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I'll be hitting up Hiroshima, Ehime, and Kochi this summer. About half our accomodationa are campsites, so it should be good times drinking cold beer and eating grilled meat amidst the early evening din of the cicadas. I also wanna go hike Mt Fuji before the foreign tourist crowds return, and especially since the last time I did it 14 years ago I was a fat gently caress. It will necessitate a separate trip, but I can bang that out in two days since I live a couple hours drive away.
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Mister Chief posted:What? Nothing, Ueno is great. He's just a yamanote samurai looking down on the shitamachi scrubs.
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Would also suggest Shinagawa station area for hotels, there's a couple nice ones walking distance from a fairly simple station with plenty of JR lines and it's not the dungeon that Shinjuku Station area is. also yeah double check your Saitama day on Google Maps, I think some of those things may be spread out, and the Railway Museum is a good half-day on its own. if your rail fan friend also likes planes, the Tokorozawa Aviation Museum is another good stop. One note for Odaiba is that one of the big shopping malls/tourist spots there is getting demolished soon, and that's where TeamLab Borderless currently is. Borderless is closing in its current location on August 31, and they're moving to "somewhere central in the city" though I haven't heard where, but imagine Shibuya/Ginza/etc. and you're probably correct. Planets will still be open in Toyosu.
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when i first went to japan as a tourist i didnt plan anything except for booking hotels. worked out fine and i saw plenty of stuff anyway
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Nothing is wrong with Ueno, it's just dingy and grimy and old. This is established fact. I'll still hit the kebab stand down the shopping street if I'm in the area, though I try to avoid it.
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Ham Equity posted:Mostly basic bitch tourist stuff, I think; when we were initially planning for a few less days, I had the following listed: Just a heads up Teamlab borderless closes permanently at the end of August.
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Lyndon LaRouche posted:Ehime Sup, if you're interested, I'll be at home in Niihama in August but not July. I'm on the train rn and the view from the bridge between Shikoku and Okayama is still amazing.
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teddust posted:Just a heads up Teamlab borderless closes permanently at the end of August. Like I said, they’re moving it, but where the “city center” location will be hasn’t been announced.
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harperdc posted:Like I said, they’re moving it, but where the “city center” location will be hasn’t been announced.
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peanut posted:Sup, if you're interested, I'll be at home in Niihama in August but not July. Alas, I'll be doing my trip the last week of July. We'll be driving from Onomichi into Shikoku.
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Lyndon LaRouche posted:Alas, I'll be doing my trip the last week of July. We'll be driving from Onomichi into Shikoku. Are you in Line chat Lyndon?
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Ham Equity posted:
Street food isn’t really a thing in the Tokyo area outside of festivals. At least, not in the same way as somewhere like Taipei.
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Bofast posted:If any of you are rather good at Japanese (for the sake of safety in emergencies, I imagine) they might still be doing tours in those huge underground rainwater drainage systems around Tokyo for your infrastructure happy friend. Looks like they recently restarted. I went like 10 years ago, it was pretty awesome. https://gaikaku.jp/
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Mister Chief posted:Are you in Line chat Lyndon? I am not. You can DM me the deets.
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who's down for some gun control
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I figure I’ll be fine on my trip as long as I’m not an ex-PM, so I’ll take my chances with what you got.
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AHH F/UGH posted:who's down for some gun control There’s a very good chance this is the first attempted assault or murder with a gun in Japan in 2022, so I think the control is probably pretty fine. Also don’t be Abe, I guess.
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Abe just wanted to break one more record before he went.
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https://twitter.com/bnofeed/status/1549747104075206656?s=21&t=CMGUcAJADnMMA0_7k6MAoA Can someone on the ground there please reassure me that this is some bad luck and that y'all haven't lost your drat minds and started emulating America's response to this olives black fucked around with this message at 01:51 on Jul 21, 2022 |
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It's mainly because there's been comparatively less cases in previous waves.
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Oh no. That's terrible. Guess we will need to keep out tourists for another few years. Sorry guys.
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olives black posted:https://twitter.com/bnofeed/status/1549747104075206656?s=21&t=CMGUcAJADnMMA0_7k6MAoA Goons stop worrying about Covid difficulty: impossible.
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olives black posted:https://twitter.com/bnofeed/status/1549747104075206656?s=21&t=CMGUcAJADnMMA0_7k6MAoA There have been some large public events, and a small but growing number of people are foregoing masks because of the heat. But I mainly think it's just that the current variant is so transmissable. Fortunately hospitalizations are still pretty low.
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Gabriel Grub posted:There have been some large public events, and a small but growing number of people are foregoing masks because of the heat. But I mainly think it's just that the current variant is so transmissable. I have seen zero change in mask wearing in this heat outside.
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Good thing no one ITT's been madly F5ing their travel plans and decided to buy tickets for this year while the pandemic is still very much in progress instead of choosing another country to visit.
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Frankly I kinda expected this to happen. My dad’s gonna be upset if the borders close again.
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Lyndon LaRouche posted:Goons stop worrying about Covid difficulty: impossible. I've had a deathwish for years so I ain't worrying
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They should wait until there's no more waves anywhere. Shouldn't be too long now...
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Mister Chief posted:I have seen zero change in mask wearing in this heat outside. I’ve seen a few more dipshits going bare-faced but nothing substantial, still well above 75% at minimum. I think it’s that more people are “going back to normal” and that means travel, dining out, more in the office etc and that doesn’t work well with this variant. For context, about a month ago Tokyo was in the hundreds of cases a day. Two days ago was 11,000 cases, yesterday was 24,000. Now even if you don’t believe the numbers 100%, that’s what is being reported and is an insane trend.
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Lyndon LaRouche posted:Goons stop worrying about Covid difficulty: impossible. You should see the GBS thread these days lmao edit: Also: AHH F/UGH posted:Looking forward to jackal's "well I went ahead and booked my ticket for October 20th 2024" post in the coming months
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Mister Chief posted:I have seen zero change in mask wearing in this heat outside. As you know, I'm on the train every day. It's definitely less than the near 100% it was before.
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Japan’s catching up to where the entire rest of the world has been for a while. Frankly it’s not a bad idea to blame every country but Japan cause my god did humanity gently caress this up.
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Probably not the worst time to "catch up" as opposed to before most of the population being vaccinated.
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Hah, plans for October are definitely in peril now. My dad’s talking about a pilgrimage walk in Scotland/England. Second half of that is a downgrade for sure, but I’m not gonna lie, Scotland sounds pretty cool. The government should poo poo or get off the pot with the guided tour restriction. They’re getting the worst of both worlds right now - no experienced and familiar tourists, no expat family visits, no immigrant labor, no independent or cultural event business, few corporate business travelers, yes rando American and British dopes on leashes making loud noise and stuffing trains at commute hours. Drop it, or go full 鎖国. Either works for me. Lyndon LaRouche posted:Goons stop worrying about Covid difficulty: impossible. my dude it killed people
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It’s way too early to say that my May plans are in peril, but I also don’t think they’re as “slam dunk” as they were a week or two ago. I really do miss visiting this stupid island, but I’ve got a trip planned to England in November myself, so hopefully I can sate my travel lust with a somewhat stupider island instead.
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They’ve been giving out temporary visas for family visits and business, etc. for a while now. I think it’s just tourists who still can’t get in.
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one of my japanese friends from college brought his entire family over to LA as of a few days ago so the reverse is eminently doable
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Pollyanna posted:The government should poo poo or get off the pot with the guided tour restriction. They’re getting the worst of both worlds right now - no experienced and familiar tourists, no expat family visits, no immigrant labor, no independent or cultural event business, LyonsLions posted:They’ve been giving out temporary visas for family visits and business, etc. for a while now. I think it’s just tourists who still can’t get in. Ding ding ding. People have moved over to Japan finally - including those waiting years for student or work visas to clear. Families can visit - they just have to apply for a visa instead of have the easier visa waiver (aka show up and get stamped). My dad could come visit if he wanted, we could have people come from another office to here on work visits or to move offices. And it’s not random Brits/Americans on leashes for the tour groups. Think SE Asia. The one that got stopped in June because somebody tested positive was from Thailand, IIRC.
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