Have you ever traveled to Japan to visit places that are related to your favorite manga or anime?
I'd like to go some day but traveling is pure decadence and I try to live simply
I never left my county.
im poor
>>275315593Then throw your computer away
>>275315607Zooomers are born with screens glue to their faces
>>275315571Not solely for that, but I have done a few pilgrimages to animu sites while there in the past.
>watching my Japan videos>already miss JapanI want to go back
>>275315800That’s why you go where they don’t want to go
>>275315725>>275315772Hopefully you behaved well enough when you were there? I hate to see gaijins chimpping out and getting into trouble out there.
>>275315821I mean, obviously, that was implied. Thankfully didn't run into any at the exploded reactors at least last trip. Waiting for an animu about this then it can count as a completed pilgrimage also.
>>275315829I was a saint pretty muchSome old folks talked to me too, they thought I was going to be lost in pic related but I made it back
>>275315840Have you been to the irl hinamizawa? I forgot to plan that trip last year
>>275315829I'm not an EOP, am quiet in public while there, and always give up my seat to the elderly even when it's not a 優先座席 (so always end up standing on any crowded train basically) even though most oldies there don't seem to want one to do that (probably from a sense of pride at not having to have someone give you a seat).
>>275315840can you even go around FukushimaI told myself I would visit Chernobyl one day but that's off the table for the foreseeable future
>>275315896There’s a map showing the habitable area and the spot where it’s supposedly radioactive It’s not bad bad, but best to be avoided, but people say it’s alright to pass through
>>275315877If you mean Shirakawago, yes, a few times. The shrine there is where I found >>275315800Also found some other ema with some cosplaying foreign tranny who had PRINTED AND GLUED HIS PHOTOS TO THE FUCKING EMA, never seen anything else like that anywhere after 10+ trips to the moon (and the better part of a year studying abroad in Kyoto in 2012) and hundreds of shrine visits. Will never forget the sense of disgust I felt for my fellow gaijin that day.
I plan to but inflation is eating my savings away.
>>275315947How did you get there? Bus? Car? Day trip? Asking for my next trip clearly
Quick reminder to always take the fucking bear bell when going into bear country. Friend and I thought it'd be enough to scream like retards every few minutes and we still had a run in with a black bear, even though it was just seeing the bear run away from us.
>>275315896As part of an organised tour, yes. TEPCO do short educational tours around the plant now for recognised operators.You get about 15 minutes in front of the reactor buildings which is where they took that pic for us (own cameras weren't allowed). Only time I've had to sign up to a filthy group tour, always travel solo otherwise/organise group outings for friends and family myself.
>>275316015If it’s brown, go downIf it’s black, fight backIf it’s white, you’re fucking dead
>>275315571I traveled to japan a few times but barely did anything anime related.
>>275315947>some cosplaying foreign tranny who had PRINTED AND GLUED HIS PHOTOS TO THE FUCKING EMASides gone
i assume you need a basic understanding of Japanese to be able to move around Japan
>>275316029well that's neatdo they let you visit the abandoned areas? how bad are the rads? I suppose it's less bad than Pripyat and the red forest
>>275315983You can take a bus from Takayama generally or some other cities, there's no direct rail line so other than a rental car (or taxi if some filthy rich faggot) no other way to get there, at least not via public transport.>>275316015I have hiked probably a cumulative month on the moon in the wilderness over more than a decade, including 5 days relatively isolated on the Kohechi, and never once ran into anything other than a fucking deer despite countless bear warning signs (including a 'bear last spotted 20 hours ago' warning at Kamikochi). Consider yourself lucky for a rare experience.
>>275315947the fuck am i looking at
>>275316069Not reallyYour main form of transport is most likely train/bus and a lot of the signs around are in English to help you guide around. Unless you yourself is a nip, the locals will know you’re a gaijin and they expect you to not know squat of japanese
Does anyone have normalfag recommendations that are not the usual temple/tourist stuff? My brother plans on going to osaka for a few weeks next month and he does not know anything about japan, nor does he care for nature. He's a good guy and respects non-shit cultures so I'm not worried about him behaving like a jeet, chink or bogan.
>>275316075The radiation is relatively minimal everywhere now even if still technically a few multiples above standard background. Only directly in front of the reactors there was it a problem, about 2 dental x-rays worth in the 15 minutes they allow, and the geiger counters screech the second you hop off the bus.>>275316079They actually bought like 5 fucking ema which was impressive in a way, clearly weren't strapped for cash.
>>275316092I feel your frustration It’s always the hotspots that attracts them, I rather just go adjacent to where they go and normally I have a great time doing so, alone especially
>>275316092>old pilgrimage routesThe Kodo I assume? Kohechi or Nakahechi?Arriving after 90~ kilometres of walking and seeing Hongu's giant torii is a great feeling though.
>>275316097fascinating might have to look into this, japland looks comfy like Switzerland
>>275316077Noice, will try that next time>snowCozy
>>275316097Thats 99% true, especially since most hostels in a city will be staffed by koreans fully comfortable with foreigners. But theres plenty of places outside the city that won't deal with anyone who doesnt speak Japanese. In my case I was travelling with a Japanese friend and had little trouble but we met up with a guy from France who couldn't stay anywhere because the inn keepers kept turning him away even though he'd try to use prewritten messages and translation apps. Still, cities are very accommodating and used to aimless gaijin and you just need to plan and research things thoroughly if you go outside them
>>275316137You really shouldWith the yen weakening, it’s a perfect opportunity to explore Japan If you have the time and money, I’d say go for itIf you’re staying for two weeks, ~$2k not including air fare should do the trickAlso have google translate out since most of your interactions with people that are not the konbini clerks or hotel staff will be useful. And you can use lens to translate signs that are not in English. Saved my ass several times would recommend
>>275316128Honestly not sure. My friend planned the whole thing and she is way more versed in that stuff
>>275316075*Oh and as for the still-restricted areas, no, only get to see those from the bus. But many former restricted areas like Futaba town are open for resettlement now anyway.Highlight of the tour though was probably visiting an old Ojisan farmer who didn't follow government directives to liquidate his (unsellable) contaminated herd and still takes care of them though, while driving around the country in a gaisensha when he has time railing against nuclear power.>>275316092>most places I went to had a dozen tour buses loaded with chinese people at them. Yes, even before the current wave of overtourism, Chinks have always been insufferable and manage to show up in large numbers even at what one would think are relatively minor tourist sites (e.g. Ibusuki's Nagasakibana cape for instance most recently, such a little fucking middle of nowhere tourist site but even there the Chinkgroups decide to visit).
>>275316147That’s why I just straight up book my hotels a few months in advance to avoid stuff like this. I 100% know they have vacancies and I know they won’t let me because I’m a gaijin
>>275316108Show these to Ryukishi and we're getting Gou2 featuring the goat and Rika going pagan, good lord
>>275316077We went up a mountain (mt shirakami) in rural west aomori and saw a total of one other group of humans on the whole 8 hour trip, and that was so early on that I'm not sure they even went for the same peak.There was a lot of fog/low clouds as well, may have had something to do with it.And the only "lucky" is see in that is the bear just fucking off, and us learning from that.>>275316147We stayed at mostly ryokan booked in advance via booking or sometimes their own homepage. In the latter case I sent both japanese and english text in the same email, and stated age, country of origin and intention in the region, to show we are civilized people, not jeets. We were never turned away nor had a single bad encounter.
>>275315571Yes.>>275315947Things like this make me sick.I try to be tolerant but it's so obvious these retards are actually addicted to attention.
>>275316100Is it your first time there? You might as well do the touristic places since it’s your first time thereI always say the second Japan trip is the actual real trip since you already did all the must dos the first time around
>>275316077Nice view
>>275316100>boganaussies are absolutely worse than jeets and chinks overseas, honestly some of the most hated travelers in the world.
>>275316141>Noice, will try that next timeIt was relatively nice in that pic in 2015....I would not recommend visiting it now though to be honest. Imagine 200 tour buses a day coming and going in the bus parking lot on the edge of town, vomiting an endless stream of Chinks into the quaint little village daily...>>275316181If it was 2 days from the west near Tanabe, the Nakahechi, if it was 5 days starting from around Koya-san, the Kohechi. Other trails aren't really preserved (like the Iseji) so those are mostly walking along actual roads.>>275316141The countryside is lovely, unfortunately Tokyo/Kyoto/Osaka are fucking owari da post-COVID, tourism numbers have gotten retarded from 10 million a year a decade ago to like 33 million a year now.Hokkaido and the central alps definitely have a Swiss flair at least nature-wise though, with the benefit of a slice of bread not costing 10 fucking Euros also.
>>275316264I never believed this until I actually saw themLoud, obnoxious, clearly can’t read the room, literal monkeys
>>275316069Not at all you handle 95% of the stuff with your phone. The remaining 5% can be solved with broken English, as awkward as it can be. Of course it's good to know some Japanese. But don't let that thought hold you back from doing what you want to do.
>>275316245His first time, yes. But as I said, he doesn't care for the usual tourist stuff like looking at shrines.I guess it is weird to ask for non-tourist tourist recommendations.For my visit I solved that by focussing on nature and rural villages, but he's a city fag.
>>275316266>walking along actual roads.didnt like that part. I just hopped on a bus on got to my next inn instead. also its kinda sad how monospecies the forests were. I get they had to replace them after WW2 but barely anything lives in a single tree species forest. its kind of eerie
>>275316322Most of them are what, oak and maple with a few ginkos? There are also pines and the cherry blossoms. They’re pretty nice especially around fall for the foliageI don’t see many birds though, probably the only cool bird I’ve seen was a pheasant/wild chicken
>>275316100>My brother plans on going to osaka for a few weeks next month and he does not know anything about japanIf he's just going to be in Osaka, the city sights proper can be knocked out in a couple of days. Rest will be temple daytrips to Kyoto/Nara/Ise, and nature, maybe some onsening at Arima/Kinosaki, and Himeji/Kobe.>nor does he care for nature>not the usual temple/tourist stuffHe's chosen the wrong country, if it wants modern boredom/clubshit just tell him to not even bother leaving Namba or shove him to Tokyo and contain him to Roppongi/Shinjuku/Kabukicho then.Fuck I hate my fellow Australians more than Chinks almost, unfortunately >>275316264 has some truth to it, (though the main difference is Bali-bogans don't flood tour sites en-masse like Chinks at least so generally not as much of an issue, plus the far smaller population to start with making them less omnipresent than Chinks).
>>275316275Worst part is they think they're famous for being relaxed, funny, friendly...Can't expect developed culture from a massive prison colony with the population of a few large cities I guess.
>>275316337theres still old growth forests sure but others are just some sort of pine or something. not even any bushes or anything
>>275316322>I get they had to replace them after WW2 ...Anon, Americans are faggots that are responsible for making Tokyo a culturally boring shithole after leveling it yes, but the Nips did the forestry damage themselves over centuries unfortunately.But yes it definitely does feel a little bit like assets have been copypasted when hiking in certain forests. There are good primeval ones still preserved though e.g. Yakushima.
>>275316337>I don’t see many birdsI got lucky I guess.
>>275316389In awe of the size of that ladI was retardedly looking up for a good while trying to see some wild birds when I went out, it was weird that I couldn’t spot any but crows and pigeons in the cities
Good thread.I'm thinking to visit Japan this summer, probably staying in the countryside (visiting a friend in Nara). I also want to go to Okinawa for some scuba diving, it's on my bucket list.
>>275316350>He's chosen the wrong countryHe's drawn by the food as far as I get it, as well as the fashion.>tell him to not even bother leaving Namba or shove him to Tokyo and contain him to Roppongi/Shinjuku/Kabukicho then.Yeah, I guess that's the best. I assume they get off worse in manga than they currently are?
Hopefully the moving Gundam will make a comeback. Watching the show next to a bunch of children and old people as it starts moving was something else.Only teared up twice.
>>275316389>>275316413Yeah, if you want to do birdspotting probably need to go deeper, and into Hokkaido or something to catch a rare tancho or the like.I like to pretend this cloud I captured while descending Fuji is a phoenix though.
>>275316413bird watching in Japan must be a difficult hobby. rewarding though, it has some great species I'd never see back home
Moomin valley was kino
>>275316100>and he does not know anything about japan, nor does he care for natureWhy is he going to Japan in the first place for a couple weeks? Kind of odd to go on a trip somewhere for a few weeks you don't know much about.
>>275316350There's some franchise of bar that is in every big city that I forget the name of but its known as one for westerners and people who want to hook up with them. I fucking hate bars though and the one time I went I had this Australian woman from the outback try to talk me up and her accent was just straight up disgusting
>>275316470Was it an English pub? I normally hear other anons talk about them like so
>>275316470>>275316481HUB?They are total shit holes.
>>275316481its styled as an english pub anyways. lots of standing around instead of one with tables to sit at like a japanese style one
>>275316430Cool same for me. More basics like Tokyo, Kyoto,Hiroshima. I'd like to stay 3 weeks
>>275316483Thats the one. I hated every person I talked to there. I guess in that aspect its 100% like a bar here
>>275316433>He's drawn by the food as far as I get itI mean, it's cheaper and of a bit better quality yeah, but you can generally find the same shit in any Aus CBD (except the finer delicacies like warayaki-cooked katsuo no tataki which is the best dish on earth, or delicious whale sashimi which even when bringing back canned and preserved the fags at customs took off me because 'lolnotsureifLEASTCONCERNMinkeisEndangered').>I assume they get off worse in manga than they currently are?Not sure what you're asking here m8, would like to buy a vowel.
>>275316437Oh they actually took it down? There really wasn't much there but I was just so absolutely stoked about going to it that it didn't matter.The popcorn Haro I bought fucking broke a flap after like 2 days, heh
If we're talking about awful tourist, I read a story where an american asked a japanese person "Hey, do you guys have any souvenir of the hiroshima / nagasaki bomb?"I can't even imagine the face the japanese person made when he heard that.
>>275315607There's no way you're comparing the cost of a computer to overseas travel.
>>275315571Not really anime or manga related but if I go to Japan, I'll probably visit Kobe city and the surrounding areas. It looks like a charming place.
>>275316541>latest gpu is like $500>scalpers resell it for $1500That’s a plane fare plus more
>>275316515In Sydney pic related would be $35 AUD plus $12 for a pint of "Japanese" beer that's actually rebadged Cartlon.
>>275316525There are some open-air relics, surprised such dumbasses haven't chipped away at them, e.g. the half-torii that remained standing in Nagasaki, or parts of the preserved cathedral walls, as they're relatively unguarded.
>>275316555Thinking you need to buy the latest GPU is even more retarded. Bet you're a good little goy.
>>275316556Maybe 10 years ago, a small plain akami tuna sashimi platter is fucking $20~ at every sushi joint in Brisbane now, fresh minke? Fucking $100 minimum if it was even possible to buy it here. IIRC that half/half sashimi/karaage set was $20 or so in bumfuck-decaying-Katsuura, and that was over a decade ago.
>>275316515EU here my aus friend, so the food is pretty different.>would like to buy a vowelYeah idk it always gets portrayed pretty harshly in media as if everyone there'd just scam you. I get it's not that bad in reality, but Roppongi and Kabukicho are just ingrained as bad in my head.
>>275316578If a Nigerian man is approaching you telling you “my friend I have good deal for you” then it’s a scam
>chicken sashimi with a can of yebisuI have to go back
>>275316516They stopped in April last year. I was actually surprised by how much stuff the was to do and discover. Like the exhibition revolving around how they go the project going, the people and companies involved and so on.In a room at the top floor where the cafe was they had a room with a documentary like video running, shame there were no subtitles.
>>275316593??? but hes LITERALLY telling you he has a good deal
>>275315571I went to thr Ghibli museum if that counts. I can't think of any locations from an anime I'd want to visit, except maybe Ueno to see sites from Mitsuboshi Colors.>>275316069You should know phrases and words like if you travel to any other foreign place. I was able to get around fine knowing 20 or so words and some hiragana/kanji. I highly recommend at least learning stuff like 'may I please order' ... 'this please' 'thank you' 'excuse me' 'sorry', etc.
>>275316578Oh, you mean Roppongi/Kabukicho specifically. Yeah it's relatively safe compared to any Eurotrash/American/Australian red-light district if anything. Just the nigger touts one needs to beware of, especially if one is retarded enough to actually enter one, get drunk, and get slammed with a ridiculous $1000 bill for a few bottles of some shit (if they don't just nig your wallet from your pocket while drunk anyway).Also on the topic of hiking, if anyone wants to hike Fuji (not that it's fun anymore with the crowds anyway), do it from the bottom. Won't see a single soul for hours most likely till you get to the fifth station, and can see the abandoned ruins along the way of the old ones. Plus bussing halfway up a mountain to the 5th is cheating anyway.
>>275316596>chicken >sashimiWhat
Thinking to travelling alone in Japan. I am not concerned about crime or else but more prices lol
>>275315571>Have you ever traveled to Japan Yes, had a fantastic time. Extremely highly recommended. >to visit places that are related to your favorite manga or anime?No. Lol
>>275316606>do it from the bottomHow long is the route?Also I assume spring/fall are the best seasons for hiking in Japan?
>>275316596Yeaaah, the mouthfeel of chicken sashimi was just too much for me. I love washoku but that, and pickled shit in general, I have to pass over.>>275316629>How long is the route?From the bottom, about 13~ hours round trip IIRC.Also for other mountains sure, but Fuji is only legally open for 2 or so months in summer generally (unless you want to do a suicidal winter climb and lodge a hiking plan with the local police/prepare).
>>275316236As a tranny myself i hate my peers and encourage you to as well. I tried to do my best to do good in japan but my home stay family almost got in trouble because i was young and dumb enough to torrent something inconsiquential there. Pretty much ruined that relationship. Oh well. I lived and learned.
>>275316625How long have you stayed?
>>275316607what what? it was incredibly good
None of you are talking about anime pilgrimage sites.>>>/trv/
>>275316624>pricesBut everything is generally half the price of the west there? You're not a SEAMonkey are you? if so Tennou Emeritus here kindly asks that you not come.
>>275316646You can walk the whole thing in 13 hours? I need to do this desu
>>275316646I want to go to one of these rallies with a Japanese woman on my arm and just smile and wave. Maybe while wearing a rice paddy hat
>>275316606>nigger touts one needs to beware ofAs anywhere else.What about japanese touts? As far as I could see most clubs have people outside to get customers to come in, and I can't imagine those being scams as wellAnd thanks for the Fuji tip, makes sense when you think about the average fitness and commitment level, but I didn't factor that in at all.
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>>275316676Nono I'm italian. Glad to know i was checking the hotel and seem cheap compared to the one in florence/rome/naples or milan. >>275316675I want buy many Eva's related stuff in japanese...
>>275316605Bare essential phrases to be polite (hello, thank you, excuse me) sure, but Japs will feel obligated to respond in Japanese if you start with it, and if you don't learn enough to comprehend and respond it's just obnoxious and wasting time.Always use English first if you're dekinai.
>>275316677Yeah it's not a technically challenging climb at all, just the length. They do recommend against bullet-climbing though due to altitude sickness but I did it (in my 20s over a decade ago admittedly) and had no issue.>>275316693Please leave the Japanese Nazis alone they're the only hope against the Jeetvasion.>>275316675Shhh /trv/ fucking sucks these threads are always much more fun.But fine here's Shimogamo Jinja from hit animu Uchouten Kazoku then, taken years before the animu aired though.
>>275316758No need to abuse spaces in your posts friend, this isn't reddit.
>>275316758>spoilerAs soon as they bring up soaps or dating, I’m out
>>275316768I'll never understand why 4chan hates spacing lmao. They make text more easy to read
>>275316768No need to cosplay as an oldfag, newfriend.
>>275316768Tell it to 2005.
>>275316818those replies are something Elon would post today, completely unironically
>>275316675but anon I want to talk about japan, not about whores
>>275316734>hotel and seem cheap compared to the one in florence/rome/naples or milan. Well Tokyo hotels maybe are getting overpriced unfortunately in recent times, but as it's the shittiest place in the entire country could be worse.Or, with a JR pass, save money by taking night trains~ of which only the Sunrise Seto/Izumo runs daily now unfortunately, fug I miss the Hamanasu for overnight access to Hokkaido, saved so much time compared to sitting on the Hokuto for half a day.
>>275316337>>275316413How do you go to Japan and not notice the mobs of Black Kites swooping down trying to steal your food? There's as many of them on city riversides as crows
>Those fun things you could do and places you though about maybe visiting in the future?>They're SHIT now because of CROWDS (not the gachaman kind), it's only gonna get worseAh, fuck. The countryside, i.e. nature and some of these cozy towns in bumfuck nowhere would be fun, too. Especially if they're half as cozy as they're being portrayed (which, from the pictures, they seem to be).But then, as a gaijin, you're kind of screwed if you wanna go there? Great.Wish I had infinite time and money, and a friend/guide that knows what they're doing, to see it all.
>>275315571What's this, Uma-musume tribute?
>>275315593reminder minimalism is just being cucked spiritually and physically by your betters.t. maximalist enjoying buying physical goods in japan each year
>>275315571I hear Washington used to get a lot of Japanese tourism because of Twin Peaks.
>>275316442>>275316440>/a/ thread>bird watching brought upNow's my chance. Do you based anons happen to know which bird this is in Samurai Champloo?
>>275316876Don't get me wrong, yes crowds suck in some locations (e.g. Asakusa, Kiyomizu, and Kinkakuji off the top of my heads are probably the three worst places for them in the country), but it's mostly a Kyoto/Tokyo problem. And you can still work around them by going to places early or at night where possible (e.g. a Fushimi Inari night climb is honestly much more atmospheric than during the day, and 6 years ago at least the place was still almost abandoned after dark).>But then, as a gaijin, you're kind of screwed if you wanna go there? Great.Plenty of EOP tourists do it just fine, though yes not being a Dekinai definitely makes it more enjoyable. Just spend a few months doing Genki I + II to get basic everyday conversational down, ganbare anon-chama!>>275316900After Jewgling the name, I'm guessing it's the grave of the actual horse one of them is based on (haven't watched the shit).
going to japan made me hate australians, french, and chinese like you wouldnt believe. I was amazed how well behaved the fat fuck americans were in comparison.
>>275316999When did you go?
>>275316648Copyright violation, even on a personal scale, is actually a criminal offence on the moon, not just civil unlike almost every other country in the world so yeah don't do it on your friends' wifi there.I still meet my host family almost every year 12+ years later, even if you are a disgusting tranny that does sound sad to lose that relationship.
>>275316900That's the grave of the great and beloved Sakura Chiyono O
>>275316857The JR i think it's mandatory and cost as high speed in Italy with the difference seems like you have nice bathroom in those trains (so i would not have to clean my ass with hand sanitizer...). My vacation is usually on late august/early september i know it's really hot and wet in japan but same in Po valley...
>>275317058Seems it only died in 2012 after having a heyday in the 80's, least it was loved.
>>275316876Just do it faggot. Look at google, find nature you want to go to and, find some ryokan or other small place to stay at and walk around.>>275316989>Fushimi InariI went last year during the evening and it was almost deserted.Any other suggestions for stuff to visit at weird times?>>275316999>frenchI witnessed some old french man drag his ~14yo son through the 18+ floor of some akihabara store and complain about the lack of morals. of course in english, at the top of his lungs and with a thick french accent.
>>275316989>a Fushimi Inari night climb is honestly much more atmospheric than during the dayThat's cool to know and definitely worth considering. This is one of the places I'd definitely want to see if I were to go, crowds or no. And going at night almost seems preferable on its own anyway, so if there are less people, that makes it even better.>being a Dekinai definitely makes it more enjoyableYou can't learn Japanese, but maybe this year, I'll try for real.
>>275316989>a Fushimi Inari night climb is honestly much more atmospheric than during the day, and 6 years ago at least the place was still almost abandoned after darkCan confirm. I went Christmas 2023 and it was a nightmare because of the crowd but the higher up I got and the darker it got the more fun I had.When at crowded locations it's important to just move along and try to step aside at spots that are off the main path 90% of people won't pay attention to. Just discovering stuff off the main road is fun in itself and you get away from the crowd.
>>275317058Fuck. Wrong pic.
>>275317058wasnt that a male horse?
>>275315571that grave marker is not gonna last
>>275317125They're Uma "Musume". Not Otoko or whatever.
>>275317062The difference is they're actually on time, clean, and the stations aren't fucking disgusting either yes. I'll never forget arriving at Naples, thinking 'wow the entire track is covered in cigarette butts and actually looks orange nothing could be more disgusting then that', and then stepping out INTO Naples itself from the station and thinking I had just teleported into fucking Mogadishu. What the fuck is wrong with the south of your country?>>275317073>Any other suggestions for stuff to visit at weird times?Out-of-hours for basically any popular Shinto shrine as most do not really 'close' as such (just the gift shop/omamori windows close up).For most popular sites with actual opening hours though, getting in right away at 7 AM or whatever usually gives one an hour of peace at least though before the Chinkbuses arrive.Also, summer and winter touring. Yes, it's hot and humid and sweaty (basically just the same as Brisbane though so I don't mind) or painfully cold, but at least you avoid the Spring/Autumn peaks. E.g. Kyoto in January/February is a bit uglier with bare trees and no real nice snow to compensate either, but that also really thins out the herd as most tourists will be in Hokkaido or at the ski fields during that time.
>>275315947it's infuriating to think about how this one faggot easily negates hundreds of anons going over there and putting in the effort to act properly
>at shirakawago>one of the houses was the studio of some quiet old mangaka/animator>he was selling some of his paintings out front as a side income>in comes some fatass European (presumably) couple obnoxiously trying to haggle with him loudly for the paintings in broken English despite him clearly wanting them to just buy it or fuck off>he eventually gave them a discount just so they would leaveWatching it happen was just sad, the couple were incredibly disrespectful
>>275317180If it makes you feel better, that one faggot must have offed himself by now
>>275316596>OKG RAW FOODthe japan has good food meme needs to stop. it has allot of good shit but food is not one of them.
>>275317193Honestly not sure if that's worse or, or the tranny. Have been a few occasions where I've stepped in to TL to stop a total cringejin from fucking up the gaijin reputation any more than it already is, but usually it's just them not understanding some basic etiquette/being loudly obnoxious and expecting a staff member to help them in English for something somewhere that clearly none speak it.Alternatively, just go pic related.
>>275315947>it's even laminatedHoly shit lmao what a fag
>>275317029Ive been to Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto loops every year for about a decade now. Aussies, French, Chinese in that order are the worse tourists in japan by an easy metric.
>>275317177>summer and winter touring.Thanks anon. I'm heading there next month, so I guess I'll actually do some tourist stuff this time.
>>275317177> I'll never forget arriving at NaplesAHAH piazza garibaldi! Yeah it's traumatic. >What the fuck is wrong with the south of your country?Terroni don't think Milan or Turin it's better nowdays. Honestly as Italian i'm in love with florence.Is Kobe nice and less crowded than tokyo, kyoto? I am brainstorming lol my dream is the countryside but as first trip i prefer avoid...i'd be a Gaijin there lol
>>275317256>Just looping Tokyo/Kansai over and over>Not heading to the beautiful inaka/smaller cities after the first one or two tripsAnon-chama. Wagahai...>>275317234Fuck it I'll post the last one too as it's actually on-topic also.
I'm was planning a trip to Choshi Port Tower to pray for luck for my romantic life (or the lack of) after finishing Amagami SS a few years ago. Turns out it's a long way out from the major cities and I can't speak moon.
>>275317281I loop the big cities because I live in beautiful american countryside and I go to japan to surround myself by anime shit. I also dont speak no ninjongu like some sad weeb trying to be japanese. you cant from any take day trips anywhere japan is small as fuck its like a 30 min plane flight anywhere in the entire country at this point the only places ive not been to is okinawa which is too hot and hokkaido because too cold
>>275317258>FebruaryGo see some fun setsubun festivals at smaller shrines if you're there in early Feb at catch some beans from the priests, probably not too many jeets/chinks at those still.>>275317279Kobe is smaller yes, but other than the earthquake museum, Luminarie in Dec/Jan/whenevertheyfuckingmovethedatetonext, and Arima Onsen/Mt. Rokko nearby, its average Chinatown, and overpriced beef, there's not a whole lot to see to be honest. Osaka/Kyoto/Nara have much more for the tourist to see.>FlorenceYeah it was pretty nice, even if the tourist sites were still crowded in 2019. >tfw I thought I could just rock up and see David but nope, needed to pre-book days/weeks in advance, loltoobadfuckoff ;_;
>>275316430On this, does anyone have experience going to one of those summmer festivals? Is it just like the animu?
>>275317217This. Every fucking country in the world has nice food.The Japanese are just into arranging the food so it looks nice.>>275317232I did the same thing at Comiket once where 2 guys were asking one of the people guiding the crowds where they turn the QR code into an entry handband. The guy looked a bit overwhelmed with English questions so I showed them instead.>>275317279>>275317344Kobe is mandatory if you're a Fatefag. Aside from that the architecture is interesting.
I've been to Shimo-Kitazawa, Enoshima, (Bocchi the Rock), Hakone (Evangelion), Takehara (Tamayura). Will gonna visit Sapporo, Lake Toya (Sora no Method), Oarai(Garupan) in a few months.
>>275317340*can take
>>275317340>the only places ive not been to is okinawa which is too hot and hokkaido because too coldSpoken like a true Amerifat.I have 43c summers here, and even Abashiri at -22c was fine for me, just wear the right clothes.Few things more beautiful than walking through a snow-covered Hokkaido town.
>>275317413Retard here, what even is the relationship between Hakone and Eva? Is Tokyo-3 supposed to be in Hakone or is it just because of some marketing campaign?
>>275317438An American spirit here must taste supreme
>>275317217>>275317385Chicken sashimi is a bit much just due to the texture yeah, but other sashimi is perfectly delicious.And there's plenty of good cooked washoku out there also. If you want to be max-Amerilard, go to Miyajima and gorge yourself on custard/chocolate/etc-filled momiji manjuu.
>>275317438contrarian opinion but I don't get the otaru hype.The small glassware stores were nice, but the canal was meh
>>275317438I may be a amerifat but better that then a europoorjoking aside I just dont care about japan outside animation so those areas never interested me.
>>275317452>Is Tokyo-3 supposed to be in Hakone Yeah, most of the engagements with Angels happened there.
>>275317438You realize America gets cold as well right?
>>275316596IT'S FUCKING RAW
>>275317516Gotta pay more attention next rewatch it seems. Thanks.
>>275317356>On this, does anyone have experience going to one of those summmer festivals? Is it just like the animu?They all have stalls selling the exact same overpriced potato snacks/karaage/taiyaki/kids games/masks, sure. Those get boring after the second time seeing them.The actual festivals themselves are often quite fun though. Osaka's various Danjiri festivals are probably a personal favourite, or Sapporo's snow festival, or the Aomori Neputa, or Nara's Yamayaki where the madlads light an entire mountain on fire.>>275317504Yes it's a bit average as a city, but the snowscape is beautiful, and the winter festival/lightup at night for the one or two days a year they do it is also a lovely stroll.>>275317510Shou ga nai~>>275317529More the 'I don't want to be temperature-inconvenienced in any way' general attitude.
>>275317217>meme
Pigeon, Japan
>>275317344>Osaka/Kyoto/Nara have much more for the tourist to see.Thanks for the tips. Also..was thinking to exploit my italia. "friend" and his japanese wife in tokyo for a quick trip in the countryside if possible on a weekend. Kyoto i think mandatory. That city looks really cool.As evafag i'd love Hakone>>275317385I'm more an Evafag so should be Hakone in my case lol
>>275317641Just do a daytrip to Nikko or Kamakura or Kusatsu or somewhere close with them.>>275317622>even the notoriously biased French couldn't rig it and give themselves first placeHonestly the best evidence of the power of washoku.>>275317568>>275317356*Also honorable mention for Uwajima's Ushioni because it's just fun.And Kochi's Yosakoi, probably the most energetic and fun festival in the entire country with very neat synchronised dancing troops.
>>275317568>Osaka's various Danjiri festivals are probably a personal favourite, or Sapporo's snow festival, or the Aomori Neputa, or Nara's Yamayaki where the madlads light an entire mountain on fireInteresting. Do you know if it's possible find out the dates and locations of the various festivals? I was thinking of perhaps checking out one at a smaller town or shrine just so it won't be crowded with tourists.
>>275315571Why bother? All Japanese cities look the same, like USSR but clean.
>>275317638>Wet pigeon I rescued from a pond at Sumiyoshi Taisha in winter, JapanIt probably died shortly after something wasn't right with it.
>>275316555If you know enough to only replace the bits that break and not pay for software, it amortizes pretty well. Especially when your time is worthless.
>>275317568>More the 'I don't want to be temperature-inconvenienced in any way' general attitude.we invented ac for a reason but yep got me.
>>275317622>OMG RICE AND RAW FISH>OMG MY THOUSAND FOLDED FAT LAYERS OF WAGYU>MMMM RAW CHICKEN>I LOVE SOUP
>>275317677The Otori one is decently big but not the biggest so it's a safe bet (still busy though). Usually held in early October. The JNTO publishes monthly lists for festivals around the place that is actually surprisingly comprehensive for the mid-sized and above events: https://www.japan.travel/brochures/eng/index.php?publisher[]=1&jnto_category[]=102As they only publish for the current month at the start of it though, best to look at last year's, find the event, then jewgle it to find the current year's exact date as it may shift.
>>275317638Nice pigeon... we have parrots in Milan. They are growing in numbers. >>275317699Noo poor pigeon :(
>blogposting thread
>>275317677Also there are some on in the summer months, can possibly combine it with the Gion festival in Kyoto which is also a sight worth seeing.>>275317842Yes.jpg
>>275317842What is your favourite bird? I love ducks.Are ducks cool in Japan?
>>275317754Thanks anon, I'll look into that!
>>275315571yeeathere was nothing much to do in a monday morning
Arima Kinen is pretty kino if anyone cares
Seriously considering going back in June or July but I'd be in Tokyo the whole time and I don't think there's anything special to do at that time of year, all the interesting stuff like Comiket, Mogra Anniversary and Koshien happens in August
>>275318186>June or JulyYou can go watch the Japanese Derby if that's your thing.
>>275318186Maybe not animu-related but still fun festivals around/the world expo this year also, and the Setouchi Triennale this year too.But it is also the rainy season, always fun with the station floods stranding you somewhere.
>>275318285I liked Uma Musume but I'm not really interested in actual horse racing>>275318304>Setouchi TriennaleI've always wanted to visit that part of Japan, and Takehara and Onomichi, but as I said I'd be stuck in Tokyo for a mahjong tournament
>>275315571My favourite manga takes place in dystopian future World. I still wait for this times to come.
>>275315947Jesus
>>275315571I'd love to visit that Evangelion town, but seeing how 99999999 other weebs do it already, I never will.
>>275317452>Is Tokyo-3 supposed to be in HakoneYes.
>>275315947Yup I'm thinking based
>>275316555>a computer MUST have the latest components to work and be useful for anything at all
Haven't organized my photos from my trip yet so here's a funny pic from this past comiket. Line that loops like 5-6 times for the toilet stalls.
>>275318731>ree i cant do something others do even if id enjoy it
>My wish is that next time I'll be able to draw Hanyuu better
Probably gonna jump off the anohana bridge
>>275319172Well that's not very Nipah of you.At least spend your life savings touring Japan first might change your mind.
>>275318731This is the MOST autistic thing i've ever read lmao
>>275315829Chimping out is just part and parcel of living in Kyoto
>>275319307imagine having such a sheltered life some teens with hand sparklers give you ptsd. truly a domesticated people.
Night view from Daikichiyama of Hibike Euphonium fame. Wasn't planning to visit Uji during my trip, but saw it was a stop on my way back from Nara and convinced my travel buddies to get out and have dinner there.
>>275319366I know rightWho hadn't pissed on someone else's bike with bros
Kinda unrelated but there's a lot of japanese Twitter accounts that just upload landscape photos with little Pokemon figures in them, they're neat
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>>275319570>>275319612>>275319629Something very nice and peaceful about these pics
>>275317042>serious crimeIt sucks but i learned a lot and stopped worshiping japan both out of what i didnt like and respected it more for what they did do. Theyre a very generous people and i was so clueless back then. They need to be protected from more gayops and undersea nukes.
>>275317695>visiting cities missing the point of traveling. The point is to see the local fauna >>275315571>Have you ever traveled to JapanYes. Really wish I didn't lose my phone I had tons of cool pictures>to visit places that are related to your favorite manga or anime?Fuck no that is beyond lame. Just like the losers who come to my town to see da stairs movie man was at or whatever
>>275317748This but unironicallyMaybe except the raw chicken
>>275319798ngl you sound gay af
>>275319798Hakone looks pretty comfy...Look lake Ashi. Be evarelated it's just a plus
>>275319868Damn, wish it wasn't overcast when I took my pic there.
>>275319853And you sound like a city fag
>>275317217Looks pretty good to me
Last one, oyasumi.>>275319570Taking photos at tourist sites with figurines of any and all franchises has long been a thing in Japan, not sure when it started.>>275319796Unfortunately Tokyo is pretty finished at this point, hopefully the rest of the country doesn't follow suit. If only Abe-chama were still around...
>>275320429Good night anon
>>275315571I live in Japan and have two kids in the school system.Seeing people on this board treat it like some magical fairy kingdom they need to gatekeep is weird.
>>275320551is home schooling ever going to take off in japan?
>>275319798Well you could see the sights AND local fauna too. For me it's the sea and marine life + aquariums.
>>275320429Beautiful pic, anonWhere's that?
>>275320551>implying it's not a magical fairy kingdom needing gatekeeping from jeet invasion and all the SDG bullshit being pushed of late
>>275320631>shrine on waterno doubt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itsukushima_Shrine
>>275320597Marine life counts as fauna. I live near one of the biggest aquariums in the country and despite having my scuba license didn't bother when I was in Japan.
>>275320551The only magical thing here is you ever touch a woman’s hang
>>275320748>esl>immediately thinking about getting locals drunk and rape themGood morning saar?
>>275320748KYS
>>275319377I've only been there at daytime but it's neat and not a bad hike. I hope you also found the Kumikobench.
>>275315571would it be considered rude to leave orange dildoes on peoples graves?
>>275315571サクラ千ヨノオー ？ >CarrotsAre we talking about a horse ?
>>275315947Gaijin cringe time?
>>275320897I did, but it was impossible to recognise because it was already dark, and because of the water treatment system they put next to it.Also got this terrible shot of the bridge from the iconic season 1 scene. Sadly the phone I had with me had terrible camera performance at night time.
>>275320877>>275320888>japaneses dicklets seething
>>275315571I went to Kyoto/Tokyo 2 weeks ago. I do love the konbini booze/riceballs there.
>>275320983God that's so cringe and also offensive to japanese culture.
>>275321123What's with this guy ITT acting like Tokyo is overrun with jeets and chinks? Is he talking out of his ass or is there any truth to it? I went to Japan in fall of 2023 and there were chinks and gooks but no real jeets to speak of.
>>275321440I mean the Chinese make a large majority of tourists in the world, so its inevitable that there are a bunch of Chink tourists in Tokyo. Don't know anything about the Jeets though, didn't see any.
>>275321440It’s gotten pretty bad rece
>>275321668*recently
>>275317699>something wasn't right with it.Brain worms, maybe. Who knows? It could be posting among us right now.
>>275316083it's supposedly full of gaijins
I live in Japan and part of my job is to show foreigners around actually. The first year or so I was obsessed with going on seichi junrei and made it to dozens of spots, but since then I haven't been on as many, which is a shame. I should get out more, but for the most part I only visit Akiba or Nipponbashi to shop now. I will say if you can completely navigate Shinjuku station without your phone, you can get around anywhere in Japan, except for Osaka/Umeda, that absolute mess.If anyone's planning on coming soon I can give recommendations on where to go/eat at least. I have at least 100 ramen shops bookmarked across the country.>>275318981Hey, I'm in this picture. Judging by the timestamp I'd be one or two lines back from the front, frantically checking the time because if I wasn't back by 10:20 they'd start moving the entry line, and I was at the very front of 3-1 so I'd be the first to move.
>>275323117>part of my job is to show foreigners aroundHow does one become a partial show-arounder of gaijins?
>>275323210I just ended up finding a job that made use of my jp experience. It's only part of it though, if you get into interpretation you see all sorts of work.
>>275315593What are you living for then? One day you'll be old and decrepit and realise you wasted your time on needless flagellation
>>275321440I was there in spring 2024 and the number of chinks was absolutely unbelievable in the major touristy areas.
>>275320925
I visited Ooarai in may, it was a nice small coastal town. Didn't really take any photos from any of the Garupan locations though because I thought it would be rude to snap photos of random peoples houses.
>>275317205Rich people don't commit suicide.
>>275323669Instead I took a picture of everyones houses from the Marina tower
>>275321224You misunderstand the Japanese attitude towards religion.
>>275323802Bullshit
>>275317217It's perfectly safe. They put more effort into making safe, sustainable, reduced cruelty meat farms. And into stretching the use of meat.
>>275320405>brown slop in oily water
Yes.
>>275324993Why is Gantz guarding the portal from Phantasm?
>>275323117>actually using the Comiket portable toiletYou absolute fool. There are so many restroom nearby with little to no queue.>>275321440I live in Tokyo and it's gotten way, way worse in the past few years for some reason. I don't know how or when it happened, but there are suddenly jeets everywhere now. It's actually scary how they seem to be in every part of the region.
>>275324634>safeI tried it and was in Hospital for half of my trip and it tasted gross.
>>275315947On the bright side, they will burn that.Not as cringy, but when i was in Tokyo some years ago, i got a good chuckle from an ema at Meiji shrine where someone wished for Great Britain to win the soccer world championship.I mean, that's basically asking the spirit of a Japanese emperor to let his own country lose - literally every other shrine would have been better for this wish...
>>275323976The emas at Kanda shrine near Akiba are always good for some laffs.
>>275324634Raw chicken can't be safe.
>>275316266>unfortunately Tokyo/Kyoto/Osaka are fucking owari da post-COVID, tourism numbers have gotten retarded from 10 million a year a decade ago to like 33 million a year now.Well, there are still lovely places just outside the major tourist spots. When i was in Kyoto in 2023, i visited a smaller shrine near the Tofukuji temple which wasn't a typical destination for tourists, and i had the place all for myself. Nothing special, aside from the 1000 year old sacred tree there, but i like the atmosphere of those places. Of course, in places like those it is always good if you know at least basic Japanese (wouldn't say mine is good, but it was enough).
>>275316442In the case of those grey and white herons you posted, i see those guys on our fields here in Germany on a regular base.I was far more impressed (and to a degree scared) by the insects and spiders in Japan. The first time a Japanese hornet passes close to your head is definately something else, and so is your first contact with a Joro spider if you have arachnophobia. (tankfully it just chilled in its net outside, but the size plus the fact that dozens of those guys occupied every tree down the street wasn't exactly calming).
>>275326590>post vegetable chartRetard. FYI the reason partial cooked chicken isn't a thing in the west is because rampant salmonella which needs to be fully cooked. Salmonella is extremely rare in Japan which is why they can ear "rare" chicken
>>275327051Vegetative bacteria are ones that can create spores to survive harsh conditions.
>>275315571I've lived in Japan for about 20 years. I have two kids that I love very much. I no longer currently live in Japan, but I go there twice a year for family and Comiket.
>>275326613I went to Kyoto during last sakura season. I stayed by the university, avoided the tourist-drenched big ticket attractions, and still found plenty of nice places with barely any people.The thing about tourists is that they only really know what's in blogs and guidebooks. A little extra knowledge-and willingness to do some extra walking can go a long way.
How does meeting people go there if you aren't extremely extroverted? I'd like some nip friends.By meeting people I don't mean poonhunting btw.
>>275316624>I am not concerned about crime or else but more prices lolsome things are ridiculously cheap compared to the US. some things are unbelievably expensive compared to the US.
>>275327646>unbelievably expensive compared to the US.Which things are those?
>>275317177>Out-of-hours for basically any popular Shinto shrine as most do not really 'close' as such (just the gift shop/omamori windows close up).This. We visited Zekoji temple (Nagano) a few years ago at maybe 18:00 in the evening and the place was empty. I shit you not, this is one of Naganos main tourists spots, and we were almost the only people on the whole temple ground.
>>275327670DVDs, dentists and butt stuff.
>>275327689>butt stuffIn what way and how do you know?
>>275315571I went and saw the three views of Japan (Amanohashidate, Matsushima, Itsukushima Shrine) based off of the travel manga Zatsutabi That's Journey (anime is coming this April and you know I'm going to shill it)
>>275318053Wait the school carriers are real?
>>275327277That's nice and all assuming the bird in question isn't tainted from the get go which is the chief concern and usually the case with poultry
>>275328548It varies by country. You should see how yours ranks.
>be years ago>school trip>pick Venezia for the Aria pilgrimage>tourists>tourists fucking everywhere>ugly hairy middle aged men as gondoliersFUCK
>>275328616>it varies by countryNo shit I already pointed that out. Japan has some of the lowest food born illness in the world thanks to being an island nation and running a tight ship. For the vast majority of the world it is absolutely not worth it
>>275327357The thing is that especially in Kyoto you don't even have to go long ways to see a quieter shrine/temple, they are literally everywhere all over the city, you -just- have to go to a random street and you will find one.But most tourists do not even do that.
Japan, home
>>275328824Most people aren't explorers. They're just there for the circus and sex workers. A few photos and they can go back to their hotels.
>>275327670Lawyers too... Don't ask me how I know.
>>275321224>God that's so cringe and also offensive to japanese culture.
>>275320429>If only Abe-chama were still around...I too love Government Man, Japan
I want to got but I just can't handle flying. It's so inhumane.
I was gonna go this year but had to cancel. I wanted to do something decent and traditional like calligraphy, or something else I can make to take home with me. I wanted to go to Gunkanjima too.
>>275327673Same could be said of Shirakawago in the evening. Most of the people there must have been visiting by bus.
>>275330251Go by ship then? Don't tell me: you're scared of cruising as well.
>>275331558I mean, i don't complain. You don't get this atmosphere when the place is swarming with tourists and worshippers.
>>275330251Stay home then
>>275329979He won if i am not wrong
>>275328628Venezia is a nightmare anon... i'm italian. Been once and that'e enough>tourists>drunk girls and boys piss and vomit because of alcohol>overall stinks as town>everything is overpriced as hell.The city itself is beautiful but it's disneyland
>>275329638>Don't ask me how I know>howWhy do you know this? What experience granted you this forbidden knowledge?
>>275327670>>275327689And crime.
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>>275315571No, since I always travel with locals and have to hide my powerlevel
I'd like to go to Hokkaido some day because of Golden Kamui but I'm poor.
>>275317180>it's infuriating to think about how this one faggot easily negates hundreds of anons going over there and putting in the effort to act properlyeh there are lots of weird people in Japan and plenty of normalfags outweighing them, I'm more worried about whatever delusions you have about the Japanese that you makes you so afraid of acting "improper" or whatever. The only Japanese people that have that a reaction vaguely like that are the ones that have to work with foreign otaku (language teachers) or deliberately seek out information about them, otherwise it simply doesn't have much presence in their lives.
>>275317413Shimo-Kitazawa is really nice even anime aside
>>275320551I went there for the first time in November and its honestly funny how easy and affordable it is to do so. If you care about Japan enough to have that fairy tale delusion theres really no reason not to go, if you save 3 dollars a day that's easily enough to go there in a year and yet we have anons spending 10+ wondering about going there some day like it's some impossible unreachable land.
>>275323976If I was a god I would want cute girls offered to me too
>>275335790Absolutely no reason to go to japan solely for otaku purposes if you aren't fluent in nip. If you just want to visit for sightseeing then yeah waiting is unnecessary.
>>275334798The prison at Abashiri in the winter is a sight, also the drift ice.
>>275321440>What's with this guy ITT acting like Tokyo is overrun with jeets and chinks? Is he talking out of his ass or is there any truth to it?Y... Yeah... it's all ok anon...
>>275321440Most places in Tokyo have them working labour jobs. The further away from Tokyo you get, the fewer you'll see.
Watching anime literally made me so sick and tired of Japan that I wouldn't even go there if you gave me free plane tickets + paid hotel(s) or something. Although the last straw was Persona 5 Strikers.
Anyone here gone skiing in Japan? I want to do a "pilgrimage" of the ski areas.On a related note, anyone know what Japanese schools typically have students go on a class ski trip (Skilager as it's called in Switzerland)? Occasionally there's a ski trip scene in an anime/manga, and I've wonder if it's dependent on where the series is taking place in Japan.
>>275315571I’ve been twice. First for leisure 2 weeks second for work 1 week. Going third time for honeymoon and will try to check some of these places out but cringing at your countrymen is more cringe
>>275315571Not Japan but I did an Aria pilgrimage in Venice and a Gochiusa pilgrimage in Colmar, Helsinki, and Vienna
>>275333318Tell me his tale, o' elder, so I may pass it on when you are gone.
>>275337727Oh I gotta hear this.
>>275316236I went a few weeks ago and not only was it winter so none of the rose bushes were available, but it's currently undergoing construction... I need to try again next time.
Speaking of chinks. I went to Oi racecourse to watch the Tokyo Daishoten race and it was really funny hearing old ojii-sans going "WTF there's a lot of Chinese people here". Said chinks probably did the same thing I did which was go from Comiket then to the racecourse.
>>275316648>As a tranny myselfGo back to Japan and retrace that Narcissu route. Including the ending.
I've always wanted to go to Japan but only to hang out in hot springs and see some temples.
>>275316063>an island country of its sizeyou realize that Japan is a huge country, actually, right?
>>275325327Not nearby the east queue. The one at the park gets a massive line and it's only got one. I spend my first few hours of the morning (after getting my spot in line) at TOC有明, which has a very clean bathroom, and the added bonus of being the least crowded building on site at comiket every time (I've checked) but I had already made my way back to the east parking lot (roughly 20 minute walk) and had time to kill.
>>275315593FPBP
>>275338961That's a perfectly fine travel itinerary, just do it.
>>275338582Any Colmar pics and suggestions? I'd like to go one day.
>>275315800>blaming SEAfags when the most obnoxious turists are all burgersYou people are literally the stereotype of "annoying gaijin"
>>275325327>>275337621Alright anons, if I have a PhD in an actual science field, how rough do you think going for a postdoc or something in japan would be? It seems there's some advice on /sci/ about it.
>>275339761Only when I can wrangle some work there, gotta be able to expense the flight or it ain't worth it.
>>275319570Can you share them?
went to kobe for the FSN locations and then Shelter for Bocchi, that's about itI'd like go see K-on school but it's pretty out of the way
of course windows windows doesnt remove shitty rotation even after resizing
>>275338763Oh yeah? Try this on for size. The school from K-On was under exterior construction.
>>275340997It is but that area is really charming. I went from Suzuka Circuit to the K-On school in a few hours and it was super chill.
>>275340655It depends on the university. Waseda will accept just about anyone as long as you're willing to pay.>>275328824Yeah, it's funny that you can area devoid of tourists within just 2 minutes or so walk away from the main touristy area.
>>275340655I mean, do you understand Japanese? Seems like a hard filter.
>>275340655It's possible if there's a place actually doing research in your specific niche from what I've heard. It's just kind of rare for that to be the case.
>>275316561Where are your pics of the Kotomine church? Mine sucks because the weather was awful when I went there
>>275341346the problem is that the train is not that frequent so you gotta be mindful of train times, plus theres not much else of real interest in the areawe're been to kyoto a couple times as well so we're avoiding the area completely given it's an absolute tourist hell now
I live in Tokyo. Haven't been on a proper seichi junrei in a while but the reverse kind of happened. I used to live near the Sumida river exactly where both Negaposi Angler and Edomae Elf are set
>>275342047It's fun to imagine that one of these fishermen I saw there every day could've been a writer for negaposi angler doing research
>>275315571Went to the train station and considered jumping in front of it to find out if Gantz was real.
>>275342127Recognized a lot of bridges and buildings in those shows
>>275342212Oh yeah, the town I currently live in is the setting for Shirobako so I guess I'm living the pilgrimage. These cardboards show up at every single local event
>>275342029Actually it's a pretty nice area, if you've got the day there. And while trains to Toyosato are infrequent (Omie-honsen, run a private company in Shiga) once you get back to JR's Biwako-line you will see trains just about every fifteen minutes. In fact, the station where the Omie-honsen starts in the north, Hikone, is home to one of the 5 extant Japanese castles to be registered as a national treasure. I recommend a visit, if you get another chance. I wouldn't overlook Omie beef as well, outside Japan not as famous as Kobe beef, but inside the country it's a delicacy. On the other side of Biwa there's an onsen, and a few beautiful temples and shrines, like Shirahige jinja, where I took >>275323117.And travel to other hotspots isn't bad either. Running through the JR Biwako line every 30 minutes or so is a special Rapid Express that hits Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe, and even Himeji, in just an hour or two depending on your stop. And it's incredibly cheap.
>>275341457>willing to payThat's not how post docs work anon, they'd pay him to be a scientist. "Pay" is a strong word, post docs are poor as shit.
>>275342283>Shirobako aired 10 years agoI'm glad some still remember.
>>275316555I built my computer in 2011.
>>275343364Shirobako is the bestI've been to the ramen place Taro goes in the show. I hadn't even considered it might be a real place but I met the owner at a bar and he bragged about it so I went the next day.It was fine.
>>275316648people torrent in japan all the time, you retarded or what? rhetorical question, you're a tranny.
>>275343364Last year I went to Tamako's market in Kyoto, which in addition to still having Tamako and KyoAni stuff after a decade also had stuff for the 10th anniversary of Uchouten Kazoku.
>>275315571I would only travel to have legal paid sex, and that's not a good enough reason to travel.It brings me no joy being hundreds of miles from home, to be in a strange land with strange food. I enjoy being safe in my dwellings.
>>275316671>>275316596miss me with that shit senpai
>>275342212>>275342127Funny how you hear some people screech how Japan is not fairyland or whatever and then you have random pics of nothing extraordinary looking like something out of a CLAMP panel.
>>275343835It's just a burger/thirdie cope
>>275343835It is legitimately a very beautiful country. There are lots of beautiful places around the world, though.
>>275318967Sorry anon but my 2004 intel pentium hp computer with now support less windows XP died everytime I opened youtube so I had to replace it.
>>275344868Linux bwaka
>>275343496It is riskier there due to being an actual criminal offence though, traditionally most used things like perfectdark for the supposed anonymity, assume many use vpns now.
>>275343835It really does feel unreal to me sometimes.>>275342539Not that anon, but I'm going to remember this for my next visit. I think I'll visit Osaka next, so may take a few stops along the way.
>>275321440It's true. If you hear someone talk loudly in the metro/subway it will be a chinese tourist 90% of the time.Not so sure about the Indians but after local restaurants and burger chains the third most common restaurant type you will find are Indian food and Kebab in same numbers.
>>275315947
>go to asakusa, shibuya, akihabara>oh no tokyo is so full of tourists and foreigners the city is ruinedCome on retards no normal Japanese people live in those tourist traps. Pic related is a pretty average station area in Tokyo. Go ahead, tell me where the foreigners are.
>>275317622Japanese autism runs kitchens and venues to a high standard but the food itself is overrated. Michelin by its nature fellates pageantry, and the land of the rising face saving has that in spades.
>>275346496There are 39,000 foreigners living in Edogawa Ward, and 36,000 in Adachi. Another 39k in Shinjuku. Outside the 23-ku, there's more than 10k in Hajiouji City as well. As someone who lives in Japan and sees tourists everywhere I go in major cities, I can assure you they are everywhere.
I wish I was brave enough to solo travel
>>275315593I had like to travel, but I hate airports. I wish ocean liners were still a thing.
>>275347383It's not as hard as it seemsIf you're really worried, try making some friends there through online platforms beforehand
>>275347500Lots of cruise operators do trips that end or pass by Japan/don't be a pussy and sit in the plane.
>>275347273Could you also check what percentage of the population of those cities that is?I live in Tokyo and near two big international universities and even then there aren't that many foreigners. It's truly a pointless thing to worry about. If I walk around looking for them? Sure I'll find one or two. Truly harrowing, I know.
>>275348464Tokyo has the second highest foreign population by percentage, just behind Osaka. It's small compared to other countries but massive compared to the rest of Japan.And I never said there was anything wrong with it, I just thought it was stupid to say they only kept around the big hubs because where I live I go days to a week without seeing any foreigners (despite living in a densely populated area) but Tokyo no matter where I go they're always a few.
>>275317622>Letting a french tire company tell you what is good food>>27534679490% of culinary school is learning how to cut any vegetable into millimeter sized cubes.
If I visit Kabukichō for the night life and hostess clubs how big are the odds of me getting accosted by Yakuza?
>>275317217ask me how I know you're fat
>>275348593I don't care about Michelin stars but Japanese food is delicious, I don't see how you can argue it's not. Like if you don't enjoy raw egg I understand, but that's like five fucking dishes out of a million so it shouldn't really be the basis to say the entire country can't make good food.
>>275348552People are arguing that Tokyo is being taken over by "jeets and chinks" and you think a relative comparison between Japanese cities is relevant?Yes, Tokyo has more foreigners than some random town in Kouchi. Thanks for stating the obvious.
>>275348606Near 0. Just don't follow the touts.
>>275348666People are, but I'm not. You said something completely untrue and I thought it was dumb and pointed it out. And there are many designated cities with a tiny fraction of the foreigner population compared to Tokyo, I'm not talking about small towns.
>>275348606Just don't walk in the middle of the road
>>275348696It is completely true that you most likely won't see a foreigner if you get off at a random residential station in Tokyo. You can probably find one if you look around for a while. There isn't a single foreigner I interact with in my daily life, and I don't live far from the city. The amount of foreigners in Tokyo could increase tenfold and it still would not be significant enough to change anything about the experience of living here.I'm addressing the retards that think Tokyo is some lost city taken over by foreigners. Why are you arguing against this obviously true point? With completely unrelated statistics and while omitting the only statistic that would help your case, namely the ACTUAL population percentage and not a vague relative one? >And there are many designated cities with a tiny fraction of the foreigner population compared to TokyoYes, obviously.
>>275348821>Why are you arguing againstI'm not and the fact that you still think I am despite my repeated attempts to explain to you what I am actually talking about makes me think there's no point in replying to you further. You said tell you where the foreigners are and I did - Shinjuku, Edogawa, Adachi. This is factually true.
>>275316442plenty of egrets live down here in south florida
>>275348606Walk down the middle of the road
>>275315571sure, i went shopping in SEAsia animes...https://mindrawan.me/blog/anime-pilgrimage-scene-hunting-in-singapore
>>275348666>more foreigners than some random town in Kouchi.i guess i'll goto Okinawa for tanned highskool grills.
>>275334630I saw you anonFucking kek
>>275348606Yakuza? Lol, i'm used to drunk moroccans.
>>275335549you're a tranny defender shut the fuck up faggot
>>275316389>>275316440yeah, pretty sure hokkaido has some big sea eagles that live there
>thread still hereNeat, also mods confirmed for jeets and/or SEAniggers.
>>275350577There's definitely some brown mods, got a vacation for calling out a shounen shit OP for being brown
>want to travel to japan sometime just to go up fujisan and maybe visit some country stuff>flights from europe are expensive>"okay i can just save some money for one trip">every single "flight" is actually 3 fucking flights through china and whatever the fuck, need to take care of visas and whatever shit and hope the fucking chinese won't hold me for whatever the fuck reasonwhy is everything so tiresome, i just want to go to an onsen in the mountains
>>275347383>I wish I was brave enough to solo travelAll you have to do is walk around, take photos, ride trains, check into hotels. and order food, none of which require any particular bravery.
>>275350686>shounen shit OP>brownAs long as it was merely for posting an obvious tautology I'd accept it.
>>275350730what. You don't need shit if you just switch planes at some airport. JP visa should also not be a problem, for me it was a 90 days visa on arrival.Just google or ask AI to get some general idea of how travel works.Look at the average retard tourist. If they can do it, so can you.
>thread still up since yesterdayNice
>>275350807>You don't need shit if you just switch planes at some airportevery single carrier i checked says "yeah when transferring in china, we're not responsible for the transfer and you need to take care of all the visa shit and whatnot"i think i'll just pay more and fly from germany or something, i think there's direct flights there, fuck china, don't want to make a single step in the bugmen countryALSOhow do japanese people look at people who try to speak japanese? i know a few sentences and that's it
>>275347383Solo travel is probably the best thing one can doIf you know the right places and time it right, it’s nothing but pure bliss and peace, like it’s just you that exists in the whole wide world
>>275327816Which of the three views did you enjoy the most? Going to see Amanohashidate and Matsushima this upcoming spring.
>>275328628the best time to go was just after the major covid bullshit i've been about 3 times over the years but that time it was basically dead quiet
>>275350892Nta but I went to Matsushima last NovemberIt’s nice, but full of tourists, I didn’t think it be that popular, especially on a November, but the ride there and sights were pretty nice You should check out cat island, it’s an hour I think away from on train to the city with the port that goes there. It’s also the area where kamen rider is from
>>275347383whats scary about solo travelingIts easier and nicer than going with someone most of the time
>>275350892Not him, but saw all three without knowing there's a manga for it till now. Itsukushima is probably the best just for the other things to do on Miyajima, but I haven't dared to visit for 10 years now as it's probably drowning in tourists today.Amanohashidate is just a sandbar/park to walk across, nice enough view sure. Matsushima is probably more interesting than it though because again other things to do in the area. And not too crowded comparitively (or at least it wasn't 8 or so years ago again...).
>>275350958Maybe as a first timer going alone For me, i was anxious how I was going to tackle everything on my own without knowing shit of nihongo, but it went way too well for me, and made pretty solid memories thereSome anons just find it hard to get out there like myself
>>275350941>You should check out cat island, it’s an hour I think away from on train to the city with the port that goes there. It’s also the area where kamen rider is fromI've read about the cat island, but it's a bit off from Matsushima and I'm going there from Sendai, from what I understand it's an hour away on the train then another hour for the ferry ride over.>>275350959Yeah I expect Amanohashidate to really just be a nice view and area to walk across, I plan to stay there for a night so hopefully I can dodge a majority of other tourists.
>>275350855At least for Hongkong that is zero problem.That is if you book it all in one. If you "travel hack" (retard move) and book two completely separate flights (EU->Hongkong and then Hongkong->JP) you will have to go through immigration. Just book EU->JP and then it should not matter at all which airports you pass through, otherwise that would be so much trouble and bad PR for the carriers if retard boomers that don't do research would be stuck everywhere.As a former quadrupple-check-everything autist here I can now say that air travel just works.As for speaking JP just know that 99% percent of people speak zero(ZERO) english and prepare. Learn Hello, goodbye, thanks, how to order/pay and how to ask for taxi/train station.I had a few 60-70 years old small restaurant owners in rural areas that seemed genuinely touched that some gaijin would say gochisousama deshita after the (very good) meal. But in general just use the translator app and accept being dekinai.
>>275350577You too, huh.>>275350892Different guy here, I would say Matsushima is way better Amanohashidate. Easier access, more stuff today, way less crowded.
>>275351010It’s kind of a separate day trip Normally there would be three (I think) ferry boats that go to the little island, so it’s more accessible day round, but I couldn’t go to it because the last boat was full since one of them was under repairMy plan was go there from Sendai really early, like 7am early, train there until 8 and bus to the ferry at 830. But even then the boat was full at the time. It is an hour to go there, but the island is big enough to walk around and make it back to the train station around 1pm, and I was thinking to do Matsushima on the way back. But since I couldn’t go, I hanged around and took a train back to Matsushima, walk aimlessly and then go back to Sendai.What I’m saying is that maybe the boats are fixed and you could do two things in one day
>>275343835It's very easy to find beautiful scenery in Japan. I've been living here for five years and I still find new, beautiful area every weekends.All you need to do is explore outside the touristy area and you can find new things.
>>275350577I got a warning hehe
>>275351064While true, I can't really recommend spending time exploring empty suburbs or random seaside industrial areas as a first/second/third-time tourists. They have charm yes but when you spend $10k and all your annual leave on a holiday you generally want the schedule sorted well beforehand with known locations.Osaka Bay is nice for fishing with the Jiisan-tachi also if you're so inclined judging by your pic.
>>275350686there's at least one, just mention the j words and it bans you.they work for FREEEE
>>275351010Matsushima also lends itself to some post-tsunami introspection with the memorials around the area e.g. Minamisanriku (though probably looks far different now than it did here in 2015).
>>275351084Oh definitely not, I just have the luxury of taking my time walking around less popular location since I live here.>fishingNah, I don't really fish. I just see a lot of them because I like wandering/biking around the coast.
>>275350989understandable i guessbut as long as the basics are sorted (accommodation and whatnot) everything else usually just works out in the end
>>275351135Sounds nice. Just hope you make more than the pittance eikaiwa slaves and the like make, and as that's the only e-z path to a visa it's the main reason I never really tried to emigrate there as I make too much bank in the west to give it up.
>>275351127The post-tsunami area is quite humbling to visit. I visited this high school that was left mostly as-is as a kind of museum. This car was on the third floor.
>>275328628Don't know how I did it, but ended up in Venice in May 2019 on a day with no cruise ships in town and the city probably only 1/4 as full as it normally would be.Only thing I did specifically for Aria and off the usual path there (having learned of it via Aria) was the graveyard island which was surprisingly interesting.
>>275335549KYS troon
>>275315571never stepped outside of greenland
>>275351491How does it feel to be Americanized soon?
>>275347383>I wish I was brave enough to solo travelJapan is the easiest place to do it. I have never felt safer. If you stop in front of a map in a tube station a local will come to you and offer to help you out before you've had time to even read the map.
>>275351426Ah yeah, the old Kesennuma Kouyou school. Think I went there in 2020.The Ukedo one near Futaba is also quite a sight, especially the collapses gymnasium floor.
someday i want to visit the places in "eating crab with a yukionna"
how to get an IT work in nipland? i want to experience living there for atleast a few years
>>275351602For the few that manage to pull it off, the trick seems to be, e-z visa via eikaiwa bitch job for a year or two -> look for work while there and pray you find a better job willing to sponsor you.Or fool a yamato nadeshiko into marrying you somehow.>>275351575The Tsuruoka Jellyfish Aquarium was quite nice, glad I went there after translating that mango.If you recognised some of the photos posted here from the storytime thread that anon did years ago where I dumped a lot of them, congratulations on your photographic memory also.
>>275351602I know a SE who lives in Tokyo. His game change was marrying a cute japanese girl.
>>275351426Yeah, it's interesting to travel through those area and see places where they decide to not rebuild and turn it into a park/memorial instead. There's quite a few of them along the coast.>>275351188Luckily, I was never an eikaiwa and was hired for my other skills instead. People keep saying to go through eikiaiwa first but I find that it's easier to just have N1 or 2 and apply for a job you have experience in.
>>275315571I've never travelled outside my home county. In fact, I've never been more than 200 miles outside of my home town. Being a poorfag AND a cripple is kind of a hindrance to travelling abroad.
>>275351760Same bro but now i have savings so i'd love to travel outside.
>>275351751>I find that it's easier to just have N1 or 2 and apply for a job you have experience in.Guess it depends on field/speciality and if it's something in demand like electrical engineers or something rare~, but for generic IT administration or the like, I doubt most would offer visas to foreigners considering the general worldwide oversupply + infinite jeetstream of IT graduates blowing in from the west.PS fuck I miss the old Glico man sign before they fagged it up by making it a generic shitty pixelated LED billboard.
>>275351084>$10kHow would you even spend that much?And stop abusing spoilers
>>275315571Does going outside the Budokan, or visiting Akihabara thrice, count?
>>275351016okay, thanks for the reassurance anon, i also traveled this way before and i know how this works, it's just that i've never had these kinds of messages pop up and thought something was different in china. thanks for the language info too, appreciate it>accept being dekinai.i'm afraid i cannot aloow myself to disrespect people like that
>>275351893Sorry was calculating in Australian funbux, so about $6k BurgerBucks for a 3 week or so holiday (flights, 100k yen JR pass, few days of rental caring, entry fees, accommodation including a few nights at fancy onsen, etc) which I'd say would more or less cover a comfy trip. Can go a bit rougher with more capsule hotels/hostels/etc and maybe take $2k off that.>bottom text.No.
>>275351971>6k (usa)Ah ok makes more sense.
>>275350855That "not responsible for transfer" shit is only when you book a self-transfer flight, which might be cheaper but if you haven't flown before I wouldn't recommend it. As long as you don't leave the terminals, you don't need to care about visas for the stops, only in your destination country. Like the other Anon said, short-term tourism doesn't require squat for most nationalities.Two-way flights from Europe with 1 stop (probably in the carrier's home airport) should go around 1.3k euro or thereabouts if you book a few months prior.
>>275340761https://x.com/E7wkxFI6JatBrQl
question for japanons and anons who were in japanis japan as clean as they say or is it a meme? both in large cities and some small remote areas, i heard conflicting stories
I had the distinct impression that the nips in Hokkaido were more accommodating to foreigners than those in Kansai and Kantou.
>>275315571Nah, but I've found most of the obvious places from Monster that are in Munich since coming here.
>>275352137It really depends on the city and region. Tokyo's slightly cleaner than your average western large cities, Osaka is just as dirty if not more so, Kyoto's clean outside of the tourist area, Sapporo's really clean, Sendai's clean but small, and so on.>>275352147It's about the same from my experience. You just have a higher chance of running into nips that can speak English in Hokkaido.
>>275315571>think about visiting Japan>not really interested in the cities>don't want to buy anything>just kind of want to see small towns and countryside and nature>but also don't want to be an annoying american tourist>but also don't like traveling much to begin with>but also don't really even like going outsideI'll stick to watching anime probably. Better to live in blissful ignorance about what the country is like
>>275352137Yes, except Tokyo (though it too was spotless until recently) because of the influx of jeets and SEAmonkeys there. So depressing stepping out of Nippori station the other year and seeing trash (both human and normal litter) on the street corners, with even the konbini being staffed by Nepalese or Filipinos or something with katakana nametags that talk to me in English first because they're probably N3.>>275352147Tokyo/Kyotoites already historically had a reputation for being a bit brusque (not Osaka though), doubtlessly amplified due to the overtourism in those cities however.
>>275352137It depends as usual, but many cities ban smoking outside of specified zones so the usual cigarette butt laden scenes can be ruled out. Even in cities which don't do that it isn't as bad compared to Europe. There's a street corner around where I live where the trash bags tend to be scattered sometimes, whether that's due to negligence or birds I dunno, but overall it seems cleaner.
>>275316181Based, I stayed in that exact town in 2019. The old couple in that small bar were super nice, they gave us a free bottle of sake. Despite slipping on some stone stairs during the hike and scraping up my entire right arm, my time hiking the Kumano Kodo was easily the most perfectly calm and at-ease I've ever felt. Best trip of my life. Not sure if it's featured in any anime tho.
>>275315571No, I don't have infinite money. If I travel, I will spend 100% of my time in places that actually have value. I'm not going to spend a day trip on the bullet train to go to some middle of nowhere town.
>>275352230welcome to the world of being an absolute mental duncei'd go tomorrow if japan was in the next town over, or if someone teleported me therei want to visit places, i just don't want to have to travel to those places
>>275352236Here's another pic, might be one of my favorite pictures I've ever taken. Too bad about the weather.
>>275352232>>275352231>>275352205thanks anons, this sounds pretty optimistic
>moved to Japan to enjoy eroge and doujinshi more>get a gf>don't have any time to enjoy eroge and doujinshiWhat have I done...
>>275351655i think you're might be the same anon who suggested me to visit those places, either way hopefully i'll be able to visit nipland again soon, also thanks anon
>>275352252Damn, that's actually really nice lighting and a great angle. I only got boring shots from the front up close and >>275316128 from afar at the end of the Kohechi.The whole nanki area/kumano is beautiful though, even if all the seaside towns like Shirahama/Shingu/Katsuura are a bit dilapidated.
Anyone made all 48 prefectures yet? Almost there. Probably would have made it last year but JR those motherfuckers changed the seishun 18 and made it shit and unusable now
>>275352345Probably, Hokkaido/Tohoku is just magical in general especially in the winter so sounds like something I would've recommended, half the reason I kept going till the end tl'ing that manga after all.>>27535236947, just Ibaraki left to actually see something in (have passed through it) but I'll do Mito and the Fukuroda Falls next time I'm there in autumn.But the seishun 18 changes only come into effect this year I thought. Anyway buy a JR pass poorfag and ride in style.
>>275352344Why bother with 3dpd if you can't at the very least enjoy those together?Drop her and run to toranoana NOW!
>>275338582Oh shit I went to that cafe when I visited Vienna, didn't know it was in GochiUsa. Really nice coffee, some of the best I've ever had. The cake was just alright though. Don't remember how much it cost but I'm pretty sure it was overpriced.
>>275352280>this sounds pretty optimisticThe bad stories are largely all from Tokyo/Kyoto/Osaka, nothing bad ever happens in the inaka unless you get off at Kisaragi Station.
>>275351971Just wondering because a friend and me spent 3.5k each for 5 weeks. That was with us choosing nice stays and eating without looking at prices. But that was '23 which was before the railpass price hike. And splitting the bill on stays also helped I guess.
>>275352614>spoilerこわい！
>>275352641If you don't move around a lot and don't have too many fancy nights/throw in some hostels, yeah you can do it on a shoestring budget (and sharing rooms will shave 30-40% off accommodation costs usually also yes). However inflation is quickly rearing its hook-nosed head even in Japan of late.
>>275352369>2024年冬の発売分からは、連続した3日間または5日間をあらかじめ選択して購入する方式に変更されます。Holy shit, they made it absolutely worthless now. What the fuck were they thinking. There's no real reason to buy the Seishun 18 now when you're in the JR East zone. Get fucked west Japan.>>275352452Can confirm that winter Hokkaido/Tohoku is a great time to visit. The main limiting factor for Hokkaido is that you'll need a car to get to anywhere interesting outside the city since the bus service's very spotty in winter and the train system's very limited up there.
>>275352683Yeah well maybe we just planned that good, who knows.>inflationHow big a increase is it? I guess the overtourism is also having an effect
>>275352725>What the fuck were they thinkingProbably that the tetsuota who use it don't generate much profit anyway, and that having it as an old-style stamped ticket that requires using the manned side-gates takes too much fucking time. Not sure if MARS can even handle non-consecutive tickets at present as they don't seem to sell any magnetic ones I know of that are non-consecutive.>Get fucked west Japan.Rude. JR West are the ones trying to revive non-billionaire night trains with the Ginga so they're currently my oshi >>275352452 . Do still wish I could ride the billionaire-class Shikishima/Seven Starts/etc though.>>275352726Everything just seems to be going up, 800 yen ramen is now 1200 yen, hotels in the cities are getting stupid but especially in Tokyo where some capsules even ask like 7000+ yen a night or some shit now.>>275352670わぁ！
>>275316128My brother, I hiked the Nakahechi route in 2023 and it was amazing. For some reason reaching Chikatsuyu felt bigger to me than reaching Hongu, though. Did you visit Yunomine onsen as well?
>>275352725Yamadera? Looks much more interesting than when I went in summer 2014, will have to go back I think. But IIRC it was a bit of a climb, hopefully not too icy on the way up?
>>275352912It's a nice trail no matter which, but the Kohechi definitely felt a bit more raw probably just because of the length (think it's normally 4 days but I made it 5 by starting from the bottom of Koyasan and sleeping a night on it). Plus I don't think the Nakahechi had that far-view of the giant torii IIRC (maybe it did). Coming over the peak and seeing it after 5 full days of hiking was a tokubetsu kimochi.>Yunomine onsenYeah but just a quick stop by Tsuboyu so I could check off 'bathe in the only world-heritage-listed onsen in Japan'.
I don't think I've been in any specific places from anime. I'm going to Japan late this year, so I suppose I could go to Enoshima cause of Ping Pong.
>>275352992Unfortunately Enoshima is pretty boring and just full of raburabu riajuu couples, but the seafood is nice I suppose.
>>275352992I remember it more from Tsujidou's wild ride, but now that I think about it Enoshima must be in a lot of thingsRecommendations for the best hikes? I did a rural sea level to 1300m height hike up a barely there mountain trail a while ago, so I have some base fitness.
>>275352791I've never ridden on West's Ginga, only the Tohoku Ginga. Had no idea the west one is a sleeper train.>>275352929Yeah, it's Yamadera. The path was all blocked up by snow so the climb was a bit iffy since I wasn't wearing winter boots, but it was fun just sliding down through the entire temple.>>275352992Enoshima's fun, don't forget to visit Kamakura too. I recommend just walking to Kamakura, Enoden is always packed full of tourists.
>>275352725>picwhere is that? looks fucking great, i went to the mountains a few times so
>>275353029>Recommendations for the best hikesDewa Sanzan, the Kohechi, Takachiho no Mine, Rokko, the trail to Jomonsugi on Yakushima, just some personal favourites. But it's a mountain country there are infinite fucking peaks to scale.>>275353030>Had no idea the west one is a sleeper train.Yeah but it's seasonal running only 2 - 4 times a week or so, and the destination varies. I abused it with the JR pass last November by riding it between Kyoto and Shimonoseki 4 times though. Need to 10-ji-uchi it though the couchettes sell out in <30 seconds of going on sale fucking madness.>The path was all blocked up by snow so the climb was a bit iffyShieeeet, I would've done it in the past for fun, but after slipping on black ice on Sapporo's streets a couple years ago and concussing myself into 2 hours of memory loss which wasn't scary then in the haze but terrifying after, I'll probably avoid it to be hontou kazoku.
>>275353034Yamadera, anon doesn't make the winter climb sound very OSHA approved though, here's summer for comparison.
>>275353034Yamadera in January. Everything just look way better in winter.
>>275353156>>275353188looks great all year round, thanks anons
>>275353188>Everything just look way better in winterThis is true. As an aside when it's not snowy yet in Aomori but there has been some snowfall in Hokkaido, and you exit the Seikan tunnel into a fucking oil-on-canvas looking winter wonderland out of nowhere, it's hard not to be a little awestruck.
>>275353277Entering Hokkaido always feel special. There's just something about the landscape that you can't find in Honshu.
>>275347500Being cooped up on a boat with a bunch of other people for weeks is maddening.
Safest place to go? I don't want to experience constant earthquakes
>>275316676Kek. You crackas are even more not welcomed to Japan. We SEA 'monkeys' are used to living with East Asians and have similar cultures and mores. You oth will offend with every step you take, every breath you take, they will be watching you.
>>275353436Earthquacks aint that bad.
>>275353436Anywhere in the country has the potential to suffer a magnitude 9.0 giganigga quake at any moment anon, if you can devise a means to predict where the next will be with accuracy let the JMA know.They're hardly constant though, I've only been in a location that felt a Shindo 3+ once after 10+ trips (during the 2016 Kyushu quake) and even then I managed to sleep through the fucking thing.>>275353457>similar cultures and moresIt's cute that you actually believe that, whereas the filthy, loud, haggling, street-shitting culture that permeates central and south-east Asia is probably as far removed from Japan as it is from pre-globohomo Paris.>>275353405I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels that. I suspect there's some differences in the flora also but you can definitely feel something different when walking around Hokkaido, (obviously the city layouts, being mostly built post-Meiji, have their own unique air also).The most JR-related sad thing though is not being able to enjoy the Hokkaido/Aomori sunrise from the Hamanasu when riding between Aomori <-> Sapporo anymore though. Very tokubetsu kimochi that was.
>>275353471I live in a relatively earthquake prone country and I actually enjoyed earthquakes up until I started collecting figures. Now whenever I feel shaking I start thinking that everything will crumble and crush my figures so they freak me out, don't know how moonbros deal with it honestly.
>>275315571I've always wanted to, but I don't know a lick of Japanese and I've never traveled alone before, let alone to another country. I fear my lack of travel/street smarts will end up biting me in the ass.
>>275319377Been to Kyoto multiple times but never bothered to take a day trip out to Uji. Anything of interest there?
>>275353702You'd be in japan (one of the most safiest country in the world) and in case of issues you can contact your embassy. Getting lost? Nowdays with gmaps, apple maps, website it's not a bih deal.
>>275353735Besides Byodo-in and tea, just some Genji Monogatari shit and a Kyoani outlet IIRC.
>>275335549It's very weird that you pretend to be aloof yet felt the desperate need to weigh in.Showing respect for others is something I don't reserve solely for the Japanese, nor is it based on delusions. One freak ruining the reputation of huge swathes of visitors is not only bad in principle, but it could even negatively affect my experiences in the future. I also guarantee that plenty of Japanese people who were not actively seeking out information about foreigners have had their perceptions soured by encounters with nutcases out in the wild as they were going about their normal lives. Stop defending garbage behavior, you massive faggot.
>>275333318I still refuse to believe that the "after" photo is actually him
>>275353702The first time i ever travelled alone was to tokyo in 2023. And I had a terrible first night there lol> the train i rode in stopped 2 stations before i reach my hotel (because it was 12 am)> I never look up how to stop for a taxi in jp before i travelled and i didnt even see one over there. So i had to walk 3km to the hotel> it was also drizzling that night, in march> to make matters worse, i booked my hotel on the wrong fucking day, May. I thought I was gonna sleep on the street that night. Luckily, the hotel staff was ablr to help me and i got a hotel that nightThe night was so shit i considered leaving the next day lol. Luckily that was the last of my worries and i had a great week.I dont have the pic with me but i went for a gridman and your name pilgrimage there. And the gridman movie was going on there.
>>275354199Another case in point to plan like Batman. Including backups.
>>275354199>So i had to walk 3km to the hotellmao, that's fucking nothing holy shit>drizzlingSo not even heavy rain? jfcI'm glad you had a good time, but that's just such a non-issue. Now, the wrong booking could have been an actual issue, not a mild walk with few raindrops come on
>>275354199Lol well nice adventure.
>>275354199>>275354339It's hard to fuck up in a truly unrecoverable way on the moon, my stupidest adventure was probably:>Start climbing Fuji from the base around midday>Think I can make it to the 5th station before dark and buy supplies, like a fucking torch for instance, there>lolnope longer than anticipated now you're 2/5 up the mountain in the fucking forests of Aokigahara in the foggy twilight with no one around pic related>nice old lady, probably a ghost, only other person I've come across for hours, gives me a headlamp on her way down the mountain right as it's getting truly darkThank the 八百万の神 for the kindness of strangers.
>>275354406>>Start climbing Fuji from the base around middayas someone who went hiking in relatively low mountains, that's extremely hilarious. no way you can do shit if you start at noon, first hike i went on to turned out to be a 17km / 800m up-down ordeal which ended JUST as it was getting dark and that was in a relatively popular area with cobbled paths.don't fuck with mountains kids
>>275352452>buy a JR passWish I could.
>>275354406Also inb4 >just use your phone bro, this was 2014, only tech I had on me was an Olympus EPM-2 camera and a Galaxy S2 with no data SIM (.pdf train timetables and cached google maps for daytrips back then, fun times), and none of the early third-party flashlight apps that probably were only minimally useful back then as there was no built-in feature.>>275354529The plan was to get to the top for the sunrise the next day, I didn't factor in also that the stores would be closed at night, assumed they'd be open for desperate hikers. I usually research things quite well not sure why I was so retarded with Fuji there.Storm ended up coming when I got to the 8th station anyway and basically everyone evacuated the mountain, had to come back and finish it the next week.
>>275354406>>275354529Yeah this is fucking stupid. The fuji hike STARTS at station 5.>Yeah but I'm a big strong gaijinNo you're a stupid prick and the reason why they instituted a fucking ticketing system to get on the hiking routes last year.
>>275354592> I didn't factor in also that the stores would be closed at night, assumed they'd be open for desperate hikers.aren't there any shelters on the mountain? we have them pretty much everywhere over where i live, open 24/7
>>275354637There's plenty but the fill up months in advance because it's gaijin central
>>275354647>There's plenty but the fill up months in advance because it's gaijin centrali feel like we're misunderstanding eachother. i meant the "shelters" shelters, not like hotels. places where you go and sleep in common rooms with 30 other people, when you miscalculate and absolutely NEED to get under a roof for the night
>>275354603>The fuji hike STARTS at station 5.If you're a lazy faggot that takes the bus halfway up. Who climbs a mountain from the halfway point and pretends they've climbed it?>Also implying the ticketing system has anything to do with safety and not the chink/jeetflood due to the sheer volumeLel, lelmao even.But anyway climbing Fuji today would be no fun with those Everest-tier lines, glad I did it 11 years ago.>>275354637Reservations required for the overnight accom. Other than that there were only some public toilets or the like and they did NOT want people staying long.
>>275340014Very pleasant town, pretty small too though so you don't need a lot of time to check out all the little nooks and crannies, and the train station is just a short walk from the old town, came via Switzerland so France was dirt cheap in comparison tooI wanted to check out some of the villages out in the countryside like Riquewihr that were also featured in Gochiusa but only had time for the main town
>>275354696>Reservations required for the overnight accom. lmao what is this nonsense, do people not get stranded in the mountains in japan then?
>>275354406My fellow zero planning hiker.>decided to do a one day hike for mount Kumotori during early autumn>got the first train from my place, arrives at the bus station in good time>got half way up to the peak>the sun was out so everything was nice and warm>decided to take a short nap because I didn't really sleep last night>four hours later>whole mountain is covered in fog>managed to make it to the peak and immediately have to race down the foggy mountain to avoid sunset>>275354637They exist, but they're meant only for emergency and not general resting.
>>275354861>for emergency I love the huts, they look so cozy inside too Almost used it once
>>275354847I'm sure some do. Sometimes there are volcanic eruption shelters (though don't recall seeing them on Fuji of all places oddly enough), but otherwise 'huddle in your jacket and wait for sunrise like the underprepared baka you are' seems to be the attitude. Shou ga nai~
>>275354861Oh they are there, didn't notice them but assume it's not really for general 'it's cold wet and windy and my feet hurt' entry then yeah.
Are you really having fun in the outdoors if your life isn't in danger? Carrying a katana in the wilderness would make everything a million times better degozaru. I hate the meiji restoration!
>>275315571>Have you ever traveled to Japan to visit places that are related to your favorite manga or anime?Kinda many but we're over the bump limit so I can't be assed to post pictures or anythingProtip just visit Enoshima, literally every anime visits there at some point so you can cross like thousands of anime out of the list
>>275354696>chink/jeetfloodLiterally you, you just think you're different because your skin is whiter
>>275354675That literally is what I'm talking about. You can't even get a cot at those shelters after they open reservations in April (travel companies book like 30 at a time in advance)
>>275354988>went through a shantytown looking place in day>dark woods, abandoned houses, tarp everywhere>felt like I was going to get eaten>see a sign >said forest of adventure >just speed walking dark trails and strange noises just at sundown The whole abandoned Japan areas are really true, and the sense of death makes it more memorable. Fell my balls hanging below my knees when it happens
>>275355005And he is right!
>>275355005Nah, I think I'm different because I actively avoid such overtoured spots, and don't travel in massive fagtour groups of 50 in the first place, Jeet-san (and also because I don't shit on the street). Again I'd never climb Fuji today with the current numbers there.Thankfully there's infinite peaks there again so plenty of others to choose from still, pic related in the Kirishima mountains 2 months ago.>whiterNo need to be jealous now.
>>275355025>Reservations for emergency sheltersDoesn't that kind of defeat the purpose of an emergency, last resort shelter?
>>275316675When I opened this thread I didn't expect to see mostly rural/historical sites being posted. Isn't the point of going to Japan as an anime fan to immerse yourself in the urban culture?
>>275355104No, reservations for overnight huts. The emergency shelters are only for eruptions or the like on such mountains though, not because you're going to catch a cold because it's pouring rain and you want to wait it out.
>>275355104wonders of capitalism
>>275355132The point of anime tourism is to visit anime locations, hope this helps
>>275355132The thread is 95% off-topic but it's still a nice thread considering the catalogue is only a range of different general flavors (spic,necrobump,porn).
>>275355140>令和７年>4chins STILL can't at least keep the rotation metadataGod damnit Hiromoot.Anyway goodbye limit-reached thread was the best thing on /a/ in months.
>>275341962Also huh didn't know the Oura Cathedral was an animu thing, don't read/watch Fateshit sorry, was a lot dirtier in 2015 though.
Kinda sucks I missed the entire thread, maybe I'll catch one of these in the future. Really makes me want to get back out there and travel.My greatest anime pilgrimage still has to probably me Cuenca for SnW but that's outside the scope of the thread lmao
>>275354837I accidentally ended up getting dinner at that balcony in the bottom right of your picture. Maybe the best seats in town by pure luck.>>275355790Would be less off topic than all this immigration discussion
Last time I was in nibbon did some Uchouten Kazoku locations in Kyoto and Patlabor in Tokyo (visited Gate Bridge etc). I don't have the pics on me and transferring them would take time so just imagine one of the most majestic bridges you've ever seen. Planes passed overhead so low that you could read their tail numbers, and underneath was a surprisingly comfy fishing area where people had fished long into the night and had barbeques, surprised at gaijins; Tokyo waterfront skyline over the sea.
>>275354837Man, I wish I was smart/rich enough to be able to live somewhere beautiful like this. Being stuck in the ass end of Ohio sucks.
Why the hell did >>275332224 get deleted?Didn't get a warning so I have no idea.
>>275343533Why the fuck are they putting out uchouten 10th anniversary promo materials? Not like there's anything new on the horizon. (Though there was a live action play on last year).>>275356017Reepect the kami bitch.
>>275356219>Why the fuckWhy not?
