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harperdc posted:Yeah, even if it's neutral versus the worst part of Texas, think about your day-to-day life in the U.S. -- going by car to different indoor locations, and everything inside is A/C -- compared with outdoor walking in Japan. Even doing daily stuff, it's so different, and that is what makes it worse. For living there and doing day-to-day stuff, absolutely. For a couple weeks just as a tourist, I don't find it all that different -- and I still go back to the South in summer sometimes. Yeah you get sweaty, but it's not like a tourist has to go to work in a super sweaty shirt, and you can pop into a Starbucks whenever you're really suffering. For people who have temperature regulation issues then I heatstroke is a real concern, but for most people it really just seems like a combo of mind-over-matter + proper hydration. It definitely rewards people who get up at sunrise who enjoy those 2-4 hours before the weather gets horrific, but it had really zero impact on our trip planning, except that we look like sweaty messes in any photograph taken after 10am, meaning that a bunch of photos of ourselves from the Nara deer park and Kyoto Philosopher's Path and etc look kinda gross. We visited then because one of us in the friend group is a school teacher and so can't really pick non-lovely times of year to visit, and I otherwise wouldn't pick summer but it's not like it's Delhi or Kuwait levels of danger-to-life heat.
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Good Listener posted:Curious if any of you all are into heavy metal music? Roomie kind of wants to hit a record store while we're in Tokyo and just curious if you all have any recommendations? The Disc Union Metal in Shinjuku is my favorite. They have a wide range, from Western classics like Priest and Slayer to bandcamp indie J-metal bands. Most 2nd hand, but also have new releases. CD, vinyl and even some tapes. This is the address 〒160-0022 東京都新宿区新宿3-34-12 下菊ビル 4F
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Does anyone have any recommended clothing stores? Vintage or luxury, it does not matter to me.
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A Sneaker Broker posted:Does anyone have any recommended clothing stores? Vintage or luxury, it does not matter to me. For this I would recommend youtube, there are a few people who find vintage clothing, toy and other stores in Japan and post videos on them. I tried to ask about this on Reddit and got a lot of outdated info or shops with weird hours.
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Shammypants posted:For this I would recommend youtube, there are a few people who find vintage clothing, toy and other stores in Japan and post videos on them. I tried to ask about this on Reddit and got a lot of outdated info or shops with weird hours. Word. Thank you!
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I went to Heian Jingu at 8 am on a rainy weekday and it was empty and beautiful.
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A Sneaker Broker posted:Does anyone have any recommended clothing stores? Vintage or luxury, it does not matter to me. Depends on what you like, I would personally advise on hitting the japanese heritage & denim brand stores: Japan Blue, Momotaro, Real McCoys... Thankfully they're all in or around Harajuku. A bit further out you have Hinoya in Ueno and Bears in Shimokitazawa.
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I've never actually been there, but is the east coast (eastern Chiba, and the east coast, Sendai, etc.) actually cooler in the summertime and/or have a shorter summer that Tokyo? The climate section of the wikipedia for Sendai seems to make you want to think that it usually only gets up to like 85 degrees F in the summertime but there's no way that can be right. When my wife and I buy a house we can settle down pretty much anywhere but being somewhere that the summer is not as miserable (without being in Sapporo the rest of the year) would be cool. I've never been to Tohoku anyways.
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Appreciate the suggestions, will def pass them onto my roomie!
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AHH F/UGH posted:I've never actually been there, but is the east coast (eastern Chiba, and the east coast, Sendai, etc.) actually cooler in the summertime and/or have a shorter summer that Tokyo? The climate section of the wikipedia for Sendai seems to make you want to think that it usually only gets up to like 85 degrees F in the summertime but there's no way that can be right. I have been to Sendai in winter (end of December) and Tohoku (Aomori, Iwate and Akita) in the peak of summer. Sendai had decent amount of snow where as back in Tokyo there was none. Tohoku in the summer was cooler than Tokyo but still warm and muggy enough.
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I have 2 topen tickets in my group for Jimmy Carr on Monday 1/29 (1830 doors, 1930 start) if anyone wants a ticket or to join. They were 8900 each and should be pretty good seats since I bought them early, but they haven't told us seat numbers yet so who knows. E: gone Aredna fucked around with this message at 04:08 on Jan 24, 2024 |
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Okay I really really want to know what Jimmy Carr doing a live British comedy show in Tokyo at a huge venue would be like I feel like it'd be magically uncomfortable
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AHH F/UGH posted:Okay I really really want to know what Jimmy Carr doing a live British comedy show in Tokyo at a huge venue would be like Literally exactly the same as any show since the audience is 99% gaijin.
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Jimmy Kuruma
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Riptor posted:Jimmy Kuruma Jimi kuruma
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Mister Chief posted:Literally exactly the same as any show since the audience is 99% gaijin. First time in Japan he also had material on Fukushima and about 5 minutes taking the poo poo out of English teachers. Latter part was the quietest part of the night because it turns out they don't like being on the receiving end of his jokes.
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AHH F/UGH posted:Okay I really really want to know what Jimmy Carr doing a live British comedy show in Tokyo at a huge venue would be like This reminds me when I met Tom Green in Shibuya few years ago and he was desperately trying to sell me tickets to his stand-up show. Like my dude, I love you but I'm not sure you have an audience here.
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Tokyo Subway Monkey Hour is still an iconic piece of comedy though, and a real relic of the times
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Aredna posted:about 5 minutes taking the poo poo out of English teachers. I would love to hear that material.
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Aredna posted:Latter part was the quietest part of the night because it turns out they don't like being on the receiving end of his jokes. Cuts a bit close to the bone. Would like to hear that too though.
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Gabriel Grub posted:I would love to hear that material. Me, too. I was drunk enough I don't remember it. Hoping he does it again this time or at least a similar bit
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I wish I met Tom Green in shibuya.
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Waltzing Along posted:I wish I met Tom Green in shibuya. def the one-balled guy i wouldn't mind running into in tokyo
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Japan: Donki isMr. Fix It posted:def the one-balled guy i wouldn't mind running into in tokyo
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Donki is the meme title of the thread but as an aside I had a lot more fun in other chains. Hard Off, BIC Camera, Yodobashi, Laox, Edion and the Daiso variants that include higher quality home goods. The list is actually really long. I know they kind of do different things, but the snacks and home supplies section was never really interesting to me when other stores had better quality paper towers/tissues and snacks at better prices. I genuinely feel like you could visit Japan, skip Donki entirely and miss nothing but it's worth one good visit and that's it. The stores are definitely samey. It seems like a pretty clear 'made for landfill' type store, like a combo of old-kmart and new target.
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I think if you go to Daiso, Village Vanguard, and Bic Camera you got it covered.
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zmcnulty posted:I think if you go to Daiso, Village Vanguard, and Bic Camera you got it covered. The thing with some of the chains is that they all have different used products for sale and that makes them somewhat more interesting.
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zmcnulty posted:I think if you go to Daiso, Village Vanguard, and Bic Camera you got it covered. I don’t remember offhand if Village Vanguard has that same “18+ only” section covered but yeah, that’s the gist of it.
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Lol who is going to Donki for home supplies
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Honestly the only reason I go to Donki is to get the Fist of the North Star sake.
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Charles 2 of Spain posted:Lol who is going to Donki for home supplies As a tourist you might want tissues, or whatever, and the quality of anything "useful" at Donki is literally below 'poo poo' level.
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Shammypants posted:As a tourist you might want tissues, or whatever, and the quality of anything "useful" at Donki is literally below 'poo poo' level. This is untrue.
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Probably something stupid to get hung up on, but I'm looking at coming over in november from the uk Phone is locked, Galaxy S10e, a couple of searches indicate that it 'might' work on the networks there but not full support, missing a third of the signal bands. I don't really want to get a pocket wifi or the phone unlocked, think the phone will be ok? Network here is O2, they've got travel data stuff (£6 per day, unlimited data) I'm just a bit anxious about the network.
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Iymarra posted:Probably something stupid to get hung up on, but I'm looking at coming over in november from the uk All modern phones work on the data networks of every country, there aren’t any meaningful differences anymore for normal use unless you’re tethering and need crazy bandwidth or care about 5G for some reason. £6/day also sounds like a lot but if it’s a short trip may be better than dealing with Airolo or getting a SIM on the spot. There are still locked phones? I thought that stopped years ago. Saladman fucked around with this message at 23:16 on Jan 26, 2024 |
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At least 4G, LTE and 5G networks should be interoperable everywhere. And the older techs are now gradually being turned off around the world, too.
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Saladman posted:There are still locked phones? I thought that stopped years ago. A lot of carriers will cut you a deal on a new handset if you commit to them for a period of time and network locking is an easy way to force the customer to stick with the carrier that's subsidizing the handset.
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Your carrier should have this info. When phones were also still locked here my carrier could tell me exactly which network I’d connect to when I landed in Japan, and they made sure I would be able to use it by removing two separate software restrictions - so my vote for a locked phone is to check in with them.
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kaom posted:Your carrier should have this info. When phones were also still locked here my carrier could tell me exactly which network I’d connect to when I landed in Japan, and they made sure I would be able to use it by removing two separate software restrictions - so my vote for a locked phone is to check in with them. Oh weird, locked phones can also have access to certain bands restricted, even though they’re available in hardware? The locking never made sense to me anyway; you’re committed to the contract anyway, unless you buy a subsidized phone in the UK and then flee to New Zealand or something and never plan on moving back.
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