A Japanese dude paid for my meal last night

>>2684709
IT CAN'T BE....BATORU TODO!?

The golden days of japan travel are over. Every normie and their grandmother is going to Japan, we will never be special gaijin again

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This is who's complaining about Japan being too crowded.
Literally just go in the 99% of the country where tourists don't go and you're golden.

>>2684814
There is tourists and jeets everywhere. Even in the inaka

Best website to find cheap hotel rooms in Japan? Booking.com?

My recent trip was fun, so far I've been to Japan 3 times. I'm considering going back, not now but in 2026 if I still have an income, but since I've seen what I wanted so far I'm considering doing a big trip to visit cities far away from Tokyo. Not sure how to organize all of this yet. So far I've lived in Tokyo for a semester (was supposed to be longer but covid happened), I've visited Osaka and its surroundings, Yokohama, Kamakura/Enoshima, etc. I don't see myself doing anymore cultural visits like museums and temples, besides maybe a few gardens here and there if the weather is good enough, a few weeks ago my favorite outings were related to otaku shit like going to collab cafes or fan events.

Anyway, I'm considering going back to Tokyo for a week when there's a new con/fan event and to eat nice food and shop for clothes. But I'm also considering staying in other regions this time. I'm considering Okinawa but I have no clue if visiting Hokkaido in the summer could be interesting and for how long. A friend of mine told me to check out the Ushiku Daibutsu for one day from Tokyo but I'm sick of temples now so I avoided it this time, idk. I thought at that point I might as well visit other countries nearby too one after another to not waste time and money on several separate trips. How is traveling from Japan to Korean, Taiwan or Vietnam? You think I could do all of this in one month?

>>2684709
don't make a new thread until the old thread hits page 10

>>2682009 keep using the old thread for now it will be up for a few more days and the duplicates confuse the schizos and jeets

>>2684814
This, just hike up a random non-famous mountain.

>>2684709
I saw less foreigners in Tokyo than in Kyoto
There were many times in Tokyo I was the only non jap on the trains

>>2684818
Google Maps or Tripadvisor automatically compare them all.

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Fuck me bros. I need to change a bunch of money in under a week.

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>have the opportunity to do a japanese course in Tokyo in august
>but also supposed to work again in may after one month break so I don't take it
>then the job shifts to june
>then to july
>and now no more precise date
I fucking hate my country and its shitty system so much. I should have said fuck it and taken the internship.
Fuck everything.

On a Japan travel related note, is Mount Takao really that great? Planning to go there in november, for the kouyou

>>2684947
>Mount Takao really that great
It's just a mountain. Has a nice shrine though.

I like to hike. Mount Oyama seems nice. Mount mountain.

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142/142! I can write Hiragana from memory too, now just need to write Katakana.

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I was sitting by the river in Kyoto last night when a drunk japanese dude in business casual came and started singing yanky doodle and say how he no speak good Engrish but he loves me and how he is sad he has no gf. His buddy who was with him kept apologizing to me for his behavior and and kept saying fuck you and flipping him off. These dudes were almost 40 years old btw

>>2685146
That sounds hilarious.

>>2684818
I've used Booking twice, Maps tends to make it harder to find specifics, I don't want a 6-bed dorm room. I've also found really good deals on there, I've got 18 days booked out several months in advance for like $45/night for minimalist business hotels. I'd still check Google to compare, but catching a room that was cancelled and opens for a steal price on booking has gotten me a way longer stay for cheap.

Any britfags been? How much did you pay for a return flight? Trying to work out what the going rate is

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>>2685129

>>2685129
I see old white boomers with very young looking Japanese girls alot in Osaka. It's very creepy

Has anyone been/planning to go to Comiket? What's the procedure like?
Looking to buy online tickets for the upcoming one, probably Sunday (which I assume is the busiest day?).

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Recommendations for places to get handcrafted Ainu goods while I'm in Hokkaido? Or handcrafted Japanese goods (esp carvings and MASKS) ?
Would really really like to get a straw hat while I'm there.

>>2685110
Great now you need to remember about 1000 kanjis and you will be Japanese

walking in adachi-ku at midnight was surprisingly comfy

>>2685556
はい

why is Kabukicho such a shit hole?

Here for the first time went to Osaka Kyoto and Tokyo and after the initial culture shock I've noticed jap city's are pretty bland and boring if your not into clubbing

Is it legal to bring Cialis to Japan? Been trying to confirm this all day and found nothing online.

>>2685595
i guess as long as you won't declare it on custom i guess youre fine

>>2685592
Nigerians. I wish the police could/would crack down on these filthy nigerians.
They also need to make these ugly old bitches fuck off, in Akihabara the maids used to be more aggressive in handling you flyers until Chiyoda's local government told them they couldn't do that anymore. Now they passively stand on the street and for the most part don't bother you unless you make eye contact or talk to them because if they get reported for touting they get in shit. Shinjuku should do the same, put a few of the underemployed cops in Kabukicho and tourists can complain when they are followed by these dumb cunts going "MASSAJE??!"
Enough complaints and they can drag them off the street and toss them in a dimly lit back room for the night, maybe fine them a bit too.

at what point do you get some yen, the airport?
do you just pay for everything in cash?

>>2685620
From an ATM, usually 7Eleven or Post Office.
Usually I have some yen left over from a previous trip.

>>2685605
I know this is pol infested but just want to point out most Nigerians in Japan are pretty well adjusted and assimilated. They operate becuase the local yakuza (they aren't actually yaks, there's other criminal gangs) have control with the local police so long as shit doesn't spill over the Japs are fine with keeping it a containment zone.
Also if you talk to people from the pre bubble and late 90s early 00s. That area was way more sketch and prostitution was even more blatant.

Not that I care getting a brat here is easier than SEA

>>2685637
so? its still a shit hole

Would it be less of a pain in the ass to go from Oita to Osaka rather than Oita to Hiroshima
There seems to only be direct buses to Osaka

maybe Japan could use some immigration...

On my 7 day here it's definitely not as good as Europe for solo travel the only people who say otherwise are people obsessed with jap pop culture shit
>Hot and humid as Florida
>Hostels don't have good common areas to meet people
>You can't actually go inside any of the historical places and buildings
>Most of the historical buildings aren't even the real ones because the real one burnt down in 1895
>Entire city enjoyment revolves around shopping
>Can't actively enjoy the culture because you're a outsider and feels fake to try too
The food is good

>>2685637
They aren't. Having went to "legitimate" Nigerian businesses - they still scam the fuck out of you at every turn. Nigerians are all the same, no matter how long they live here you can never take the Niger out of a Nigerian.

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Are the bars / kyabakuras that the girls advertize on the main street in Kabukicho just normal places or more scammy than others? Has anyone gone to one of them?

>>2685805
If you see older Nigerian guys out on the streets advertising a place, those are the good bars. They always have hot girls inside.

>>2685637
Newfag here, What is a brat?

>>2685637
>Nigerians in Japan are pretty well adjusted and assimilated.
LOL no
They are collared dogs who are reminded daily that if they fuck up they are on the first boat out of Japan and back to whatever shithole they are part of. Often with their assets completely seized by the police/customs and thrown under the bus for who knows what issue is happening that month.

Keeping your head down and shutting the fuck up, is not the same as assimilated.

>>2685834
Underaged prostitutes. I'm surprised that guy hasn't been sudoku'd yet considering how much he brags about being a pedo

>>2685838
I found the American who is shitting up these threads constantly. Your women are ugly by the time you are sex with then

I gave in to temptation with a lady of the night this weekend after my friend shy'd out of going clubbing. I mean, on paper I should be good, right? Protection provided. 0 bodily fluid exchanged. It's actually kind of a funny story, and it ended up being a confidence booster since I haven't had sex in a while.

>>2685880
>getting confidence from paying to have sex

>>2685895
It takes high test to walk up as a foreigner (where it can be a robbery) to muscle through the gruff for a soap shop and get a girl to kiss you on the lips (which is rare) and get cooming done. I lost my v card to a JAV level girl who people back in LA could only dream of.

Yeah I think that takes some serious balls though you wouldn't know virgin...

>>2685896
lmao

>>2685896
lol

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>>2685880
I find standing clubs and bars to be far better desu, but I guess the novelty of soap land is a one a done kinda deal. If your in Japan for more than a week get yourself a Papa-katsu girl. Hard but fun mode, try to do that at a maid cafe just be subtle. Buddy of mine got a QT girl from a medio cafe but has enough swagger to say fuck the rules and ask her directly for a sugar dad deal. Keep in mind as long as you aren't fat, clean, have some stable income, relatively /fit/ and most importantly you can speak or at least put the effort into speaking Japanese you don't have as high as an uphill battle in getting a fun fling. Be direct and nampa gently, just don't bring up anime and weeb shit at first, jap girls are into cute core doesn't mean they are obsessive fans of i.e touhou.
>>2685838
ywnbaw, if you didn't self castrate themselves you could probably enjoy Japan

>>2685805
Rule of thumb no, if anyone is touting they are trying to get people to go inside because they don't have customers, this applies to any kinda of store, restaurant, bar or sex club

>>2685826
top kek reposting for effect.

>>2685269
I've never been there and decided to go to a Comic City event instead, all I know is that ever since the pandemic there are too many people in each Comiket each day so there's a lottery system in advance and if you can't get a ticket that way then you have to buy a ticket first come first serve. You need to check the schedules for that on their website though. I went to June Bride Fes a few weeks ago and it was very simple, we all got in one of the waiting line (which depended on which circles/pairings you wanted to see first, there were two lines, one for the East building and one for the West building), the ticket was 1500 yen and I paid in cash but you can also pay with an app.

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>>2685838
Why would I harm myself?

>>>/wsg/5619730
>>>/wsg/5619735
Dolla general Su is pretty good. Think I might become a fan.

>>2685915
Where can I buy these in Japan? Any issues with bringing one home? I live in the US

>>2685745
Pretty much all buses to Osaka will pass Hiroshima or a place where you can change to Hiroshima, e.g. Kokura or Shimonoseki.

How to be funny in Japanese?

>>2685915
Lots of stores in Osaka have them like this: https://x.com/DVDtyuukoosaka/

Just booked my ticket.
How the fuck can I find a place to live in Tokyo?
Poor neet looking for a cheap share house
staying 6-12 months

>>2685908
I have a contracting gig here so I’m here till I let my terms expire. I am a bad negotiator, these girls just ask for more and more money.
Also I’m bordering on fat, my mexican genes blessed me with the early dad body, I just need my tummy to go away.

What are the factors to consider when deciding which city to spend more time in between Kyoto and Osaka? I will go to both for sure but I can't really choose which one to get a hotel in for a week. If I'm also planning to take trips in areas around the city, which one do you think has the cooler things to see nearby? e.g. Kyoto has lake Biwa nearby, Osaka has Nara nearby.

>>2685751
shalom

>>2686023
Just stay in Osaka and take the express train from Osaka station to Kyoto station. It runs every 15 mins and takes 30 mins to get there. Costs $4 one way. Don't stay in Kyoto. Leave for Kyoto early in the morning (say 9am) and come back to around 10pm at night.
I've been to Kyoto/Osaka 5 times and only stayed in Kyoto once. What I found works best is to stay somewhere in Osaka that is <15mins away from Umeda station, such as Namba or Shinsaibashi. And use that as your hub to travel the surrounding area.
Here's what I did: I booked 1 week in Osaka. I spent 2 days in Kyoto (took JR). I spent 1 day in Kobe (25mins away by JR). 1 day in Nara (took JR). Then 3 days in Osaka. You can split the days however you like.

>>2686023
>What are the factors to consider when deciding which city to spend more time in between Kyoto and Osaka?
do you want to wake up at 6am to go to the exact same "top 5" every website that ever wrote a guide to kyoto lists, before they became completely full of people by 8am? if not, osaka
(also it's just as fast to get to nara from kyoto as it is from osaka)

>>2686023
>e.g. Kyoto has lake Biwa nearby
also you gave me an idea for a day trip. i was half looking for an excuse to go to ruriko-in next time im in japan in a few months. wonder how viable it would be to go there, afterwards cable car up mt hiei, enryaku-ji up there, views of lake biwa, cable car back down on the biwa side, find some shit to do around there for a few hours, then train back to osaka from there

How is Japan during Christmas time? Looking for an experience on par with one I’d get in the united states. Im in Tokyo area

>>2684815
No there isn't. Not even in semi-inaka.

>>2685754
>Hot and humid as Florida
Don't ever go to Japan in the summer, you retard. September and October are beautiful, warm and sunny, without thr intense heat and humidity.
>Hostels don't have good common areas to meet people
Very much depends on the hostel. There are all kinds.
>You can't actually go inside any of the historical places and buildings
You can in many of them.
>Most of the historical buildings aren't even the real ones because the real one burnt down in 1895
True, but there are many real ones too. I recommend Himeji castle, for example. Japan also has a lot of really deep caves you can visit, if you're into that.
>Entire city enjoyment revolves around shopping
All big cities are like that. But you can also find loads of little clubs and strange bars catering to niche interests.
>Can't actively enjoy the culture because you're a outsider and feels fake to try too
Step 1: Learn some nippongo
Step 2: Get drunk

>>2686053
>t. Has never left tokyo

>>2685938
I paid the $300~ to see BabyMetal in Yokohama (both days) and honestly it was such a snorefest that this cover band is probably better value.

>>2685620
Better to use a credit card when possible and incur the ATM fees with debit cards. Standard loss at the Airport if exchanging (~155¥/1USD), 145 or worse outside of it.

>>2686043
Pre-covid memories: lots of lights and trees (called イルミネーション), a few Christmas markets with mulled wine and such. Ppl without a family usually have a date night, ppl with family eat KFC, incels gather for a nomikai. Won’t be time off until new years.

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>>2686023
>>2686028
>>2686030
I have the contrarian opinion apparently, as I enjoyed staying in Kyoto. It is kino as fuck to be staying near all these traditional temples and alleys. It is also fantastic to chill at night by the river. The nightlife is small compared to Osaka but it's very concentrated so you can easily find people, I enjoyed it quite a lot.

But yes, the numbers of Americans and Koreans and whatnot everywhere in Kyoto are disconcerting. Still better than the SEA-occupied Dotonbori though.

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>>2686118
Yeah, with the mandatory drink fee (wtf is up with that?) it came out to under $23. Not counting the other bands, I think they went on for close to an hour.

Do non-Japanese owned companies there prefer the Japanese style resume to the western one?

>>2686134
Almost every venue charges a 600 yen drink fee, just the way business is done here.

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Hi dudes. Gonna be in Tokyo for a business trip in September, and I have 9 days of vacation time. I've been around a lot of Japan, Okinawa, Hokkaido, etc. Only main place I haven't been to is Shikoku, I believe. Is it worth spending 9 days there just driving around? Or would that be the equivalent of spending 9 days of precious vacation time in Nebraska or Alaska, without much to do?

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>>2686141
Shikoku is one of my favourite areas to drive around. I stayed for 5 days and it was enough for most things, although it was a bit rushed at times so maybe I would do 6. Make sure to check out the bridges to get onto Shikoku itself.

>>2686146
Very nice pic anon. Maybe I'll go for it after all (6 days). Thanks bro.

gonna throw anon into the Dotonbori river

>seeing several white people in each city

Trip ruined. I went to less popular places to avoid you fucks, you are everywhere

>>2686164
wait till you see the brown people

>>2686164
Go to Tokyo immigration office. You'll be wishing to see more white people.

I climbed to the top of Mt fuji yesterday guys, I have one more day here in Tokyo and I'm not sure what to do, Kabukicho and Roppongi were kind of awful imho

>>2686211
Did you get sick?

>>2686212

Like elevation sickness? No I was fine

>>2686028
>Just stay in Osaka and take the express train from Osaka station to Kyoto station. It runs every 15 mins and takes 30 mins to get there. Costs $4 one way.

Is that the shinkansen or just the local express?

>>2686235
>$4
>shinkansen
buddy...

>>2686028
>9 am
>early in the morning

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>>2686133
costs like twice as much for a place in kyoto tho right. t b h for a first trip id just stay a few nights in each

Yokohama Eki’s main strip has so many more whores now lol. I see the underbelly growth in 2018 wasn’t culled. Government must still be banking on that shitty Casino project in Kannai.

>>2686303
I know I've love it, I got a girl to cosplay for me and Nakadashi inside her for under 30kYen.

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On Gaijinpot I'm seeing some 1 room apartments in Tokyo for pretty good prices (small ones near a station on the subway line I want).
The problem is that you have to pay 3x the first month's rent to move in from all their gaijin service fees.
Is that just unavoidable?

>>2686334
>no deposit
>65k rent
enjoy the paper thin walls and roaches, amigo

>>2686334
Yes, this is normal in Japan. You try to avoid moving as much as is possible - this place is also very likely a 1 year contract.
The idea is that if you spread the upfront costs out over a year or two of renting, it's really not as bad.

>>2686334
Large upfront costs like what you have and “thanking the landlord” are standard. From what I remember tho, they don’t bump the rent up as long as you keep renewing the lease

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>>2685896
fucking loser has to pay for sex instead of just asking nicely enough

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Can anyone reccomend some cool small towns to relax and fuckoff in? Uncrowded onsen towns?
Towns with good nature that willnt be hot as fuck???

>>2686431
Koyasan

Went to japan last november right around and during thanksgiving and had the time of my life.
went to:
Osaka
Nara
Kyoto
Kanazawa

I am thinking to go in April during sakura blossom season but not sure if it's worth the long lines virtually everywhere and even more busy than it already was.

Thinking to go to:

Tokyo
Yokohama
Hakone
Nagota
Osaka
Kobe
Hokkaido

Any tips on whether this is a good spread this time or is sakura blossom season overrated?

hao 2 lurn yaponise?????question mark

>>2686236

yes son

>stay in kyoto
>exact second museums stop being open
>All bars, restaurants, and stores filled to the brim with tour group faggots who now have their "free time before bed"
>anything not packed with these mouth breathers is shut off from foreigners or people who aren't known to live there
>Osaka trip means you burn one hour just getting and back if not more
>can't even get to the good parts have to basically go to a shitty mall area for HUB level drinks

NEVER again

>>2685110
What program is this?

>>2686348
I want a cheap place but the problem is I'm only going for 6 months, so eating fees upfront kind of sucks.

>>2686459
I wandered into a simple place called Tosayamuroto (yakitori place) after potoncho was packed. one of the greatest meals ive had in my life and noone else was there.

Wander around a bit more fren, try to go off the beaten path.

>>2686432
>Koyasan

Everything I've heard about it makes it seem touristy as fuck

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What are some airlines for Japan->Japan flights that don't suck ass? I think I remember my Jetstar(? the cheapest airline) being delayed for 5 hours and then being cancelled. Fuck that shit.

>>2686443
Look up the Hanami forecasts for the last few years, they don’t all bloom at the same time everywhere and it’s way less crowded outside of Kanto and Kansai

>>2686497
>look up forecasts
>ok its going to be early agan!!!
>march was fucking cold and forecasts were 2 weeks off
>sakura festival starts, complete the festival stamp rally anyway
>opening of the first blossoms declared on the day of my flight out of japan

>>2686459
Sounds like a skill issue desu

>Stay in Kyoto
>Eating alone Izakaya near Kyoto station
>Group of Japs chat me up, end up paying for my tab and inviting me to karaoke
>Have fun the rest of the night getting drunk with japs, 2 of them were qt3.14s singing English songs they choose for me
>They end up paying for my drinks there too, try to give them yen but they refuse

>>2686127
>>2685620
Some debit cards don't incur foreign exchange or ATM fees. Charles Schwab debit card is the one I use, all ATM fees refunded at the end of each month and no foreign exchange fees. The checking account with Schwab is completely free.

>>2686500
Fucking lucky. Gahhhh

>>2686146
Can I ask how you decided where to go? It's been a while since I've planned a trip and my head is spinning...

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any good places up north? Or any ways to beat the heat. Going in august for 3 weeks and not looking forward to the heat but its the only time i got. Already staying in osaka for 4 days and definitely want to go back to tokyo for some time. Maybe a beach town or just some area that gets cooler during the summer. Id assume hokkaido is the coolest place in the country year round, but where specifically then would be a good place to hang around, drink and just enjoy the summer while maybe enjoying some female company. And how long would be enough time to stay in such a place,. I dont want to move around like every two days. Also interested in historical sites, any interesting means of transportation and museums, especially pertaining to 20th century history or transportation like train museums or some shit.

>>2686500
Drank by the river and>>2685146
Happened

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Do any of you stay at hostels? If I got my own room at a hostel would it be harder to get to know the other people there who are bunking together?

I usually hotel it but I want to try hosteling, 90% because I want to have fun together (solo'ing it) and 10% because I want to see if I can get my dick wet

>>2686518
>go to Japan
>fuck fat tourists instead of Japanese girls
hey man are you, by any chance, clinically retarded

>>2686500
How to do this as a neet?

>>2686512
I was in Japan for the July-August heatwave in 2018. Going up north does help. Tokyo and Kanazawa were both miserable. Aomori and Hirosaki were nice, Lake Towada was really comfortable. I haven't made it up to Hokkaido yet, so can't comment there. If you're there early August, make sure to see the Nebuta festival. I saw it at both Aomori and Goshogowara. If you don't already have lodging, start looking, because the closest place I could get a bed booking farther out than this was a smoker room at a Route Inn in Odate. I did 4 nights at Odate, 2 at Lake Towada, before heading back south. Nebuta in Aomori led to one of my favorite experiences of my trip:

>festival finishes up, go to grab drink while I wait for my train
>couple nihongos see me heading to the jam-packed station and start chatting with me
>tell them I was headed
>they offer a ride since it's on the way
>Narrator: It was not on the way
>train back to Odate the previous night had been an hour of jam-packed misery, so I said yes to the ride
>hop in and start chatting in broken japanese mixed with english about my trip so far, what I've seen, etc
>they ask if we can stop by the driver's house real quick
>stop by and go in, meet his wife, all 3 of us go upstairs to a little buddhist shrine area
>ask me to pray with them
>once we're done, back in the car to go the rest of the way to Odate
>they give me a little bag with prayer beads, prayer book, and the guy's business card, he's a carpenter by trade
Super nice folks, I'm pretty sure they lived in the Hirosaki area but I don't remember at this point. That was a lot of extra driving they did for me that late at night.

>>2686543
I want to go to Aomori next year, doing both Nebuta and Kanto Matsuri. I could even do Neputa Matsuri in Hirosaki but I think it would be a little too much. I'm carefully planning my bike packing trip for year, I cannot wait

>>2686539
I am a autistic neet, just go for it and expect nothing. Some of the times you will end up sitting and eating alone, but the times Japs are interested enough to start a convo and invite you to their group make up for it

>>2686539
do you have any idea of what the term neet means? or did you arrive straight from reddit and you're trying to fit in?

>>2685838
>pedo
I hate how Americans overuse this word.
Seems more hebe to me but he should neck himself for being obnoxious regardless.

>>2686564
>a-ackshually technically it's hebephilia not pedophilia.

Kys

>>2686567
New to the site?
Normalscum should explode easy

If I go to Japan mid September, would I still be able to hear cicadas?
I wondering right now if I go in August with no Japanese
September with very minimal
or October with very minimal plus
I want to go for at least two weeks and don't really feel like delaying it until next spring / summer.

>>2686518
if you have to ask, you can't get your dick wet. Do you think Chad goes around wondering if he can have sex? No. He just fucks.

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>>2686496
All the cheap airlines are basically the same, and ANA or JAL flights are more expensive.

FREE RIDE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGw7e5L2UlE

>>2686496
>>2686632
JAL is very good for domestic and comes with free wifi onboard.

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>90F and breezy
>all the europeans in the common rooms lazing about complaining about global warming and how horrible it is outside
>all wearing dark cotton or heavy fabric clothing and dark jeans
>complaining about cicadas too

Is this seriously the kinds of people who post here saying this is "unbearable"? Lmao try living in the USA where it can be worse than this, at least Japan seems to have decent breezes outside some valleys here. This is just basic summer. Back home it can be 0F and up to 100F where I live, just learn to fucking dress properly and stop wearing long dark jeans and dark shirts. Buy shit or bring shit that breathes.

I was over here expecting something much worse for the hikes I've done this week around Kyoto and Nara. Europeans are literal fucking babies if they think this is bad. I thought it was going to be like 110+ with 0 wind 98% humidity and no clouds, this shit is just normal summer.

>>2684802
This is why I want to go to a rural village when I travel to Japan. All I want is to be looked at like I'm special. I want to see people's faces light up when they look at me. I want to brighten people's lives. I want to be Nathan Algren. I want to have a week long romance with a local girl I'll never see again.

>>2686680
No I can't wear shorts then I'll look like a tourist

>>2686459
>I went to a popular tourist destination and was SHOCKED that tourists were there

Dear God please yen don't go up anymore i leave in october..

>>2686496
ANA and JAL are pretty good, especially if they serve the destination more than two times a day.

>>2686028
am i missing any reason not to use the hankyu (to arashiyama) or keihan main line (to higashiyama) from osaka? also low cost, may be slightly longer but not really since they actually get you to somewhere worth going unlike ending up at kyoto station which will likely need an onward journey

Looking for some insight >>2686696

>>2684814

> Wants to fuck a prostitute, too scared to try and wouldn’t get hard anyway

I feel attacked, this happened to me in Azerbaijan with an escort, but we had an interesting time despite that though… is it a common thing for johns not to get hard for escorts?

>>2686680
It was like 100 a couple weeks ago.

>>2686705
Extremely common. It comes to a surprise to every guy who is sexually active in his 20s. It can happen when you're anxious, or overthinking, or just because you get less excited about sex because you know what to expect so it becomes harder to maintain an erection without constant mental stimulation. This is why most people take viagra or cialis pills beforehand. And while you're standing there, looking at your flaccid cock, explaining to her "this has never happened before, I don't know what's wrong", she's not phased at all, she's seen it 1000 times. Thankfully I can still get erect during sex, but, if I'm not completely relaxed around her, I won't be able to cum. It's impossible for me to cum when I sense an escort is trying to rush me, or if she's doing fake moans.

is it easy to get cooze in Dotonbori?

I need to go back

>>2686749
what for?

>>2686704
Cost of living in Tokyo is way lower than NYC but with imo better quality of life. Get even one or two in-demand tech certs and recruiters will place you in an instant. Good for work experience but bad for setting up retirement. Not a big deal to never feel fully accepted due to cultural barriers, there is a growing expat community and proving yourself through hard work and a ‘when in Rome’ attitude will be appreciated a lot.
It’s going to be a groundhogs day rat race like America. The grass on the other side tastes different but is not greener.

>>2686752
I just got back from my first trip and I want to go back. I want to see osaka

>>2686756
the decrease in salary is higher than the decrease in cost of living

those who went to Japan, is there anything you regret you didn't do? or things you wished you knew beforehand? (apart from the obvious, knowing how to speak Japanese)

>>2686756
>Not a big deal to never feel fully accepted due to cultural barriers, there is a growing expat community and proving yourself through hard work and a ‘when in Rome’ attitude will be appreciated a lot.
Perhaps it's because I'm not an expat, but living in a foreign country just to mostly make friendships and connections with other expats doesn't make sense to me. I understand that a lot of it has to do with being able to relate, but if I were to live in Japan I would like to live as a Japanese as much as possible

>It’s going to be a groundhogs day rat race like America. The grass on the other side tastes different but is not greener.
Another post described this to me as well. It does seem like Japan's work culture is mostly career-driven without much in the ways of going against the gain and doing something different
It does seem like freelancing is a growing concept there however and I'm curious as to how well a foreigner might fare in that field. I don't think have a lot of confidence in that though

>>2686784
Make friends with the locals and coworkers, yes. It’s also commonly a difficult thing to do apart from being barstool buddies. It can be exhausting to constantly be treated like a student, have jokes/western pop culture references fall flat, and have language barriers keep deeper conversations. Finding a community to relieve those losses is healthy as an adult with a fully developed brain

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>>2686805
fuck off, it's literally 56% cheaper than what it should be and you're still complaining. enjoy the collapsing japanese economy

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I may have the opportunity to work in Korea for 2-3 years, are there any advantages to living there over Japan? I would learn the language before I moved

>>2686831
sounds like fun

>>2684814
My bucket list for Oct. includes Osaka, Tokyo, Nagoya, Takayama, Shirakawago, Kanazawa and Karuizama
I love the less visited places although I'm not a "off the beaten path" dork, and I still want to see my favorite cities

>>2686722
Interesting, I've read that your cock gets hard as diamonds with a new girl. Maybe it's the prostitute bit?

>>2686831
Besides Korea being bargain bin Japan with even stricter work culture? Nah, not really

Any good gay bars?

>>2686588
>Normalscum
>Pedophilia is le based
Go back

>>2686864
Don't bring your degeneracy to Japan.

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>>2686756
Just get a Chad SOFA job, Hell they are literally hiring cleared HVAC techs and electricians in Yokouska and elsewhere that pay well.
If you are functionally autistic and can somewhat maintain a clearance without immediately going full /pol/tard there are also good paying glowie jobs here.
Best part is you get paid in USD and a housing allowance.
I would avoid Tokyo unless you are really dead set on it, if your willing to commute 45min via train Yokohama, Chiba are so much better QOL imo.

Also fuck the Jannies always... There's nothing like living the dream of easily doing /out/ shit like hiking and some of the best scuba diving and cooming into escorts that cosplay as my favorite catgirl maid animes for 30K yen.

>>2686870
>Paying 30k yen to get laid.
Wew. I knew there were shy artists here but wew. Youre better then that anon

>>2686864
Not gay but most of the ones I know from my gay coworker are members only in lol "noge" Yokohama. Also members only doesn't mean its a sex club, it just means you will always have a seat at the bar. I wouldn't let that stop you from entering just don't expect to have a seat.

>>2686874
Yeah, but its hard to find a girl that will dress up as Vanilla from nekopara and piss on your face kek. Also I do it because it pisses off the prude redditors that now infest 4chan.

>>2686870
>im a defense contractor getting paid in USD and i pay to eat with wrinkly fingered hags
fuck off

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>>2686855
Bucket list? My autumn itinerary is Hakone, Kyoto (specifically, Arashiyama and Higashiyama), Nara Park, Himeji Castle
Give me that packed in like a slave ship experience

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>>2684709
Heisokukan 閉塞感 【へいそくかん】locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind

For those of you playing at home these are 9% alcohol, sugar free drinks that are about ¥180/ $1.12 for a 16 oz can.

https://x.com/R18sok/status/1812799589914931311

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>>2686887

>>2686887
pretty good
i have half a case of the litter sister drink (-196) that's 6%
should get around to drinking them soon

>>2686884
lol
my idea of himeji castle is something like this
>go to himeji castle
>think "wow, look at all this wood!"
>say it out loud
>the 400 chinese tourists around me in the tiny space ignore me

>>2686892
haha, just gotta go before they slap the quadruple price gaijin tax on it

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>>2686882

Serious question, do the hags in Japan go do younger guys? Hag casting is my favorite jav

>>2686892

Hey, better than when I walked on that nine turn bridge in Yew Garden in Shanghai, when everyone was so packed in like sardines that my body was pressing the railing and there were cops with whistles barking little electronic voices to direct the throng… I said “holy shit” out loud in exasperation, and all the Chinese who knew English turned to stare at me lol. A family friends niece was guiding me through it, honestly I was probably a bit of a dick because of all the crowds there and I feel a bit bad looking back

>>2686892
The thing that made me laugh about this post is that's all the inside of the castle is. Just wood. I went there and was so underwhelmed, although I don't know what else I was expecting, I looked at photos of it on google before I went...

>>2686831
trade places with me I want to go to korea, you can come to japan

>>2686870
where... uh.. do you find these girls?

>>2686831
koreans are much better at english and koreans girls approached me a lot

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>>2686908
I know THC used to offer it, but I don't like to use the Gajin escort services because they are more expensive imo. I got hooked up with a girl from a coomer club/bar in Yokohama that met the wickets but they don't really offer their services to foreigners without being a member and that was just chance because I knew someone and can speak a little nip.

one thing I learned from living here is that most of these host clubs/ maid cafes and girls bars are fronts for prostitution. Its just hard to make the convo with the girl because its generally against the rules at these places. But 9/10 times if she says yes to a "date " on LINE they escort.
2ch even had a board that listed the maids in Aki that would escort.

>>2686916
Ok, but why don't Japs just go to the store that offers cooking classes at the mall. Lots of cuties, and they can learn how to do more than microwave noodles. Are they retarded. Obviously they are, if they can't figure out how to cook on their own, but that's where I would congregate if I spoke Jap.

>>2686926
So, basically you just microwaved noodles and she was blowing hot air up your ass and you didn't know because you're retarded.

>>2686929
autism has become an epidemic.

>>2686926
>inviting a girl to your house in Japan is basically an invitation to fuck
not really man, you should try and spend time with normal people instead of prostitutes

>>2686597
>>2686518
Okay chad tell how how and where to pickup japano chicks and also tell us what its like

>>2686543
>stop by and go in, meet his wife, all 3 of us go upstairs to a little buddhist shrine area
>ask me to pray with them
thats awesome, thats exactly the kind of trip i want to have, will definitely visit rural areas

>>2686543
Is stealth camping easy? Also considering renting a car and camping in it

>>2686942
The police ride around on bicycles. How are they going to stop you.

>>2686831
Koreans are way more fun and approachable, the food is arguably better (but saying this on 4chan is a great offense to the weebs for some reason), nightlife is better, nowadays even the fucking salaries are better than Japan. they also have a huge coffee shop open until like 2am on literally every street corner, which I really enjoyed
the country is grittier and "rougher around the edges" compared to Japan which can be good or bad depending on how you feel
sure there are also downsides (mostly cultural/social) but if you're just working at some foreign company then I doubt you'll feel them much.

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>gf pregnant
>leaving her alone with a toddler to go overseas is roodypoo behavior
>4-5 years before I can travel again

It was planned but happened way faster than expected. Literally the second nakadashi since she got off her contraceptive.

I was hoping to sneak in one last trip to Japan in January but she'll be pregnant af but then.

>>2686870
what's the salary like?

>>2686952
Tell us some of your highlights and stories around .... DADDY!

>>2686942
Never tried it, couldn't tell you

how's plum blossom season? Thinking of late feb/early march
I went in late nov/early dec and loved the lessening crowds but id like some more color in nature this time.

>>2686942
I broke into an abandoned house last year and stayed their the night. was pretty cool. I had injured my leg and would not have made it out of some rural village to get to the train in time.

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I (>>2686884) confess that I will be staying in Osaka for a month to explore more of Kansai and not just revisiting a Kyoto top 5 list. Like the guy I replied to, I'm not an "off the beaten path" dork so I don't care to go to some decaying city of elderly people but I will go to some new (to me) places that most who haven't been to Japan wouldn't have heard of. So far i'm thinking: Uji, Amanohashidate, Omihachiman, Iga or Ise, Koyasan, Arima Onsen, Kobe, Himeji. With these I can also fill in 3 more prefectures on my travel map

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>>2686892
>CHINKS could be here
>"With wood, you can build anything you want" he said to himself, out loud

So I'm planning to go to Kyoto and Osaka for the first time but just found out that they're like an hour apart. Should I book a hotel for four days in Osaka and four days in Kyoto or should just book 8 days in one city and go to the other everyday?

>>2686691
>>2686636
>>2686632
Thank you ANA/JALbros

>>2686543
God damn I wish I could do this... ;w;

>>2687023
theres nothing stopping you

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>>2687033
I'm East Asian so it's either
1) They think I'm a nip and politely ignore me
2) They think I'm one from one of the countries that they hate (mostly joking but still)

I have been talked to from time to time but never anything like I hear in anon-san's stories here... just like a 5 min chat at most. There's a prestige to visibly being from a country that's waaaay farther away.

>>2686916
ok well I'm trying to get some when I head to Osaka next weekend, and I'm just a straight up foreigner with no nip skills but a will and a desire and google translate.

>>2687034
just act as american as possible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWf8JcRsq9k&t=48s

>>2687037
will walk around eating a shake shack burger i guess, thanks bro

you all didn't see anything

>>2686884
>itinerary
That's the word
Nara, Hakone and Arashiyama are cool
I dunno if it is the poor thars disposal system or what but "downtown" Kyoto smelled like stale garbage

>>2687051
>thars
fucking trash, trash

>>2686589
bump

>>2686934
kek, blew him the fuck out

>>2686756
>in-demand tech certs
which are these?

where can I buy the funniest hats in tokyo

>>2687003
>Koyasan
I recommend arriving in the afternoon, going to the cemetery at around dusk, staying the night at a monastery and then visiting the cemetery again as early in the morning as possible, after which you can return to osaka. the town is tiny and apart from the cemetery there really isn’t much to see or do. The cemetery is incredible though, especially in the early morning when there is mist and absolutely no one around
also keep in mind that everything is geared towards old tourists: you don’t need the bus pass unless you’re a geriatric or a fat fuck. Even the funicular is optional imo, you can just hike up (or down) the mountain.

>>2686831
Found it to be more youthful with better interior design

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Watching YuruCamp is making me want to go back go Japan again. I was there in feb but I'm thinking of doing Hokkaido for a month in summer next year and just do the whole island. Maybe around August? How bad is the bear problem in Hokkaido? Will I die if I go hiking solo?

Travelling to Japan with my sister for two weeks over Oct/Nov.
Any events on in that time? Any cool things to see?
I went by myself a year ago, so I've seen most of the big sites but I'd like to be able to be the cool onii-chan and take her to some good places I might've missed or not know about.

>>2687121
THC

>>2687122
What's that?

Should I do yamanashi 2 or 3 nights? Just looking at kofu for now, seems like there's a lot of nice stuff and I've never visited Fuji san before. I had some bomb wine from there for instance. I'd probably want to rent a car and camp, I heard there's rentals for camping, is that true!

>>2687128
google it retard

>>2687128
Camping in Japan is pretty much glamping. You essentially are renting an AirBNB that looks like a tent

I want to go back to Japan for the 4th time but the internet would have me believe they despise tourists now and I don't want them to hate me my rock bottom self esteem won't be able to take it.

>>2687135
>>2687133
I mean like getting a tent and sleeping bag4WP0

>>2687137
Yes there are gear rental shops
Not sure if you would want to rent a sleeping bag though

>>2687087
Go to don quijote and get a Magikarp hat

>>2687139
Buy a sleeping bag and bring it with you. If you get a good down one they can be really compact.

Well it's over. Got a STD after fucking a tachinbo girl raw.

>>2687155
>inb4 it's HSV1 that everyone has even without sex
Very few big name STD's out there that don't have a cure

>>2687155
Good ol' Slap and Clap

>>2687155
>having sex with a whore
You deserve it desu

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>>2687163
>Thailand where the women are clean

>>2687164
Don't respond to the coomertards anon, they lost a lot of braincells after weeks in hospital recovering from thai superSTDs they caught fucking man ass.

>>2687165
this board also needs IDs because i have been samefagging in japan generals for months now posing as all kinds of different people with different viewpoints

ive been pro coomer and anti coomer in the same thread

ive started arguments with myself

ive argued with others and supported them in the same thread

someone remind me
what are the good museums to go for
I guess they don't got a lot of museums with like WW2 planes
where do people go for car spotting

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>>2687173
>WW2 planes

>>2687174
hayabusa my beloved...

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>>2687155
You deserve it so much.

>>2686892
I viewed a castle outside Lisbon once and went there thinking it was gonna be 'walk around and explore this castle at your place' but it was just a gigantic line penguin filing through the castle for an hour, interesting stuff in there but I find that experience kind of weird.

>>2687034
My condolences, I had an incredible experience in Hokkaido that I doubt I would have had if I was Asian.

Im planning to go to japan to get my broken nose fixed, and probably teeth whitened
What do I need to do to prepare before leaving? Do I need travel insurance or will that not matter at all

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>>2687155
welcome to the club

>>2687195
Thank you for the condomlences bro. It's okay, I guess I just have to put my best foot forward. Glad you had fun! What hijinks did you get up to in the 'Kaido?

>>2687224
>>2687155
Sorry to hear that bros.

>>2685754
>Can't actively enjoy the culture because you're a outsider and feels fake to try too
This has to be the most retarded shit I've read here.

Newsflash faggot, you were also an outsider in Europe and the locals knew it.

>>2685110
lol
that should take you like two days to memorise the fucking hiragana
once you are at n2 kanji at least you can open your mouth again
>>2686465
its called real kana

wtf are you bragging about

>>2686500
assuming this is true I have some questions
>what race are you
>what country are you from
>are you good looking
I'm going to guess you're white since they probably wouldn't bother talking to someone who's Asian

>>2687173
>where do people go for car spotting
Daikoku PA. You'll need a rental or a friend with a car to get you there.
Aside from that, Tokyo in general has a lot of interesting cars just driving around, especially on Sundays.

>>2687289
cringe neet

>>2687332
yeah I've seen it
daikoku PA sounds like kind of a pain in the ass with the car situation but shibuya also has some car spotting going on every 1st saturday, seems like
also I think I heard something about itasha meets in akiba before

I want a brat gf after reading this thread

Good for you go talk about it elsewhere

>>2687397
>What do I do
Read the OP

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has anyone gotten a hotel in the very outskirts of a city, without knowing japanese at all?

I can pick up only very basic words here and there, and i'm steadily learning very basic essential stuff. but, i want to spend a night in a very showa-style comfy hotel that has probably never seen a foreigner in years.

i dont want to stay in some stuck up expensive hotel either because they seem boring as fuck, and this hotel is right next to a river, is an hour train ride away from nagoya, and its cheap as fuck

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I've been staying in a neighborhood that has a few dozen maid cafes. I've walked by literally thousands of these girls handing out fliers, and none of them have ever looked at me, let alone give me a brochure. But today, I just got done blasting my lats, and they all kept trying to get me to come their shop, so they could give me a massage. I was half tempted. I thought you just paid for overpriced drinks and they ignored you for an hour. I didn't know they oiled you down.

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>>2687347
>itasha meets in Akiba
You'll want to check out the parking garage at UDX.

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I wanna go back bros. I've been 3 times already with the last time being 4 months ago but I already want to go back. Fuck Europe, fuck America, fuck Sea, fuck domestic travel. All I want to do is go back to Japan.

>>2687492
it's only so good because you don't live there and can enjoy it in small doses
don't overdo it

>>2687494
I did a month earlier this year and I thought that was a good amount of time. I don't think id ever want to do more than a month in a year.

>>2687480
oh fuck yeah

>>2687495
So, why aren't you saying fuck Japan, if it's the same, once you stay longer and the veneer wears off. Wake up. The problem is you. It might just save your life. Fix your attitude.

Anyone want to hang out?

>>2687512
>stop enjoying things

>>2687173
There are good railway museums in Omiya and Kyoto.
https://www.railway-museum.jp/e/
https://www.kyotorailwaymuseum.jp/en/
Toyota has a good museum.
https://toyota-automobile-museum.jp/en/
https://www.tcmit.org/english/
Honda's museum is right next to the circuit.
https://www.mr-motegi.jp/eng/
Subaru, Mitsubishi and Susuki museums require prior reservations to visit.
Kakamigahara seems to have the largest aircraft museum.
https://www.sorahaku.net/
Tokorozawa is the easiest to access.
https://tam-web.jsf.or.jp/
Actually there is one in Narita too.
https://www.aeromuseum.or.jp/
There are some in the countryside too.
https://kokukagaku.jp/

>on shinkansen
>about to get off
>look back
>cute girl a couple rows back looking at me
>step into aisle
>she approaches
>takes my seat

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Alright bros, my dumbass decided to book a trip to Tokyo for 2 weeks in mid-August.
As a fat fuck, what can I do to make the summer heat as bearable as possible when outdoors?
For reference, I'm from Melbourne Australia where the summers can get very hot but we're not known for humidity.

>>2687518
Is that what I said. I said, you can enjoy your home, but you want to be a Debbie Downer. You can't be that retarded. So, trolling isn't allowed outside of /b/.

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Bros i don't want to waste time trying for rigged crane games. I know those fucks sell the prizes. Wheres the best place to pick up current arcade merch cheap Mostly in Tokyo or Osaka.

Want to maximize my arcade time without fucking around with the crane games.

>>2687522
Suck it up south sudan cuck, get a fan and a towel live in aircon.

>>2687528
Rookie mistake. The trick, to feel absolute delight, is to where sweatpants and a sweatshirt(it's in the name for crying out loud) and walk at a good pace, perhaps even a canter, or skip to loo my darling, and get nice and wet, then go inside to the AC. There are few things that truly feel as good on Earth.

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>>2687520
oh that's lit
I wanna see a japanese phantom
I gotta take a closer look at this list when I get home

>>2687522
>cap
>cooling wipes (bought at literally any store)
>water + pocari sweat/any electrolytes to replenish the body
>wear light clothing
>if outside for a prolonged period, don't walk at a fast pace
won't really matter what the weather forecast says, humidity will be killer even on a cloudy day but you can still slightly plan around that.

just nip into stores or malls to cool off every so often when you start feeling even the slightest bit lightheaded. it's not going to be the end of the world, but thankfully you're in a city with a million things to do indoors so it'll work out for you.

>>2687409
I’m guessing I’m the only person to ever consider getting a hotel outside of Tokyo or Osaka

>>2687566
yeah, you might have to do your own research elsewhere. i didnt have any luck last time i asked (never been to japan before). i think im going to go on 2ch and ask my questions there before i go so i can get a locals perspective/advice. for hotels i would just use google.

>>2684709
has anyone done of those self-guided walking tours/hiking trails where they book your accommodations in advance? I feel like they're getting better prices than what I could book by myself but idk if they're using bottom of the barrel ryokans

>>2687579
who cares, a bed is a bed at the end of the day. thats all youre paying for really, a bed and storage for your luggage.

>>2687579
are you looking solo? usually these kind of agencies put the headline price as per person on the assumption that you're sharing a room (i.e. cost is split), then you look in the small print and see you're paying fk loads more for 1 person

>>2687572
Well my concern isn’t finding the hotel, I already found what I wanted. But I just wanted to know how it might be to get a hotel in the inaka. How well they treat foreigners, how they handle people who don’t know Japanese, etc.

I always hear the same sentiment about “you’ll be fine in Tokyo, Osaka” but how bad exactly is it when I venture outwards? I guess I’ll have to find out

>>2687594
it's a hotel. you check in, check out, that's it. I am not sure what you are expecting

>>2687594
what do the reviews for your hotel say?

>>2687602
All of them are in Japanese, except a singular one that says “very nice lady”

They all say it’s a very showa esque little hotel next to a river, and they enjoyed their stay.


>>2687598
Not sure. Idk how people on the outskirts of Japan feel about foreigners pulling up to their niche small neighborhoods

>>2687611
if i were you id make up some reason to email them (while letting them know im a gaijin), and see how they respond. if its a good response, i know ill have a good time there. if its shit, id ask for a refund and book somewhere else. just me though, youre probably not that pedantic

>>2687616
Ah that’s a good idea. But they only have phone and fax.

>>2687619
uh oh

>>2687619
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>>2687173
If you specifically want WWII aircraft, in addition to the Kawaguchiko museum the other anon listed, you have Kanoya with IIRC the only original H8K flying boat left. Yamato Museum has an A6M5, and the Yushukan has a WWII fighter or two as well. There's another old military airfield museum I'm failing to remember the name of, that had I think a restored carrier plane suspended from the ceiling in front of some big hangar doors.

For other neat museums, I highly recommend the rail museums mentioned already. Gekkeikan has a sake museum in Fushimi district of Kyoto which was pretty cool. There's a small gemstone and mineral museum in Yamanashi, close to the Kawaguchiko rail station if you're into that sort of thing, and Matsumoto Castle has an exhibit of historical Japanese firearms. I think Osaka Castle has a similar collection, but I haven't been to that one. Tokyo Station Gallery has a constantly changing art exhibit, when I went in 2022 they had an exhibit on Japanese railway art through the decades.

>>2687189
I don't know what I'm doing right, but I've been to Himeji castle 4 times at this point, usually midday and afternoon times, and it's never been very crowded. I was in longer lines at Hikone.

>>2687625
Thanks anon. I’ll send them a fax.

>>2687632
>Kawaguchiko rail station
The 1 i linked >>2687174 is next to the maple tree spot on the other side of the lake too if youre gonna send him that way

>>2687637
good luck, im really curious to see what their reply will be since id also like to stay at a hotel not commonly frequented by tourists

>>2687634
4 times? what do you like about it so much anon? horses for courses i know, but to me it really is just wood

>>2687632
>in addition to the Kawaguchiko museum the other anon listed
That should be Kakamigahara, my B.

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>>2687643
By that viewpoint, a shrine is just wood too.

Part of it is me being a military history guy, part is the craftsmanship and materials used to build it, and part is just the aesthetics of the building itself from different angles and lighting, picrel.

It's always interesting to me to physically see how the moats, walls, and gates are laid out and defended, how it looks from both the attacker's and defender's eyes. They're also pretty unique structures in terms of their size and being built in a very earthquake prone area. The log framing is beautiful to look at, and constructed using very intricate joinery techniques that give the structure the flexibility to survive an earthquake while still being sturdy enough to serve as a military fortification.

>>2687647
have you seen this documentary? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG7oeflLWbY

its really well made and feels like its from the early 2000s. rare to see stuff like this being produced these days

how much do you guys pay for accommodation? seems super pricey, I'm used to traveling in third world places... what would you use? Agoda? Facebook? Airbnb?

Dude, where should I see nature around Tokyo? On my last visit, I went to Mt. Takao about an hour west by metro from Shinjuku which was pretty nice. Nikko was nice too, but a bit too far because a round trip is over 4 hours.

>>2687672
You gotta go to Gunma

>>2687650
Prices shot up a lot this year. I use Booking. Budget hotels in central Tokyo used to be €60 but now it's doubled.

>look in the mirror
>see my receding hairline
>my hair looks so bad
>imagine myself in japan with said hairline
>get depressed
i cant be the only one

>>2687672
>>2687678
Seconding Booking.com. A lot of Japanese hotels are listed on it, not just big chains, guesthouses, and apartments. I've booked a bunch of minshuku and budget hotels through that site.

>>2687672
Mt Tsukuba is a good nearby mountain. Short but very steep hike, excellent views, and far less crowded than Takao. You can also take the funicular or the gondola back down if you're short on daylight/worn out from the ascent. I like Nikko a lot, but it's better as an overnight trip or two night trip. That way you have plenty of time for the Akechidaira Plateau, Lake Chuzenji, maybe hike up Mt Nantai or the Senjogahara marshland. Chichibu National Park west of Tokyo is also an option.

>>2687683
LOL

i guarantee you my shits worse than yours, i used to get so many fucking chicks in highschool because of my beautiful hair, my hair was my only redeeming factor. now im 28 and i got the hairline of a 75 year old, i look like a serial rapist

i dont give a FUCK, there's faggots in japan that look worse than me with perfect hair, theres faggots in japan that look incredible with perfect hair, theres faggots in japan that are out there, right now, experiencing what i've always wanted to experience and theyre retarded fat ugly motherfuckers and they dont give a shit. nothing should stop you from just stepping foot in that place and manning up and crossing shit off your bucket list that youve always wanted to do. unless youre a coomer faggot thats hoping to score some cute japanese gf then theres nothing to worry about with your god damned hairline. this world is vast, faggot, and receeding hairlines should be the last of your worries. you're only on this earth for 80 years, max. japan has existed for 35,000.

>>2687650
>>2687678
In March I paid £56.58/n near Tokyo Station and £51.60/n near Shinjuku for basic business hotels. I already made a booking for a similar standard business hotel in Oct-Nov near Ikebukuro for 6100 yen/night (£30/n~) which seemed like a fucking steal. I don't think its doubled, just dorks like me booking everything up months in advance since it all has free cancellation so there is no reason not to

also all on booking.com

>>2687687
Have you considered that more people "travel" during the summer and that drives the prices up. You're not a dork, you're a retard. Big difference. Big.

>>2687685
>hoping to score some cute japanese gf
Yes but only for like a few days :'(

I'm considering taking advantage of the digital nomad visa to live in JP for 6 months. I meet all the requirements but I'm not sure how I'd go about getting living accommodations for the 6 month period. Any suggestions?

>>2687611
>Not sure. Idk how people on the outskirts of Japan feel about foreigners pulling up to their niche small neighborhoods
jesus christ you have let either social media or this place brainrot you

no one gives a flying fuck, this isn't the 1920s doofus.

>>2687744
I believe it's probably easiest to look into a long-term AirBnB or similar arrangement – as an anon posted earlier this thread or last, there's a significant downpayment towards entering a new Japanese apartment contract (which would usually be viewed as something to spread out across your renting term, but as you won't be renewing it, makes it less worth it for you).

>>2684802
I'm very tall and blonde, so I retain some novelty to them. Got stares even in Tokyo, especially the old people loved me.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PctwqCsyrzY

>>2687770
She's kinda cute but she does the vapid foid thing where she ends all her sentences on a rising tone to keep you guessing whether she's done with her sentence or not

>>2687744
google the following
>(city) apartment rentals foreigners
then find one (there are plenty of agencies) that does flexible leasing like 6+ months

really, REALLY not that difficult anon.

>>2687611
>>2687746
Oji-san at a rural station in bumfuck-machi, saga-ken was ecstatic to see me, probably the only tourist, white or otherwise, he could offer a pamphlet to in the last month or so.

>>2686141
>Is it worth spending 9 days there just driving around?
Yeah absolutely. Me and a friend spent about 10 days on Shikoku in Sumer last year and we actually had to cut stuff (didn't get to Tokushima or anything South-West of Kochi/Matsuyama)

I'm back and I now have a bad craving for hiroshima's huge and fresh oysters. Really should've stuffed my belly full of it instead of being cautious about food poisoning and now I regret it.

>>2686875
>find a girl that will dress up as Vanilla from nekopara and piss on your face kek
living the dream, anon

Feels like a mogra night

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Since the Jannies keep nuking anything related to activities to cooming. Why no love for Okinawa?
It's pretty Kino here to bad America didn't fully annex it

>>2687770
Annoying. Hate girls with nose jobs so much
I bet she looked just fine beforehand

>>2687832
she may have looked fine, but if now she looks better, then what the fuck is your problem with it

>>2687836
Nobody who got a nosejob ever looks better.

What level JLPT do i need to pass to get a job at a Konbini if I can settle in with a girl and be a part time house-husband for her?
I fucking hate it here, get me out

>>2687728
You’re such a fucking loser faggot, yeah don’t go to Japan. Also just buzz your shit off you limp wrist piece of shit

>>2687871
Letting other entities control your emotions/mental state, is an attribute of a loser.

>>2687649
I have now, thanks for the link. That's a really good documentary and it really speaks to why I love visiting these castles so much. As another example, I've been to Hikone castle at Lake Biwa 2-3 times. It has some unique features out of the remaining castles, like the dry moat defending the lakeward approach to the keep and the long, slanted steps leading up the hill below the keep's gatehouses.

It was mainly the rebuilt Kanazawa castle that expanded my appreciation of these structures in terms of construction techniques though. It's a replica, but it has an exhibit on how the castles were constructed with some really cool examples of the joinery techniques they used to fit all the beams together. It made looking at the framing models of each castle far more interesting, since now I have a visualization of how all those beams were cut to fit together.

still laughing at "wow, look at all this wood!"

I'm going again to Japan next month,last year I did the typical one (Tokyo,Kyoto,Osaka), this time I'm going to the north I have this itinirary I know that it might look incomplete so anyone have any recommendations about things to do in niigata, aomori or sapporo?
TOKYO
Day 1 Akihabara
Day 2 FREE
Day 3 FREE
Day 4 Comiket
Day 5 Comiket
NIIGATA
Day 6 Walk at Bandai City,Niigata Manga Animation Museum
Day 7 Toki Messe,Pia Bandai,Ponshukan: Sake Museum Tasting
Day 8 Bandai Bridge,Shinano Riverside Promenade,Hakusan Shrine and Park,Furumachi,Nishiohata Park
Day 9 Omotenashi Plaza,Mount Yahiko,Mt. Yahiko Ropeway,Yahiko Summit Park,Yahiko Park
Day 10 Niigata Niitsu Railway Museum,Niigata Furusatomura
Day 11 Nagaoka Fireworks Museum
Day 12 FREE
AOMORI
Day 13 Aomori Prefectural Center for Industry and Tourism,
Day 14 Yew Tree (VISIT Hachinohe),Hachinohe Portal Museum “hacchi”,Hachinohe Yatai Mura (Food Stall Village),Miroku Yokocho
,Tanesashi coast
Day 15 Kabushima Shrine,STOKED Doughnuts
Day 16 FREE
Day 17 Fujita Kinen Teien (Fujita Memorial Garden),Hirosaki Park
Day 18 Saruka Park
SAPPORO
Day 19 Walk at sapporo Sapporo,Ōdōri Park,ODORI BISSE,NORBESA,Melonbooks
Day 20 Hokkaido Dosanko Plaza,KITA KITCHEN,Tanukikoji Shopping Arcade,Nakajima Park
Day 21 Otaru Canal,Orgeldoh® Kaimeiro,Otaru Music Box Museum,Otaru Steam Clock,Kuboya Café,Otaru Shussemae Hiroba,Otaru Beer
Day 22 Biei Senka Market,Biei Shrine,Asahiyama Memorial Park,Tanukikoji Shopping Street
Day 23 Makomanai Takino Cemetery, Hill of the Buddha, Lavender Fields
Day 24 Museum of Northern Peoples
Day 25 Lake Hill Farm
Day 26 Ario Sapporo
Day 27 Cape Ochiishi
Day 28 Asahikawa City Museum
Day 29 Maeda Forest Park
Day 30 Hakodate Meijikan,Onuma Quasi-National Park
Day 31 Moerenuma Park
Day 32 Lake Akan
Day 33 Lake Shikotsu
Day 34 Niseko Takahashi Farm
Day 35 Fukidashi Park
Day 36 Chikyu Misaki
Day 37 Hokkaido Pioneer Village,Nibutani Ainu Culture Museum
Daa 38 Return to tokyo
Day 39 Return to Spain

>>2687797
Wow 10 days and it wasn't enough! dang. i thought most people said 6 days was enough. were you guys going at a very chill pace?

>>2687893
this might be the most retarded yet the most original itinerary I've ever seen on /jp/
If you decided to visit just these 3 cities who am I to judge.
You should definetely go to Nagaoka firework festival in Niigata (this year is August 11th), also don't miss the chance to travel to other major cities near Niigata like Toyama and expecially Kanazawa.
From 16th to 18th August there is also the Earth Celebration festival in Sado island! you can easily take the ferry from Niigata.

Prior to going, I made a list of places I'd like to eat at by searching dishes near our hotel. They're solid places with relatively low prices that seem to be frequented by locals. My wife made a list too too, but using popular places from YouTube videos and the highest Google Maps(tm) ratings.
All the places that she picked had long lines, most were so long that they tell you not to bother waiting because they'll close before it's your turn. She insisted to on going to some dumb traditional breakfast place on her birthday, but you have to get in line when they open at 8:00. We arrived at 8:15 on her birthday and were told we'd get a seat at 10:30, so we had to wait sleep deprived for over two hours. The place was very overpriced and totally shit, a sukiya teishoku tastes better. I'm ranting because it was like this with her EVERY SINGLE FUCKING MEAL. I ended up ghosting my own wife for most of our trip until dinnertime and only if she had a specific restaurant that we could reach before they opened. Otherwise I'd bring her whatever nipslop I ate that day, because this dumb bitch will literally starve due to her stupidity in the biggest city in the world with food being sold all around her. Holes are mentally handicapped.

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>>2686864
the containment zone is Shinjuku 4-chome

>>2686831
I don't know why but I've always found it super easy to get along with Koreans as an American they have that same outgoing tell it like it is attitude. sometimes it's hard to deal with all the japanese Tatemae mind games

>>2686767
I wish I had explored Wakayama more and did more hiking and mountain stuff.

>>2686870
pic related

>>2686704
I have been living in immigrant neighborhoods in America for a long time. if you aren't willing to master the language you will never fit in. you will always live a life as a second class citizen far away from home and family. it will not be worth it unless you are making more money than you could back home. so spend as much time as you can learning the language. learn how to love reading, that's the best way to master a language and culture really. but it is still worth it. I have been wandering for a long time and I don't regret it. it's better than whatever boring mundane life id have back home. so just focus on the language and everything else will work out.

>>2686589
speedrun duolingo. duobingo is really garbage but you can speed run it in a month. if you master all of that you'll known enough to get by and even make friends with people who know some English.

>>2686564
in America everything is uber sexualized but every one has this guilt complex about sex. it's really bizarre.

>>2686431
Izumo is fucking awesome and very rural, not many tourists.

>>2686164
say hi next time

>>2686146
epic

>>2685991
check out sakura house or just use airbnb

>>2685964
just do stereotypical foreigner stuff or get wasted

>>2685896
whew lad this is not giving the impression you think it is

>>2685834
>>2685838
I thought it just meant an annoying girl

>>2685592
too many gangsters

>>2684814
where did you find this picture of me

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>>2687949
should have gone to the poke cafe

>>2685805
These girls are the scum of the earth. The problem is they look good, they're sweet' friendly, the perfect women really, except for the fact that they have no soul and will never, ever care about you (unless you can afford to basically pay them a wage to love you).

>>2684814
>Walks aimlessly in shibuya hoping to meet cute japanese girls
has anyone done this (in shibuya or elsewhere)? how did it go?

bros, the weekend I had in Osaka and Hyogo... one for the books.