted:This, only for all the menu of pop up/theme cafes. Went to Gundam cafe and a Code Geass pop up cafe and it was just really bland, but nice looking food. I think this is because we absolutely load our cakes and deserts with sugar in the west. My wife can’t understand how I can eat a slice of cake that has the density of brick and enough sugar to choke a bear.
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I did A Happy Pancake but thought it was great! It was definitely lighter than American stuff, but I thought it was very pleasant.
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Doctor Zero posted:I think this is because we absolutely load our cakes and deserts with sugar in the west. My wife can’t understand how I can eat a slice of cake that has the density of brick and enough sugar to choke a bear. I was going to say this. I don't mind desserts, especially the more traditional Japanese sweets, in Japan but one spoonful of cheesecake from Cheesecake factory is enough for me for about 6 months. If you've got a real sweet-tooth then yeah, Japanese desserts are probably a bit bland but if not then I think they're probably just fine.
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Waltzing Along posted:Okonomiyaki, on the other hand. I love it so much that I have recently begun trying to make it myself. First attempt was about 90% as good as I would expect in Japan. A lot easier than I had feared. I am going to get good at it. Okonomiyaki definitely punches above its weight. My first couple years here I wanted to eat it at least once a week.
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Hiroshima style superiority
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arisu posted:Hiroshima style superiority For eating? Definitely, but for making it's significantly more effort (although that's also because regular okinomiyaki is close to zero effort)
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Only bad thing I can say about Japanese food is how much mayo they slather on stuff. Makes some foods drat near inedible. Mayo is so gross.
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Nanigans posted:Only bad thing I can say about Japanese food is how much mayo they slather on stuff. Makes some foods drat near inedible. Mayo is so gross. I know who isn't getting through customs next time.
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Nanigans posted:Only bad thing I can say about Japanese food is how much mayo they slather on stuff. Makes some foods drat near inedible. Mayo is so gross. Yeah, this is just objectively wrong on several levels.
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Nanigans posted:Only bad thing I can say about Japanese food is how much mayo they slather on stuff. Makes some foods drat near inedible. Mayo is so gross. Burn the witch
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.Z. posted:Burn the witch Oh my god, that avatar 
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