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harperdc posted:Like I said, Digital minister Kono Taro was on Twitter saying Daily entry just increased to 50k from the 7th.
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totalnewbie posted:Have a drink at/near each station to make it worthwhile. This would add a natural limiter to each day's walk. At some point you'd just be a little too tipsy to think walking to the next station sound fun.
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some kinda jackal posted:Well, speaking of weird long walks, touristchat, I have it in my head that I’m going to “walk the Yamanote” this time around. Mathematically it’s an eight hour walk by the numbers if I go my typical leisurely pace but I guess I should plan on breaking it up over two or three days so I can enjoy eating and looking at fun stuff along the way i would just choose a differently line honestly, or just go for a long walk somewhere in shonan or something, or just randomly wander tokyo if you want to go for a walk. i regularly walk across the city just because i find it relaxing, but half of the yamanote just passes through a fairly boring part of town
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some kinda jackal posted:Well, speaking of weird long walks, touristchat, I have it in my head that I’m going to “walk the Yamanote” this time around. Mathematically it’s an eight hour walk by the numbers if I go my typical leisurely pace but I guess I should plan on breaking it up over two or three days so I can enjoy eating and looking at fun stuff along the way https://youtu.be/SF5mf4LV7Jw
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some kinda jackal posted:Well, speaking of weird long walks, touristchat, I have it in my head that I’m going to “walk the Yamanote” this time around. Mathematically it’s an eight hour walk by the numbers if I go my typical leisurely pace but I guess I should plan on breaking it up over two or three days so I can enjoy eating and looking at fun stuff along the way See if you can get the Rambalac guy from Youtube to walk along with you 
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Are you guy's able to access this site? https://www.linear-museum.pref.yamanashi.jp/english/index.html
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Pegnose Pete posted:The PCR test requirement is a big ease though. Imagine going back home and then catching covid and being unable to return to work on time etc. I wasn’t able to take that risk. This happened to us, we were delayed one week. Luckily I'm self-employed freelance and we didn't need to scramble for a hotel. Travel insurance will reimburse me for my daughter's second test and doctor's appts (and medicine or hotel if we had that.)
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I would walk the Yamanote. I want the train Pikmin seeds in Pikmin Bloom.
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Yeah, walking Yamanote seems cool. You'd see a bunch of cool spots and the neighborhoods linking them. Break it into two days or something. If you are in Shinjuku go north and stop somewhere Tokyo or so. Then the next day go the other direction. It's a little over 20 miles so 10 miles a day with breaks for food and stuff is very doable.
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Busy Bee posted:Are you guy's able to access this site? https://www.linear-museum.pref.yamanashi.jp/english/index.html Yes (inside Japan), need anything screenshot?
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Japan appears to be open Sept 7. Not sure if you have to book through an agency yet, but no more tours or tests. Really hope I can get to Kyoto before it gets crazy again.
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I got two extra boosters just in case and a tattoo of Ranma 1/2 on my right asscheek. I'm packing my bags.
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Waltzing Along posted:Japan appears to be open Sept 7. Not sure if you have to book through an agency yet, but no more tours or tests. Really hope I can get to Kyoto before it gets crazy again. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Wednesday that Japan will allow the entry of nonescorted visitors on package tours and raise the daily arrival cap to 50,000 starting Sept. 7 — a significant step toward the full resumption of tourism. Still need tours, still need to apply for and get a visa from your local embassy/consulate. September 7th is also the point at which you’ll no longer need a clean PCR test to arrive in Japan if you have 3+ vaccination shots and come from certain countries.
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I do the Yamanote walk a few times a year. Last time I took two shots of sake at each station (replaced with beer a few times). It's very doable, but I don't recommend doing it in the middle of the summer. Allow for extra time for photos and food in your estimate, it really adds up. Checking my last time it was 9 hours of solid walking (not counting stops, etc) and the distance my map shows is 41 kilometers.
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Spaceguns posted:I do the Yamanote walk a few times a year. Last time I took two shots of sake at each station (replaced with beer a few times). It's very doable, but I don't recommend doing it in the middle of the summer. Let's do this next year. Except in the middle of summer. Also less drinking because I want to be functional for the rest of my trip.
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harperdc posted:Yes (inside Japan), need anything screenshot? Just wanted to see if they have any public tours / rides of the Maglev there in October 2022. I know they had it in the past but I can't even access the site at the moment. Is there a simple way for me to access the site without having to purchase a VPN?
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Busy Bee posted:Just wanted to see if they have any public tours / rides of the Maglev there in October 2022. I know they had it in the past but I can't even access the site at the moment. Is there a simple way for me to access the site without having to purchase a VPN? The page only shows test runs on the 1-3 of September, and on the FAQ page that rides/tours can only be arranged by people inside Japan. I’ll try to check the Japanese language site later for how that’s done.
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totalnewbie posted:Let's do this next year. Message me a few weeks out and quite seriously I might be down. Would probably be able to flex and take a day to do it in the middle of the week and maybe drag another person or two from my office into it. I'll be drinking and will ask that you trade off carrying the sake bottle 
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What I'm hearing now is that Japan wants to restart the GoTo campaign for domestic tourists soon. After that, no more tour company/visa sponsor bullshit.
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Welp, I contacted a tour organiser (insidejapan) and they said there was still no official update on visa and tour booking requirements for the 7th, and that they couldn't help with any "short term" (less than a couple of month away) planning anyway. Seems like another misfire.
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Finally get to do a GoTo trip that doesn't get canceled. Think I'm up to three.
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I'm confused, on the one hand I see the times saying that brits cannot get in without a full visa and on the other I see 'everyone still requires a sponsor but can use the VWP if it applies'
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There's reports of some tour agencies issuing ERFS with no conditions if you just pay them $$$. Considering the exchange rate right now, a trip right now might be cheaper than pre-pandemic even after paying for an ERFS.
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Sounds like all flights and accommodation need to be booked through agencies so I think my late october trip is gonna get canned. I guess there is a small chance they open up fully between now and then but just seems unlikely.
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I’ve (optimistically) booked flights to Tokyo for next Feb/March. The top tourist destinations are east to figure out, but I’m looking for some good videos on YouTube to give us insight on some lesser known things to do or otherwise. I’d prefer some with a voiceover and not one of the million that have some wannabe influencer with a selfie stick talking about what they’re doing. The thread OP didn’t seem to have much. Of course, if they still enforce travel guides this will be moot as we’ll be chaperoned everywhere, but I figured this thread would be a good place to ask!
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The chaperoned tour group requirement is already gone FYI
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Have any of the gokart tour things survived? (Please no.)
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Cacafuego posted:I’ve (optimistically) booked flights to Tokyo for next Feb/March. The top tourist destinations are east to figure out, but I’m looking for some good videos on YouTube to give us insight on some lesser known things to do or otherwise. I’d prefer some with a voiceover and not one of the million that have some wannabe influencer with a selfie stick talking about what they’re doing. The thread OP didn’t seem to have much. If you go a month later you will be there during Sakura. And I don't know the exact dates, but the penis festival is around that time, too.
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Shibawanko posted:please tell me the robot restaurant is a just a normal host club now Sounds like an upgrade
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Waltzing Along posted:the penis festival is around that time, too. Sounds like an upgrade
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Shibawanko posted:please tell me the robot restaurant is a just a normal host club now I was just over there today and it didn't look like anything at all.
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Gabriel Grub posted:I was just over there today and it didn't look like anything at all. 
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Currently in Japan and have most of trip planning done. (Although cool under radar stuff near to Osaka is welcomed!) However, still have three full days unbooked after leaving Naoshima. Current plan is to just sort of bop down to Takamatsu by ferry and then take rail down to Kochi, maybe overnighting in one or two towns on the route before flying to Tokyo for final week (which is booked in, so have to get there somehow) To those who know Shikoku, does that sound reasonable? En route places like Kotohira/near Iya Valley?
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