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gently caress it. kids get their second dose on the 24th, wife gets her third on the 18th, i'm getting my third tomorrow. bring on the plague.
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Apr 6, 2022 13:07
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But is it opening to tourists yet? I thought they were still only letting in students and workers.
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Apr 6, 2022 14:32
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Seeing as how my tickets were for May 8 through 30 or something like that, I hope they don't open before June 1 so I can avoid the entirely illogical "agggg why did I cancel" mind games that are sure to ensue.
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Apr 6, 2022 14:40
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Guess the visa exemption is still suspended, so in effect no tourism yet. Sorry to get weeby hopes up.
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When y’all are finally allowed in please wear your masks tia.
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leather fedora posted:But is it opening to tourists yet? I thought they were still only letting in students and workers. No tourists yet.
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Apr 8, 2022 02:35
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Pegnose Pete posted:When y’all are finally allowed in please wear your masks tia. They'll probably drop indoor mask rules before they let tourists in.
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Lyndon LaRouche posted:They'll probably drop indoor mask rules before they let tourists in. inshallah
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What indoor mask rules?
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Apr 8, 2022 07:51
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CAD to JPY rates are just loving with me now. If only I could spend my money in person 
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Apr 18, 2022 12:20
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Dizzam. I wanna go to Japan now. I mean, I want to go every day. But 128 JPY to USD is really nice.
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Waltzing Along posted:Dizzam. I wanna go to Japan now. Glad I have no current plans for an overseas trip, anything I’d bring to the States would get destroyed.
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I fully expect it to go back to 0.70CDN to 100JPY by the time I'm allowed in. But if that's the monkey's paw that has to curl for this to happen then I'll take one for the team.
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Apr 20, 2022 11:56
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I mean you could just buy yen now to use on your trip later.
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Zettace posted:I mean you could just buy yen now to use on your trip later. Gonna buy 1000 USD in yen and then put in my sock and hide under pillow. Seriously, though, going to banks in the US is a ripoff. If you could get even 115 JPY I'd be surprised. Never use US exchanges. It's one of the things I like about traveling in Japan. They don't rip you off at the exchange. The attitude seems to be, give good rates so you can spend your money here. I learned my lesson the first time I went there. I think I lost approx $100 in fees coming and going due to US exchanges. Waltzing Along fucked around with this message at 20:47 on Apr 20, 2022 |
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Apr 20, 2022 20:45
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It's even less true that you need need cash in Japan as a tourist these days, especially if you're nowhere near the inaka. You really don't. And if you do, put your card in a 7-11 ATM and you'll get very drat close to the best exchange rate. (It's not my problem though if your lovely American commercial bank wants to charge you some ridiculous fee for that.) Oh right, but if you want to buy the cheap cold hard yen now for your trip later, I think Wise might work for changing dollars into yen that can be kept in an account for use later in Japan. At least, that's what I use, but for the other way 'round. Lyndon LaRouche fucked around with this message at 21:41 on Apr 20, 2022 |
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Apr 20, 2022 21:38
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I think my parents are going to buy some yen with CND since they are technically allowed to apply for visas as their have family in Japan. Not sure when they will actually make it here though. Maybe summer or next spring.
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I basically always just exchange at the airport (in Japan) these days. The rates have always been fine/good and it saves a lot of hassle. Credit card fees can add up, though, so try to get a card without foreign transaction fees at least. In the cities, they're great for your large purchases like hotel, etc. and even chain or big restaurants. I guess in the city, smaller restaurants are fine with cards too these days? Wouldn't count on it in the inaka, though. You'll survive but you'll probably want some cash.
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Pegnose Pete posted:I think my parents are going to buy some yen with CND since they are technically allowed to apply for visas as their have family in Japan. Not sure when they will actually make it here though. Maybe summer or next spring. First degree relations of a resident (any kind of residence visa), so parents and children, apparently can apply and try to get in. If you have Permanent Residence, that extends to siblings, grandparents, etc. My dad is thinking about the fall, and I’m not sure I’d subject anybody to Japanese summer. I haven’t been to a lot of real small restaurants the last few years but I think more and more are accepting credit cards or electric money (stuff mostly for residents - PayPay, Mercari Pay, etc).
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Hey, remember this guy? https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/987e173580a0a8d56479010492e72baf35523ab2
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 anti-vaxx, anti-mask party leader turns out to be pedophile, impregnated a middle schooler is that the gist of the article
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The only shocking thing is that he is neither a police officer nor a school teacher.
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Jerry Manderbilt posted:
I'd be a lot more surprised except one of my (former) JHS students stopped coming to class and then turned up at graduation with a baby. Everyone was very excited for her and I decided feigning "oh, good for you" was better than "girl, you hosed up real bad" at that moment. Oh, her boyfriend was 24, which I think was the same age as me. Weird to think about. Don't think she was the only one and I'm almost certain there were some other students who were being abused or neglected, like the one kid who was clearly autistic or SOMEthing but his parents refused to do anything about it despite all the teachers' efforts.
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Dad and I are still hoping for tourism opening up by October, but since I prefer to get arrangements done a few months in advance, I’ll be looking elsewhere for vacation if July rolls around and there’s no news on that front. It’s already May. Then again, it really doesn’t look like the virus is any less of a threat than it was even a few months ago.  Jerry Manderbilt posted:
My god, it’s just like my good ol home of the United States of America!
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Pollyanna posted:Dad and I are still hoping for tourism opening up by October, but since I prefer to get arrangements done a few months in advance, I’ll be looking elsewhere for vacation if July rolls around and there’s no news on that front. It’s already May. Think it’s still April… They’ve basically done everything but visa-waiver/tourist visas by this point. I’m sure there might still be new student or worker visas outstanding to impact the number of arrivals they have per-day at the moment, but it’s still (late) April. Number of cases per reports are steadily dropping, hospitalizations and deaths are falling, and it appears to be stable. Doesn’t mean it’s a smart time to actually travel, but I don’t think there’s much people from overseas will bring that’s not already here.
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Pollyanna posted:Dad and I are still hoping for tourism opening up by October, but since I prefer to get arrangements done a few months in advance, I’ll be looking elsewhere for vacation if July rolls around and there’s no news on that front. It’s already May. what are flights like price-wise for you right now? i swear prices are really high right now due to high fuel prices over russia's war; i wonder when or if they might come down a bit
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Jerry Manderbilt posted:what are flights like price-wise for you right now? i swear prices are really high right now due to high fuel prices over russia's war; i wonder when or if they might come down a bit  Oh gently caress, you’re right. I don’t remember my flight being over a thousand dollars round trip in 2019. 
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harperdc posted:Think it’s still April… It’s May enough! quote:They’ve basically done everything but visa-waiver/tourist visas by this point. I’m sure there might still be new student or worker visas outstanding to impact the number of arrivals they have per-day at the moment, but it’s still (late) April. Number of cases per reports are steadily dropping, hospitalizations and deaths are falling, and it appears to be stable. Doesn’t mean it’s a smart time to actually travel, but I don’t think there’s much people from overseas will bring that’s not already here. Yeah, I suspect it’s targeted to drop sometime June/July maybe. Will be interesting to see what happens.
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International flights are expensive and domestic US flights are expensive rn. I'm feeling it because I'm paying for myself plus two kids. BORN TO FLY TICKET IS A gently caress 往復 Bill Em All 2022 I am home town 410,757,864,530 DEAD CENTS
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METHOD OF PAYMENT VI************0804 ¥263020 JPY METHOD OF PAYMENT VI************0804 ¥208840 JPY METHOD OF PAYMENT VI************0804 ¥208840 JPY That's for a wife and two kids to/fro ATL for 4th of July. I go for free by blowing all my miles. NRT/HND direct to ATL has never been cheap compared to changing somewhere, but expensive flights used to be like 120,000 yen.
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zmcnulty posted:METHOD OF PAYMENT This is a flex. I respect it.
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Less than 50% of the population has had their booster shots so maybe they want to get that number up.
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Anecdotal but my uni has finally held their booster inoculations for staff and students. I got mine through my town a month or two ago but once the schools and companies roll out hopefully that boosted number goes up.
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Yikes, 1600 bucks just to fly to Atlanta. People who are being pressured into having multiple children, don't forget this moment.
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Had to transfer through Atlanta a couple times through work, nice to know the direct flight there is expensive.Shammypants posted:Yikes, 1600 bucks just to fly to Atlanta. People are being pressured into having multiple children, don't forget this moment. I wouldn't look it at as "$1600," if zm is still here and getting paid in yen then I doubt they're getting the benefit of cheap exchange rates right now  and over 20man per person is loving yikes.Pegnose Pete posted:Anecdotal but my uni has finally held their booster inoculations for staff and students. I got mine through my town a month or two ago but once the schools and companies roll out hopefully that boosted number goes up. I think my company didn't host boosters officially but are pretty strongly suggesting we go get them. The wife and I both did through our municipality. I might also be going crazy but I thought I heard some news about the government wanting to require vaccine passports/proof of 3x vaccinations for certain things as well? (it is entirely possible I made that up because I'm dealing with a newborn)
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Shammypants posted:Yikes, 1600 bucks just to fly to Atlanta. People who are being pressured into having multiple children, don't forget this moment. On the upside, I'm not sure someone could pay me to fly to Atlanta these days so I've escaped that folly. I totally spaced on airfare exploding though. My miles were going a good way to getting me a few trips to Japan once it opens again, but checking now it seems that between Air Canada's devaluation of the program in general and the rising costs I've gone from like.. three possible trips to maybe one and a half flights worth lol
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