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State of emergency has nothing to do with international travel or immigration. Many countries got increased restrictions during the non-SOE period.
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At this point I think the dream of going to see the next Wrestlekingdom is dead for me.
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Jul 15, 2021 12:00
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Every time I get depressed thinking there's still a (probably good) chance I might need to push back my May 22 trip I just sit back and try to remember .. there's a loving global pandemic happening
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Jul 15, 2021 16:56
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At least Japan should still be there next year, regardless of how annoying travel restrictions are.
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Rick posted:At this point I think the dream of going to see the next Wrestlekingdom is dead for me. Much better odds of pinning hopes on 2023 than 2022 at this point. I have seen international sports events scheduled to come to Japan this fall being canceled, likely because of travel restrictions or quarantine restrictions. Still haven’t heard a timetable for allowing regular tourists back in.
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Martytoof posted:Every time I get depressed thinking there's still a (probably good) chance I might need to push back my May 22 trip I just sit back and try to remember I hate to hear this, I had to cancel my trip in March of 2020, and was hoping to go in March of next year, figuring there's no way Japan wouldn't have their poo poo together by then. Maybe I'm being overly optimistic. 
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Jul 27, 2021 05:46
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Right now they're so strict for the Olympics. Each country has a fixed number of visas so some team members have to leave before new people can arrive. Regular tourism is ???!?!? for the next 6 months.
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Jul 27, 2021 08:48
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 poo poo's hosed, stay out of this plagued country. 50% increase in cases even with a "state of emergency" in effect
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Jul 28, 2021 01:30
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lol, here we fuckin go
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Jul 28, 2021 01:41
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Yeah I’m ready for worst case. This time around I didn’t even book any accommodation. Japan will be there when it’s safe to travel (there) again. It will still be there? Right?  We’re still a looong way off, a LOT can change for the better in the next ten months but a lot can also change for the WORSE in the next ten months
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Jul 28, 2021 01:42
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so for all you tourists bitching about how awful japan has handled covid, if you want to see the biggest fuckup they've made so far turn your tv on to the olympics
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Jul 28, 2021 01:43
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Mr. Fix It posted:
Trailing effect, don’t forget, this is still from what was going on 1-2 weeks back. So it’ll probably get slightly better before getting worse from the holiday weekend. The only good news is the vaccination rates meaning hospitalization rates are getting better.
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Jul 28, 2021 03:38
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i'm just glad they got a lot of the olds and all(?) of the health care workers before they opened the floodgates on this bullshit
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Jul 28, 2021 04:37
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Martytoof posted:Yeah I’m ready for worst case. This time around I didn’t even book any accommodation. Japan will be there when it’s safe to travel (there) again. Japan should reach herd immunity within 4 months and it will go up from there. IIRC, you said May next year. I'm pretty sure you will be fine.
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Jul 28, 2021 06:21
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Japan sinks, this time for real, due to all the covid pushing it down in to the mantle
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Jul 28, 2021 06:45
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i gave up on going there this year too. instead we're going to lisbon which apparently has a branch of afuri ramen
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Jul 30, 2021 09:10
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why on god's green earth would you eat ramen in lisbon
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Jul 30, 2021 09:12
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that'd be like me visiting china to go to five guys
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Jul 30, 2021 09:13
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Stringent posted:why on god's green earth would you eat ramen in lisbon because it's still better than eating ramen in amsterdam
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(we have 2 weeks so other things will be eaten as well)
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Stringent posted:that'd be like me visiting china to go to five guys the five guys in shanghai is pretty good.
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Jul 30, 2021 09:45
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Ailumao posted:the five guys in shanghai is pretty good. i would totally go if there was one in tokyo
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Jul 30, 2021 10:56
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does tokyo got shake shack? they're popping up all over here. they are more expensive and not as good yet somehow more popular than five guys.
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Jul 30, 2021 11:34
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yeah there's at least one near tokyo station
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Ailumao posted:does tokyo got shake shack? they're popping up all over here. they are more expensive and not as good yet somehow more popular than five guys. There’s a number. I’m kinda lucky in that I left my office to move to singapore just before they made one riiiight next to work, because I would have gone there a lot.
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Jul 30, 2021 12:25
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Ailumao posted:does tokyo got shake shack? they're popping up all over here. they are more expensive and not as good yet somehow more popular than five guys. I've heard the Shake Shack in Osaka is really good.
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Jul 30, 2021 14:01
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Waltzing Along posted:I've heard the Shake Shack in Osaka is really good. i've had shake shack in tokyo and nyc and if you put a gun to my head i couldn't tell the difference.
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Jul 30, 2021 14:19
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they're both inferior to other burgers you can get in japan although why tourists would eat hamburgers in japan kind of baffles me unless they're from elsewhere in asia
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Jul 30, 2021 14:21
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Stringent posted:they're both inferior to other burgers you can get in japan although why tourists would eat hamburgers in japan kind of baffles me unless they're from elsewhere in asia If you're somewhere foreign for a long time it's fun to see what their interpretation of what you have at home is though going to a global chain kind of defeats the purpose a lot of times.
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Jul 30, 2021 14:43
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Midjack posted:If you're somewhere foreign for a long time it's fun to see what their interpretation of what you have at home is though going to a global chain kind of defeats the purpose a lot of times. if you're there for a long time yeah i agree.
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Jul 30, 2021 14:50
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Plus if you’re not really that fussed on fancy foods, a burger is usually a pretty safe bet that’s hard to get wrong.
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Jul 30, 2021 20:22
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Shake Shack is good, but I need to try Five Guys again next time I'm back in the States (there's one not far from home). I'm a fan of the crinkle fries and shakes. I also need to go to Carl's Jr. once it's safer and I have an excuse to find one, it's almost identical to how it is in the U.S. and I appreciate that honesty and commitment to the greasiness. There are other very good burger spots in Tokyo if you want to find them. that doesn't make those chains a bad choice, especially if the others are out of delivery range.
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iunno, if you're a tourist from the us or aus and eating burgers in japan you wasted airfare imo
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I went to a burger place in Kobe earlier today that makes me strongly disagree with that statement Finally leaving this god forsaken place on Wednesday. I'll miss it.
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Stringent posted:iunno, if you're a tourist from the us or aus and eating burgers in japan you wasted airfare imo Some of the burgers in Japan are pretty unique and probably worth a try, at least, but really just for their own sake and not because they're "burgers."
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I had the Yoshiki burger at McDonalds 2 years ago and it was really underwhelming. It was advertised as being absurdly spicy but I only found that out afterwards lol But it was a decent teriyaki burger I guess.
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There's multiple situations all being conflated. A) You live abroad and generally eat local food but want a burger today. No problems here. B) You're a tourist and want to see what weird poo poo McDonald's has in this country. Sure, I've done this too. C) You're a tourist and just eat burgers instead of local food. I am judging you harshly.
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I went to McDonalds just to try the shrimp burger patty or whatever it was and when I was done I was like — it was good but it was very McDonalds and I didn’t bother trying anything else “exotic” there or any other chain I had at home. I guess I still kind of want to try KFC to see if its any different but I’ll feel very stupid if it’s not. As someone who ate a lot of konbini food over his last two trips I am also not really sure I’m in a position to judge anyone’s travel eating habits.
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I went to Japan with a friend once. All he ate was mcdonalds. It was terribly sad. He wouldn't even try a 7/11 onigiri. What a waste.
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Waltzing Along posted:I went to Japan with a friend once. All he ate was mcdonalds. It was terribly sad. He wouldn't even try a 7/11 onigiri. What a waste. This is probably the only situation where it's a waste, otherwise if you wanna grab a burger on your trip go for it people who cares. Especially Tokyo hipster burger joints. I live in the inaka so if I travel to a big city grabbing a real burger is one of the first things I think about tbh.
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