Hey /jp/ a question for those that already traveled to Japan or people that plan on doing it. What did you do in Japan and how was it? Was everything like you expected it or did something surprise you? If you haven't been there, what do plan on doing?

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Anonymous Mon Feb 9 15:22:18 2015 No.13026322 [Reply] [Original]

Hey /jp/ a question for those that already traveled to Japan or people that plan on doing it.

What did you do in Japan and how was it?
Was everything like you expected it or did something surprise you?

If you haven't been there, what do plan on doing?

Anonymous Mon Feb 9 15:57:10 2015 No.13026485
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Got lost in Tokyo, I enjoyed it quite a lot just wandering arround. The back alleys are not dangerous and tend to have cool things you would miss if you stick to the main roads.

I will say some of the buildings do look old fashioned (and no not just the shrines), like something out of Hong Kong, but on the inside they have all the modern appliances and sometimes a few things I rarely if ever see in the US.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 9 16:06:53 2015 No.13026533 It was cool, my hotel was really close to Akihabara so I spent a lot of time there. Very fun to wander around in general, the public transportation only took a couple days to get a hang of. 8/10 would recommend

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 9 16:54:33 2015 No.13026773 >>13026485 >like something out of Hong Kong Hong Kong looks like a cluster fuck of shit most of the time.

Anonymous Mon Feb 9 17:34:01 2015 No.13026989
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>>13026322
>What did you do in Japan and how was it?
Spent my time at arcades, shopping for otaku junk and otherwise gawking at the strange foreign land.
Had I been able to stay longer I wouldve liked to go to some more rural areas.

>Was everything like you expected it or did something surprise you?
Kinda. Certain cultural things dont really click until youre forced into them, but so long as you arent expecting it to be just like your japanese animes its city life with more asians. Akiba is the only place where this gets shaken up a bit.

Anonymous Mon Feb 9 17:54:44 2015 No.13027082

>>13026322
Been there 6 times now (2~3 weeks each time), everything like I expected for the most part.

As for things surprising me, I'd say it's the opposite, I would surprise people most of the time. Mainly because "normals" don't know much about otaku/weird things, so they're surprised when they see a foreigner that's more knowledgeable than them and often ask "how come I know about X or Y" or "if [thing] is popular abroad". Trying to explain them that it's not popular at all but that there are still few people into otaku culture is fun.

Anonymous Mon Feb 9 20:01:30 2015 No.13027627
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>>13026322

Went there last September for 2 1/2 weeks.
I don't think there's going to be much of a surprise for anyone that's somewhat familiar with the country and it's culture.

I had a fairly traditional trip as in I planned a few of the major attractions in my schedule but left most days loose for wandering around town. Like >>13026485 said there are no dangerous places so don't be afraid to leave the main streets. I rented a pocket WiFi which I picked up at the airport on my arrival (I'd recommend this just for maps/quick reference on the go) - I'd take a random train and get off at different stations and start walking around. If I didn't find anything too interesting I'd grab my phone and google anything interesting to see in the area. This method seem to be a favorite from the people here and I can say it's quite fun.

There are three things that I was somewhat expecting but still blew me away.
1. People are always extremely polite and helpful. Always.
2. Trains and public transport if awesome - I come from a town where city buses are never on time and often don't even show up.
3. Although helpful moonspeak is not essential to travel alone in Japan.

If you have the money and don't dislike traveling it's definitely worth it. Plan/explore yourself - stay away from those group trips.

Anonymous Mon Feb 9 20:27:38 2015 No.13027754
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I've only been once but I went for a three month trip after I finished study, I had a rather romanticized view in some aspects from my Chinese cartoons but in general it wasn't too different from what I expected.

Brought a load of weebshit, went to a lot of punk gigs, visited the usual touristy stuff in Kansai/Kanto as well as c87 and porked a few christmas cakes and a college girl.

If I go back it would be to visit Hokkaido in winter, I also want to try hitch-hiking.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 9 20:32:56 2015 No.13027793 Last time I went I stayed a month in Kyoto and went to most of the temples and shrines there. It sounds boring, but they are actually pretty awesome.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 9 20:45:34 2015 No.13027857 >>13026989 Is that photo of that a triforce on the car deliberate?

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 9 20:47:44 2015 No.13027881 >>>/trv/ fucktards

Anonymous Mon Feb 9 20:51:26 2015 No.13027896
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Went for 4.5 weeks last March. In order, I went to...

Tokyo
-Weebed the fuck out all over Akiba and bought tons of 2hu merch, played arcades (they had F-Zero AX!)
-Made an effort to wander shibuya, shinjuku, harajuku, and other well known districts
-Saw temples and shrines and stuff.
-Went up the Tokyo Skytree

Osaka
-Stayed in an awful capsule hotel and met a lot of people around the world who also couldn't book a real hotel
-Ate like fucking crazy: Okonomiyaki + Takoyaki + All sorts of shit I didn't know the name off

Kyoto
-Visited all the old ass shrines
-viewed cherry blossoms
-Hiked almost the entirety of Fushimi-Inari
Also I actually stayed in a town called Hirakata since Kyoto was completely booked up due to sakura shit. Stayed at a SUPER hospitable english school that doubled as a guest house.

Kobe
-Had kobe beef in kobe for the novelty
-Walked around Harbor Town. didn't do a whole lot, just stayed there for two nights.

Zao
While heading north to Sapporo from Tokyo again, I made a special stop in this tiny town to visit the Fox Village.

Sapporo
-Ate tons of ramen and beer. Better in this city than anywhere else I went.
-Had 9 drinks in one night with a bunch of strangers
I mostly went all the way here just so I could say I went to hokkaido, however seeing the country side up north for hours and hours out the train was an experience itself. It was mid April by this point in my trip and there was snow melting everywhere. It was beautiful. To and from Sapporo, I spent the night in Aomori to rest from being on the train 6-8 hours. Not a whole lot happened there.

I'm from the country here in the States, so this was my first time on a subway and using public transport in general. Had to figure out how it worked all on my own in a different language! Interacting with people in such a way was a great experience, as I don't speak Japanese. I had a very romantic view of what Japan and it's culture is like and I wasn't disappointed at all.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 9 20:53:36 2015 No.13027917 File: 2.16 MB, 4272x2848, jp meet up.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13026322 I went to meet other JP anons

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 9 21:02:22 2015 No.13027967 >>13027917 Are there grills there or are they just /jp/sies with long hair ;_; I would go but I would get bullied ;_;

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 9 21:12:10 2015 No.13028007 >>13026485 >wandering >>13026533 >wander >>13027627 >wandering >>13027896 >wander So what exactly do you mean when you say wander?

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>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 9 21:16:42 2015 No.13028024 >>13028007 Do you not know what wander means? They just walked around without a set destination in mind.

Anonymous Mon Feb 9 21:30:38 2015 No.13028083

>>13028007
Pick a direction and walk in it
Encounter landmarks, history, architecture, art, animals
Take in the flavor of your surroundings.
Peek into stores and buildings that look interesting a long the way
Get tired and pick out a nice looking restaurant you know nothing about and order something you've never heard of.

ＡＤＶＥＮＴＵＲＥ！

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 9 21:36:32 2015 No.13028116 >>13028083 Right thanks! Probably me being a cynic but this sounds like "I don't have a plan so I'm just gonna wing it and put a spin on it so that it sounds cool".

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 9 21:40:20 2015 No.13028134 >>13028116 nothing about wandering sounds that cool. I think they are just being honest. wandering is the best way to enjoy life for some people, though

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 9 21:43:26 2015 No.13028150 When I went, my vision blurred and zoomed in really fast. When I finally was able to see again, I was surrounded by 5 ninjas who hopped around like mad. I defeated them by dancing. Was great.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 9 21:43:59 2015 No.13028155 >>13028116 I'd say it's more winging it and the results being cool, rather than trying to make it sound cool.

Anonymous Mon Feb 9 21:57:31 2015 No.13028226

i went to akiba a lot; it was fun
food was good
bought a lot of stuff
went to the ghibli museum among some other stuff
nothing surprised me really, except one time I got takoyaki and it wasn't completely cooked and tasted gross.
planning on going back to study the language instead of just a vacation
like others, i'd like to visit more rural areas, though i definitely want to go back to tokyo

Anonymous Mon Feb 9 21:59:21 2015 No.13028240

>>13028226
oh yeah i also went to kyoto but i was dying by the time i got there. I had caught a headcold or something. I was there at new years eve, but I was so tired that we didn't go out at night or anything, and I didn't have time to visit a shrine or temple the day after. I did go to a few beforehand, though.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 9 21:59:28 2015 No.13028241 >>13027627 How much did the pocket wifi cost you? Thinking about it so I dont rack up massive charges on my cell

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 9 22:05:29 2015 No.13028285 >>13027967 There was a grill at the following summer comiket. I think she wasn't from /jp/ though, might be from /a/. I left Japan after that so I have no idea if there were anymore grills in future /jp/ meet up.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 9 22:07:59 2015 No.13028305 Why are there a lot of /trv/ threads now?

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 9 22:32:06 2015 No.13028456 >>13028305 No idea. If you are in /jp/, you are supposed to live in Japan anyway.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 9 22:33:45 2015 No.13028465 >>13028456 citation needed

Anonymous Mon Feb 9 22:40:40 2015 No.13028501

I want to travel the world but I don't have money. It's funny I turned 21 recently and my sister was recommending me to do just that, but, with what money am I supposed to use to fly to another continent and visit? It's not like I have a job and even if I did it wouldn't be one offering vacation time.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 9 22:42:21 2015 No.13028508 >>13028501 You can always start small and just travel in your country.

Anonymous Mon Feb 9 22:42:44 2015 No.13028511

>>13028241
I rented from eConnect and for the time I rented it ended up costing me about 350¥/day. I think you can come across some cheaper places but they offered the convenience of included power pack and airport pickup with prepaid return envelope.

Depending on your phone you might also have the option of renting a data only SIM card.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 9 22:43:06 2015 No.13028516 >>13028501 I have no confidence to travel the world by myself let alone a country where I don't speak the language.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 9 22:44:45 2015 No.13028523 >>13028508 Well, even that is difficult. About 25 dollars worth of gas every 300 miles, meals, and boarding. It's certainly no going abroad but it's not cheap enough for the rainy day fund.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 9 22:46:09 2015 No.13028528 >>13028516 That's why you learn the language and make friends who would want to travel with you.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 9 22:47:18 2015 No.13028536 >>13028528 >That's why you learn the language and make friends who would want to travel with you. T-thanks but if I had that application I wouldn't be here FWIW

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 9 22:49:18 2015 No.13028544 >>13028516 You don't need either for Japan. So long as you can think on your feet and book your hotels ahead of time you're not going to run into any issues.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 9 22:51:01 2015 No.13028553 >>13027917 This is a beautiful picture. I never see any shitskins posting on /jp/ and ruining threads. It's such a beautiful sight. Why is /jp/ the literal best board?

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 9 23:10:48 2015 No.13028642 >>13026322 that bus advertisement is too lewd. japan has children

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 9 23:49:57 2015 No.13028805 >>13027754 >went to a lot of punk gigs Any differences between Japanese and Western punk scenes?

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 00:09:45 2015 No.13028896 >>13028805 Japanese punk is miles better than western anything.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 00:14:21 2015 No.13028915 >>13028896 >Japanese is miles better than western anything.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 00:18:48 2015 No.13028944 >>13028915 It's true and you know it. Especially in this modern age.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 00:21:47 2015 No.13028961 >>13028944 Huh. I was expecting a "dam weeaboo" response.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 00:24:07 2015 No.13028968 >>13028961 The only people who call others weaboos when the other person thinks that Japan is the superior country doesn't know that Japan has and will triumph over the west in most things. Politics, music, cuisine, visual arts, the list goes on.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 00:24:51 2015 No.13028972 >>13028968 Disagree, Japan has worse gun laws than the US. Then again, most countries do.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 00:26:40 2015 No.13028981 >>13028972 I said in most things ass hat.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 00:31:06 2015 No.13029000 >>13028981 True, you did I guess. If only we can combine (mostly southern) American gun laws and Japan's respect for privacy and doujin culture.

Anonymous Tue Feb 10 00:35:19 2015 No.13029013

>>13029000
Don't worry. Japan will find a way.
Japan always finds a way to come out on top.
This year is the year that Japan shows it's true strength and might to has been withholding from other nations.
Soon Japan will wage wars with all of the East Asian countries and take back land that they rightfully own

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 00:43:50 2015 No.13029044 fugg off normies

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 00:46:59 2015 No.13029051 Why is Japan the greatest (THE actual greatest) country on earth?

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 00:51:34 2015 No.13029069 >>13029013 >This year is the year that Japan shows it's true strength and might to has been withholding from other nations. >Soon Japan will wage wars with all of the East Asian countries and take back land that they rightfully own Stop trolling

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 00:53:24 2015 No.13029079 >>13029069 Yes, I posted those, I know. Please tell me how I'm trolling.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 00:55:30 2015 No.13029084 >>13029079 Japan won't wage wars with east asian countries, especially when China is around. China needs an excuse for Japan to go batshit so they can go batshit on them.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 00:57:32 2015 No.13029092 >>13029084 Start off with countries that no one cares about. Like the Philippines or one of those other countries in the shit east Asian region that no one knows our cared about.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 00:59:14 2015 No.13029100 CAN WE PLEASE NOT GO OFF TOPIC

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 01:00:21 2015 No.13029108 >>13029092 America has close ties with Phillipines and no, Japan doesn't need to start shit. They are relatively stable compared to China.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 01:02:17 2015 No.13029118 >>13029100 This thread was off topic they moment it was made. >>>/trv/ >>13029108 America doesn't give two shits about Philippines and literally every useful and relevant country is more stable than China.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 01:06:27 2015 No.13029140 >>13029118 America does give a shit about phillipines, look up the aids USA has given to the pinoys over the years, especially now with chinese aggression.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 01:11:04 2015 No.13029165 >>13029000 I want do drugs in Japan but not get deported :'(

Anonymous Tue Feb 10 01:12:17 2015 No.13029172

>>13029140
Yeah. USA doesn't give a rat"s ass about Failpenis' well being. They're just using them as land in eastern Asia/pacific region.
I'm positive that America would understand if Japan wanted to take over that disgrace of a country, and America could just fuck off to singer other irrelevant island.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 01:16:39 2015 No.13029195 >>13029172 Forgot to mention that Japan could kick USA's ass in war. Only reason the clappers won ww2 was because America got angry and nuked Japan twice. And even though Japan east nuked twice, there still miles ahead of clapistan.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 01:20:55 2015 No.13029218 File: 5 KB, 125x125, FuckingReally.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13029195 >Japan could kick USA's ass in war.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 01:25:01 2015 No.13029235 >>13027917 >pony tunes mein negroes

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 01:25:55 2015 No.13029239 >>13029218 You know it to be true. America's military is too busy focused on doing shit all around the world right now so a sneak attack on Failpenis from Japan would be an automatic victory.

Anonymous Tue Feb 10 01:28:30 2015 No.13029245

>>13029235
"mein negroes" ?
Did you just call that group your niggers? Well, let me tell you this. There not niggers. They're respectable human beings who went to Japan to enjoy the beautiful and awesome country and to attend events that relate to their interest.
They are not and will never be your niggers. You nigger.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 01:30:43 2015 No.13029251 >>13029245 yes

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 01:32:01 2015 No.13029257 >>13029251 I hope you and all of your loved ones are raped by shitskins and all of your precious belongings are robbed by those shit brains too.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 01:36:21 2015 No.13029281 __J __A JAPAN __A __N

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 01:37:31 2015 No.13029288 >>13029172 In all seriousness, America would give a shit. America doesn't need anymore shit now, the top is trying to lick China's butt and if Japan is being the aggressor, Japan would be the bad guy.

Anonymous Tue Feb 10 01:38:55 2015 No.13029291

>>13029239
A sneak attack from Japan on the Philippines would truly be unexpected but come on now. You seriously think Japan could ever beat America in any area of their military? I'm not saying "Fuck yeah, America" but their military completely dwarfs Japan's. Japan doesn't even have a single aircraft carrier.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 02:40:27 2015 No.13029514 >>13029165 One reason why Japan is good country because drug laws are so strict.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 02:42:25 2015 No.13029526 Japan and the US are friends now. I wouldn't want to see shit hit the fan in the Pacific now. I hope China will collapse on its own.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 03:05:36 2015 No.13029612 >>13026322 Everyone talks about the places that they should vist, but what the areas to avoid, such as the Japanese ghettos and slums.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 03:08:48 2015 No.13029623 >>13029612 Not many black people or sand niggers so no ghettos or slums. At least not like EU and US

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 03:12:51 2015 No.13029635 >>13029623 isnt tokyo filled with nigerians now

Anonymous Tue Feb 10 03:34:08 2015 No.13029694

>>13029635
sweden is filled with them.
france is full of muslims
england is full of albanians
italy is full of libyans
canada is full of chinese and indians
america is ful of mexicans
mexico is full of central ameicans
japan is full of chinese and koreans

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>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 03:44:12 2015 No.13029739 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_Treaty_Between_the_United_States_and_Japan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_Defense_Treaty_(U.S.%E2%80%93Philippines)

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 05:07:32 2015 No.13030078 >>13027857 >triforce Please educate yourself, you're on /jp/.

Anonymous Tue Feb 10 06:52:21 2015 No.13030469

>>13029623
Japan has a low count of subhumans living in their country, but sometimes some gooks chinks niggers find a way like they always do. I'm being they raped a Japanese woman or something similar.
It's sad to see such a beautiful country get torn apart and put down under because of the subhuman shitskin primates. I mean just look at this >>13029694 . we need to kill off these parasites so that the world and regular humans could focus on moving forward.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 07:19:56 2015 No.13030579 >>13030078 What is it then?

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 07:31:57 2015 No.13030612 >>13029635 I think their population across the entire country is like a mere 5,000 or something.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 10:05:22 2015 No.13030925 I'm scared my eventual trip to Japan would end with me wasting most of my time in some arcade or video game stores.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 10:16:19 2015 No.13030959 大家好！最近我做了介绍日本秋叶原的网站。全部我自己去过的地方。现在在这个网站介绍的地方不太多。可是，如果你们去日本东京的时候参考我的网站的话，我很高兴。如果你有时间的时候，看一看。华语萌城秋叶原！英语 Moe Town AKIHABARA

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 11:15:24 2015 No.13031145 >>13030925 That doesnt sound like wasted time at all.

Anonymous Tue Feb 10 17:26:58 2015 No.13032939

Planning a trip to Japan right now. Most likely going to do some mountain hiking, biking, visiting arcades, generally enjoying a lot of different kinds of food. I would also like to visit Nipponbashi. probably not hang around in Tokyo area too much.

Will be going in August-Sept.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 18:28:46 2015 No.13033301 >>13029013 >Japan will find a way yeah these pussies can't even fend off the Isis and save those two countrymen. What the fuck happened to the superior m samurai spirit?

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 18:30:18 2015 No.13033309 >>13033301 If we talk about samurai spirit, those two countrymen should perform sudoku the moment they are captured because they are shamed. They aren't girls, they are fully grown men.

Anonymous Tue Feb 10 18:42:07 2015 No.13033370

I went for a week 5 years ago, planning on returning for 2 weeks this November.

Last time I went around May, nice weather, not too hot or cold. I went to Tokyo and how I wandered was I got a map and plotted dots that were places I wanted to see. Then each day I picked a neighborhood and wandered from dot to dot going down any corner that looked neat on the way. This way I saw things I knew I wanted to and ran into neat things I wouldn't have normally seen.

Food isn't that expensive depending on what you eat. Most of the time I went to fast food/small places and got whatever the special was since it was easy to order and usually came with drink etc. Tried a lot of new stuff. Ate whatever ended up on my plate.

Then on my way back to the hotel at night I'd hit up a convenience store for flan and coffee milk and that would be breakfast next morning.

What surprised me was the lack of street names. I'm used to navigating by them so it took some adjusting. I ended up memorizing tall buildings that looked different to help know where I was at any moment. Oh and the trains were way less scary than I'd been told and many maps had english. I avoided rush times though. Also I saw a lot of stray cats.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 20:08:06 2015 No.13033852 >>13030925 If that's what you enjoy, I don't see how that would be a waste.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 20:14:00 2015 No.13033879 >>13033852 So as long as you enjoy something its not a waste?

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 20:15:46 2015 No.13033896 >>13033370 >Then on my way back to the hotel at night I'd hit up a convenience store for flan >flan How was she?

Anonymous Tue Feb 10 20:27:32 2015 No.13033947

>>13033879
Sure. I enjoyed my time wandering around places with no aim in particular. To other people, they might think that because I didn't plan my trips down to the minute with where I would go, what I would do there, what I would eat, how I would get there, etc. that I didn't get the most possible out of my trips and that they were a waste. But in reality, wandering freely allowed me to be unhindered by tight schedules, unforseeable delays, and the like, so I was able to enjoy it. Sure, maybe I didn't see as many famous sights as other people have, but I saw things tucked away in corners that aren't on maps, and I ate at restaurants that don't appear in guidebooks and talked at length with the owners. If he enjoys himself by gaming at an arcade, I'm sure it'd make for a great memory.

>>13033896
wat

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 20:43:57 2015 No.13034022 File: 159 KB, 600x600, 9620a6a26f841d0134a9b4b1b2a810be.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13033896 What kind of a convenience store is that? Is it in a Scarlet light district?

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 20:54:41 2015 No.13034091 >>13033947 Not knowing flan is a suresign of kill yourself out of /jp/.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 10 21:05:30 2015 No.13034164 >>13034091 Flan is Flan, flan is not Flan.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 11 17:07:52 2015 No.13038038 >>13027896 how much did all that cost?

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 11 20:44:24 2015 No.13038744 >>13030925 Pretty much why I don't understand point of traveling. People are spending stupid amount of money and you will literally experience nothing.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 11 20:49:50 2015 No.13038768 >>13038744 What?

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 12 05:11:13 2015 No.13040428 Living and working in Tokyo. It's alright but kinda sucks.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 12 05:34:19 2015 No.13040495 >>13040428 Why?

Anonymous Thu Feb 12 05:50:28 2015 No.13040542
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>What did you do in Japan and how was it?
The first two times I went to Japan were for exchanges - I stayed with Japanese families and checked out the local sights, festivals, temples, etc. I also saw some of the more famous locations in the region such as Nara, Kyoto, Osaka, and Hiroshima. It was great for a glimpse into how Japanese folk live their everyday lives. Everything was new, the colors seemed more vibrant, the sounds seemed clearer, normal activities were more exciting, it was great.

Now I've been living in Japan for four years and much of that has faded, but I still enjoy it a ton.

>Was everything like you expected it or did something surprise you?
It was an odd mix of both - like I expected there to be vending machines on every corner from all the media I've seen, I knew what the retention walls in Japan were supposed to look like, I knew about the mirrors at intersections, I knew about the power cables... But seeing it all before you is a different thing entirely. It really did turn me into a dumb, "durr, it really does exist" kind of person for a while.

Obviously there are things that I didn't know before coming, such as tolls on all the major highways, just how tiny the ubiquitous kei-trucks are, how kind people could be, just how loud those girls outside the shops shouting "irasshaimase!" really are, etc.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 12 06:05:22 2015 No.13040584 >>13040542 >Now I've been living in Japan for four years and much of that has faded, but I still enjoy it a ton. What do you do there?

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 12 06:09:31 2015 No.13040601 File: 588 KB, 2304x1728, 100_1331.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13040584 ESL, unfortunately. But I'm looking to get into some different work this year or next.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 12 06:28:53 2015 No.13040648 >>13040601 >ESL, unfortunately Why unfortunately?

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 12 06:31:43 2015 No.13040659 File: 770 KB, 2304x1728, 100_1318.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13040648 Job security isn't great, there are no bonuses, and the pay is a little low. I'd much prefer something with more flexibility and rewards.

Anonymous Thu Feb 12 07:59:57 2015 No.13040859
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>What did you do in Japan and how was it?
I visited Kyoto, Osaka, Tokyo and Suwa. I was there with someone who could into japanese so things were easy. We mostly went to a few land marks and looked at things inbetween.
Kyoto:
Lots of shrines and temples, they are everywhere. We hiked the full Fushimi Inari shrine. Kyoto is nice for a start since it feels like a light version of other big cities, less crowded places and distances aren't so big that you need to figure out the puplic transport immediately.
Osaka:
We were there only 1 day, saw the castle and ate okonomiyaki. We also stayed at an onsen.
Tokyo:
We were there the most time, you could easily spend 2 weeks in tokyo alone. We went to most big districts (Akiba, Shibuya, Asakusa and so on) and checked out the most important spots. We also went to Reitaisai 11, was amazing. I got a chance to talk to ZUN in very poor japanese together with a random australian guy and went to the /jp/ meetup. Sadly I never saved the picture that was made.
Suwa: Yep it's the place that inspired Suwako and Kanako. It was easy to reach so we went there. Picture is from the Suwa shrine. Was interesting to see a much smaller place aswell.

It was all very interesting, the food, the differences. There is just so much to see.

>Was everything like you expected it or did something surprise you?
Kinda, I knew a few things already. But it's still something completely different when you are there. It surprised me how convenient everything was in a weird way. A bar might be super small, but the toilet is hightech and has a heated seat for example. Also japs get up kinda late, so not many people were around when we got up. Lastly, the sun was stronger than I expected, not really hotter but I got a sunburn really easy.
All in all you will be more positively surprised.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 12 08:27:23 2015 No.13040900 >>13040495 Japanese work culture isn't that great and you're forever a gaijin in a foreign country

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 12 17:11:04 2015 No.13042772 >>13040900 ...Then why work there?

Anonymous Thu Feb 12 18:12:05 2015 No.13043052

>>13038038
Well, my step-dad is a plane mechanic for a certain airline company. Part of my benefits that I drew from that is free standby flights where the company goes, and after they merged with Delta, I was able to fly to Japan for FREE. I just lost those benefits after turning 24 in november, so the timing was perfect.

After that, the trip came to around $3.5k - $4k total. The most expensive thing was my railpass was $560. After that, a lot of it was lodgings

Tokyo was by far the most expensive. I spent 5 days there both at the start and end of my trip between the time my rail pass was active. Where I stayed was $90 a night but it was also the best hotel, with free breakfast, and it was a quarter mile from Akiba. Outside of Tokyo, everywhere I stayed was roughly $30-50 a night for a similar quality hotel. I stayed in a lot of different types of places though. Hotels, hostels, guest houses, capsules and a REALLY REALLY shitty ryokan.

That's about half of the expenses right there. The other half being food, public transportation, general activities and LOTS souvenirs.

One of the really expensive things I hadn't accounted for was shipping the tons of things that I bought back home. I was pretty much sending off a box full of souvenirs every city I stayed in. Surely, you've bought a single figure shipped from Japan? With SAL, that could be like 10 bucks, right? Now imagine boxes that weigh POUNDS.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 12 19:41:09 2015 No.13043478 >>13042772 Otaku Culture

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 12 19:43:23 2015 No.13043485 >>13043052 tell us more about the shitty ryokan

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 12 19:47:17 2015 No.13043500 >>13040859 >Suwa Ah, did you see any hermits? I want to do the 88 shrine circuit sometime.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 12 19:59:34 2015 No.13043549 Walk around randomly, the first vending machine with alcohol buy a beer,continue till you find another repeat till your visa expires, you'll find some great stuff guaranteed

Anonymous Thu Feb 12 20:30:55 2015 No.13043717
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>>13043500
No hermits sadly. Well we didn't went up the mountain to the moriya shrine and only looked at the 2 suwa shrines.
Not sure what the 88 shrine circuit is, but unless you are a big shrine fest, don't plan on seeing too many. You come by enough on your daily trips.

About what >>13043052 said concerning lodging.
I stayed most of the time at cheap places. When you are alone it's more expensive than with 2 people since single rooms aren't common in hostels. The tatami room we had in kyoto was like 3500 yen or 25€ per night, the onsen in osaka was around the same. The cheap hostels were around 3000 yen per night or less. The hotel we had near tokyo big sight was 6750 yen per night, so quite a bit, but the hotel was good and had an own convenience store. So if one wants, you can sleep at places rather cheaply. I listed yen prices, because back then the € was at a peak high, so that needs to be kept in mind, also small hostels usually don't accept kredit cards. Generally don't expect to be able to pay with kredit card.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 12 20:55:40 2015 No.13043842 >>13043717 >25€ per night That;s cheaper than my apartment's rent. Probably better furnished, too. I'd kill for a mat floor and futon.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 12 22:27:27 2015 No.13044218 >>13043717 Is this a bar crawl with temples?

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 13 02:38:59 2015 No.13045155 im going to japan in august. Where do i find sluts that like white guys?

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 13 09:05:49 2015 No.13046061 >>13044218 I suppose, maybe the translation was off. We didn't really follow it. And alcohol is expensive enough in japan so that I need to go to a flatrate bar to get smashed.

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 13 11:45:06 2015 No.13046474 >>13040542 should I bring my skateboard? that pic looks so fun

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 13 19:23:53 2015 No.13047971 File: 796 KB, 2304x1728, 100_1435.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13046474 I've never seen anyone skateboarding in my 4 years here.

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 13 19:29:29 2015 No.13047991 >>13047971 wow; aren't there a lot of ski/snowboarders though? I know there are a lot of bikers, but no skaters? I'm definitely bringing mine then and taking some hills.

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 13 20:06:56 2015 No.13048138 >>13043717 It's this one http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shikoku_Pilgrimage I forgot the actual name for it.

Anonymous Fri Feb 13 20:10:03 2015 No.13048156
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>>13047991
Well skiing and snowboarding are considered normal winter recreational activities. The bikers are doing it either for transportation or for exercise. Skateboards just aren't popular here. You see more unicycles than skateboards.

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 13 20:11:55 2015 No.13048166 >>13048138 ... Now that I actually think about it, I got the places confused. Suwa Taisha is in the mainland, while the Shikoku Pilgrimage is in, well, Shikoku. Sorry.

Anonymous Sat Feb 14 09:12:17 2015 No.13050438
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>>13026322
I spent one year in Japan, excluding several shorter trips. I tried doing all the "major events" and activities during my stay.
- Drinking under the cherry blossom
- Look around all the clubs/circles at the university and finally joining one
- Barbecuing and doing fireworks at the river
- Mountain hiking
- Nagashi somen
- Blindfolded watermelon smashing
- Going on tanabata-date with yukata dressed girl
- Going to the beach and screaming "umi da!"
- Fireworks festivals that covered the whole sky
- Staying at several ryokans
- Befriending a chef at an izakaya and visiting hostess and okama bars together
- Visiting "haunted" places at night
- Going to batting centers
- Ordering a Christmas cake and having a Christmas date
- Watching Gaki Tsukai on New Years Eve
- Going to hatsumode

tl;dr: It was just like in my Japanese cartoons

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 14 09:41:39 2015 No.13050504 >>13050438 Which club?

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 14 09:52:29 2015 No.13050527 File: 2.04 MB, 2612x1959, 12143689073.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13050504 Mountain hiking circle. Though most time was spent reading manga and playing games in the club room

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 14 10:20:58 2015 No.13050667 >>13030579 google Mitsuuroko or 三つ鱗

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 14 10:52:16 2015 No.13050794 I was in a lawson a few hours ago and the yuru yuri ED was playing.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 14 13:08:08 2015 No.13051342 >>13050438 I plan on studying abroad for a year a well. Did you come from the us, and if so what program did you go through. How much did you have to pay outside of tuition, housing etc. How hard is it to get a part time as a foreigner?

Anonymous Sat Feb 14 13:35:21 2015 No.13051450

I'm going to be in Tokyo for a week and a half in mid April. Hoping I can see all the traditional tourist trap stuff and just mindless wonder around a bit. It's my first time traveling out of the country and since I'm going alone I didn't want to try traveling to any other cities. I would've stayed longer but I wanted to have a few grand to spend on dumb otaku bullshit.

Does anyone have experience with dealing with customs coming back to the states? I'm not bringing back anything that couldn't be shown on here, but I want to make sure they don't automatically throw away anything with an anime girl on it that looks 17 to them.

Anonymous Sat Feb 14 13:38:50 2015 No.13051464

>>13051342
No I'm not from the US, it was an exchange program called DEEP where I studied regular classes at a Japanese university. Don't remember how much I spent. I went out drinking etc quite often but I think you could get by without spending too much on food. I didn't try getting a part time job but as long as you get a permit (which shouldn't be too hard) you can probably be a language teacher or waiter/busboy.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 14 13:58:28 2015 No.13051562 >>13027754 What are some punk venues around Tokyo? I want to hit up a few shows but everything I find concerning low key stuff like that on the internet is nothing but moon-speak.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 14 14:02:53 2015 No.13051583 >>13028501 Become a flight attendant. You have to deal with people, but you get paid to travel the world.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 14 14:07:28 2015 No.13051610 >>13051562 http://www.hellodamage.com/top/tokyo-tour-guide/ This site has list of some good punk venues and shops. I recommend to check other places too, some of them are pretty awesome.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 14 14:20:02 2015 No.13051674 >>13050438 >Visiting "haunted" places at night Find any ghost?

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 14 14:20:25 2015 No.13051675 >>13027754 >porked a few christmas cakes tell me more

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 14 14:22:18 2015 No.13051684 >>13051610 Thanks! This is exactly the kind of thing I was looking for.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 14 14:23:40 2015 No.13051692 >All these awesome stories >tfw 20, live in a shit hole, have no job, parents aren't rich and I have no weeb friends to travel with Suffering.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 14 14:27:34 2015 No.13051709 >>13051692 Try it >>13051583

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 14 14:36:07 2015 No.13051736 >>13051692 Get a shitty part time job. Save for a few months. Buy a plane ticket to Japan alone. Stay in shitty airbnb places. Stay till you run out of money. Go back to being a basement dwelling neck beard. That's what I did.

Anonymous Sat Feb 14 14:48:44 2015 No.13051787

>>13051709
Flight attendant selection process is very strict, a couple months ago they were actually seeking people for that job, requesting fluency on more than 2 languages, no biggie for me, but what put me off of applying was the fact that 80% of the ad itself was describing that they wanted a 'fashion model' for this job, by this I mean, X height, Y weight, Z everything, you get the idea. I met the requirements on the paper but I'd be going up against high class spoiled kids that can -afford- to make an impression and I could not, so as a (non) working class citizen I didn't even bother. Having money and a 'name' goes a long way here.

>>13051736
>Get a shitty part time job
I'm not a NEET by choice, when I say situation is shit, I really mean it. I don't live in the US.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 14 14:50:26 2015 No.13051793 >>13051736 >>13051787 oh and besides, traveling alone is garbage anon, I'd rather share the experience with someone.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 14 14:54:58 2015 No.13051812 >>13051692 Who are you quoting, and why is someone suffering?

Anonymous Sat Feb 14 15:16:27 2015 No.13051877

>>13051787
eh, that seriously suck man. The shitty jobs and living cheap off savings till I run out pretty much fuels my half the year NEET lifestyle.

But traveling alone is garbage? bullshit, people muddy up the whole thing and make you do shit you don't want to. I've done both and traveling alone in a far away land alone is as exciting as hell for how trite it sounds.

Anonymous Sat Feb 14 15:19:36 2015 No.13051890
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>>13051674
Not a single one. It was this bridge leading over a deep ravine where a lot of people are said to have killed themselves. It was like one of the top 3 haunted places in the city where I lived but all we found was a rusty old bicycle

Anonymous Sat Feb 14 16:59:08 2015 No.13052431

>>13051877
>But traveling alone is garbage? bullshit, people muddy up the whole thing and make you do shit you don't want to. I've done both and traveling alone in a far away land alone is as exciting as hell for how trite it sounds.

In a way I agree with you but personally I tend to think of it this way, if something goes wrong I'll have someone to watch my back. I don't trust myself enough to travel alone, I'm kinda in the same boat as this guy here >>13028516

Anonymous Sat Feb 14 17:12:06 2015 No.13052499

>>13028516
I basically got by with simply knowing "Hello", "Thank you", "Sorry", "Excuse me", "I don't speak Japanese." and "Where is the ___?"

When I told people I don't speak japanese, I'd say "Nihongo wo hanashimasen.", Which seemed to be well understood, although I'd try other shit out like acting nervous and saying "EHHHH, NIHONGO SKOSHI!!" which usually got a laugh out of people and made them more approachable. It's another country that you don't live in, so there's no need to be afraid of embarassing yourself a little.

Anonymous Sat Feb 14 17:28:24 2015 No.13052571
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Bought a cheap truck, drove around a whole lot and explored, flipped it, pushed it back over and kept going. That place is fun as hell, and even after a full year over there I feel like there was still so much more to see. I need to save up another chunk of change and go back again.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 14 18:57:03 2015 No.13052848 >>13052571 how hard was it to get a lincense? This is what I want to do in my free time over there (a long with a lot of hiking.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 14 20:04:00 2015 No.13053061 >>13052848 Not him, but I'm pretty sure most (if not all) countries offer international driver's licenses which last for a year in Japan, meaning if you have a license in your home country you can drive in Japan.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 14 20:39:15 2015 No.13053215 >>13051787 > live in a shit hole >I don't live in the US. ?

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 14 20:44:41 2015 No.13053247 >>13053215 By "not in the US" I assumed he meant Canada. I'm probably wrong, though.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 14 20:49:55 2015 No.13053278 >>13053215 >>13053247 Europe actually. I live in one of the shittiest ones.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 15 00:55:25 2015 No.13054134 >>13053278 Shitty? So you live in the Slovenia, Croatia, Albania area.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 15 02:58:34 2015 No.13054565 >>13052571 >flipped it y

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 15 03:13:56 2015 No.13054600 >>13026322 I plan on drinking, getting laid, and sightseeing. Mostly drinking. It should go pretty well.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 15 03:19:18 2015 No.13054613 I want to molest little girls and have an abandoned building as my base, you know like in those hentai where the MC is caught after 3-6 episodes, I'll just make sure to come back to my country when the required material for 3 episodes is complete

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 16 02:20:21 2015 No.13058864 >>13051736 Is the airbnb thing where you stay in people's houses?

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 16 02:38:08 2015 No.13058955 >>13030959 >秋叶原 this is how the chaineezu wrote akihabara? fuck just kill me now

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 16 02:41:42 2015 No.13058976 File: 9 KB, 174x251, 1280400154257.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13034164 fag

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 16 02:44:10 2015 No.13058987 >>13040659 how did u get the job? i did a skype interview with berlitz but they said no because i assume i was too autistic or casual for them or something. then i did one with coco juku but they told me itd be faster if i came to japan first...

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 16 02:52:54 2015 No.13059030 >>13046061 yoi no kayoi-dera course the drunken temple course course (2nd course is in english)

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 16 03:48:53 2015 No.13059300 File: 744 KB, 2304x1728, 100_1432.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13058987 I applied online and did a group interview in a big city nearby (in America).

Anonymous Mon Feb 16 04:52:31 2015 No.13059465
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>>13051787
my country had max 70% union member ship
mfw all the flight attendants are rednecks
mfw you dont have glorious unions to protect your rights as a citizen in a socialist country
mfw you actively help the man by saying you hate unions
mfw i am that rich kid and cant get a job coz im not redneck

>my song when no job
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuurdGpRCuU

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 16 11:02:51 2015 No.13060426 >>13058987 Wow wtf did u do wrong?

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 16 11:09:11 2015 No.13060454 >>13060426 Kill yourself, ください.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 16 13:15:58 2015 No.13060898 >>13043717 >the onsen in osaka was around the same. Where did you find onsen for so cheap? Can you give me a name? I'm travelling to Japan soon, but last time I didn't stay at onsen. Every one that was recommended to me was $200, $250 a night.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 16 13:26:49 2015 No.13060927 File: 104 KB, 900x675, 1422004110482.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13051787 >dream of being flight attendant >can never happen because only 4'9"

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 16 20:51:56 2015 No.13062775 >>13060927 >4'9" How is that possible?

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 17 18:51:57 2015 No.13067116 File: 54 KB, 241x231, shrek_kek_1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13029694 >mexico is full of central ameicans

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 17 19:17:06 2015 No.13067222 >>13067116 Kill yourself back to /v/.

Anonymous Tue Feb 17 19:39:37 2015 No.13067319

>>13028805
It's a lot more raw and there's a lot more young people but just as friendly like the west, but the scene was better in Kyoto/Osaka.

Most places you go to you will be the only Gaijin attending, I had a lot of people buy me beer simply because I was a foreigner and out of the ordinary I guess.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 17 19:41:27 2015 No.13067327 lmao the gas thing is her vagina

Anonymous Tue Feb 17 19:46:01 2015 No.13067343

>>13060898
not that anon but I stayed at hotel toyo in Osaka, 1500 yen a night (went down to 1000 if you booked a whole month) and you get your own room and a futon.

According to the long term gaijin it was the best place for the price unless you're renting your own place.

Anonymous Tue Feb 17 20:01:46 2015 No.13067417
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Went last month.

I'm a pretty inexperienced traveler, so I just figured I would hit as many places as possible and figure out what was worth spending time on. I think I ended up spending most of the trip in Akiba.

One thing that surprised me was just how large and busy the city was. I grew up in a US city, so I thought I would feel pretty comfortable, but the scale was just incomparably overwhelming.

I'm pretty antisocial, so it was hard trying to get the experiences I was hoping for. It doesn't help being Asian either, since everyone automatically assumes you speak the language and doesn't really take interest in you until you start speaking.

Had a lot of fun overall and will probably return after I try out some other countries.

Anonymous Tue Feb 17 20:46:58 2015 No.13067619

>>13067417
>I'm pretty antisocial, so it was hard trying to get the experiences I was hoping for. It doesn't help being Asian either, since everyone automatically assumes you speak the language and doesn't really take interest in you until you start speaking.

You went by yourself?

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 17 20:59:10 2015 No.13067666 >>13067417 It is certainly big, but it feels like it has a very organized order to it, doesn't it?

Anonymous Tue Feb 17 20:59:20 2015 No.13067667
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>>13067619
I went with another non-native who didn't speak the language.

Might just be because we went during the holidays, but everyone seemed too busy in Tokyo.
I went to c87 as well, hoping to meet some of my favorite artists and maybe exchange a few words, but it was way too crowded and everything felt rushed. I didn't want to be that one asshole holding up the traffic.

Anonymous Tue Feb 17 21:03:21 2015 No.13067679

>>13067666
Organized, but not necessarily ideal. As a tourist, my goal isn't to get from point A to point B as efficiently as possible.
It made it difficult to do things like stopping to enjoy the scenery or take photos.

I think I ended up enjoying slower paced cities like Kyoto a lot more.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 17 21:04:04 2015 No.13067681 >>13067417 So what you're saying is that even other Asians can't tell you fuckers apart? Good to know.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 17 21:08:36 2015 No.13067698 >>13067681 Not visually, but all the chinese tourists were pretty obvious from their mannerisms.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 17 21:11:09 2015 No.13067708 >>13067698 Are they just as disgusting over there? Chinese tourists are some of the most foul people I've ever had the displeasure of dealing with here in the US.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 17 21:16:27 2015 No.13067735 >>13067417 Any special / different reactions to Asian foreigners as opposed to, well, other foreigners? >>13067698 >mannerisms. Such as?

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 17 21:16:50 2015 No.13067739 >>13067708 Yup, they all come in large groups and ignore all the social customs. There's a lot of them too, they're breaking tourism records in Japan.

Anonymous Tue Feb 17 21:20:09 2015 No.13067757

>>13067739
Absolutely disgusting.

I hate how they just spit everywhere and leave everything in a disheveled mess wherever they go. I used to work in an outlet mall that was popular among tourists since it was right outside NYC and the Chinese tourists were by far the worst people I ever dealt with in my entire life.

Anonymous Tue Feb 17 21:24:22 2015 No.13067773

>>13067735
Well I've never been a non-asian foreigner so I can't tell you how comparable it is.

It felt like people in Tokyo either knew English or never really make an attempt to communicate and come off as a bit annoyed.

People from rural and less urban areas were much more friendly and make an honest effort at communication even if they didn't speak any English.

I figure it's probably how it is with most countries, but I haven't traveled enough to say for certain.

Anonymous Tue Feb 17 21:27:43 2015 No.13067784

>>13067757
It feels worse in Japan because of how homogeneous the culture is. There's a lot of little details in how people are expected to behave and the Chinese tourists are the worst in how they don't really make an attempt to conform.
They tend to be louder and they disrupt the flow of human traffic among other things.

Anonymous Tue Feb 17 21:30:25 2015 No.13067800

>>13026322
Been there twice,mother last time for a month traveling by myself going up and down the country from Kumamoto to Sendai airport.
They hate foreigners, and I got really fucking sick of being stared at. It has taken another two years, but I have finally written them off. No more Shekels for them.

There is only one cure for weebness, trust me, and that is a trip there.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 17 21:35:22 2015 No.13067818 >>13067800 lol troll

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 17 21:39:34 2015 No.13067839 >>13026322 Might be a weird question, but for you who have travelled to Japan. Are any of you brown? I hear about a lot about gaijins being treated weirdly, and I wonder if it's any different for brown people.

Anonymous Tue Feb 17 21:49:13 2015 No.13067882
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>>13060898
Well for one the room was pretty small. Place was called Super Hotel Osaka. It wasn't a hotel with outdoor bath, tatami mat rooms and a bit meal included. It was just a normal hotel with a hotspring bath in the basement.
The one in Suwa also had a basement onsen, but Suwa is known for hotsprings. A good way to experience a hotspring for a budget. We also had them with breakfast included for like 700yen each. Breakfast was nothing special, not too different from western hotels. You wont miss out much on leaving it out and instead eating a bit from a konbini.

Anonymous Tue Feb 17 21:49:48 2015 No.13067885
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>tfw no weeb friends to travel to japan with

I went to japan like 5 or 6 times last year, shit was hella fun, but it would have been a miserable experience without some deep pockets to finance my adventures.

I would have paid an anon or two to join me, but the last two times I did something similar, I ended up with a suicidal maniac, and a large dude who tried to rape me.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 17 21:53:01 2015 No.13067898 >>13067885 what the fuck

Anonymous Tue Feb 17 21:55:26 2015 No.13067903

>>13067885
>large dude who tried to rape me
I guess I understand how taking a dice roll on 4chan might get you the first one, but really you paid for a dude's trip to Japan with you and he wanted to rape you? Why didn't you just leave him stranded in Japan or something and if you didn't what the hell could he have done if you had done that? If you had to pay for him in the first place there's no way he's be able to make his way back home so he'd basically be fucked right?

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 17 21:57:05 2015 No.13067915 >>13067885 > 5 or 6 times last year Are you loaded or just Australian?

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 17 22:03:08 2015 No.13067941 >>13067915 just bored, murrikan and overpaid

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 17 22:03:42 2015 No.13067943 >>13067915 >just Australian? What the hell?

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 17 22:04:25 2015 No.13067946 >>13067903 nah, it was at a weeb con here in the state, and it was like 200 bux, so it wasn't too bad.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 17 22:06:25 2015 No.13067952 >>13067943 ...because it would be cheaper to fly from Australia to Japan than from the States or pretty much any other English-speaking country.

Anonymous Tue Feb 17 22:42:04 2015 No.13068074

>>13067757
When i lived in Florida the local chinese would say "oh fuck, not those goddamned hicks". chinese tourists are the worst, and i use the term loosely, human beings on earth. they manage to out obnoxious the arabs and the australians, and even blow the dutch out of the water on the walking asshole front.

the snot hawking, booger picking like a retarded kid, and blowing their noses on their hands/ holding their thumb on a nostril and blowing out towards other people on purpose was fucking vile.

then they try to haggle for everything everywhere they go, not limited to gas stations, mcdonalds, and attempt to bribe police after parking in weird places like infront of the door of the grocery store, and soliciting girl scouts selling cookies for sex.

and their scratching their asses om their pants/balls like they have a world class case of the crabs was nauseating.

i still cant believe they didnt have a tard wrangler with them. even retards and potato heads in heat act better than that.

this all happened inbetween 2009-2014

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 17 22:55:07 2015 No.13068118 >>13067952 Theres more to the expenses than just the flight

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 18 11:48:49 2015 No.13070444 >>13067818 Not trolling, telling the truth. You'll learn that sometimes it's hard to tell. And you've clearly never been to japan, son, to think they don't fucking stare at foreigners. He'll they stare at you if you even look haffu.

Anonymous Wed Feb 18 12:02:58 2015 No.13070494

There's a chance I'll be going to Japan next year in a scholarship. I will probably stay there for 5~7 years, maybe even more.

Anyway, the scholarship pays 117 thousand yen monthly to help with the living costs; that means rent, food and transportation. That's barely enough to live comfortable.

Since I will have a student visa, I can't work full time. How much can you get working part time? Is it easy to find work as a foreigner? I don't speak much japanese, so I'll be learning as I work/study there.

Anonymous Wed Feb 18 12:08:33 2015 No.13070520

>>13068118
Was going to say that while you're right flights from the US would probably be in the 4 digits while from AUS would probably be in 3 digits, but upon researching a little, it turns out that it's not nearly as big of a difference as I thought. My mistake.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 18 15:08:33 2015 No.13071257 >>13067116 What's funny about that?

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 18 17:15:39 2015 No.13071697 >>13070444 They don't stare at you because they hate foreigners (for the most part), but because you're an oddity in their homogeneous island nation.

Chi !EGUoWxBS8I Wed Feb 18 22:08:26 2015 No.13072892
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Gonna go hit Akiba between March 10th and 15th.
I haven't been able to take an international trip in the last 15+years, FML.

This is going to be the first time I'm using this trip since I got out of conscription...

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 18 22:09:33 2015 No.13072899 >>13072892 Welcome back to the land of the living. Your hair back to normal?

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 18 22:12:23 2015 No.13072911 >>13072899 Just under my shoulder blades, but an odd orange tint has settled in from sun damage.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 19 02:37:22 2015 No.13073826 >>13067885 How do you have the time to travel so much? What do you do for a living?

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 19 02:38:15 2015 No.13073832 >>13072892 Woah when was the last time you posted.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 19 04:45:50 2015 No.13074316 >>13073832 I have no idea the last time I posted on /jp/. It's been years since I used my tripcode. I also only have less than a 72hr window to post when I get an IP that isn't region blocked.

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