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peanut posted:I don't know for sure about renting as a tourist, but there are car places (usually "car/auto lease") that specialize in leases for business use, but also have rental options. I don't mind Shikoku if that's the go, actually me and another Japan goon did a big road trip there in my last pseudo-rental car. Rained like hell the whole time (thanks, July), saw the big sand coin and the towel museum tho. harperdc posted:Glad to see this finally underway I hadn't thought of that, will make a post! I have a Russian-speaking BiL now (who is also a bit of a petrolhead) so if Putin carks it and things de-fash, hoping to do the real trip someday. I have had... all manner of difficulties trying to buy a car in the US. It seems like everything is 2x the cost of Australia (and maybe 3x the cost of Japan at the current exchange rate) and everyone is just incredibly flakey and dishonest.
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Have any of you all been or stayed in Kamata? Is it recommended? Mostly my work has a hotel there and am wondering if I should see if I can get my employee discount at it but if there's better areas to stay maybe I shouldn't?
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Nov 11, 2023 07:44
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In Tokyo next week for a few days (quick work trip) and looking for a list / recommendations for listening bars and/or record bars in the area. Googling for some lists but goon recommendations always trump those for me. Talking or no-talking, fine for me either way — I’d almost prefer the latter.
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Nov 11, 2023 12:04
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peanut posted:I don't know for sure about renting as a tourist, but there are car places (usually "car/auto lease") that specialize in leases for business use, but also have rental options. My girlfriend and I plan on going to Shikoku and renting a car in March 2024 - can you please share with me the place you use? 
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Nov 11, 2023 12:20
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Good Listener posted:Have any of you all been or stayed in Kamata? Is it recommended? Mostly my work has a hotel there and am wondering if I should see if I can get my employee discount at it but if there's better areas to stay maybe I shouldn't? Kamata is for commuting, not tourism, but there are a lot of restaurants in the station area because 3 lines cross/start there. You can get an authentic experience. The Keihin-Tohoku line is parallel to the Yamanote line, so if the price is right, it's not bad at all.
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Nov 11, 2023 12:21
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Busy Bee posted:My girlfriend and I plan on going to Shikoku and renting a car in March 2024 - can you please share with me the place you use? https://3ko.jp/category/rental/ This is in Niihama. In September I needed to rent a car for 1 month for work (my husband and I usually work from home so we share 1 car) and it was 70,000 yen for 30 days. There are probably cheaper places but 70,000 is very reasonable compared to national chains, and I invoiced it to my client, and everyone was happy.
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Nov 11, 2023 12:24
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peanut posted:https://3ko.jp/category/rental/ Thank you! We will start doing research on places to see and what to do in March. We have traveled extensively around Japan but this will be our first time in Shikoku. Would you say a week is enough?
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Nov 11, 2023 12:34
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peanut posted:Kamata is for commuting, not tourism, but there are a lot of restaurants in the station area because 3 lines cross/start there. You can get an authentic experience. Oh nice I might have to look into it then if it makes it easy to commute around to all the diff Tokyo areas we wanna hit up then. Still building the plan of what we wanna do but it's not til July so yea. Thanks!
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Nov 11, 2023 15:33
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Has climate change hosed up the weather in Japan yet or can I expect Osaka in May to be just nice and warm like it was when I was there in 2017 I will also accept it being cold because that’s whatever, just please don’t be humid that poo poo sucks
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Nov 11, 2023 15:45
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The weather was super hosed up this year, and next year is projected to be worse. May was very warm this year with a few very hot days.
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Nov 11, 2023 15:48
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History Comes Inside! posted:Has climate change hosed up the weather in Japan yet or can I expect Osaka in May to be just nice and warm like it was when I was there in 2017 You could go check temps but early May (GW) was fine, but by late May summer had arrived. Maybe not fully sweaty season but definitely not fun, at least up in Tokyo area.
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Nov 11, 2023 15:53
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Nov 11, 2023 16:00
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The weather was so brutal even in September. I got heat exhaustion at a meat festival, which was the first year it ran, in a parking lot with no shade. People were still sitting out in the sun for some reason? My friends and I were trying to find any shade. I think that was my worst day in Japan.
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Nov 11, 2023 22:43
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It was pretty much Japanese summer from late May to end of October this year. "Japan has four seasons" <- lol
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Tokyo just set a new record high for a recorded temperature in November, 27.5°C on November 7. The previous record goes back 100 years. Literally five goddamn days ago. Today the high temp is supposed to be 12°C. Japan has four seasons!!
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Nov 12, 2023 00:34
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It wasn't Japanese summer yet but it was pretty warm in March already. I was smart enough not to bring a coat, most days I didn't need a jacket either.
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Nov 12, 2023 00:37
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I was in Tokyo mid and the end of May this year and i thought the weather was perfect. It wasnt hot or humid. Got drizzle one afternoon while at Meiji Shrine/Harajuku, but didnt even need an umbrella. I guess it is what you are used to (and as long as there is no humidity its all fine??)
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Nov 12, 2023 00:42
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The biggest problem is heaters are set for the calendar, not the weather, so it's a pleasant enough 20C outside and then you get on a train or go into a restaurant and the heat is cranked to max. Few train rides where I thought I was about to pass out it was such an oven in there. Also depends what you're doing, I'm out walking all day long so the cooler the better.
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Nov 12, 2023 00:45
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Zettace posted:It was pretty much Japanese summer from late May to end of October this year. Japan had four seasons.
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Nov 12, 2023 01:26
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Japan had great weather and up to 80 degrees in November when I just visited. Also the toilets are so clean and the bidets rule.
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Nov 12, 2023 01:52
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The heaters comment is dead on - it was 80 out and heaters were still pumping on every store so we would bail pretty quick or just assume even if the weather is pleasant it will be hot on the train and in stores.
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Nov 12, 2023 02:56
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Pollyanna posted:Japan had four seasons. Yeah, this. It shouldn’t be 20+/70+ so far into October, never mind in November. Tokyo is the same latitude as San Francisco, there should be some semblance of fall in the, erm, fall. So this means we’re going to have two weeks to see the leaves change color and then it’s right into winter until March. Joy.
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Nov 12, 2023 03:39
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Nov 12, 2023 05:22
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Even like 50 years ago Japan's summers were long and unbearably hot and humid, it's just that now it's like a week longer and 2% more unbearable Maybe that means at some point Hokkaido will have perfect weather and we can all just move there
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Nov 12, 2023 07:44
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Good Listener posted:Have any of you all been or stayed in Kamata? Is it recommended? Mostly my work has a hotel there and am wondering if I should see if I can get my employee discount at it but if there's better areas to stay maybe I shouldn't? Yes it is a very nice area I would live there
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RE: rental cars in Shikoku, Kochi station has some very very cheap rental car services but I have never used them. I see ads in the newspaper such as 3000 yen for 24 hours, etc
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AHH F/UGH posted:Even like 50 years ago Japan's summers were long and unbearably hot and humid, it's just that now it's like a week longer and 2% more unbearable Summer is a great time to visit Hokkaido, a mate and I did a motorcycle trip up there after I finished up my contract on JET. We stayed at Rider's Houses half the time and bush camped the rest, had an amazing time. Definitely a bit of a respite from the rest of Japanese summer, I nearly got heat stroke on the highway on my way up from Wakayama to meet him. Maybe it's because I grew up somewhere with a similar climate, or because my first trip to Japan was in summer, but it's always been my favourite time to be in Japan. Sure, it's hot and humid, but you are never far from a conbini or vending machine for something cold to drink, there's festivals/fireworks, etc. Ethics_Gradient fucked around with this message at 16:04 on Nov 12, 2023 |
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peanut posted:San Francisco is a bad
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mongolia posted:Yes it is a very nice area I would live there It looks like it's also super close to Kamata station and Bourbon road so we might set up there as our base of operations for a good portion of the trip. Might wanna stay a night in a couple other places though.
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So, topical… We’re planning a trip to Japan for next year and I hoped to see the fall colours. Are the first two weeks of November likely to be risky for this, given the weather this year? We’d be landing in Tokyo and visiting friends in Kyoto, the rest of the itinerary isn’t settled yet.
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kaom posted:So, topical… We’re planning a trip to Japan for next year and I hoped to see the fall colours. Are the first two weeks of November likely to be risky for this, given the weather this year? It's challenging to predict what the autumn leaves will do anywhere a whole year in advance.
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AHH F/UGH posted:Even like 50 years ago Japan's summers were long and unbearably hot and humid, it's just that now it's like a week longer and 2% more unbearable This post is by an elementary school principal who just had five students hospitalized with heat stroke during a sports day practice.
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Midjack posted:It's challenging to predict what the autumn leaves will do anywhere a whole year in advance. Yeah fair, I wasn’t expecting psychic knowledge more “what does it look like right now?” We’re paying for the flights with points so we need to decide super early.
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kaom posted:Yeah fair, I wasn’t expecting psychic knowledge more “what does it look like right now?” We’re paying for the flights with points so we need to decide super early. Next year will probably be like this year or warmer, so later in November is probably safer if you want to see leaves.
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I'm getting on a plane for Japan in like 12 hours, I sure hope it's hella chilly so I can wear my jackets.
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Revitalized posted:I'm getting on a plane for Japan in like 12 hours, I sure hope it's hella chilly so I can wear my jackets. It is. At least compared to last week.
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edit: yo I'm from Eugene ^ I just realized this forum exists so I'll ask this here. Sorry if it's not the right place. Does anyone have any experience with mortgages in Japan? My wife is Japanese and we're considering moving back to Niigata where she is from, and I'd be working remotely. We'd probably be buying a house. From trawling suumo.jp, it looks like their calculator actually says you can put down $10,000 or so as a down payment on a place that costs like $300,000 USD. Is that for real? Is there no "You must put down 20% on the house" standard like there is in the states? It seems crazy that you'd be able to get a 0.7% interest rate and put down $10,000 as the down payment.
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Ask Beavis
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Trilly Joel posted:edit: yo I'm from Eugene ^ Yep. Bought an apartment in a building a couple years ago. I think there are a few other homeowners who are in the threads, but having a Japanese national involved helps for sure. Other questions might be better over PM or something.
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Hey, speaking of fit white guy jeans... here comes another dumb question: as a very lorge goon how very likely it is for the yukatas provided by a Ryokan to not fit? Is it ok to not wear it or wear it open? Should I go to that one sumo wrestler store in Tokyo and buy one to (partially) avoid shame? I think I'm set to go to Nakatsugawa and see some bits of the Old Nakasendo passes. Just have to figure out how to ask for a reservation on this neat ryokan I've seen in Ochiai.
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