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Check out my new office:
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Mar 27, 2020 06:03
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That’s a loving good office.
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Mar 27, 2020 14:46
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drat i'm very jelly of that office.
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Mar 27, 2020 16:42
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Japan just instituted a quarantine for incoming travelers from a bunch of countries including the US. So....My trip is officially dead.
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Mar 27, 2020 17:45
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Mine probably is to but I'm not cancelling until at least may. My reasoning being that I don't know what Monday is going to look like, let alone nearly 2 months from now. And also that I just really do not want to be in this country
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Mar 27, 2020 19:40
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Upside is that after 14 days of quarantine, jet lag won’t be an issue anymore.
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Mar 28, 2020 05:44
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Business of Ferrets posted:Upside is that after 14 days of quarantine, jet lag won’t be an issue anymore. Yep. It's just enough time to adjust before flying home and adjusting again.
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Mar 28, 2020 05:46
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The problem is the planned trip is only 10 days
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Mar 28, 2020 05:48
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The good news is that pretty much every airline (and many hotels) are all HEY PLEASE RESCHEDULE IT'S FREE AND poo poo right now, so good time to move things around.
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Mar 28, 2020 06:39
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i can't find if xiamen is doing this atm, but i also haven't looked very hard
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Mar 28, 2020 08:57
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Stringent posted:nothing short of armed guards are keeping saitama out of tokyo on a weekend ok they're showing pictures of the city on the news and it looks like saitama's made a liar out of me. gj saitama.
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Mar 28, 2020 09:35
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I know there's a lot of serious poo poo going on these days but if anyone with a Japanese Yahoo account has some spare time and wants to help me out with an auction, please send me a PM. I'm trying to work with a proxy service but they're only able to get answers from the seller sporadically. I can go into more detail over PM, I'd still be using a proxy for shipping and payment, just trying to get some questions answered first.
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Mar 28, 2020 17:59
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Business of Ferrets posted:Upside is that after 14 days of quarantine, jet lag won’t be an issue anymore. I've been home since the 8th, I still can't sleep normal because I didn't have a schedule to return to and never left my house so it didn't matter if stores were open or friends/family were awake. Without any of that you just kind of don't reset, and since I saw no point in trying to fix it right away, I still can't sleep at night, and I crash hard in the middle of the afternoon or early evening. I've woken up with my phone on my face at 1am numerous times. I am feeling very well rested though, because I'm simply letting myself sleep when my brain wants it most.
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Mar 29, 2020 00:05
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This is bullshit.
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Mar 29, 2020 01:39
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Stringent posted:This is bullshit. 
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Mar 29, 2020 02:28
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ntan1 posted:Except I live in the state that is possibly handling this the best, CA. (and more specifically, SF bay area which has had hospitals report that they have less people than usual because nobody is out partying). lmao
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Mar 29, 2020 07:47
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Stringent posted:This is bullshit. where was this poo poo on weekends in January when we had time and could go outside and there were mountains to go ski <  >
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Mar 29, 2020 08:21
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harperdc posted:where was this poo poo on weekends in January when we had time and could go outside and there were mountains to go ski < right???
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Mar 29, 2020 08:22
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Ken Shimura dead https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2020/03/30/entertainment-news/comedian-ken-shimura-dies-hospitalized-coronavirus/
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Mar 30, 2020 02:08
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Was supposed to go this May for three weeks but decided to reschedule for October for obvious reasons. Now I'm sort of thinking I might push until December and reduce to a week just to be in Tokyo for the Christmas/New Year season since I've never done that. I'm planning on going next May for three weeks anyway, and this way it gives things another two months to play out before I have to decide on cancelling yet another trip. So since I'm only planning on one week, city hopping is probably out of the equation and I have to decide whether I'm doing Christmas in Tokyo or Osaka.. Or maybe a third wildcard entry? Not sure I want to do Hokkaido anything in Winter. Okinawan Christmas anyone?  e: I mean this is obviously assuming we get to some normalcy in the next six months which is very much not a given, just planning out loud to cope with depression of trip cancellation 
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Mar 30, 2020 16:49
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as far as i can tell xiamen isn't doing poo poo wrt trips that aren't possible, so rip me i guess. at least i can cancel the airbnb at no significant cost time to go sleep forever now while i'm stuck in this shithole
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Mar 30, 2020 21:20
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Martytoof posted:So since I'm only planning on one week, city hopping is probably out of the equation and I have to decide whether I'm doing Christmas in Tokyo or Osaka.. Or maybe a third wildcard entry? Not sure I want to do Hokkaido anything in Winter. Okinawan Christmas anyone? Sapporo, while cold, is an awesome city in winter. You could easily spend a week doing it and the surrounding area, daytrips to Hakodate, Otaru, Yoichi, Asahikawa. There's usually decent snow cover by that time of the year too, so you could easily throw in some boarding/skiing somewhere as well. I have no idea what Christmas is like in Okinawa but it's not far enough south that you could for example spend Christmas at the beach. Average high is 21C, according to Google. Would definitely be off-season. Tokyo and Osaka shouldn't be too much different from one another. Dunno if you're aware but Christmas in Japan is more about having some romantic dinner than a family holiday. It's one of the few countries in the world where it isn't a national holiday, so Christmas day for most people is just another weekday.
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Mar 30, 2020 23:04
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Stringent posted:This is bullshit. Coupled with the lack of tourists in Japan, it makes for some lovely imagery. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkYg-zRsUsQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZv7jfW_puw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxCgRagHIWQ
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Mar 30, 2020 23:17
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Christmas and New Year's Eve in Kyoto and Kobe sounds very good.
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Mar 30, 2020 23:21
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poo poo!
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Mar 31, 2020 01:34
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Phone posted:poo poo! Talk to the airline, hotel, etc. directly rather than loving around with the credit card people.
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Mar 31, 2020 01:44
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yeah, i looked into it and was like "eh, this might be my ace in the hole" since i've gotten a bit of pushback from hotels over canceling. one of them was like, "oh yeah, sure no problem. poo poo's crazy right? thanks!!" (shoutouts: richmond hotels; thread please do not tell me that the founder is even more of a shithead than the apa guy) i told the chase to deal with delta since i paid for half of it with points and delta straight up canceled their KIX <> SEA route until 2021
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Mar 31, 2020 01:56
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Phone posted:(shoutouts: richmond hotels; thread please do not tell me that the founder is even more of a shithead than the apa guy) Nah they’re owned by the group what owns Royal Host, so I think it’s safe.
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Mar 31, 2020 02:14
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Sapporo owns and is the best food city i've been to in Japan. I ate so well there.
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Mar 31, 2020 05:26
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Cancelling because travel is impossible seems significantly different than disinclination
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Mar 31, 2020 07:26
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AirBnB extended the dates that qualify for full refund under extenuating circumstances BTW. I jumped the gun too early and only got a partial refund so I ate $500 on one of my AirBnBs but I'm asking them to see if they can extend the refund to the full amount now. Unlikely but can't hurt to ask.
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Mar 31, 2020 15:34
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Martytoof posted:AirBnB extended the dates that qualify for full refund under extenuating circumstances BTW. I was in a similar boat and got the full refund, so it wouldn't surprise me if you'd be able to work something out.
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Mar 31, 2020 17:35
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JP post will stop accepting international mail/packages from April 2 (temporary). https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20200331/k10012360861000.html?utm_int=nsearch_contents_search-items_002
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Mar 31, 2020 23:24
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peanut posted:JP post will stop accepting international mail/packages from April 2 (temporary). lol
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Mar 31, 2020 23:39
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peanut posted:JP post will stop accepting international mail/packages from April 2 (temporary). But still sending to the US and UK. Odd choices.
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Mar 31, 2020 23:44
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I'm waiting for the full list to get published today x____x
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Mar 31, 2020 23:49
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harperdc posted:But still sending to the US and UK. Odd choices. gotta keep the sega saturn trade alive
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Mar 31, 2020 23:56
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Looks like entry ban from the US is going into effect soon.
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Oops guess it’s a bad time to start bidding on stuff on Yahoo auctions. E: oh wait it’s the other way around some kinda jackal fucked around with this message at 02:18 on Apr 1, 2020 |
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