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>>2720390I'm hoping to do this next summer and make a pilgramage to all my favorite Initial D touges.I'll probably drive a kei car though. It'd be cool to drive a cool JDM car around, but if I don't own it, It'd feel like a shallow pleasure.It'd be cool as hell if I were rich one day and could afford to buy a car in Japan, drive it around for a bit, and then import it home.Or buy a car here, import it there for a vacation, and then import it back.
How do we stop overtourism from the west into Japan?
>>2721495>the westThat’s a weird way to spell China
>>2721495create another Japan
>>2721496The amount of Westerners I saw while checking in at KIX was absolutely dwarfed by the amount of Chinese. It was wild. Probably a ratio of 25% Westerners, 60% Chinese, 15% Japanese.
>>2721496Chinese tourists were a real low point on my most recent trip to Japan. Chinese Americans or civilized ones from the nameless island are perfectly fine, but fuck those mainlanders. They would push and shove into every line, rush for elevators when there were japanese women with strollers who needed them more, and fuckers would spit everywhere they went. Every time I hear those loud vulgar mandarin sounds I would know the day was ruined, especial if a whole tour group shows up nearby. Its the main reason you want to avoid anywhere really touristy. The Han have the loudest children among all the non-african races. And their phones, why do they have their ringers set to max volume and then pretend they dont hear them ring? Why dont their phones go to voicemail before 20 rings, or at least have the courtesy to mute it if they don't intend to ever answer.
My 23 day tripDay 0: fly 1-3: Tokyo 4-6: Sendai7-9: Morioka10-12: Akita13-15: Fukushima16-18: Ibaraki 19-21: Fuji/Fuji area22-23: Tokyo/Ready to fly back Hoping to hike it out a lot and explore the natural areas more.Thoughts?
>>2721501Fuck, going to japan in two weeks, I'm gonna come back hating the chinese aren't I
>>2721496I don't mind chinese tourists because they aren't speaking english loudly everywhere.
>>2721501love chinese women, even the pushy old oneshate chinese men and boyssimple as
>>2721497I found the perfect place to put it.
>>2721501Even so, they are middle class and above in China.
>>2721503The good news is the Chinese have different tourism tastes than westerners. Skytree, ginza, a fireworks festival, cherry blossom viewing you will run into a lot of Chinese. The cabelcars at Fujikawaguchiko and hakone were especially bad with Chinese tourbus crowds. The otaku places not so much, at least not the over 40 crowd who are the worst behaved (and the spitters). You wont see the bad chinese in Akihabara or Ikebukuro, or the party places like Kabukicho. Roppongi and Shibuya they may hit the main tourist sites (the crossing) but wont actually enter any of the bars or better restaurants or affect the nightlife.
Who’s worse: the Chinese or Australians?They’re both equally and annoying
>>2721510Chinese tourists are closer to the stereotype of the loud, American tourist than American tourists are. Most Americans I've seen are>extremely confused couples, constantly looking at their phones>weeaboos, good and bad>lone tourists walking around in the middle of nowhere, whom you always notice too late to say something to in English>expats who revert to being more American when spoken to in EnglishThe average American tourist mostly seems awkward and confused these days, while the Chinese are loud, obtrusive, and always being corralled by staff (usually for taking pictures where they're not supposed to). However, I rarely go to the degenerate nightlife districts of Tokyo and Osaka popular with tourists, so take it with a grain of salt.
>>2721517Expats are funny. They are so used to being silent on trains and make no eye contact until you startle them with a "hows it going?" and it takes a moment or two for them to register they ability to communicate once again. Then they are chill but they always seem so startled by sudden communication with strangers.
>>2721495They need to develop that ESTA-like thing ASAP. Charge $100+ to enter the country. No more poor chinese or indians. Use the funds to incentivize birth rates.
>>2721510What about in Kansai? Should you expect to run into them all over Osaka and Kyoto?
>>2721528The Chinese dont seem to leave Tokyo and fuji area as much. They dont give many fucks about shinto shrines too much either so Kyoto and nara are of lower priority for them. I haven't been in Osaka since 2016 so I cant comment on how it is now. maybe the chinese go to the super mario themepark, I dunno?
>>2721528>>2721529they only go to places that are popular on their social media, little red book. they dont care about the country or its history or its culture, they see something on little red book, they want it.
Why is Chiba Prefecture not popular among foreign tourists? Is it because there is no breathtaking nature or historical buildings and it is simply a countryside?It is popular among Japanese living in the Tokyo metropolitan area as an easy tourist destination.
>>2721517The worst american tourists are probably the groups of 10+ college aged students. They can't seem to shut the fuck up and they fucking yell.When it comes to the chinese it's kind of the same to be honest but with the chinese it's the older generation that sucks while with the americans it's the younger one.
>>2721529They haunt maiko in Kyoto and torture deer in Nara. Well, it is not only the Chinese who are bothering maiko.
>Green Day is performing their Japan tour in February 25, 2025 in Yokohama It’s time to plan once again
>>27215512005 me wouldve loved that2024 me wouldnt go if you paid me to
>>2721554I dunno anon, I heard nuclear family over the radio for the first time in years and got filled with high school angst nostalgia I also found out that they performed in my city and I missed it, so maybe I’ll catch them there
>>2721551>>2721554>>2721558Green Day was never good, shit I remember the disdain felt for them in 2003 distinctly
>>2721560skill issue desu wa
>>2721551>Green DayI mean at least its some enjoyable music, shame theyre massive sellouts like RaTM lmao.
>>2721583What are the nips into concert wise? Music I know they got a massive boner for the Beatles, but what else do they fancy?
>>2721583>RaTM>selloutsHaven't released an album in 24 years, and only one member bothered to show up at the rock hall of fame inauguration ceremony.They never changed their style, sound or values from start to finish. Where is the selling out part?>they are socialists and used the platform to earn money They really cut back on touring unless there was a cause they cared about or needed a platform to raise awareness. They made enough money and then chilled for years at a time pursuing hobby causes and projects.
>>2721591>be anti-machine>spend all of covid telling people to listen to the machinefucking kek>socialism>the most expensive people for the lowest grade productsLMAO
>>2721594When venues first started to open up after covid and demanded proof of vax to attend, RATM protested that and said they would not perform anywhere that forced vaccinations.
>>2721590Avril Lavigne, believe it or not. She's considered the most successful Western artist in Asia since the mid/late 2000s, and is still relevant there.
>>2721594He knows how they're sell outs, anon. He's not naive. This is what they do.
>>2721536Not sure but I'm happy about that, been to Chiba twice (Sakura) and both times have been the single foreigner there. The museum is cool as well.
Is it true JAL is making some planes free?But only for local flights if you book a JAL local flight and an international one in the same reservation.So... how do i do that if my only international options are qantas or just not JAL?
>>2721612JAL fly out of Australia
>>2721501Deal with the fucking bus loads in home country already, i loathe chinks. I actively push in line when they are at the shops to piss them off. Get a taste of their own medicine. Fucking gook cunts. If i see a horde of chinese i'll just go see something else.
>>2721503You didn't hate them already?
Dolfie Anon where are you i need update on Dolly Terria. Don't leave me hanging man i'm leaving next week.
>>2721510chinese tourists all follow the same guidebook and wont take dare to take a single step off the guided path from their tour bus
>>2721551based, I'm watching Dir en Grey next month
>>2721694Do you live in Japan? How hard was it to get tickets?
>>2721492Opinions on Japanese's own tourist patterns?These are the 2022 numbers (millions)Do they have good taste in their own country?
>>2721706I don't. I bought the tickets online and I will have to print them at a Lawson konbini when I arrive
>>2721711>Nara isn't even on the listn-nani
>>2721715https://www.statista.com/statistics/1140184/japan-number-domestic-traveler-by-prefecture/#:~:text=Tokyo%20recorded%20the%20highest%20number%20of%20domestic,2.81%20million%2C%20the%20lowest%20number%20of%20visitors.Nara is 30th overall with 5.7 million
>>2721711>hokkaido in 3rd, above osaka and kyoto>fukushima not dead lastWhat
I'll be in Tokyo October 13th-28th. Anyone wanna meet?
>>2721737o o| _ _ |/\ /\
I know I'm a gaijin and all.. but there's way too many fucking western gaijin. Lots of fat shrek-looking white women too, holy shit. Lots of disgusting and socially retarded scandinavians. It's way worse than last year around this time, I thought it would be better this year.
>>2721502Are you planning on renting a car?
>>2721742As the pool of places nerds can go for nerd shit rather than just being stabbed dwindles, you're going to see more and more foreigners go to the last few holdouts.Japan, Taiwan, Switzerland, maybe SEA, and that's pretty much it. And Switzerland and Japan are already starting to "open up to the world" so in a decade everyone will be going to Taiwan because "it's crazy how bad crime has gotten in Japan the past few years but it has nothing to do with the thousands of Pakistanis and Somalis they've imported"
>>2721492Is there a point in travelling between onsens or is that just a "pick a good one and you've seen it all" kind of thing.I want to have a week of relaxation after a week or two of seeing sights.
>>2721746>places nerds can go for nerd shitwhat the hell are you on about, i passed through switzerland earlier this year and it;s absolutely full of indians and chinese tour groups on every cm of land and like half the population are already brown on top of thatSEA for nerd shit like what? its just full of boomers cooming, hostel bums, and 18 year old smoothbrains hippies discovering themselves with their parents money... as it always has been
>>2721742I was at a Japanese conversation group meetup and amongst all the cute Japanese girls was some South African multi-European background roastie. Ummm... CRINGE
>>2721746>>2721751Why dont you stop going to Tokyo or Osaka and just go somewhere else? You retards go to the most popular places and then complain. Why not go to Aomori? You'll be the only fucking foreigner there.
>>2721748If your goal is relaxation then do as little "hotel hopping" as possible. Japan has famously good public rapid transit so pick a comfy home base and view a lot from there. You can do really distant day trips in japan easily, and at most do those with nothing larger than a laptop bag/small backpack or nothing at all. The days of exploring without a bag at all are the most liberating. Checkin/check out and relocating luggage is the most stressful part of travel. A lot of people overplan and have 6 different places to stay over 10 days, and then are completely exhausted at the end of it all.
>>2721771the only thing i was complaining about was his retarded post.
>>2721551I'm going to see Luna Sea on the 23rd
>>2721787>Walk around the corner>Suddenly no foreigners and only JApanese peoplehurr durr
>>2721775>Checkin/check out and relocating luggage is the most stressful part of travel.bruh
Where is a good place in Japan to get my balls whipped by a Japanese man?
>>2721834Seriously it is. If you are hotel hopping or doing aribnb, your checkout is often 10:00am in japan, and the next check in time is either 12:00 or 15:00. You get your mid day luggage burden. Luggage lockers exist but any locker larger than purse-sized is full by 9am in any major train station. If you check out at 10pm you are likely stuck with luggage for a good chunk of your day.By all means use a luggage forwarding service if you are jumping from a hotel in tokyo to a hotel in osaka, but anything involving hostels and especially airbnb they do not offer those services, especially places that simply have a key lockbox and they email you a room number and pass code (very common in japan). So shipping your stuff to an APA hotel? Zero issues. But shipping your luggage to a a mystery apartment building in Shinjuku with no humans on site? You are fucked. Since 90% of things in japan close at 5 or 6pm you have wasted the usable hours of the day doing unnecessary hotel shit and hauling luggage. It is fatigue and stress instead of going to art galleries and shopping or whatever else you wanted to do to actually enjoy Japan.
>>2721855Even places booked on hotels.com you arrive and it is this shit. The regular hotel sites are allowing it more and more, and this really limits your luggage options.A real hotel will handle short term storage for you as a courtesy, or for a small fee at the worst, but the modern travel landscape there is no human on site.
>>2721855>>2721856I don’t understand why anyone would subject themselves to this shit, and on top of that checked luggage is expensive as shit. Why not carry a 30-40L backpack, which can carry anything you might possibly need and then some. What do you even need that justifies a suitcase if you’re not a woman or too fat to carry a few kilos on your back? You can wash your clothes literally everywhere in Japan
>>2721858Buying stuff. The global tourism industry is built on it. Not everyone enjoys acting like a homeless penniless drifter when passing through a foreign country.
>>2721855I agree that transfering between accommodation can be a drag, but you sound like someone who always does things the hard way. >stay in business hotels >they'll always take your luggage early >I've never struggled to find empty coin lockers>Shrimple >>2721858This is the way. I always just take a 40L pack and a satchel for day trips, even if I somehow fucked up and had nowhere to put my large bag it's not the end of the world to carry it around for half a day.
>>2721861No I am saying don't do it that way, I have friends who made these mistakes and overbooked too many hotels in too short a time as they migrated wit ha JR pass.It was a disaster as you would expect. I stayed in an APA once on a previous trip just because it was convenient and I wanted the free manga they give out (its a fucking weird book). >I always just take a 40L pack and a satchel for day tripsOf course, but if you are in japan for 3 weeks you have a day trip bag and then likely your real luggage somewhere. That is where the burden is when you plan your trip badly.
>>2721859>Buying stufffair enough, but you could always buy a suitcase over there>acting like a homeless penniless drifterkek, not everyone enjoys dragging a gay little wheeled suitcase everywhere
>>2721748Different places will have different kaiseki dinners and different views. I like onsen baths and kaiseki, so I tend to try at least 2-3 per trip. But no, I wouldn't spend a week onsen hopping, unless I was spending part of it going around Izu or something.
>>2721859conssooooommm like a good little goytell us, what things are necessities for you to buy?
>>2721867
>>2721867You know this is a japan thread right?Did you ever stop and wonder why Japans "cyberpunk aesthetic" with 9 story buildings with digital billboards and stores on every single floor are peak global tourist destinations? All the tokyo tourism hotspots are shopping destinations, is that a coincidence? Don's has a whole floor of luggage and even places like akihabara have discount luggage stores right in the heart of it all because tourists are throwing money away and exceeding their carrying capacity within hours of arrival. Most travellers in Japan are buying the crazy shit japan is famous for, or they are looking for specific holy grail collectibles in Nakano.>no its the jooos making you consume, /pol/ said so!
>>2721872Sounds like it's a consumerism thread. you save up all year to have 2 weeks off you fly halfway around the world to buy crap and luggage for your crap you could get on amazon. Yes people, do it, mindless sheep it has nothing to do with Japan travel, but you are so above it because pol is Le Bad and you decided all by yourself to fill your meaningless life with plastic trinkets made in china
>>2721878>NO FUN>YOU HAVE TO HAVE SEX INSTEAD BIGOT CHUD
>travel to tourist attraction to take pictures>OMG MINDLESS SHEEP WHO JUST GOES TO TOURIST SPOTS TO TAKE SELFIES>travel to go shopping>OMG MINDLESS CONSUMERISM SHEEP WHO JUST BUYS SLOP>travel to have sex>OMG MINDLESS SEX FREAK INCELwhat the fuck do you travel for then
>>2721882me? I travel so I can act smug to other anonymous posters on a mongolian basket-weaving forum
>>2721884This but unironically
I went to a club in Shinjuku and now my tinnitus is off the wahoooo
>>2721882Lmao, you sound defensive, are you all three categories? Do you stand in line so you can get your picture taken next to a dog statue in between buying plastic trinkets and diseased whores? The people doing these activities all look like circus freaks
>>2721892i'd the blonde girl on the right
>>2721892Who is that semen demon way in the back???
>>2721737Sure there was a few others posting about meeting.
>>2721895I get so mad when I see girls dressed like that,knowing I can't have them.
>>2721855You know you can just ask hotels to hold on to your luggage if you arrive too early right ? If people only book broke ass airbnbs that's another story sure
>>2721882to go to this thread meetups and take photo of anons to mock them later on kek
Solo traveling kyushu for about 5 days. Any thoughts on Yufuin vs Beppu vs Kurokawa for onsens? Is there one that's more social than the others? I know a little about each but reading some more personal experiences would be nice.
>>2721902Why can't you have them?
>>2721912Because I don’t know Japanese
>>2721912tachinbos dont count anon
>>2721905that’s not nice
>>2721903I mentioned that here in the followup post here >>2721856As I said even the hotel booking sites included keycode properties calling themselves hotels now, in order to compete with airbnb. On my last trip my hotels.com bookings had more limited check in options than my airbnb bookings which had actual hosts to contact who could hold luggage. About 1/3 of buildings called hotels in tokyo dont have a front desk anymore, just a wall of keylocks. APA is a safe economy business hotel solution, its like the "super 8" of japan that are never amazing but they are trustworthy. They are cheap and offer good value, and are less expensive than most airbnb but may not always be in the most interesting locations as they are meant for travelling salarymen. An APA will be close to bars and maybe pachinko but little else. The airbnb are a nice option if you want an apartment for an actual kitchen,buy groceries and you can find one at specific stations even if there are no hotels normally in that area. A decent airbnb should cost more than a buisness hotel hotel.
>>2721917Different anonI've been to a bunch of APAs last time and had a great experience with them, but I wanna try to get something cheaper. I can see hostel and capsule places that go 20-30 a night and that's good for me, do you have experience or advice regarding them?
>>2721919>got some adviceNot him but dont book several days in a rows or if you're doing that try to get a Firstcabin, its crampted and the lack of privacy or having to get out everytime you want to do anything
Rural trains stations will still have ticket machines, right?
>>2721921machines?
>>2721920gets annoying*
>>2721919Ive never done capsules or manga cafe sleeping, I am 6'3 and was too tall for them. Even APA single beds are too small and my feet are over the end of the bed. That's why I like apartments with tatami mats and futons, or places with proper queen size beds. On my last trip I actually rented a love hotel for a week for a great price just for the super kingsize harem bed and orgy jaccuzi bathtub.
>>2721903>If people only book broke ass airbnbs that's another story sureLol what is this cope. Airbnb is cheaper and you get an entire studio apartment. Whereas an APA hotel or whatever company you like $300 more for the same duration and you're stuck in a tiny room
>>2721925They’re not cheaperThey’re more or less the same pricing as standard hotelsI like airbnbs just for the private studio apartment in the middle of Tokyo desu
>>2721924Did you have an orgy though
>>2721920Thank you for the input. I think I'll tire myself out pretty well every day, so it'll probably be okay. I've atleast made sure that the places I'm getting have curtains, which should let me get in and out when others are sleeping.>>2721924I am gonna try one of those small japanese style places this time, seems like a budget version of the ryokan experience.
>>2721922These little niggers.
>>2721925Sure you pay more in hotels, but what you're really paying is for convenience and service.But have fun larping as a nihonjin on your doubtable futon in a airbnb far away from downtown because that's what most Airbnb have boiled down too anyway, that or share a house with ultra randoms, hell even a hostels would be better if you wanna skimp on accommodation
>>2721928no probs, I mean at the end its my personal experience, I booked it for shits and giggles but realized that yeah those things are more meant if you missed the train or just staying for one night
>>2721930>far away from downtownOh no not a 5 minute train ride to the centre whatever will I do
>>2721924some people are creeped out by love hotels, but they are kept insanely clean and people fail to realize the vile shit that people do in normal hotel rooms as well. This was about $110 canadian a night, had a living room with a big TV (and pron channels included), a mini bar, the king sized bed was just one of the rooms in the love hotel. and then the bed has all the crazy lighting controls and the phone, and a catalog of escorts you can call. There was a sextoy vending machine that was emptied out, it was located on the way to the bathroom in the suite. Usually there are pink rotors and ballgags inside, plus instant ramen noodles. They tried to make it look less sleezy when marketing it as a normal hotel room but of course it didn't work. >>2721927>Did you have an orgy thoughI had a threesome but not while I was staying here, surprisingly. I never used this love hotel as a love hotel because I didnt want to make a mess in a bed I actually sleep in.
>>2721933Oh yea and in the closet there are some hugh heffner style bathrobes for you.
If you want to see all the vile shit you are sleeping in bring a UV light with you and turn it on at night. Youll see cum marks literally everywhere.
>>2721935No different from my room
guys where can I get some actual greasy & good tasting fastfood in Tokyo like you would find in the west ? I'm getting tired of the softness of japanese food and most western fast food joints are mid hereinb4 >imagine eating the hecking westerino goyslop in le japanerino
>>2721936Your own cum is a bit different from thousands of AIDs ridden strangers
>>2721928there are some nice comfy apartments near the skytree with the tatami mats and a rooftop patio. I stayed here before:https://www.airbnb.ca/rooms/840929931979801989Comfy as fuck and very clean, and a great location. Breakfast with the sky tree in front of you is nice. Price isnt that much more than a capsule especially if you book for a week or more and get the discount.
>>2721937Go back home fat
>>2721937Find a "pepper lunch", they make a denny style skillet kind of hot plate with burger and gravy and steak and a friend egg. Its like a fastfood discount steakhouse for 1100 yen, like if mcdonalds served hamburger steak and grille beef strips. If you are hung over and need that healing grease, this is the place. They are all over tokyo.
>>2721942And it has a side of plain white rice you can mix in after to soak up all that amazing grease and garlic butter and egg yolk. And they have like 3 hot sauce bottles at the table, including plain old tobasco sauce which is actually rare in japan compared to the west.
>>2721914It looked like she was with her mom, but maybe it was her pimp, are all girls in maid costumes hookers? So many girls in Japan to choose from
>>2721942The chain expanded from tokyo to LA and NYC as well. Teppanyaki Denny's style.
>>2721944What am I looking at here
>>2721947My would be gf
>>2721942>>2721943Appreciate the help anon but I already went there, the one in akiba to be exact kimchi & beef was good but still isnt goyslop, I meant more something like fastfood but that's nor catered to japanese folks alas...
>>2721944Japanese hookers actually dress like anne of green gables, it is weird. They dress classy not sexy, with frilly long dresses and puffy sleeves. You see women in these dresses all over kabuchiko going in and out of love hotels and they are all escorts.
Honestly, what the hell is wrong with Japanese people?
>>2721949and plain old burgerking didnt appeal to you? they out amerifat the american burger joints.
Honestly, what the hell is wrong with [insert disliked demographic here]?
Why the hell are hotels all booked out November 1st and 2nd? Shitloads of free rooms the last few days of October then nothing.
>>2721953I ain’t gonna lie, this is some good sloppa here
>>2721951I kind of like it. I would be really mad if they all wore fish net stockings and high heels and bikinis like the street hookers do here in the US.
>>2721506Inaugurate it on July 31st
>>2721952Sounds like someone got the X not cool sexhaver anti gaijin stance
>>2721957There are the ones in miniskirts too, but usually the slutty looking ones are just out soliciting for girl bars and hostess clubs, or ripoff scams. Many dont actually fuck, they just bring you in and trick you wit ha $300 table fee and then black men arrive demanding money.
post Japanese food.
>>2721746Taiwan is already welcoming turd worlders, it's too late for them
>>2721963*siiiipppp*Ahhh just like the samurais
ENTERING PURE KINO
>>2721957>leave concafe in osaka>never had alcohol before so the one glass i had made me slightly tipsy and confused>see two women in what i can only describe as neon coloured string bikinis walk into a konbini on corner>think nothing of it and go find somewhere to get dinner>have an enjoyable dinner
>>2721955>why are hotels booked on a Friday and Saturday but not during weekdays?
>>2721742lets see alternative popular tourist destinations in 2024>francenigger shithole>italynigger shithole>usanigger shitholehuh i wonder why people are choosing japan after all
>>2721970Taiwan is free of Western retards. Face it. Japan has fallen. There are plenty of other places Tiktok hasn't found yet.
>>2721967that looks like mapo tofu
>>2721963
>>2721969Are weekend trips that involve hotels particularly common for the Japanese?I don't feel like it's much of a thing in the US. Maybe relatively speaking it's more affordable for them?
>>2721971taiwan doesnt have the same le quirky anime popularity that japan does but i do agree that china is rapidly overtaking japanese anime culture toomost people perceive taiwan as boring because chink stigma + no real western exposurehell i dont even know what happens in taiwan aside from semiconductors
>>2721975probably yes. I remember there was a 3 day weekend in February because of the emperor's birthday and a lot of hotels were sold out as well in Osaka
>>2721976Taiwan is very underrated. The food is top tier and people are some of the kindest to foreigners in the world
>>2721976It's a nice country but there isn't that much to do. Kind of a slow culture.>>2721978>people are some of the kindest to foreigners in the worldTaiwanese people are nice until they get behind the wheel of a car
>>2721978i dont doubt it, expect japan, south korea, taiwan and china to see uptake in future tourism because you would have to be insane to travel to nigger infested destinations like europe
>>2721937>>2721949Gyudon chains.My favourite is Matsuya.Its just rice, beef, onions, and toppings. Super cheap, and you can always order more.
>>2721983I got the fried salmon set at a matsuya in narita when I was starving my ass off, it was simultaneously shitty but also very enjoyable
Nyangover in shinjuku was a fun place. A catmaid cafe for people who want to get wrecked. Just stepping in the door a catgirl with hand you a tequilla shot and she will have one too, and that is the greeting before you actually order anything.Not as slutty as the succubus cafe from the last thread, but a similar unlimited alcohol at a low price setup, the girls are more experienced drinkers and hang out playing phone gacha games. The theme is that it is a bar run by alcoholics for alcoholics, only this time with catgirls.
>>2721986
Europe seems so... anti-fun compared to Asia
>>2721986it was fun but that night I wasnt looking to get hammered. But for any serious boozers here it could be a place to check out if you are going to japan without your drinking buddies.
>>2721986They have a switch set up as well, the girls will do mario kart races for tequilla shots. They will win.
>>2721983what part of "western food" do you not seem to understand ? IHATERICEIHATESOYSAUCEIHATERICEIHATESOYSAUCEIHATERICEIHATESOYSAUCE
>>2721991Sorry thast the jungle in their sister store (the animal crew). That one is more like a kemono friends theme bar as there are not just catgirls but other animal eared girls too. the same girls work at both stores.
>>2721986bro why do I learn of this place after my trip...Are they hosts level of drinkers or do they just drink highball ? Cuz that mean shit if they do
>>2721990Were there other fellow degenerates there too or just you and the maids
>>2721995tequila and champaign is what they were drinking when I was there. And Jäger shots got mixed in at some point.
>>2721998yea someone else there had cracked out the champagne. Apparently it is famous as the cheapest champagne in the areas (other stores charge over 10,000 yen to pop a cork, but the cats pride themselves on cheaper more accessible corks ceremonies.
>>2721999ehh sounds fair enough I mean they still have to maintain some sobriety for the job, do they have spirits and most importantly rum though ??since it looks like they have a system so its like a girls bar where you get a girl "assigned" to you to chat with right ?
>>2722004yea it follows a pretty standard concafe mdoel where a girl is assigned to you, unless champagne comes out then all the girls are summoned over. They have a full bar so there is rum in there somewhere.
>>2722004And if you want a similar experience without an assigned girl, and just an "all you can drink for 1000 yen per 30 minutes" there is always the kuroneco bar in Nakano, in the broadway mall. The catgirl is the bartender and will meow at you sometimes but otherwise you chat with the other guys hanging out at the bar.
>>2722005Sold, now I'm truly motivated to do my nihongo reps
>>2722008The cats working there also have company twitter accounts in character, but you can find their hobbies by what they post. Protip: Look for the gamer girls. Some girls post nothing but ptictures of plushies and makeup, other girls post gacha game and nintendo stuff.
>>2721711The majority of Chiba's numbers come from three sources: Disneyland, DisneySea, and Narita Airport passengers. Besides, Urayasu City, where the Land and Sea are located, is adjacent to the Tokyo ward area and is almost entirely Tokyo.
>>2721971Taiwan is just an Asian country with no culture. There is no reason to go there.
>>2722015Taiwan is China but with culture
>>2721711no love for Kyushu and Shikoku...
>>2721992>Goes to japan>Hates the food thereAight.Just put the peanut sauce they have there on instead, or the mayo.
>>2722005that sounds like a colossal waste of money
>>2722015Taiwanese culture:>walk around mountains looking at monkeys and stray dogs>drive like a maniac>play cute jingles on the train>bubble tea>300 other kinds of tea>play checkers at the park>walk laps around the park>stand in a row and do tai chi at the park>walk around staring at foreigners>eat deep fried anything>eat barbecued anything at the market>drink beer from tiny glasses and get drunk because you drank several litres without realising>spend two weeks wages on beer because it's imported>give guests amazing food and drinks for free because Taiwanese are super generousI shouldn't have broken up my Taiwanese xgf
>>2722020Well if you want to get drunk alone in your hotel room, japan has some of the cheapest alcohol of any developed country. Their booze today costs what it did in America in 2002. But if drinking alone you wont have a catgirl to meow at you. That is kind of the point of these concept places.
>>2722014Many of the rural Japanese who come to Disney World are unaware that they are in Chiba
>>27220254L of whiskey for $19 US dollars. That's slightly over a gallon in America units.
>>2722025i guess its good for people with low iq who arent capable of thinking about how the girl doesnt actually like them
>>2722030Why would you ever worry about such a thing? The girls at hooters or subway dont like you either.
International Partyhttps://gaitomo.jp/en/
>>2722033yeah, thats why people with an iq above 80 dont go to those places anon
>>2722036Why are you even on /trv/ if you are not out there looking for entertaining or unique life experiences? People visit shady dive bars for similar reasons, at the very least it gives them stories to tell their co-workers when they return to their home country. I'm just curious but are you unable to make or to recognize hand gestures and facial expressions by any chance? Is nonverbal communication not really part of your daily life? It could explain many things.
>>2722035Why did my command prompt open for a millisecond?
>>2721742the yen is weak.t. australian going over because of a flight deal + good exchange rate. don't really care for japan. >>2721855>>2721775listen to this man. he speaks the truth.
>>2722036They do though. A lot of 'smart' people have pedestrian taste in arts & entertainment nothing wrong with that. It's the novelty.
>>2722037>he thinks not wanting to spend time with a hostess who doesnt like you is the same as not wanting entertaning or unique life experiencessub 80 iq
>>2722037How would one approach a shady bar as a gaijin? Just sit down and autistically pick out a drink?
>>2722046What a stupid question. What is shady about a bar?
>>2721882foodpubs/clubsfunny cultural differences (why are japs so quiet on the train lol?)
>>2722047I-I dunno… I never been to one…
>>2722046Go in and you will told right away if it is a private members only place (its their polite way of telling foreigners to fuck off). if that's a non-issue you sit down at the bar, greet the bartender, and nod to the person beside you.After you get your first drink the conversation starts, even if its just awkward google translate. Being out of place makes you a mild curiosity and Japanese open up to strangers while drinking.
>>2722052>Go in and you will told right away if it is a private members only placeNever happens if you're white, btw. Brownoids below will pretend to be white and claim that it does, though.
>>2722055Something tells me you haven't stepped a foot in Japan.
>>2722047the shady or sketchy dive bars of tokyo are the ones usually near stations in back alleyways with a thai massage on the floor above it, but not at the touristy stations (golden gai used to be these kinds of bars before they became tourist traps with cover charges).There may or may not be a red lantern out front, but generally look down an alley for the paper lantern indicating an Izakaya, and if there is one bar there are likely two or three more bars with it plus the usual rub and tugs. They are nice dark places to drink and forget the outside world.
>>2722057
>>2722052Is that soI guess I can try something like that out if I’m mentally capable of doing so
>>2722062By all means try if you are curious. Its not like in the movies where "you came to the wrong neighbourhood motherfucker" scenario plays out and you get beat up. Worst that happens is you don't find the place interesting and they don't find you interesting. In that case finish your drink and move on.
>>2721933>I had a threesomeGo on…
>>2722065Not a great story. I had a good run at pachinko and after called up a place I have a membership at and ordered up the 3P service. Japan agencies often have good daily specials for 3P as they pair an inexperienced new hired girl with a more experienced one, or when dealing with foreigners they pair a girl with good English with a girl who panics at "hello".If you don't plan ahead with 24 hour notice, its like a gacha where they pick two available girls for the 3P package. They may have a nomination fee for 3000 yen more which lets you specific a favourite girl but often that invalidates the 3P discount as well, and escort gacha makes it a surprise. Just make sure its a decent agency that doesn't substitute in SEA/Filipino girls. The good agencies are 100% Japanese and pride themselves on it. You are never disappointing with those places. (pic is not who I used, just an example. Mods deleted posts with escort links).
>>2721495By not visiting Japan?I think I'll go to Georgia or Kyrgyzstan instead.
>going with white gf>she won't let me hire a hooker for us to have a threesomelife is suffering bros
>>2722033... Who actually thinks they do except butters? If I want female company, if I want to admire a pretty lady, then I want her to actually like ME and want to share time and intimacy.
>>2722079he wont understand that anon
>>2722074What if you disguise it as an erotic coaching session instead of a hooker? Sell it to your GF as a high class 50 shades type experience. Club Astarte and its partner store Carmilla in tokyo offer this service. They have some top tier domiantrixes who appear in many JAV, and they do couple training sessions. On their own Astarte is the side serving men, and Carmilla is the female only yuri SM club but some of their Doms cross over and work both. In tokyo its a bit more common for women to hire escorts and/or doms than in the west (and they are not bull dykes like western lesbians. Japanese women want hot women).
Yokohama is a beautiful place they say. I think I'll pick a night and just walk around there till the sun comes up.
>>2722082omoshiroi. i will look into this
>>2722079He just wants chad experience without being one. What's the big deal. It's pretty much impossible to get quality yamamoto pussy without paying anyway.
>>2722087>>2722057>>2722052Once again, you're brown. What applies to you doesn't apply to white people.
Alright lads... I just accepted a 1 year contract in iwakuni starting in November. I don't expect it to be too difficult to figure my way around, but how hard will it be to find a rental if I don't bunk with coworkers for convenience? I know it'll be cheaper than the US, but I fear it'll be harder than I've been led on because I'm a foreigner. Still, Japan was always on my bucket list and I'll be PAID to be there. I really want to visit Hokkaido during the snow, and get to experience culture without being obtuse or disrespectful. >what are etiquette unique to japan i wouldn't think about?>how hard is it to rent as a foreigner?>do they have apps for rentals like in the US?>How hard will it be to actually travel on weekends, should I just save up my vacation days for exploring the rest of the country?
>>2722090All the white guys I saw were with plain janes. They don't dress sexy. They don't act sexy. They're boring as hell.
Damn is it really just that easy of meeting a girl in a bar, chatting her up a bit and inviting her to a love hotel? Seems to be part of the culture and women expect it
>>2722093Because she's MY whore. For me to see dressed sexy and whatnot. Not the whole damn country. I'm not bragging to strangers about what lingerie she wears, i don't need to brag.
>>2722093>All the white guys I saw were with plain janes. They don't dress sexy. They don't act sexy. They're boring as hell.
>>2722096Still ugly plain janes facially. I see more hot Korean or Chinese women with white guys than Japanese.
>>2722087You make it sound like this is something weird and rare and that it isn't a core part of a multi billion dollar industry with entire portions of Shinjuku and Roppongi and Osaka dedicated to this specific activity. What about vegas? 1/5 of the women in that city will pretend to like you as a part of their job description. Enjoy it.Go out and live. "When in rome" as they say. The autist that started this derail is fixated on the idea that a waitress or bunnygirl or cat maid or local stripper or wheoever the fuck it is must love the real him for him to ever have a good time so he will never, ever try. I suspect he is just afraid of women and thus his disdain for bunny clubs and cat maids and succubus joints and hot waitresses and big titty ladies serving beer at Oktoberfest and the cute girl at the mall who acts friendly when trying to sign you up for a credit card. He is absolutely going to die alone without ever making eye contact with a woman besides his own mother.
>>2722101There were kids there? damn.
>>2722055Are you assuming that white people have privilege? A "no gaijin allowed" bar will reject you regardless of whether you're white or non-white. It is the whites who cause more trouble in bars and this is why more and more places are closed to foreigners.
>>2722091Your new employer who set up this contract for you should have the basics covered and provide someone to act as a hosyo gaisha (a company that acts as a guarantor), and may even put you in contact with a realtor to find a place. You also need to get a personal stamp made, but again this is all something your employer should be helping you with.
>tfw going with my white gf so i don't look like a weido sex tourist creep
>>2722105They told me they'll cover housing for 14 days then it's on me to figure it out
Should I be filling out my customs forms online before arrival. Or is doing it on the plane enough?
>>2722110Unless you have things to report don't worry about it
>>2722110you have hours of time to kill on the plane so do it then. On arrival they usher you into a really busy customs area at Narita and no good places are there to stop and fill in a form. Not being prepared slows down the entire process.
>>2722091Are you employed by someone in Japan?A rental property owner needs someone who can pay compensation on your behalf or sue you if you cause a problem. This needs to be a trustworthy company, organization, or individual in Japan that is covered by Japanese domestic law.This rule also applies to Japanese who sign rental contracts. When signing a rental contract, unemployed Japanese designate their parents or siblings as guarantors.
Prices being doubled in yet.I was back in 2023 but fuck it felt different, too many poor fags going.
>Probably going to japan as a group in november 2025>Thats not soon enough>Plan to go solo in april too>But i want to be in japan now. Even though i can't.Anons how do i cope with the closest i can get being april?
>>2722123kys weeb
>>2721992Japanese Japanese food is weird, the western recipes they make are great. Download the McDonald's ap you can get double cheeseburgers for $2 after 5 pm put your credit card in you don't even have to talk to them. I usually just eat three for dinner. I've eaten a few hundred on my trip, they are made with Japanese wagyu and they never fuck up your order
>>2722123Go into a coma and just wake up before you leave.
>>2721878traveling for tourism is inherently consumeristic you dumb faggot, you are not special just because you don't buy a souvenir. If you really weren't a "sheep" you'd stay in your home country and build a house in the woods or whatever it is that someone told you is the real meaning of life
>>2722144What a poor view of travel, just like the Chinese.
>>2722123VR tour, pay someone in Japan to wear a VR camera, tell them where to walk
>>2722123Kanamara Matsuri
>>2722149you are just too stupid to understand what I'm talking about. Ultimately you are still traveling to have a fun experience, you are not going to Japan for some deep spiritual reason, and that's fine but looking down on how other people enjoy themselves because you're "not like the other gaijin" is stupid. Just act respectfully and do whatever you like.
I made it lads
>>2721899is there like a discord or something?
>>2722168>The sideways picture poster is backFuck.Really nice looking place though, where is it?
>>2722168Ginzan onsen?
>>2722170I’ve only posted here a few times, photos from Hokkaido a while back, and it’s ginzan onsen, here’s a photo from yesterdays hike, at omoshiroiyama gorge
>>2722168>>2722172are zoomers really too stupid to even post photos from their phones properly?please kill yourself
>>2722172I went there tooThe place is really pretty and nice to hike around
>>2722168cool
>>2721986how do people think this is enjoyable? Those girls are killing themselves
>>2722183pros:-otaku girls cosplay on the side as a hobby-get paid to sing karaoke, and free alcohol, and play video games on company time-paid 3x or more than a regular waitress (regular waitress make zero dollars in tips. These girls can clear hundreds a night)-customers are not allowed to touch youCons:-Some of the customers may not be attractive millionaires-have to meow at people who want to be meowed atThere isn't much work in japan for failed idols besides prostitution. This is good easy work in line with their skillset and hobbies.
I'm supposed to go back in exactly one month to Japan for my fifth trip, except my mom got a stroke last night, the second in less than a month because the fucking doctors wouldn't listen when we told them she had a first stroke. I'm fucking tired of everything, of having to take care of her since nearly 20 fucking years while the rest of my family doesn't give a shit. If I manage to go to Japan anyway, I'll be sure to absolutely do every stuff I've never done I want to do, be it degenerate or not.Fuck my life.Thanks for reading my blog.
Is this really what Japanese bars are like?
>>2722186Depends. If you are a korean they will ask you to leave most bars.If you look on store reviews you see many bushiness treat them that way. not just bars.
>>2722186Oh I just checked, garnt is Thai. Wrong kind of asian, he should know better. He lived there long enough.
>>2722183I find these cafes pretty cringeworthy and indicative of societal decline, Japan is a 1st world country and they don't need the white man's sex patronage but they sure act like a SEA country in that regard. And you just know there's a chance this stuff will only get worse.
>>2722123Find Japanese groups near you, keep up studying Japanese. Been 6 months for me but that's how I'm keeping myself connected.
>>2722107Based, glad to see a true man who doesn't support miscegenation.
Damn, just got back from 3 weeks in Japan.Lot of fun. It was my first time. One thing I wish I knew was how many interesting things are crammed onto higher floors especially for night life. I’m so used to everything being basement, first floor or second floor in my country and going up to like the 4th or 7th floor at night would be considered trespassing or something. I’m definitely going to brush up on reading Japanese and understanding more of how entering an elevator even at 2 AM to go to some place on the 7th floor as advertised on the street isn’t so taboo like it can be in the West
>>2722055Nigga I'll straight up admit to being brown and this has never happened to me. They can recognise the stench of a loser with an inferiority complex. You should just leave Japan at this point.
>>2722196Those types have pretty much nuked our reputation at least in Tokyo.
>>2722196Is it somewhat doable to pick up Japanese girls?>t. Also brown
>>2722199not him bvut yeah use bumble & hellotalk for ons be upfront with what you want if youre black paly into ti. getting a LTR with a woman that isn't crazy will be edtremely hard though
>>2722202do you have to pay for both?hellotalk seems like ass without a premium membership, and I swear bumble doesnt show my profile to people
Visiting the ancient burial sites in Sakai was comfy as fuck. Spent an entire evening with a 70 year old tour guide telling me about the tombs and even got some kirin before he had to go home
>>2721986>>2721289man I wish I wasn't so fucking autistic so that I could go to places like that and enjoy them. I'd just spill my spaghetti all over the place if I even set foot there
>>2722204>I swear bumble doesnt show my profile to peoplelmao, "t-the app is broken" excuse, every time
>>2722218well i just get 10x the likes on any app that shows the people who swipe on youso my assumption is that now ive had my bumble for a while they are forcing me to pay to get any engagement or maybe im fugly to japanese girls idk
Do you guys get travel insurance or do you never bother? $600 USD for 6 months is steep
>>2722093she's interesting and beautiful because she's with me
>>2722204>bumble doesnt show my profile to peopleit does, it's just that in Japan you actually need to look decent and be patient to get a date off this kind of apps, unlike other Asian countries.
>>2722232I actually had better luck in Japan than the US
>>2722234I do get more matches here too than where I come from but it's still not as easy as weebs fantasize.
>>2722230I just couldn't be arsed desu. what's the worse that could happen?
>>2722236>what's the worse that could happen?Well the worst is you get seriously hurt and then cannot afford the hospital care in Japan but yeah lol. I've been abroad many times and nothing ever happened
>>2722236Break your leg? Get splatted by a car, stabbed by a nigger. Or your appendix bursts? (that one happened to a friend very recently) You don't get insurance because you'll benefit you get it so if you nearly die you won't die from bill shock.
>>2722169https://discord.gg/6vtBu8a2
>>2721737Are you the same anon from a few threads ago?I should still be able to meet up tomorrow on the 13th
so Osaka people are not very fond of Tokyo people eh? kinda funny
Okay cool
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>>2722230i got safetywings nomad insurance which is $56.28/ 4 weeks for ages 18-39
>>2721775This is what I have planned for my upcoming trip in February14 days, 7 days staying in a hotel next to Kyoto station to explore kansai, then 7 days in Tokyo near Tokyo station.
>>2722462>7 days staying in a hotel next to Kyoto station to explore kansaidepends on what you plan with "explore kansai" but umeda station in osaka may have better links and be cheaper for a hotelaltho i guess you will wanna go around kyoto for a couple of those days so probably balances it out
>>2721492are any of those hakone initial d tours worthwhile during winter months?
>>2722116Not exactly. US gov job being contracted out, I work for a company who works for the US.
should I go to Izakayas next time to get drinks instead of just Gindaco or Hub?
>>2722472Yes, if you're willing to stick out more. If that's not an issue then by all means go for it anon, some of my best experiences were inside izakayas
>>2722472izakayas are chill, I love it
>>2722472Izakayas are great ṭbĥ
>>2722466November and December at hakone is still well above freezing so you're good (december averages daytime high of 12 and 6 degrees Celsius at night) , but January Feb I wouldn't plan for it due to randomness of mountain snow.
>>2722180oh it's this shot again
>>2722505still havent fixed the sun glare
What do you guys usually do after arriving at Narita airport? I'm traveling to Japan for the first time and a bit nervous. Are there are any spots you guys recommend nearby the airport or that I can take a train to?
>>2722517Go Go Curry
>>2722517Ikebukuro for Gindaco and a lemon sour, then do some shopping and at the arcades
what is some weeb shit you can do in hokkaido?
>>2722191Places like this outside of the most tourist areas are usually only visited by japanese locals.
>>2722230My ability to notice and avoid risk is all the insurance I need. Retards should get insurance, however.
>>2722159Lmao, if you don't think you make better decisions than people around you must be a total npc just following every trend and repeating everything you hear like a robot
Apa hotels is now giving out free boxed curry ......gonna heat it up in the kettle and feast
>>2721743I was thinking to actuallyBut I like riding the trains and biking tooMaybe next time I’ll try driving around
Is Nishiki Market a good place to eat at?I went to a similar food market in Barcelona where looking around was 10/10 but the food itself was shit and overpriced.
anyone been to a geiko show?
>>2722620If you are Asian, if you are a westerner you will find it to be disgusting, low quality meat, weird seafood, breaded shit and noodles fried in seed oils
>>2722635I enjoy Asian/Japanese food I just know enough about tourists markets to know its bland cheap food quickly warmed up in the microwave made to look as presentable as possible in the stalls.
>>2722635What disappointed me the most about Japanese food is that you don't get served much of it. There's a lot of bowls, but much of what you see in them is just decorative fake leaves and shit.
>>2721868>黒部峡谷トロッコ電車Oh shit that's my prefecture
>>2721929Not all of them are guaranteed to have the ability to go anywhere in Japan. Some will only sell you a ticket to places accessible by non-expresses.
>>2722637Depends on the market. Omicho in Kanazawa was more focused towards selling ingredients, shitloads of fresh seafood up for sale there, but there's also sushi restaurants in the market that buy their fish from the stalls. Haven't been to Nishiki, but can't imagine it's much different.>>2722642As an American, that's because most restaurants serve one or two massive sides that's nothing but shitty fried food. French fries, tater tots, chips, etc. The fries with the burger are 2/3 the calories of an already 1k calorie burger. It's fucking insane. In Japan, the portions are actually reasonable so you aren't overeating.
>trip is in 3 weeks>still haven't booked anything>only vague idea of what cities I'll be staying inlol
>>2722651Enjoy the overpriced hotels
>>2722642I think you are talking about "baran". bento sold at convenience stores and supermarkets are separated from other side dishes by a baran to prevent the color, smell, taste, and moisture of the side dishes from mixing with other side dishes. Also, restaurants do not put baran in rice bowls. The accumulation of such small lies becomes a meme.
Excited to be going back for a 3rd time, but just chilling in Tokyo for a week. Still have a busy schedule even though I've done all the major attractions already. But if anyone has recommendation for any chicken places I'll take it
>>2722662Tokyo has festivals and events every day somewhere. There are often events featuring products and local cuisine from all over Japan, so you may be able to find something delicious.https://tokyofesta.com/#
>>2722662What you got planned, friend? Need ideas for my own third trip. I'm feeling unable to plan anything, I'm just going for Japan vibes but I know I'll regret not planning at least some things
>>2722662>dyes her hair to look like a western girlkek
I cant pre order a JAL sim card to pick up at narita? I'm 99.9% sure they were the ones that told me to go away when i got to their counter last time because i didn't have one preordered for pick up and then I just bought one of the ones from the tourist scam counters ran by pajeets for like £10 more rather than cluelessly wander around the airport for another hour...
On a 4 week trip with the parents, had a good time in Hokkaido and Kanazawa, but mostly just stuck to cities and mums getting tired of it. Any recs for nature or small town stuff that's accessible with public transportation? Just arrived in Osaka and will be based here for a while. Have the JR pass for another 10 days, then we're back to Tokyo.
Is transferring at Guanzhou or flying southern china airlines good?They are like 30% cheaper than any other air ticket i can find.
>>2722667Thanks anon really appreciate that, never seen this schedule before so its helpful>>2722676Things like the new teamlabs, various going out at night/photo things like an all you can drink thing on airbnb experiences that I used a giftcard on. Gonna do two day trips to Enoshima Island and Nikko and some pro wrestling stuff if I can fit the time in. Plus a bunch of shopping too
>>2722695>chinese airport transferPay the extra $300 to avoid it anon
>>2722697Is it really that bad?And thank god for booking.com. Google flights was good for a simple flight with one airline, but multi city involving fukuoka and multiple airlines? None of the flight search sites could provide reliable results.Booking.com though? Here you go Anon, your flights, your times, some info, we'll do the rest. Any other sites this good?
>>2722696Find bargains at flea markets in addition to regular shopping at stores.https://www.walkerplus.com/event_list/eg0115/
I always say than you instead arigatoJapanese hate me right
>>2722705If you're white, no. They love you and wish they could be like you. If you're brown, yes, they hate you.
Any Latino bros that visited Japan? What was your experience like? Do’s and don’t, aside from what’s already known?
is it possible to stay in Japan for multiple years with this visahttps://www.mofa.go.jp/ca/fna/page22e_000738.htmlby extending 6 months and then applying for new a new COE before the old visa expires without leaving japan
>>2722706Your desire for racial hierarchy is typical of whites who are hated in Japan, and if you are living alone in Japan, that's one of the reasons why.
>>2722713It's not my desire, it's just the natural order of things. I wish it were different; I don't like being treated like an object, having girls gaze into my coloured eyes as if I'm some sort of alien from another world. It would be nice to be treated like a human just once while I'm here.
>>2722717Really? I like being objectified
>>2722706They love brown hafus doe.https://www.instagram.com/rolaofficial/I've actually never seen a white hapa get this attention desu.
>>2722693The easiest way to get there is to visit Nara, which is 30 minutes from Osaka (Namba station).Further south are Mount Koya (34.2140,135.5850) and Yoshino (34.3764,135.8535), both of which can be reached by train.I also recommend Arima Onsen (34.7990,135.2467).Closer by is the museum (34.8128,135.5307), located on the site of the 1970 Expo. Transfer to the monorail at Senri Chuo (34.8076,135.4950). The monument (34.8094,135.5324) from 1970 remains intact.
>>2722708Don’t expect to chat with locals, they’re educated
What is the best way to get tickets to Disneyland/Disneysea? Last time I tried I was already in Japan and found out that's too late. I'm not sure how to get tickets outside of the country.
Have any frans visited the Ryujin Big Suspension Bridge? Worth?
>>2722727Nice aesthetic digitsMuch appreciated, anon. Thanks for the info! Will look into making some day trips. Mama will be pleased.
>>2722730I got em through klook
any anons gonna be around tokyo/nagano area around new years?it'd be cool to see some bros before i freeze my ass off and get eaten by a bear up north
>>2722738How much lead time did you wait? I'm going end of March.
>>2722620Nishiki Market has always been a place where high-quality popular restaurants gather. However, it is not clear whether that high quality will suit your taste.For example, whenever I visit Nishiki Market, I always eat herring soba. This is a popular dish that originated in feudal times and has a unique and simple taste. However, you probably won't find a restaurant in Nishiki Market that has a sign saying "Herring soba restaurant." I was introduced to this restaurant by a student from Kyoto University. From the outside, it is not clear what kind of food the restaurant serves.
>>2722767>herring sobathat sounds really good
>>2721737Hey anon, do you still wanna meet up for a drink>>2722246 here, I just got checked into my hotel and cracked open a strong zero
First time traveler to Japan next March, with 6/7 friends doing kyoto & Tokyo, what’s the best accommodation ideas?
>>2722702I'd be careful with Booking if you're doing connecting flights, if you can't find the same through Google then you may be getting shown separate tickets, meaning you have to collect your bags, clear customs and immigration (if you're "connecting" in a country that isn't your final destination), check back in, clear security again. If you misconnect due to delays on the first flight, the second one is canceled and you're SOL. Google can show those kinds of itineraries, but Google is very clear that they're separate tickets and have those risks.
>>2722825Yeah, that's why I never use Booking.com
>>2721787>>2721826>one SEA women in the crowd>hurr durr no nipponesestay gone.
>>2722829Tbh I didn't even know they did flights. I like to use them for local chains/independent hotels and ryokans. But for flights, Google is the most reliable since Google's built off ITA Matrix.
>>2722748hey I'll be in Tokyo during New Years and will be heading over to Nagano afterwards! What's your nationality?
>>2722863I use Google for Flights, though for Japan I go with Agoda since they specialize in Asia.
>>2722884burger
>>2722825I did see that yeah.The issue with google for me now is i find the perfect flight, great price, great times etc. I select it, and the only way to book it is go to another airline search site.So i enter the details there, and now its more expensive, at a wrong time and takes 10 hours longer.
>>2722893Are you white?
>>2722951Nope. I'm the blackest person you'll ever see
Going to the Aria Carnival on the 19th in Kawasaki City. Anyone want to come?https://aria-carnival.sakura.ne.jp/ There's a Mogra event I will go to that same night too
Please specify what race you are before asking for people to meet up with you, spent an hour arranging a meet up with a guy from /jpg/ on discord only to find out he was Salvadoran
>>2722968I'm gonna pretend to be white. And when I meet up with you, beat the shit out of you for being a racist. How about that?
>>2722968kek
Us brown folx should have our own meet upThere’ll be hos, bitches and uhhhh money and so much drugs and ummm hos tooWhiteys no need apply
>>2722986Yeah fuck white trash crackers
What are some good mixed gender onsens near tokyo, kyoto, or fukuoka?
>>2722969can you not embarrass us in front of the whites they think we cant control ourselves
Hi, can you please specify what race you are before asking for people to meet up with you, spent an hour arranging a meet up with a guy from /jpg/ on discord only to find out he was Serbian Gave me the ick frfr
>>2723011I actually wanted to ask a bit about onsen culture, I heard that NO TATTOOS are allowed. But I also hea4d you can just get a private little rock tub to soak in anyway and nit be nude in front of strangers.
Wait do white guys really not want to meet up with other races or are they just trolling
>>2723030/jpg/ is a white mans general
>>2722968Assuming this isn’t larp, what did you do? Tell him off and leave?
How the fuck do I even reserve a mt Fuji seat on the shinkansen? They announce the seat map at 5am the day the train leaves and by the time I logged in to choose a seat every single D seat was taken. Am I missing something?
>>2723040Sorry meant E seat.
>>2723040Some people clearly want those seats more than you anon
>>2723030There is some brown schitzoid having a fight with some white schitzoid, Don't pay any of it attention. People don't mind what skin colour you are as long as you are cool to hang out with. Well unless you are a jeet.
>>2723030I mean I can only speak for myself and say that I've met very few nonwhites/asains that didn't/weren't >stink, badly>completely incompetent >extremely stunted mentally, perpetual children>disgustingly perverse>lack impulse control>behave violently>have a raging inferiority complex The exceptions being two white-washed blacks raised in wealthy two parent homes in affluent areas, and two Hispanics (of actual Mexican nationality, not south American) who were intelligent enough to know how to behave and they also chose to be very careful with which other minorities they interacted with. I have heard that black AFRICANS are much different from the North American Pavement Ape and actually have varying levels of intelligence and impulse control, but then again theres a cult belief that raping babies cures aids. Some races I just don't believe in exceptions, I've never even HEARD of a decent jeet. I've known a lot of lying, cheating, violent middle easterners. There's a reason why the US is an absolute shithole, and it's nonwhites.
>>2723030im not racist i just think non white otaku tend to be weird
Ok I won’t meet you guys then
are there really this many brown people here, wtf
>>27230484chan needed to ban jeets and seanigs long time ago
>>2723048That's why you've gotta ask first. A white won't take any issue with such a request.
Anyway how important are cars?
I’m brown, and I don’t like my ilk either so I understand
>>2723053For visiting? Not at all?
>>2723047bro just come to the anime convention with me I don't care about your color
>>2723048uh yeah they all grew up and have the most powerful passport on planet earth. thanks america.
>>2723069I thought the hong kong passport was the strongest
>>2723070Fuck no. Who cares about hong kong the only reason it's 'the most powerful' is becausei t's a business hub with a bunch of serfs at the bottom. Show them an american passport and they cream.
>>2723055What if I want a long stay or if I want to actually live there?
>>2723082Still not needed unless you live in the middle of nowhere.
>>2723082Still probably no? Depends on where you live. Have you ever been there before?
>>2723070I didn't know what a 'strong' passport was until my Chinese friend told me he had a weak one. Turns out that Australians can go pretty much anywhere without a visa, kek. Chinks on the other hand have to fill out dozens of forms just for the right to apply to travel overseas.
>>2723083>>2723084Ah, that's what I figured. I haven't been yet, but what can I say? As a westerner it's so ingrained that you just MUST have a car. One less thing to worry about :^)
>>2723088Why don't you have a look around on google street view?
>>2723088you mean as an American
>>2723088Buddy, before considering a long stay, or living in a country, perhaps visit it for 2 weeks first.
>>2723093Relatives who went to the UK said it was the sane, with a little more walking than here but not by much at all. >>2723094Consider it more of a long term question. If I was going to aby large city in the US I probably wouldn't rent a car but ride share, but if it was at all longer I'd have to get a rental, and if I was living there it would be almost required. I guess I just wondered if that would be the case there, I know they HAVE cars obviously so then it must just be a luxury thing. Unless over time it becomes more necessary? How would I know if I haven't spent considerable time there or have an understanding of the auto culture? Do most people just carry their children around if they don't use public transportation? Google says cars are becoming much more common and if you're visiting you should absolutely rent a car, but i don't trust paid ads.
>>2721492Japan used to be even weirderhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EH1cIImk7g&t=567
>>2723134
>>2723087In China, the fastest way to get a visa is to pay an express fee to a powerful official.
>>2723135>>2723134
>>2723139
>>2723142Bitch is 50 now.
If japan has so much stigma about leaving a job, and that getting a position means you are stuck there for life; what about the 7/11 cashiers?Will they forever be working in 7/11?
>>2723122Okay, last time I'm going to reply. Go to Japan first. Get a feel for the mass transit. We can tell you "You don't need a car" and "The transit is great" but until you actually experience it you aren't going to understand. Stop asking these questions and actually experience it first before making long term plans for shit you know nothing about.
>>2723146same with this 1080p slut. Imagine the nice 90s smell of smoke and sweaty umami armpitshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJQsGpCDX54&t=646
>>2723148>Will they forever be working in 7/11?They get demoted to working at Lawson if they fuck up
>>2723153would like to see a konbini power ranking chart
>>2723030I'm in japan to see japanese girls, simple
>>2722191Most of this shit is catered to locals
>>2722249A lot of Asian countries have a minor subculture of the "the 2nd most developed part is angry at the most developed part"I find it's often because the 2nd most developed part tends to have had a decent shot of becoming the most developed part or even the capital till some other factors (usually wherever foreigners decided to trade and/or rule from) became more important.
I want to bring my bicycle and cycle through several prefectures. Am I going to need to register and re-register it in every prefecture? Or does that only apply to bicycles from Japan?
>>2721495>yen going to shit>rural areas dying>shops opening shorter hours or closing forever>"Bro let's gatekeep our country so all of those things accelerate even more"Look, everyone hates tourists and I cannot say that I enjoy the hordes of chinese taking bad pictures in front of the birthplace of "famous composer X" here in yurop. But it creates jobs and people need to buy yen which will lift your economy up. It's a "born to shit forced to whipe" kind of situation where you just have to make the best out of it. Embrace the people and funnel them into certain areas that you can avoid as a native and just take pride in having a culture and way of life beloved by so many. The serving and hospitality industry keeps young people out of your social security system and in an alternate world where no one gave a shit about Japan you would lament over how you have to pay taxes to feed a gazillion neet pigs. Pic very related.
>>2723213Are you a resident in Japan?
>>2723215No, a tourist. I'm only going to be there for a couple weeks.
Any unique or weird things to do in fukuoka like how tokyo has the vending machine corner?
1 day bros feel like i'm not prepared. Just need to get lit i think.
>>2722249>>2723201In the 1920s-30s, there was a point at which Osaka was going to eclipse Tokyo in population. The Osakans saw it as a symbol of their city's prosperity and planned all sorts of celebrations for the day it'd (statistically) happen. When that day came around, on that same date, Tokyo passed an ordinance to incorporate some of its surrounding municipalities into "Tokyo proper" and never ended up officially giving up the #1 seat.
>>2722951i live in colorado and have attended more than one phish concertwhich means l look like this obviously
>>2723236You've got this anon. Just take it a step at a time until you finally check into your hotel. Wish I could go back in time and experience my 1st trip again.
>>2723241Thanks anon i think once i'm on the plane zoned out i'll just go with the flow. Really feels like there's never enough time.
What? an earthquake?
>>2723254Epicenter in Chiba. I hadn't felt one in a while
>>2723122post hand, Jamal
>>2722517Depends entirely what time you arrive. Just eat at the airport unless you just ate on the plane and feel like you can wait over an hour to eat
>>2721492Hey i wanna try a club here in tokyo does anyone know a good place in shinjuku area? I know shibuya would be best for clubs (atleast thats what i heard) but its like a 1 hour walk from where i am
>>2723228Go to a local hero show and watch mascots do stunts.
>>2723047Nigga nobody cares just don't be weird or too autistic.
>>2723296it's over...
>>2723296>just don't be weird or too autisticJust go to the plebbit meetup, normalfag
>>2721858How else am I going to bring home dozens and dozens of lolicon hentai figures?
What’s the worst experience you’ve had while in Japan?
I went back in November and it wasn't too cool, most days I had a half zip pullover but this time it will be late Feb to early Mar. Some time in Hokkaido as well. Do I need a massive jacket for Hokkaido?
>>2723344My phone completely died like spontaneous fatal error while I drank water out of a dirty glass at a parfait bar managed by an angry incel. Probably one of only 2 or 3 times service wasn't great
What DO you do with your phone? Just use WhatsApp and ignore any calls or texts? I don't want snacks unplayable phone bill or a ridiculously still expensive put of country plan.
>>2723351My plan includes international so never had to worry about it
Are these threads dead now that you can't talk.about soaplands
>>2723332Believe me i prefer brown autistic retards over redditcore 'weebs' but i expect people who want to meet up to at the very least have basic hygiene standards and some resemblance of personality. Is that too much too ask?
>>2723362It has been more quite but i think that has more to do with the hype of covid restrictions ending being gone for a while and it not being a prime vacation period. I do miss the people who did reports about their experiences tho.
>>2723344woman whispered "lolicon" on the train cos I met eyes with her daughter in the window reflection (I was looking down a brief moment because staring at the next stop screen was a bit much on my eyes)
>>2723362>hit the bump limit in 2 daysI don't think so
>>2723344Fell for the oldest trick in the book in Osaka when a sexy Chinese woman invited me to a Chinese-owned karaoke bar where I ended up paying 7000 yen for 1 Asahi and 2 Smirnoff Ice.That was a rookie mistake and I facepalm when I think about it
How far do you guys book your hotels? It seems like three week chunks is what booking does
>>2723389A monthish in advance I try to, it’s when they’re cheapest Closer to your arrival is obviously more expensive
how are hostels for sleeping off jetlag?my instinct is to jewmaxx and spend as little as possible but i've never done an overseas flight before
>>2723400I cannot imagine dealing with people. I need my own room. Especially when you can get one for $50-$70 a night
>>2723402if i didn't have so much shit i need to lug around i'd try a capsule hotel
>>2723400Pretty decent, It does somewhat depend on how social you are but it's a nice way to meet some mew people. Beds tend to be pretty hard generally but not the worst. You might occasionally have people coming back late from partying or whatever but you won't usually notice.
Going to Japan in a few weeks, and I know a fair amount of Japanese but would like to refine it a bit with vocabulary primarily good for traveling/dining. I can read both kana alphabets and a fair amount of Kanji. I prefer not having romanji. I have Anki installed, but don't know what decks are useful (and not in romanji)What resources do you recommend?
I'm gonna ask you guys a question but it's very specific and I'm not expecting anyone to know the answer but does anyone know any store where I can find some CDs or DVDs for sale of the EXIT TRANCE series remixes? those anime OP remixes kicked ass back in the day
>>2723426I use renshuu, it's actually pretty useful
>>2723450torrent it???
>>2723470ain't no torrents. I searched it before
>>2723471try asking on 2chan
>>2723450they're all on soulseek
>>2723450I'm loathe to reply to a frogposter, but you can probably find them in Mandarake or Surugaya. If you're really hardcore you can go around and dig through Book-Offs, but those tend to carry more conventional media.>>2723471They're all on Jpopsuki with releases ranging from 2006-2015.
>>2723477>Mandarake or SurugayaI'll try those >They're all on Jpopsuki with releases ranging from 2006-2015.>invite onlyfuckin hell
>>2723375>smirnoff iceWhy would someone do this to themselves?
>>2723375how did they make you pay? why didnt you insist on getting your moneys worth? i wouldve trashed the place
>>2723214>RussiaYeah because they're all dead or dying on the front lines.
>>2723484There were 2 dudes I assumed to be local Japanese costumers sitting near the edge and when she slapped me the bill, she started saying something in some Chinese dialect to them (not mandarin) and they looked at me so I immediately realised what was going on but I didn't want trouble so I just swallowed my pride and paid
>>2723483I like easy to drink alcohol with fruit flavour
>>2723491Can you share the address of this bar, I'd like to go there, I will get your 7000 yen back
>>2723497I don't remember but it's in the semi indoor street that goes from Dobutsuen Mae metro station to Tobita Shinchi in Nishinari ( my hostel was nearby)
>>2723506Thanks, I'll find it
>>2723507>>2723506>>2723497What makes you think you wouldn't just get arrested, are Japanese scam bars not like scam bars where I'm from where police are on the take and ready to arrest people who complain about the prices?
>>2722705If you're whit yes.
>>2722705The actual answer is they know what Thank you means, so they know what you said unless you've got some European or Texan etc type accent and/or speak fast.So they don't really care at all. Probably think you're better than the guys who say nothing.
>>2723530Because I have connections
If you want to swat away your intrusive thoughts of moving to Japan, just remember the mukade, huntsman spiders, giant hornets, etc.
>>2722823Assuming you all want to stay in the same place?AirBnb in Kyoto and then AirBnb in Tokyo. With 6/7 if you're lucky you'll find a place that beats hotel in both size and price when split amongst you. You'll just have to deal with no being in the heart of the city in either case since an ABNB of that size won't be in the center unless you're going really expensive.
>>2723530If there are clear facts of assault and threats, the police will act. However, the police will be reluctant to take action if there is no clear evidence of a rip-off because of the principle of non-intervention in civil matters.
>>2723530>are Japanese scam bars not like scam bars where I'm from where police are on the takeThey very well could be, I plan to do a lot of due dilligence first
When you eat ramen, do you drink all the broth?
>>2723561I drink until I feel full
>>2723491>not left hooking the cunts then raping her (she's Chinese therefore not human therefore not a crime)
>girl falls asleep on my left shoulder, rushes out next station>women falls asleep on my right shoulder, leaves train a couple stations afterThis is a good sign right
>>2723606I've only ever had drunk guys fall asleep on my shoulder. It's happened twice and only one of them said "すみません"
>>2723561You don't have to finish, but make sure visibly have reduced the amount of broth. They might think you don't like it if you only eat the noodles.
>>2723606Are you fat and soft like a pillow
>>2723651kek
>>2721492I'll be on a working holiday next year.How much money on average should I expect to spend per month I I poorfag my way through it?
>>2723754If you have to ask you're not gonna make it.
whoever suggested soulseek yesterday: thank you. how am I only learning about this in 2024?still want to the CDs though
>>2721492this is a bit in the future cause i want to do LATAM first but when I do go to japan I want to see everything from sapporo to the rykyusanyway what would it be like working some night shit fucking hours would I be able to see things? would have to start my remote job at 11pm-7am but I finish way early most daysI guess sleep from 6 am to 2pm or something then go gym then do things etc
I seriously hope you don't teach english bros.
>>2723772Japan is for white only sorry
>>2723781I'm curious. Why are you on this quest? I have no skin in the game I'm as hwhite as they come.
>>2723800>latam>hwhite Pick oneAnd yes, Argentina is in fact not white
>>2723805he didnt say he was from latin america, anon
>>2723808Why would anyone fly with latam to Japan if they’re not from some muttridden cuntry
>>2723805I'm not the Latam guy. He wasn't even saying that he's from Latam. I'm from Latvia the only nonwhite people we have are gypsies, Tatars & int students that make up less than 1% of the population. Also, you didn't answer my question. Did a black guy get with a jap girl and now you're sperging here? You think that'll make a difference?
You will never be wy
>>2723810he's not talking about LATAM airlines retard. he just said he wanna visit Latin American first. I can't even tell if you're severely retarded or trolling anymore
why can’t we all be friends?
>>2723832I'm going to go with the former, those types usually are.
>>2723833because we go to japan to escape the societal ills of the west (brown people and jews)
>>2723651yes..
>>2723837I go to Japan to feel like I'm back in the 90s (it just has that vibe). It also makes me feel like I'm back in the time where I played Pokemon yellow and Zelda on Nintendo 64, because they were created in Japan and inspired by the things around them. I feel like I'm in those games while I'm in Japan. I feel like the world is a nice place and the people are all worth knowing. Being in Japan makes me want to be kind to everyone.
Is Hiroshima worth visiting? I'm debating whether pass by for a day or going to another town. Maybe staying an extra night in Osaka
>>2723871I highly recommend going to Itsukushima next to Hiroshima, but stay the night. It’s a long trip back to Osaka. If you can’t, then you’re better off exploring Osaka.
>>2723876I don't think things you can clearly see in pictures are worth visiting. They're often underwhelming in real life, mostly because of the fact that you've seen it before.
>>2723767np! glad I could help :]
>>2723847>Pokemon yellow and Zelda on Nintendo 64>I feel like I'm in those games while I'm in JapanExactly the same for me, the feeling goes back to playing (for me, Gold/Silver Crystal on GBC) and just being a kid going everywhere in a virtual world traveling where I want or doing stuff in a city and not worrying about anything.Strange to see someone else make this connection, I've always thought this.
>>2723881Then stay in your basement and don't waste your money.
>>2723905Oh yeah? How long are you gonna stand here looking at that torii gate? And the water, and the trees? You go there, look around, say "wow!", take your photo, and that's it. Then what? Look at everyone in the picture above, no one's even looking at it. Seems like everyone wishes they were back home. No, I have no problem with travelling, but for things like this, it's a waste of time and money.
>>2723876Very cool anon :)
>NO YOU CANNOT TAKE PICTURES OF LANDSCAPES AND NO YOU CANNOT SPEND MONEY LIKE THAT>HAVE SEX INSTEAD CHUD INCELwhy are they like this
>>2723912Why don't you reply to my post next time ? Maybe it's because I'm a French and I've seen all the great landmarks of Europe and felt like they were not worth the time and money, but I think I would feel the same in Japan either also.
> Day 1 Fly in Fukuoka check in grab food> Day 2 Fukuoka> Day 3 Rent car Mt Aso, maybe team labs at Mifuneyama at night head back to Fukuoka> Day 4 Shinkansen or drive to Kagoshima / Sakurajima for music event>Day 5 Drive Kagoshima to Nobeoka along Miyazaki coast line >Day 6 Takachiho gorge then Yufuin>Day 7 Yufuin to Fukuoka to TokyoTrying to work out this itinerary. Seems rough and I'd prefer to spend only 6 days in Kyushu. Maybe I'll hit Mifuneyama day 1, go to the event in Kagoshima on day 3 instead and move everything up one day so Miyazaki coast day 4, Takachiho, Mt Aso and Yufuin day 5, Yufuin back to Fukuoka and then Tokyo day 6Anyone been to Mt Aso? is it really worth the trip? Any other suggestions? I'm pretty willing to move things around as long as I'm in Kagoshima day 3 or day 4.
Any shopping mall recs?
>>2723914Not that anon, mais t'as l'air d'être une sacrée tête de con. Qu'est ce que tu fous dans un fil sur le Japon si t'en as rien à faire de visiter ce pays. Moron.
>>2723924Nice Google translate
>>2723847>>2723886Japan is just outdated You can feel exactly the same feelings in any other 3rd world shithole countries
>>2723929You really can't. There is a warmth and gentle nature that is common in Japanese people that you rarely find in people in other countries.
>>2723915You're only going for a week?
>>27239352 weeks but the rest is spent in Tokyo and Hokkaido. Notably, I lived in japan for a year pre-pandemic and hit most of japan already. I even did shikoku twice. But Nagasaki was the only place in Kyushu I travelled to during that time.
>>2723919I like Aqua City Odaiba because it's got a good variety of shops and a lot of the restaurants have a nice city view.
>>2723939Okay, that's good. I feel bad for people who go less than 2 weeks, it's just not worth it.
How old is too old to visit Japan?
>>2723908Are you seriously this retarded or only pretending? I wouldn’t tell you to go there all the way from Osaka if it was just a Tori gate. The entire island is beautiful and it might be the best place I’ll get to see in my life.
>>2723972In what sense? It's a tourist destination even a geezer can go there. Prostitutes also allow geezers actually mostly target geezers.
Whitebros... they're clowning on us.https://x.com/May_Roma/status/1846237714317746348
I genuinely wonder what percentage of people in these threads have some sort of neurodivergence. Like sometimes the level of questions reek of at minimum diagnosable anxiety, or outright autism.
>>2723986It's shitposters that procastinate on going or don't hav e thmoeny and have to post here because they have nothing else in their lives. grim.
>>2723754You can probably stay alive with something like >$1500 while renting some place cheap.
>>2723986yes but you should hang out with me anyway
>>2723986a lot, but we’re on 4chan so it’s to be expected. What bothers me more is the amount of low quality posters who have nothing to add and ask retarded questions to soothe their own neuroticism
>>2723929Congratulations, you might be retarded
>>272397275
Will be visiting that abroadinjapan bar sometime next week. Looks like an alright place to meet a fellow traveller
My solo trip is in a week. iPhone user here, recommend some apps that will ensure i wont look like a fish out of water on top of already being one.
>>2724023google translate
>>2724023Suica app
>>2724022>youtuber businessAre ANY of these anywhere ever not shit?
>>2723972I'd say it's actually good for people under 40 and over 60. A middle-aged man going to Japan by himself is weird but a younger or older person has plenty of normal reasons to go.Ryokan are ideal old fogey vacation spots.
>>2723931Ireland, Norway, most of Africa, Canada, Philippines.
>>2723871I was gonna go to Hiroshima but my plans bombed
i will spend a week each in osaka and then tokyo, then i have 11 days open. Thinking this:>Day 1: fly to Nagasaki>Day 2-4: day trips around nagasaki>Day 5: Shinkansen to Hiroshima, brief stop in Fukuoka>Day 6-7: Hiroshima antics>Day 7-8/9: rent car and drive back to Tokyo making stops along Seto inland sea.>Day 8/9-11: try to get laid in Tokyo idkAll this happening in January. I considered going up north to Aomori or something but i fucking hate the cold, hopefully Kyushu will be a little warmer. Never driven in the country, or on the left side, is it that hard to get used to? Also, the $60 flight to nigasaki ji found yesterday just went up to $93 today... I have a loose outline of stuff to do/things to see, if you got any suggestions, especially stuff between hiroshima and tokyo that you would need a car.
is the kirby cafe open during new years week?the best flight i can find is on the 29th and i'm tempted to spend a week in tokyo to do weebshit before going up north but is everything just gonna be shut down the whole time?
>>2724074Gimmick cafés are 100% definitely not worth it unless you sustain yourself on Instagram likes.Go to a real restaurant then go gawk at a merch store
>>2724074In the same boat as you, I'm flying United on the 29th and looking to go Kirby cafe. I know gimmick cafes aren't worth it, but my brother is a huge Kirby fan. My friend in Nagano says most places are closed from the 1st to the 5th, does this apply to most places in Tokyo?
What do solo travelers do just wander around and buy whores
whats the best way to go about getting money? I keep seeing people say to make sure you always have actual yen on you since a lot of places dont accept card/debit.Should I just exchange lots of my cash on me once I get to the airport or would it be better to just pull shit out from ATM's
>>2724087there's tons to do, try out restaurants, go to museums/historical sights, shop for shit like souvenirs/clothes/animefag shit or vidya.And thats just the basic shit if you go with zero plans, there's tons of apps to use to meet up with people while travelling, don't be a loser and take advantage of the fact your in a foreign country on vacation
>>2724088I’ve been wondering this myself. I considered ordering cash from my bank beforehand but their exchange rate is pretty bad. Now I just plan to withdraw yen from my revolut card at 7/11 atm’s, it’s the one of the best/ cheapest ways afaik
>>2723800currynigger detectedpost hand
>>2724087I enjoy going to see weird niche stuff I'd never get a friend or GF to be interested in. Like the burial mound in Tokyo.I'm much more anthropologically inclined than most people so a place like Tokugawa's tomb or Himeji Castle would be a whole day of looking around.
>>2724087basically yeah
>>2724088>>2724094Just withdraw money at a convenience store when needed.
>>2721711>>2721719Here's the whole chartI'm really surprised Aomori is nearly dead last it looks amazing. Is it just a case of "why would I stop here if Hokkaido is just a little bit farther?"
>>2724075They 100% are fuck this guy.Nofunhaver
>>2724135>dusty/sweaty dolls that have been sitting on otaku/fujoshi laps for weeks>$3 coffee they charge $20 for because their shitty stiff whipped topping comes out in a character moldI'm not telling you to not be a weeb I'm telling you to buy food at places rated for the quality of the food not the aesthetics of the plate
>>2724023Have you loaded your apple wallet suica card? Asking because I’m trying to but the app won’t talk my debit for some reason
>>2724124The moral of the story is that the Japs just like most tourists go to the big cities so the places close to big cities get no tourists
>>2724088>>2724094>>2724121There's been a huge adoption of cashlessness since Covid
>>2724124>Akita dead lastI’ll be the only tourist there next month I guess
>>2724145>domesticActually you'll just be swarmed with Jeets
>>2723972When you die on the plane
I am an icocachad
>>2724143In the large metropolitan areas, If you go outside of those many places will be cash only. Just have some to make sure. Many izakayas take cash only even today.
>>2723491>I didn't want troubleso you picked up the stool and threw it then jumped up and grabbed a beam, using the momentum to scissor kick the two guys before doing a backflip and running away?
eSim or that wifi box
>>2724221I'm using Ubigi esim, it works with mobile tethering too
anyone know good group accomodation in kyoto?
>>2724023Idk how it works but use an eSim. Its cheaper and easier than a physical sim.
I ordered a Mobal eSim and its status on my account has been pending for a while now. Is this normal since I set the activation date to be some time in November when I actually land there? I kinda wanted to have it at least setup on my phone before I leave so I don't have to worry much about it when I get there.
>>2724124I thought that Aomori would be more popular than Akita or Yamagata because of the major tourist destinations of Hirosaki and Oirase Valley.I myself had a fun experience traveling to the Shimokita Peninsula in Aomori last year. I visited the Aviation Museum (40.7076, 141.3905), the Nuclear Fusion Research Facility (40.9509, 141.3256), the Closed Environment Research Center (40.9646, 141.3593), and the exhibition of the reactor of the only nuclear-powered ship manufactured in Japan (41.3639, 141.2363).It's your interests that make a fun trip. Design your trip according to your interests.
Lads where the fuck do I go in Japan just to have some drinks and chill with people who are not 60 years old?So far it seems that my options are to go to a standing izakaya place and have to constantly chat to old tired salarymen, or go to a place like Shibuya and meet the retarded horny foreigners drinking on the streets there. I just want to go to a casual bar with people in their 20s. Do places like that even exist?
What’s parking like in the major cities? I’m looking to rent a car next time I visit and using a single hotel as my home base
>>2724274The HUB or western style pubs. Or smaller club style places or actual Japanese bars where they only serve liquor, but you’ll most likely run into groups of young Japanese friends who probably don’t want to talk to you
>>2724278Why the fuck are you renting a car?
>>2724281Because I like to drive
>>2724281>not wanting to cruise through the Japanese countryside, towns or cities What kind of mindset is this?
Is there a big difference between the suica app and suica as a transit pass through your android/apple wallet?
>>2724278Pretty expensive. It's something like 200-300 yen per 30 minutes compared to 200-300 yen per 24 hours in the countryside.
>>2724285Physical vs digitalAlso I don’t think you can get suica on Android unless you bought your Android phone in JapanThat being said, I had no issues using a physical card and putting it in my wallet, most suica readers could read the card through my wallet so I didn’t even need to pull it out. But you do need to load physical Suica cards with physical yen
Just came here to say that when I was in Tokyo my shitty 500 yen umbrella got ripped to shit during a freak gust of wind. Having no place to put it (because nips are retarded and don't believe in rubbish bins) I tossed it into one of those soft drink bins next to a vending machine. They're lucky I didn't throw it into a bush.
>>2724287Sorry, let me clarify, I meant like the wallet app on your apple device/whatever android has to keep your digital credit/debit cards.Like is there a substantial difference between the suica app and a digital suica card? I assume they’re pretty much the same thing?Speaking of physical, are they giving them out in the airport or do they still have the chip shortage? Last time i went i got the welcome suica but not the normal green one
>>2724288>nooooo my ~$2 umbrella broke noooooWhat did you expect from a cheap Chinese made 711 umbrella?
>>2724290nice sub-50iq reading comprehension
>>2724291>noooooo my lack of trash cans noooooooo
>>2724289Oh not sure, I use Icoca and I just went in August and my Icoca card is good until 2050
Found the local soap land might go back later.Also fucking euro trash everywhere, just old Italian slags everywhere skytree was full of them. Using my bag as a battering ram cause they are to busy fucking spaghetti to move out of the way.
>>2724298Sky Tree was kino when I went even though lots of Chinese and a Spaniard group who was mostly hot women. 8/10 can’t complain
Gentlemen, I have a fucking train question and I will kms for it don't worry: Nikko Pass says Tobu express from Asakusa is O.K. but LIMITED express isn't. Google just shows "express railway" so how do you determine wether the train is limited or not? Is it just shown on the destination board like "dep 17:40 exp - LTD" or are they distinct kinds of trains taking different routes? I want to actually /trv/ and not just see the konbini in Ueno so please spoonfeed me like the baby I am.
>>2724301Honestly? Just buy the train that is going to your destination from the train station and go for the ride unless you have some sort of deadline. I took a local train from Nagoya to Osaka and it was fucking awesome, compared to taking a bullet
>>2724274try asking strangers on the street
>>2724301It's displayed on the board and on the train's sign.
>>2724298stop posting sideways photos you lazy fuck
>>2724302That is some good advice but in this case it seems like the express isn't some super high speed train and more like a "direct line with less stops" kind of thing that takes all in all the same amount of time minus switching trains at Minami (one is 3h the other is 2 1/2). But I will steal the idea of doing some local trains around Nagoya.
>>2724306thank you anon.
Can my boss respond back to my query on 2 week leave yet or not?I just want to know if I can book these flights or not.
>>2724221Depends on price. Unironically just search it up on YouTube and chances are some video within the last few months has some promo code for one option or another.
>>27240741st is probably closed and probably 31st or at least closed early. Otherwise shit is open around that time but crowded
give it to me straight anons whats the worst thing about japan from your experience
>>2724087There's a lot of experiences to do alone. Even when I travel with friends we always assign 1 day of "Fuck off do what you like"
>>2724301On Tobu lines, platforms where express trains stop are separated for their own use.
>>2724317Chinese tourists.Crappy overpriced food in touristy areas or even western friendly establishments where it’s not necessarily overpriced but still shit
>>2724317everything's in Japanese
>>2724317If you're afraid of getting lost or are bad with directions when you can't read stuff the large stations can be a nightmare.
I know this is the Japan general but got damn Korea sucks in comparison
>>2724317I hate japs because I hate sub humans
>>2724353I really enjoyed Korea. I also liked how it contrasted with Japan in many ways. What didn't you like?
>>2724356Culture is non existent, it’s literally an American colony much more than you feel in Japan
>>2724360It all makes sense when you learn 99% of their economy is like 3 companies
>>2724353true, it really is just america with moon runes and asian people instead of blacks/mexicans everywhere.
>>2724353>>2724360>>2724367My friends want to go to South Korea at some point next year. Should I just bail and go back to Japan, convince them to do a side trip to south Korea with a main japan trip, or maybe convince them to go to Japan instead
>>2724356It’s just a poor man’s japanNo wonder you faggots love it
>>2724370theres nothing in korea, it has no culture, no charm, no soul, nobody even thought of going there until kpop really took off in the 2010s
>>2724360>>2724372Does "culture" = tradition and muh temples and shit? Sure there is not much of that in Korea, but that's pretty obvious so you're retarded if that's why you went there. Korean modern culture is extremely popular on the other hand. Even if that doesn't appeal to you, there is still great food and great nightlife/party places, which to me are enough to justify a trip to Korea if you're around that part of the world.Dunno I usually visit Korea for a couple of days and have tons of fun every night, it's a way different atmosphere than Japan and I enjoy it.
>>2724373Sounds like i can take the option if trying to convince my friends to make Japan the main part of the trip and take a few days for a side trip to Korea then
>>2724373>nightlifehave you ever been to a nightclub in Korea? It’s depressing and dystopian
>>2724375How so? I can't imagine it being much worse to times I've been to one and it's a horrific ratio of guys to girls, with the guys all taking turns hounding the three girls in the club
i'm too autistic to go to clubs and i can't drink because of my meds.
>>2724376The girls sit on their phones at tables with each other waiting for a guy to approach them and they either ignore 99% of the guys or just they don’t get approached all night, there’s nothing happening. The ratio is relatively normal though
>>2724377Do coke
>>2724379>The girls sit on their phones at tables with each other waiting for a guy to approach them and they either ignore 99% of the guys or just they don’t get approached all night, there’s nothing happening.Thats sad, but that's not particularly different from the US it seems
>>2724381Though I’m not American I think the difference is in the US people go with the intention to actually do stuff but don’t but in Korea they go with the conscious intention of sitting on their phone all night
Bros I think a yurei traveled back home with me from Japan. Ever since I’ve been back home so much weird shit has been happening, strange noises at night, dog acting weird, shitty sleep
I don’t understand why this is so hard. I want a phone upgrade but the apple store didn’t have any 16 pros. I need a japanese phone to order online. And that seems like that’s all my options. Am I only running into issues because I want the latest model? Idk where else to ask but hopefully the american japan inhabitants can help
>>2724383Much more so before, but it's getting pretty bad these days
any tips on seeing a bunch of beautiful art/architecture/cultural stuff in Tokyo?I should hit up some galleries and museums but which ones, and what else beyond those?
I really do love it here. Halfway through my trip and aside from 2 rainy days it's been all sunshine
>>2724381I have never seen that in the US. Where do you live? Tri-state Chad's don't tolerate that incel behavior
>>2724405There are many national museums and art galleries in Ueno Park. Please visit them first.There are almost no old buildings left in Tokyo. They were all burned down in air raids. Many art galleries in Tokyo collect modern and contemporary art.For traditional art, we recommend visiting the national museums in Kyoto and Nara.We recommend Fukagawa Edo Museum (35.6812, 139.8006) andhttps://www.city.koto.lg.jp/spot/shiryokan.htmlUrayasu City Local History Museum (35.6550, 139.9010). Although small, it has a restored traditional streetscape.https://www.city.urayasu.lg.jp/kanko/kyodo/The following two places are places where traditional buildings have been relocated and preserved.https://www.tatemonoen.jp/english/(35.7152,139.5125)https://www.city.kawasaki.jp/880/page/0000043654.html(35.6099,139.5619)The following museums are listed:Nezu Museum (35.6622,139.1700)https://www.nezu-muse.or.jp/Seikado Bunko Art Museum (35.6790,139.7617)https://www.seikado.or.jp/Sumida Hokusai Museum (35.6963,139.8003)https://hokusai-museum.jp/
>>2724278>What’s parking like in the major cities?Same as anywhere, expensive.> I’m looking to rent a car next time I visitGo for it, but I don't recommend using, say, Tokyo or Osaka as your sole base in that case. Driving in any city isn't a fun experience. I rented in both Nagano and Hachinohe, Nagano to drive to Togakushi, Akakura Onsen, and Lake Nojiri, and from Hachinohe to Lake Towada because I fucked up and missed the last bus of the day. Driving's easy enough, it's not hard getting used to driving on the left. One big thing to note that I missed the first time I drove, in rural areas there may not be vertical stop signs, just a line at the intersection with 止まれ written on the asphalt. That's also a stop sign.As far as renting itself, not sure what the process is for other countries but in the US, you'll go to a AAA location and get an international driver's license. Obviously you must already have a valid US driver's license for this. It's basically just a translation of your US license into Japanese so Japanese authorities and rental agencies can read it. I rented from Toyota both times, got a midsize sedan first time and a small hatchback the second time. Cars were great, and rates were inexpensive.>>2724405Sumida Hokusai museum for the classic Japanese art, but I'm not sure where else for other artists/general collections. Tokyo has some neat architecture all over, the Asahi golden poop in Sumida, the cocoon building in Shinjuku, just to name a few. Yokohama also has a lot of cool buildings, and Nikko's shrines and temples are a great visit both for the incredibly intricate construction of the buildings themselves and the decorations, and for history since it has the mausoleum of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
I was too scared to go in an izakaya by myself too yesterdayI'm just too boring and autistic and my japanese is still beginner tier
Just got back from a drunken stumble in Asukusa, every place was full of white cunts, walked down a side street found this tiny bar. Bsically snack bar/ izakaya cute Japanese girl serving welcomed me in made me double strength lemon sours and was just really friendly. Locals came in just a lot of drunken google translate and mashed up Japanese reco here hit up A393. Good karaoke venue owned by the same place next door.
>>2724429I'll go with you (I don't know much japanese either)
i plan on going back to tokyo a couple of days after the new year, but since it'll be that time of year, will a lot of places be closed? i would be touching down the night of the 4th.
>>2724432>gets back home at 10.30pmthats when the night starts buddy
>>2724440im an old man i need my beauty sleep.
>>2724444What do you need beauty sleep for, old men are supposed to be ugly.
>>2724287Can I buy an ICOCA card in osaka and use it anywhere (as long as it's not paying the fare for shinkansen obviously?)
I'm gonna take the train or subway a lot in Tokyo during three weeks. Is there a discount or pass to do it cheaper?
>>2724453Yeah, I used my ICOCA with multiple city metros with no issues, as well as with vending machines etc
Any eurobro brought a Toto washlet seat back home? I don’t know if their size will fit our porcelain and whether the 220v plug will break it.
what does SUICA give discount for exactly?
>>2724273Exquisite tastes anon
>>2724548Nothing and nothing
https://lp.zipair.net/air/halloween/en/info/lp/2410/index.html
Is November a boring month to go to Japan, or is there cool November stuff to see or do?
>>2724567>$700 for a month in japan I like the deal but I don’t like that it only stops in narita than hanedaFor a $200 difference, another airline could fly you there to Haneda too
>>2724568NopeNadaZilch Just stay home anon
>>2724573Tickets already paid for, so I guess I'll just sit under a waterfall, reflecting.
>>2724574That’s a good ideaLet us know how that goes
>>2724564>>2724573>>2724575You bored? I'm sure there's a better way to spend your day than this
>>2724568less tourists sounds great to me
>>2724487It's cheap as already, do you really need a discount?>>2724448My soapland adventure says otherwise, good skincare and well rested means I pull women unlike the neck beards i've seen around.
>>2724598>i pull women>soapland???
>>2724568I'm also looking for answers because i'm thinking about a trip in November 2025.Its autumn then right? So tree-filled places should look really nice like Nikko.
I hope none of you niggas be clappin at a Shinto shrine like some kinda local lmao
>>2724644of course I'm clappingt. american
>>2724568>>2724632https://s.n-kishou.co.jp/w/sp/koyo/koyo_top.html?f=corp#googtrans(en)just check the forecast for foliage (or find an english website that makes it easy and lists the best spots)obviously you can do the same sightseeing as at any other time of the year. i don't think it will be much less busy - it is a good time of the year for comfortable weather, but what do i knowother November specific ideas from my notesTokyo - 3rd Nov is Culture Day, a public holiday where some museums are opened for free entry for the day (National Museum, Museum of Western Art, both in Tokyo Ueno park, idk others check it yourself)Meiji-Jingu autumn festival 1st Nov - 3rd Nov. Has Yabusame (horseback archery) on 3rd Novfrom 3rd-11th nov (depending on which observation deck you go to for the angle) you can see "Diamond Fuji" which is when the sun sets directly over mt. fujimt. takao autumn festivalKyoto -ruriko-in temple bookings for this autumns viewing period start in a couple of days (21st Oct I think, I'm skipping it)Many temples have events when they open at night and light up with the foliage. not extensive list: Kiyomizu Dera, Eikando, Reikan-ji Temple - a small temple that is only open during the first two weeks of April and the last two weeks of November
>>2724644i once saw someone say ">he doesnt pray for a good trip" and ever since then ive decided im going to do that when i go to japan
>>2724650.
>>2724487There are several passes that are valid only for JR. https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/ And I think all the private railways also offer unlimited one-day passes except Keio Electric Railway.
Sorry, it seems that Keio Electric Railway is also selling free tickets now.https://icotto.jp/presses/11833
alright so im planning a trip to japan in like a month, flying to tokyko alone and this is gonna be my first trip outside of NA. bit of a weeb but i do want to see Matsumoto and odawara clans castles before i leave. any advice to plan? most of the videos on youtube Itineraries are 5 or 4 years old for solo trips.
>>2724568>>2724632>>2724650I've been told that November is the best time to bike the Shimanami Kaido. Great views and not deadly hot. I'm planning to bike it in a month.
>>2724668this is gonna be you>oh wow...wood>oh wow...stone>why did i come here again
>>2724671Sounds like my portugual trip, just replace wood with rocks and hills.
>>2721492What’s the best ramen place in Osaka
>>2724672why did you choose portugal? do you regret it or was it for family/work?
>>2724669>Shimanami KaidoI was planning that for next april actually.I was going to do the full length from onomichi to Imabari over 2 days, but now i think i'll just go from onomichi to Ikuchi island and back in 1 day. Most of the things to see are on the first islands anyway.
>>2724674It's affordable, and though I stayed for two weeks, it felt like a month. Unlike other European cities, it doesn’t attract as many tourists—just a few Brits here and there. Overall, it's a richer European experience imo. My friends agree, aside from places like Rome or Madrid, which are pricier.
>>2724644I didThe fuck you gonna do about it
>>2724415South Florida, it's changed with the massive influx of people
>>2724644>>2724646>go to japan>go to shrine>pay tip>clapI am home
>>2724677>just a few Brits here and thereqrd on Portugal?I was just there, and I noticed that nobody understands Spanish despite bordering Spain, while everybody seems to know English as a second language. What's up with that?
It is usually whites or Chinese who cause trouble in Japan. Every time they repeat their nuisance, there are more places for NO-gaijin.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4tgqtGfpfs
>>2724677>Unlike other European cities, it doesn’t attract as many touristsI not sure about that buddy, Lisbon, Porto and Algarve are usually overrun with tourists. I will give you that most of the country side is not but to say that Japan is the same as Portugal, jesus>>2724690> I noticed that nobody understands Spanish despite bordering SpainThat's very wrong, it's the other way around. Spanish don't even make an effort to try to understand Portuguese even on phrases that are virtually the same, i.e,> Quero uma cerveja> Quiero una cervezaUsually Portuguese can understand 90% of Spanish so I don't know where you got that experience from, maybe zoomers.t. Portuguese
>>2724671Add>oh wow...steel>oh wow...concreteand you've got every place on the planet
My feet are starting to hurt. I think I might ride the train around for a couple of hours and do some coding. That sounds nice.
>>2724704>Lisbon, Porto and Algarve are usually overrun with tourists.Holy fuck it was.>Spanish don't even make an effort to try to understand PortugueseIs there a reason for that? I guess my question can be flipped the other way then.>Usually Portuguese can understand 90% of Spanish so I don't know where you got that experience from, maybe zoomers.Maybe it might have to do with me speaking with a very Cuban accent, maybe the pronunciation of stuff was weird
>>2724568Dunno but I'm thinking of going too, might have left it too late though
>>2724650Thanks so much anon, you've given me lots more to do
>>2722068what about the gaijin tax?
>>2724124Why is Okinawa so unpopular? I thought they liked the tropical escape?
>>2722189I thought SEA (and indians) are one step below korean in japan
>flying out tomorrow>have a chance to see baseball in tokyo>playoff series>tokyo team is literally about to lose the series before I even get theredisgraceful
>>2724644yes I did. and a random pretty girl taught me how to pray to her gods too
>>2724672Portugal is extremely boring after 2 weeks.t. Portuguese
>>2724690we do understand Spanish if you speak slowly and some people do learn Spanish as a 2nd foreign language like myselfWe just get a lot more exposure to English from a young age because we use subtitles instead of dubs and consume a lot of British media
>>2724735Anyway got lots planned anyway. Things shall be chill and good. Just hate getting to/from airports but besides that everything will be great
>>2724735I bought a ticket to see a J-league match with the Urawa Red diamonds where they will play the team that's currently first. they're probably gonna get crushed and it's gonna be fun to see what it's like in Japan when the home team loses
second time in japan, where should I stay 2 nights in tokyo? I already did most of the usual place to visit in tokyo last time so I don't have much preference. Just close to train lines
>>2724751Anshin Oyado is a good capsule hotel
>>2724718> Cuban accentOh understandable, it's probably harder to find someone.> Is there a reason for that? I guess my question can be flipped the other way then.Not sure, Spain usually had dubs for everything so they don't make an effort to learn another language, even in a corporate environment I don't think they make an effort to use English.Portugal on the other hand uses subs and English is more common overall so everyone gets exposure very early. One of the reasons the 80's/90's generation understands so much of Spanish is because back then cable TV here used to show Cartoons dubbed in Spanish.
>>2724743How easy is it to get tickets? I'll be in Japan around the Nippon Series.
>>2724770Also one of my favorite things to do in Spain is speak really slow and easy Portuguese to see if they make an effort to have a conversation.In Madrid I even got people who came to me asking for simple directions to just turn around and walk away.
>>2724730>really far>really expensive>typhoon risk>americans
>>2724704I didn’t spend much time in Porto, Lisbon, or the Algarve—just a day in Lisbon and two in Porto without seeing any tourists. My base was in Centro.I’m not comparing Portugal to Japan (I haven’t been, planning to go next month), but I found it much better than most European countries I’ve visited. Even touristy spots like Nazaré were better places like Gravensteen in Belgium.
>>2724730i'm thinking of ending my trip there. how is it in late march?
Until around the beginning of the Heisei era, even small towns with a population of only a few tens of thousands were crowded with people in front of the station.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-c2MAFBN4Y&t=3510s
>>2721492>page 10New thread:>>2724801
>>2724770>>2724774That's pretty cool to know. Thanks!
I hate brazil/potugueseniggers so much it’s unreal
>>2724644My hero is the gaijin that was clapping nippon cheeks at the shinto shrine.
>>2724742Also thank you for the info. That makes sense
>>2723832lmfao i just wanted night shift niggas to tell me their experiences
>>2724797The streets were full of high school girls.
