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field balm posted:Sorry for yet another jr pass question, it's the last thing I'm organising - is there a specific supplier you need to buy it from to access online shinkansen seat booking? Google is not clear at all. Not a huge concern but convenience is king for me. My understanding is that you have to buy it from the official JR page which is here - https://japanrailpass.net/en/
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I mis read my bad. Shink Seat booking isn’t really worth it if you only ride 1 or 2 times unless it’s a super crazy time like golden week
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Waltzing Along posted:Conveyer belt sushi. People suck. is this about the teen spitting on the conveyor belt sushi? my wife read that and was like yeah we're gonna skip that, again.
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Feb 4, 2023 08:43
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It’s just that one time incident honestly , still worth trying and when you custom order the food it arrives on another faster track
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Feb 4, 2023 08:53
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Oh no someone made a TikTok of licking all the ice cream in the supermarket, im not going to go grocery shopping ever again!!!!!!!
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Feb 4, 2023 08:54
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Time to stop going to fast food restaurants because teenagers do dumb poo poo like spit in your burger!!!!
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Feb 4, 2023 08:54
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Apparently, this is not a one time incident. It's just one time in particular that has blown up in the media. But it has been happening more than it should which is never.
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Feb 4, 2023 08:55
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Long before this incident conveyer belt sushi has been dying anyway over the past decade. The novelty factor remains with tourists, and sometimes people with young kids have no choice. But otherwise, everyone in that audience has moved on to tachigui or "mawaranai kaitenzushi." Nobody wants sushi that has been sitting on a belt for even 30 minutes or so, especially given covid. For the last 3-4 years before kids came along, the wife and I would go to kaitenzushi almost weekly but basically never took anything off the belt.
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Feb 4, 2023 09:24
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Yeah, I've been to conveyer belt and just order off the menu. It's cool to do once or twice but I'd much rather get higher quality fish and rice at a nicer place.
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Wonton posted:Dormy inn takamatsu?? Dormy will be literally every other lodging reservation.  I wanted to check out Kotohira, but dad seems pretty intent on Iya and not very interested in Kagawa, so I may or may not be able to sneak it in. peanut posted:Look at ryokan instead, or even hotels with tatami rooms. Everything you need to know should be on the hotel website or Google Maps photos. I'm perfectly happy with ryokans. (Honestly, I'm perfectly happy with literally anything, but I wanted something special for dad.) Lemme float Nagoma by my dad - he's been very laser focused on Iya, so he hasn't investigated the rest of the area. I do want to do Shimanami, so another thing to sneak in. zmcnulty posted:Here's your first problem By fancy places I guess I mean options that boring Americans don't typically go for v v As in not-a-hotel/motel. But yeah as far as I can tell minshuku are just literally B&Bs so maybe it'd behoove us to try something I'm more familiar with.
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In Iya, we've stayed here Sunriver Oboke 0883-84-2111 https://maps.app.goo.gl/4sPvjBNZxRKb83pLA This is the fanciest one Hotel Iyaonsen 0883-75-2311 https://maps.app.goo.gl/hzVc3yhH19MzK7Hv6 Popular and closest to sightseeing boats Obokekyo Mannaka 0883-84-1216 https://maps.app.goo.gl/QqXme12nxEhSQ4KT9 Yokai and crystal museum is unironically good Yokai House https://maps.app.goo.gl/UkMyVkvnH46J4XNj7 Kazurabashi vine bridge, I never stayed at any hotel near here Vine Bridge in the Iya Valley 0883-76-0877 https://maps.app.goo.gl/jTU4Gs9URrNyCmPP9 Just warning you now all those squiggly little roads in Iya are only 4 ft wide.
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Mister Chief posted:Kochi will be there. Dad is like weirdly obsessed with Kochi. Every time it comes up he tells me about that market that's open 24/7 or something.
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peanut posted:In Iya, we've stayed here Good suggestions! Dad had his heart set on a specific one, and we ended up reserving it for a couple nights. But this is good poo poo, yokai house for sure. quote:Just warning you now all those squiggly little roads in Iya are only 4 ft wide.  This is gonna be awesome.
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We're planning a ~10 day first timer Japan visit and are budgeting some time in both Osaka and Kyoto. Any opinion on which city would be better on a weekend? Is there a day of the week (like Sundays in a lot of european travel) where half the restaurants and attractions are closed in Japan?
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Pakistani Brad Pitt posted:We're planning a ~10 day first timer Japan visit and are budgeting some time in both Osaka and Kyoto. Any opinion on which city would be better on a weekend? Is there a day of the week (like Sundays in a lot of european travel) where half the restaurants and attractions are closed in Japan? A lot of museums are closed on Mondays unless the Monday is a national holiday.
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Pakistani Brad Pitt posted:We're planning a ~10 day first timer Japan visit and are budgeting some time in both Osaka and Kyoto. Any opinion on which city would be better on a weekend? Is there a day of the week (like Sundays in a lot of european travel) where half the restaurants and attractions are closed in Japan? Osaka would be more lively at night but it really depends on what kind of experience you are looking for. They are close enough that you can go back and forth easily, but obviously Kyoto is going to be more traditional and Osaka is going to be more modern(ish). It also depends on what time of the year you will be there.
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On past trips we’ve made a quick trip to Kobe from Osaka for good ol’ Kobe steak - usually from one of the Mouriya restaurants at lunch time where I think it’s a little cheaper. I’m the one person in the group who isn’t really a foodie and likes spending a lot on nice/fancy meals, but this is my one exception. (I’d happily survive on Ichiran Ramen and KFC otherwise, tbh) We can’t be hosed this time though since we’ve kinda done everything else we liked the look of in Kobe and it seems a bit silly to add in that extra travel just for a big lunch. Can anyone recommend a decent place in central Tokyo or Osaka that might do comparatively nice steaks without costing too much? The whole thing of the chef cooking in front of us was fun but isn’t a dealbreaker. Absolutely doesn’t need to be fancy decor and definitely no fancy dress code, just a casual piece of tasty marbled meat.
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Just in case I miss something in my planning, know of anything good latter half of July in shikoku in terms of events?
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totalnewbie posted:Just in case I miss something in my planning, know of anything good latter half of July in shikoku in terms of events? Latter half of July? Japan? Skikoku? Pretty sure that is the annual melt off.
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Last Friday of July is usually Niihama fireworks. The best summer event is chilling and swimming in the Kamogawa River in Saijo. It's clear 6 feet deep with boulders to jump off… Here's an old elementary school renovated into camping and cabins. Saijo Ishizuchi Fureai-no-Sato https://maps.app.goo.gl/MmVq2WyGFTJSQZsD7 There are also lots of rafting companies in the Oboke-Koboke area (near Iya). Chichibugahama is always wonderful, it's the instagram beach, but it's not a swimming beach because it's too shallow and warm.
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Thanks! Unfortunately won't be able to make the fireworks because fuji rock is that weekend.. But the festival at hayatama taisha is on the 14th so I've got some time between then and fuji rock. Going to rent a car, I guess that's pretty necessary for shikoku, so I've got the freedom to not necessarily do things in geographical order if I have reason not to.
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Question Mark Mound posted:Can anyone recommend a decent place in central Tokyo or Osaka that might do comparatively nice steaks without costing too much? The whole thing of the chef cooking in front of us was fun but isn’t a dealbreaker. Kira yakiniku it’s in ginza , main branch in saga Kyushu
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KidDynamite posted:the shinkansen in hokkaido is too drat hot. This is normal for Japan in the winter. Be prepared to constantly have to strip when you go anywhere cuz the heating is jacked up to insane levels. Especially annoying if you are walking around and are warm from the walk. Then you go into an izakaya or something and have to sit there in your underwear because you are pouring sweat because they think people like eating in saunas.
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every train and infoor space is too hot i got back from a 2 week visit the other day and the fresh cool outside air and normal indoor heating of my own country are just about the only thing i looked forward to going back to
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also for sapporo food if someone wants to add them to the map i can recommend the following. Picante Sapporo Eki-mae Shop +81 11-271-3900 https://maps.app.goo.gl/qKJMBo18SQfeyiYq8?g_st=ic Japanese Ramen Noodle Lab Q +81 11-212-1518 https://maps.app.goo.gl/yfACAgh5ibvfkaEb7?g_st=ic Yakiniku Like Sapporo Tanukiko-ji +81 11-596-7329 https://maps.app.goo.gl/QbFcuU5p1R1tVaLu7?g_st=ic Gelator & Beer https://maps.google.com?q=Gelator%2...try=gps&g_st=ic
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Trains are also terrible in the summer. You'll be walking out in the heat drenched in sweat and enter a train that is basically a walk in freezer.
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Zettace posted:Trains are also terrible in the summer. You'll be walking out in the heat drenched in sweat and enter a train that is basically a walk in freezer. This is not true. There is no such thing as too cool in a Japanese summer.
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Mister Chief posted:This is not true. There is no such thing as too cool in a Japanese summer. I've gotten on a train in Bangkok during the summer there and started shivering. Haven't done Japan at the height of summer, but I believe it.
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It’s cool biz and environmentally friendly ac
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The indoor heating is actually at comfortable levels, condolences on your weird bodies.
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Zettace posted:Trains are also terrible in the summer. You'll be walking out in the heat drenched in sweat and enter a train that is basically a walk in freezer. This is a loving lie
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Simple question - once you exchange the Japan Rail Pass at the airport with a future start date, you can still make train ticket reservations at the JR stations for the JR pass validity duration dates even before the start date, right? Exchange JR Pass at the airport on April 1st JR Pass is valid from April 4th ~ April 10th You can make ticket reservations on April 2nd for a travel date of between April 4th ~ 10th?
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Busy Bee posted:Simple question - once you exchange the Japan Rail Pass at the airport with a future start date, you can still make train ticket reservations at the JR stations for the JR pass validity duration dates even before the start date, right? Yup BB2K posted:This is a loving lie no it's true, at least it is for the Kyoto metro. Never been to Tokyo during the summer months. Zettace fucked around with this message at 08:50 on Feb 6, 2023 |
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In Tokyo they have 弱冷房車, but where the gently caress are the 強冷房車
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I heard the places they do Iai gradings in are air conditioned, which is great Because it's summer in Auckland here and I tell you, Gi + Hakama + 90 degree humidity in 30 degree weather while training in what amounts to a converted warehouse does not a happy Naba make.
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zmcnulty posted:In Tokyo they have 弱冷房車, but where the gently caress are the 強冷房車 Yes. This vehicle is very much needed. I didn't turn on the AC at all last summer and it was incredibly painful.
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But why?
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Zettace posted:no it's true, at least it is for the Kyoto metro. Never been to Tokyo during the summer months. The train lines are set at like 24 in Tokyo in the summer, hardly vegetable crisper temps never mind the deep freeze. And that’s before you take into account the “light” A/C car, which is a refuge in winter but the worst in summer.
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