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okay i was able to find sub-1000 for a round trip from a california airport to haneda, albeit it's hawaiian and involves a layover in honolulu of course it's a massive gamble on when they'll open up for tourists
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I just saw an article Friday about some advisory committee (including Keidanren and the government) discussing when tourists can come back. Based on my criteria of “seeing smoke a month before confirming the fire,” we should see things opened up this summer. Whether that’s a good idea or not I don’t know, I would certainly love to have vaccine mandates for public areas coming through soon, but we’ll see.
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May 1, 2022 02:53
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Bring back 鎖国 imo.
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Mister Chief posted:Bring back 鎖国 imo. 
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Mister Chief posted:Bring back 鎖国 imo. But make it retroactive
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May 1, 2022 04:03
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Nah, it's back to foreigner isolation at Nagasaki.
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Mister Chief posted:Bring back 鎖国 imo. No, I don’t want to have 2020 happen again, thanks.
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May 1, 2022 05:14
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We are grandfathered in.
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Jerry Manderbilt posted:okay i was able to find sub-1000 for a round trip from a california airport to haneda, albeit it's hawaiian and involves a layover in honolulu Hawaii has special covid testing requirements, so be sure to clarify and plan for those before you travel. This includes return from Japan.
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Business of Ferrets posted:Hawaii has special covid testing requirements, so be sure to clarify and plan for those before you travel. This includes return from Japan. To my knowledge Hawaii did away all quarantine for inbound domestic travelers as of a few weeks ago. No need to show negative test or vax status any longer.
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Mister Chief posted:Bring back 鎖国 imo. Isolate foreign visitors in a island-sized Famimart
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Fami socks and fami chicken is all we need.
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Archer666 posted:Isolate foreign visitors in a island-sized Famimart
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Lyndon LaRouche posted:To my knowledge Hawaii did away all quarantine for inbound domestic travelers as of a few weeks ago. No need to show negative test or vax status any longer. would still have to worry about that on a return trip though, and i'd still need a negative PCR result within X hours of landing in japan anyway, or so i'd assume
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https://twitter.com/nyukoku_news/status/1522155738407129088?s=21&t=ZltN4pC0DGIsKzRHYZx68w PM is hinting at  relaxing the border in June. What that means is anyone’s guess, but it’s opening up in some fashion. 鎖国 is probably not happening.
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They'll still toss you back on your plane, but they'll be way more relaxed when they do.
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Wear masks please.
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Opening the country up for the tourists in the summertime is some monkey paw poo poo lol
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Mister Chief posted:Wear masks please. 95% of adults I see out are. Granted I haven’t ventured beyond the neighborhood too often, but it’s been good still. Most places are signed requiring masks too. Archer666 posted:Opening the country up for the tourists in the summertime is some monkey paw poo poo lol I swear somebody called that earlier in the thread lol
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Mister Chief posted:Wear masks please. There’s a lot of deep moron Americans out there but none of them want to go to Japan. Edit: okay, this one wants to go to Japan. But I’m a moron who drat well wears a mask! Pollyanna fucked around with this message at 16:40 on May 5, 2022 |
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harperdc posted:I swear somebody called that earlier in the thread lol That was me. I specifically called August but I'll take summer in general as a win.
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if i were visiting it would be in the fall or winter and i'm a paranoid gently caress who doesn't take off the mask ever outside the house
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Looks like they're going to do small trial runs with package tours then slowly open it up if successful. https://www.fnn.jp/articles/-/356580
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So, the new Super Dry. Yay or nay? I can't quite put my finger on it but it's missing something. Dry, sure, but the finish seems to drop off a bit too quickly.
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Just bought return tickets for October for under 500au, price was good plus seems like there's a good chance it'll be ok by then. Worst case we get credit for the flights and go another time.
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Grand Fromage posted:That was me. I specifically called August but I'll take summer in general as a win. And now I remember. Yep. Good shout. Looks like they want to see the impact of Golden Week (where domestic tourism is going boom, and for the first time since 2019 there are droves of Japanese tourists going to Hawaii) and to see what happens with the tour groups before throwing the door open more fully. Also of course entry requires three shots and probably testing. So that would also eliminate the absolute idiots from coming over.
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Just realized I was supposed to be on a plane to Japan tomorrow, boo. But I guess short of a disastrous new wave I'll almost certainly be going next May so I'm very hype to start planning. I typically pre-book my flight a year out just because I'm paying with points, but this time I'm wondering how to strategize ticket buying. Airfare is crazy right now, but I'm honestly not sure if it's going to get better or worse. Since it's all points and pretend money I guess I literally have nothing to lose by just booking now and if it turns out that it's way way cheaper come November or December I just cancel and re-book for less points. Anyway, as always, it's super far out but I am one of those people who loves having something to look forward to -- even if it's a year out. Gives me something to obsess over and research, and I'm really happy that travel to my favourite place might be on the menu again soon 
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I just realized this is the longest I've not been to Japan in my adult life. My weeb level is under... 9000...
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I just want a 7/11 egg samich. Is that too much to ask?
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I've been watching a lot of japanese TV lately and it really makes me want to go so bad. There is this show that just goes to random parts of Japan and shows you a remotely interesting thing or person or random object in that city or town. I do wonder if it's even worth it to go if they open up ths year because I imagine everyone else will be there touristing right away
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It'll either be a complete shitshow or nowhere near as crowded as usual since China's borders aren't opening anytime soon, so that's 40% of the tourist volume missing right off the bat.
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Grand Fromage posted:It'll either be a complete shitshow or nowhere near as crowded as usual since China's borders aren't opening anytime soon, so that's 40% of the tourist volume missing right off the bat. It’ll be the latter IMO, it doesn’t look like China’s opening up anytime soon.
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I only have 100000 JPY on hand so dunno about getting a shinkansen ticket to Aomori or Kanazawa or even Nagoya where my JR Central friends are
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gay for gacha posted:I've been watching a lot of japanese TV lately and it really makes me want to go so bad. There is this show that just goes to random parts of Japan and shows you a remotely interesting thing or person or random object in that city or town. I do wonder if it's even worth it to go if they open up ths year because I imagine everyone else will be there touristing right away What's the name of the show, out of interest?
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zmcnulty posted:So, the new Super Dry. Yay or nay? I can't quite put my finger on it but it's missing something. Dry, sure, but the finish seems to drop off a bit too quickly. It tastes like poo poo. Then again, so did the old one, and so probably will all future versions, so carry on.
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field balm posted:What's the name of the show, out of interest? Dunno which specific show they're watching but NHK World has several like that. Cycle Around Japan, Train Cruise, Journeys in Japan, and Seasoning the Seasons are all travel to random parts of the country stuff. There are a bunch available on their VOD thing.
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field balm posted:What's the name of the show, out of interest? Nani kore chinhyakei ナニコレ珍百景 It's the show that made me fall in love with japanese TV.
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Grand Fromage posted:It'll either be a complete shitshow or nowhere near as crowded as usual since China's borders aren't opening anytime soon, so that's 40% of the tourist volume missing right off the bat. It was amazing how short the lines were everywhere in early February 2020 with the complete lack of tourism from China.
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Jerry Manderbilt posted:I only have 100000 JPY on hand so dunno about getting a shinkansen ticket to Aomori or Kanazawa or even Nagoya where my JR Central friends are Kanazawa. I lived there for 3 years so can tell you what to do if you need. Nagoya is the dullest major city in Japan. Aomori has apples I guess but I liked other parts of Tohoku more. It all depends on how you have your trip planned out.
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