/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>10300993
I will hands down take the stuff in osaka over akihabara any day. Way more what I expected everything to be like, shops aren't selling all the same shit, cosplay stuff is by far 10x easier to find and isn't premade shit or custom orders only.

Strongly would recommend osaka for finding things.

>>10301015
Japan gets a shit load of visitors, understand that the main bulk of tourists are expected to do the Tokyo->kyoto tourist route, if you stay away from there you would probably be okay. I would avoid +/- 1 month around the olympics, I was there for the rugby world cup. Aside from places like HUB and obvious spots like Golden Gai, Sensoji, and normal tourist places being a bit more busy wasn't too bad. I'd never do Tokyo during the olympics, that just seems like hell.

>Another thing I’m worried about is the state of Airbnb laws
Airbnb is fully legal, it's just that hosts MUST register their home for airbnb and get a license. They can't list without it and can't host more than 180 days per calendar year, if it's on airbnb it's fair game to stay in. People are grossly misinformed on the rule changes. Also private rooms in hostels are pretty cheap, APA's are nice and around 60 bucks