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totalnewbie posted:There's Tokyo-ite inaka which is like, Saitama. Fixed. The nickname is "dasaitama" for a reason.
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Sep 10, 2019 22:49
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totalnewbie posted:And then there's inaka inaka where there truly is nothing but already-dead towns that hasn't had a new birth since the 20th century. nah that's just meiji roman
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Sep 10, 2019 23:06
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i quite enjoyed the 3 months i spent in saitama. it was a very relaxing place, to me.
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Sep 10, 2019 23:25
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Anything cool happening in Nagoya next week? Spending all week there working and the wife will be with me, then heading up to Tokyo over the weekend for the France/Argentina RWC game in Yokohama on Saturday afternoon.
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Sep 11, 2019 00:20
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Sep 11, 2019 01:19
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peanut posted:baseball???? Hmm, we went to a Dragons game last time we were there and could be fun to go again
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Sep 11, 2019 02:11
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Miso? I think they have famous miso??
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Sep 11, 2019 02:40
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According to the cartoon adaptation of hit comic serial "Yatogame's Observation Diary," which is all about how much Nagoya sucks and you should only ever visit it for the food, there are lots of kinds of miso to eat in Nagoya and also it's boring and you would probably only ever be there if you had to for work.
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Sep 11, 2019 03:11
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I bet it's pretty chill But also miso rules
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Sep 11, 2019 03:34
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I didn't know there were different types of miso, I thought it was all red  Aren't there famous chicken wings too?
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Sep 11, 2019 04:11
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there's a retro video game bar next to the hilton in sakae (it's closest to the Fushimi station on the Higashiyama line) called critical hit
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Sep 11, 2019 04:16
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Phone posted:there's a retro video game bar next to the hilton in sakae (it's closest to the Fushimi station on the Higashiyama line) called critical hit I'll be staying very close to this, I'll have to check it out that sounds cool as hell
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Sep 11, 2019 04:23
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torb main posted:I didn't know there were different types of miso, I thought it was all red There are many many kinds and they're all good. In Korea the word for "countryside" in normal usage now means "not Seoul" and I sort of figured inaka was that except not Tokyo. Like Koreans even call Busan, the second city of five million+ people, the countryside.
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Sep 11, 2019 05:31
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Grand Fromage posted:There are many many kinds and they're all good. The japanese corollary to that is that everything outside the shutoken 首都圏 is chihou 地方
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Sep 11, 2019 05:41
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zmcnulty posted:Fixed. The nickname is "dasaitama" for a reason. I thought about Saitama but I don't think people even think about it. I think people kind of think about Utsunomiya only because of the Utsunomiya line. But regardless.. that movie was great.
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Sep 11, 2019 06:19
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hey omiya is the human trafficking capital of japan iirc so don't say nothing happens in saitama, i guess
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Sep 11, 2019 06:32
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Turns out the apartment my friends and I had booked for Tokyo got battered real hard by the typhoon and won't be able to support anyone wanting to stay there til next year. That sure was an entertaining panicked morning finding new accommodation!
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Sep 11, 2019 13:32
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Sep 11, 2019 15:26
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We’re staying at an Air BnB in Sugamo starting October 4, for a week. I’m aware October 5 is the last day of a big Chinese holiday, so we were planning to just stay near the Air BnB to avoid tourists that day (Sunday.) BUT there’s seemingly nothing to do in Sugamo. We’ve more or less got an itinerary for the rest of the week, but I’m at a loss for what to do that Sunday. At this point, I’m willing to brave the tourists. Where would you go in Tokyo on a Sunday in early October? I’m open to just about anything- temples, parks, museums, food, nerdy weeb poo poo. I’d love to see some good cosplayers since I read Sunday is the day for that. I can provide our rough itinerary if that would help. Nanigans fucked around with this message at 16:58 on Sep 11, 2019 |
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Sep 11, 2019 16:43
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I’m proposing a trip doing a ring between Hiroshima-Ehime-Fukuoka so I might end up going to Saga 
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Sep 11, 2019 17:26
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So is Saga basically Ohio?
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Nanigans posted:We’re staying at an Air BnB in Sugamo starting October 4, for a week. I’m aware October 5 is the last day of a big Chinese holiday, so we were planning to just stay near the Air BnB to avoid tourists that day (Sunday.) How about Nikko? It's a bit of a trek but maybe that's what you'd want if you're trying to get away from tourists (though obviously, Nikko will still be full of tourists).
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Sep 11, 2019 18:23
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totalnewbie posted:How about Nikko? It's a bit of a trek but maybe that's what you'd want if you're trying to get away from tourists (though obviously, Nikko will still be full of tourists). Sure man, hit me. What’s in Nikko that’s cool? Should I just Google it? I should just Google it, huh? Yup: https://youtu.be/PgQjlKi5u48
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Sep 11, 2019 18:24
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arisu posted:So is Saga basically Ohio? lol no
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Sep 11, 2019 18:37
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I’m not going to lie, I probably won’t visit Saga.
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Sep 11, 2019 18:48
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I want to visit all the prefectures. 26 to go.
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Sep 11, 2019 18:53
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Nanigans posted:Sure man, hit me. What’s in Nikko that’s cool? Japan-guide is your friend. https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3800.html Grand Fromage posted:I want to visit all the prefectures. 26 to go. 17 here! Mostly western Honshu, Akita/Aomori/Hokkaido, shikoku, and a few in Kyushu.
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Sep 11, 2019 19:13
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Sep 11, 2019 19:45
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arisu posted:So is Saga basically Ohio? No. Saga is Arkansas, or maybe Wyoming.
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Sep 11, 2019 23:28
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Nanigans posted:BUT there’s seemingly nothing to do in Sugamo. They don’t call it “obaachan Harajuku” for nothing. Nikko is a good idea, it’s a ways out but not sure if the mainland tour groups have found it yet. But just avoiding the big areas in central Tokyo will be a good idea.
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Sep 12, 2019 00:14
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There was a $1200 mistake fare from portland to tokyo business class in JAL fare during holiday peak season round trip to tokyo ticket today and i almost booked it because JAL honors mistake fares, but with all of thw remodeling I skipped out on it  JAL is also my fav business class, and $1200 is basically an economy ticket.
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Sep 12, 2019 00:26
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How crazy busy will Kamakura or Yokohama be on Sunday, October 5? I understand a) Chinese Holiday (and Yokohama has the biggest Chinatown), and b) it's Sunday, so automatically busy. Is it so bad that you would really recommend avoiding either of these areas? What about the Skytree area? I have an annual pass for Disney World, so crowds aren't new to me, but I'd rather not spend the bulk of my visit waiting in long lines. I'm getting a little discouraged here.
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Sep 12, 2019 01:17
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ntan1 posted:There was a $1200 mistake fare from portland to tokyo business class in JAL fare during holiday peak season round trip to tokyo ticket today and i almost booked it because JAL honors mistake fares, but with all of thw remodeling I skipped out on it i really wished i knew about this e: looks like it's still up. $1400 PDX to NRT with JAL, dates in November/December and in June. Phone fucked around with this message at 01:56 on Sep 12, 2019 |
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Sep 12, 2019 01:30
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I've been watching Chicago-Tokyo JAL flights for Dec/Jan for a few months and it hasn't gone under $1400 for economy. Sitting at about $1700 right now, really hoping it drops again. 
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Sep 12, 2019 02:09
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i'm p happy that i got $900 LAX-KIX tickets on JAL back in january
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Sep 12, 2019 02:27
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Nanigans posted:How crazy busy will Kamakura or Yokohama be on Sunday, October 5? don't worry there's almost no chinese people in Yokohama. it's like a disneyland chinatown. go to ikebukero for the real stuff. e: wait i reread your post do you think mainland chinese tourists go to Japan to go to a Chinatown? are you gonna hit up all the TGIFs in Tokyo? don't answer this Ailumao fucked around with this message at 03:20 on Sep 12, 2019 |
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Sep 12, 2019 03:18
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ntan1 posted:There was a $1200 mistake fare from portland to tokyo business class in JAL fare during holiday peak season round trip to tokyo ticket today and i almost booked it because JAL honors mistake fares, but with all of thw remodeling I skipped out on it Thanks for this. I grabbed that one. How'd you find out about it?
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Sep 12, 2019 03:21
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Magna Kaser posted:don't worry there's almost no chinese people in Yokohama. it's like a disneyland chinatown. Someone in this thread (I think a few) said Chinese tourists tend to go to Chinese places. There was some discussion about it.
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Yeah, there's shitloads of Chinese ppl at the Yokohama Chinatown.
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