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What I’ll probably do is just book some backup hotel rooms so I am covered and then cancel them once the hotel I want opens up. Thankfully hotels are good about that. This is my first trip out to Hakone and I want it to be SUGOI MAGICAL NEEEE ^______^
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no offense but Hakone was hit hard by the last typhoon and having issues recovering; their onsen source was blocked and probably still is. Hakone also has so many travelers as well that you lose out on a lot.
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Wouldn’t be offended by that at all, it’s good to know in fact. Thanks for letting me know! I’ll see how it’s doing closer to May and make up my mind then.
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Finally back in Japan. First thing's first: cheapo train sushi and claw games because I am garbage.
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Yawgmoft posted:Finally back in Japan. First thing's first: cheapo train sushi and claw games because I am 
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Yawgmoft posted:Finally back in Japan. First thing's first: cheapo train sushi and claw games because I am garbage. Just lol at claiming to be garbage without doing a Hub > Family Mart > Gas Panic course every day
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Yeah my first task when I arrive in Feb is get a strawberry sandwich as soon as I land in Narita.
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Hello everyone, another quick question. We are going to visit Odaiba and Teamlab borderless tomorrow from Shinjuku and I see that there is a train that goes directly to Tokyo Teleport station but that not all of it is covered on the JR pass. Do we need to get off at the Rinkai line station and pay for a ticket or do you pay when you leave the station?
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I'm trying to plan a replacement for Hakone and I'm in analysis paralysis. Too many options. Essentially just want to do a reasonably priced ryokan with onsen privileges. A picturesque quiet town would be nice so I don't really want to just do some random onsen in Tokyo or Kyoto. Right now I'm narrowing down to maybe Kawagoe, Karuizawa, or Nikko. Based entirely on "onsen town" youtube searches. Any super obvious suggestions I'm missing? I think this is a fairly common travel request, just that Hakone eats 90% of google results for onsen towns.
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Martytoof posted:I'm trying to plan a replacement for Hakone and I'm in analysis paralysis. Too many options. Try Kurama or Kibune, north of Kyoto. I've also been to Shibu, but it'd quite out of the way unless your itinerary already brings you to that region. EDIT: Autocorrect, lol TastyLemonDrops fucked around with this message at 17:34 on Dec 24, 2019 |
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TastyLemonDrops posted:Try Kurama or Kibune, north of Kyoto. I've also been to Shiny, but it'd quite out of the way unless your itinerary already brings you to that region. If you go to one, the hike/walk to the other is very pleasant, assuming that the route is open.
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Gunma has got you covered. https://gunma-dc.net/onsen I think I translated this http://minakamikan.com/en/
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kinosaki in northern hyogo is pretty nice, just a bit far from everything
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Thanks everyone, gives me some good spots to start looking at. I was looking at Kinosaki and don't necessarily mind the travel but it was lower on my list because of it.
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peanut posted:Gunma has got you covered. I really like Takaragawa in Minakami. https://www.takaragawa.com/english.html
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If you're down to go out to northern Gifu, just the other day I stayed at Yamaboushi (山ぼうし) in Okuhida Onsen (between Takayama and Matsumoto) which I think Ntan1 suggested, and holy crap it was lovely. It's got one public and two private (free) outdoor baths which are really nice, and my room had a working irori fire pit in it — I sat in front of the little fire drinking sake and it was dope. Everything felt really on point. I've gotten quite lucky with snow at onsens — both last year in Nikko and this year in Okuhida Onsen, it snowed the night I arrived, so I got to relax in the onsen while snow was coming down around me, and the following morning everything was super pretty. 
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FireDooley posted:Hello everyone, another quick question. We are going to visit Odaiba and Teamlab borderless tomorrow from Shinjuku and I see that there is a train that goes directly to Tokyo Teleport station but that not all of it is covered on the JR pass. Do we need to get off at the Rinkai line station and pay for a ticket or do you pay when you leave the station? Yeah, it’s confusing. The JR Saikyo line goes through Osaki station to the Rinkai, so it’s seamless if you’re using Pasmo/Suica. I would hop out at Osaki and then go back in, otherwise you’ll have to Have A Conversation at Tokyo Teleport.
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Glad it worked out!
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harperdc posted:Yeah, it’s confusing. The JR Saikyo line goes through Osaki station to the Rinkai, so it’s seamless if you’re using Pasmo/Suica. Yeah we ended up just going to the JR booth at Tokyo Teleport and they were already prepared to handle confused foreigners going to Teamlab so we just paid there, thanks!
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Picnic Princess posted:Yeah my first task when I arrive in Feb is get a strawberry sandwich as soon as I land in Narita. That sounds potentially unhealthy, but quite delicious
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Literally first thing I want when I land is some choco-pan and some ito en from 711
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The first thing I'm getting when I go back in '21 is like ten onigiri and a Super CC Lemon from 7-11.
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Carbonara from Lawsons for me
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Melon pan (or a donut) and some oi ocha was my breakfast every morning last time and I need it desperately
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BB2K posted:kinosaki in northern hyogo is pretty nice, just a bit far from everything Worth going? I'm planning to take a friend there when I show her around Japan so I can fit her requirements for "I want to go to an onsen", "i want to go somewhere rural" (i couldn't find an airbnb in Saga lol), and "I know tattoos aren't ok in onsen but mine will all be covered by a swimsuit" (I will always treasure the look on her face when I disillusioned her about the swimsuit). Kinosaki is supposed to be tattoo friendly so seemed like a good choice.
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slinkimalinki posted:(i couldn't find an airbnb in Saga lol) Don't think there's ANYTHING in Saga.
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totalnewbie posted:Don't think there's ANYTHING in Saga. There are roads which can take you to more interesting places, and there are rice paddies to almost fall into while driving around. Some hot springs and one good festival.
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Just booked my AirBnBs. Staying two blocks from Namba station in Osaka, and a few blocks off Ueno station in Tokyo. Haven’t really explored the Ueno area that much so it should be a good time. I ended up splitting 8 days in Osaka and 14 in Tokyo despite being adamant I wanted to spend less time in Tokyo this time. I’m squaring it away by saying I’m doing a lot more day trips out of the city so I should be good. I am PUMPED but my credit card is making a slight sizzling noise in my wallet right now.. some kinda jackal fucked around with this message at 00:13 on Dec 27, 2019 |
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What's a good place/chain to buy DVDs or Blu Rays from? I have a few old/obscure movies I want to get while I'm here but the first place I tried had only recent western films and the second was only rental.
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if you want new could try a big tsutaya, though some are only rental i think a good bookoff is probably better and cheaper too, as long as you dont mind second hand stuff
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Yawgmoft posted:What's a good place/chain to buy DVDs or Blu Rays from? I have a few old/obscure movies I want to get while I'm here but the first place I tried had only recent western films and the second was only rental. Find a big Book-Off, if they’re old. You’ll have better luck there.
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Just make sure you know what the name looks like since as far as I can tell there's no sorting for genre or anything besides syllabically
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Xad posted:Melon pan (or a donut) and some oi ocha was my breakfast every morning last time and I need it desperately Just had this myself for the first time at the 7-11 next to my hotel with a hot Boss coffee latte. It really is amazing.
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Mate wait till you try some from a real bakery
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Melon pan from random nice looking bakeries have been my breakfast workhorse before going through Nagano and Gifu prefectures, where they were replaced with eating Oyaki with whatever fillings for breakfast everyday. I've also been feeling those vending machine Hōji-cha bottles over the standard Oi Ocha this time around, maybe because it's cold. 
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I never really enjoyed melon pan but maybe I just never had a good one. It always just came off as bland bun that was sprinkled in sugar. Which maybe would have been fun if I hadn’t had my expectations heightened for years hearing about it. Discovering kare pan on the other hand was life changing.
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Martytoof posted:I never really enjoyed melon pan but maybe I just never had a good one. It always just came off as bland bun that was sprinkled in sugar. Which maybe would have been fun if I hadn’t had my expectations heightened for years hearing about it. Good ones are definitely better. The ones with melon cream are great.
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