I want to visit japan for the first time but apparently they hate tourists now? How likely is it that I will get bullied and mistreated for being a foreigner?

>>2724804
>apparently they hate tourists now
Why do people talk about countries like hive minds?
Some people in Japan always will and always have hate for tourists.
Chances are you won't interact with many of them because you're gonna be going to tourist businesses
Even then people aren't gonna be rude to your face most times. They'll tell you to have a good day and not mean it before they tell you to fuck off and do mean it.

>>2724804
Worst thing that could happen to you is getting the gaijin seat in an izakaya or restaurant
They give you a seat where you can't be seen away from the customers
It happened to me so I just pointed at the bar chair and said 外国人いすですか
Some drunk guy laughed hysterically and invited me to sit next to him

>>2724804
Practically zero. As long as you're not loud and obnoxious, you should be fine.

Also don't be an idiot who stand in the middle of the sidewalk or station and get in the way of everyone. I get that sometimes you'll get lost, overwhelmed, or want to take in the sites when traveling, but step to the side first before dealing with those things.

>>2724804
Why are there so many doomposts lately?
99% of people don't care positive or negative, just have fun and ignore the jerks just like at home

>>2724801
I've asked this already but for some reason people have been butthurt and not given real answers.

What's the best legal and easy way to get a good sleep aid in Japan? I want to do my domestic travel while sleeping so I'm planning on using ferries and trains. I'm a light sleeper so I'd want something to help me sleep on the moving vehicles though.

Nyquil would work but it's not allowed over there so I want anons' opinions on stuff like "get this specific kind of tea it helped me sleep"

>>2724801
>2022
Irrelevant the whole country has had 300% more smelly foreigners added the past year and a half

>>2724825
Hey retard why don’t you just go to a pharmacy in Japan and ask the nice workers for a sleep aid?

>>2724825
just buy domestically
they have drug stores too

>>2724825
don't know

>>2724825
Mohammad get out

>>2724810
>外国人いすですか
Is this the foreigner chair?

>>2724825
I don't know what kind of answer are you expecting. Go to a fucking pharmacy and ask.
Or if you insist so much in sleeping during travel book first class and get some noise canceling headphones, a blind and a pillow and fucking sleep.

>>2724804
It depends where you go, big cities like Tokyo they dont give a shit about you. You wont have any problems unless you act like a loud annoying westerner. You'll just encounter the usual racism like the Foreigner menu's where you pay more than the locals or places that wont serve you. But thats more because they cant speak english and they cant be bothered to learn so its easier not to have you there. Out in the countryside though, you'll get suspicion and fear, and many place will just want you out as soon as possible.

>>2724804
People talk as if you're going to be pelted with stones and spat on everywhere you go now, and that in the past everyone in Japan used to walk up to you and shake your hand and treat you like a king.
Unless you're an actual bumbling retard or an active nuisance who is planning to go over and cause trouble, what do you think?
Don't get blitzed drunk and grab women or piss on shrines and you'll be fine.
Yeah, a bunch of locals are going to silently seethe and say "I hate tourists" to themselves when they see you. So what? Are you really not going to go? This has ALWAYS been the case, and the only thing that's changed is now there is a tiny bit more of that sentiment.
You should be more concerned about the fact that it's more expensive now, not if Sukuzi-san likes you or not.

how many Viagra tablets can i bring in without the border guards getting suspicious?

First time going to Japan in January; I'm at an N5 (just about ready to do N4), will I be good to have small chats and talk to people for a bit in the countryside? Any anons have any experience with doing this? I'm white btw

I have like four days free near the end of my trip that I haven’t filled up yet
Should I just stay in Tokyo and use a bullet train to quickly visit Fuji for example? Is that enough time to walk around, get to know the place and bullet train back to Tokyo?

>>2724801
Which sounds like a better focus trip: kyuushu in the fall or Hokkaido in the spring?

>>2724848
>Don't get blitzed drunk and grab women or piss on shrines and you'll be fine
that was my whole itinerary

>>2724894
LOL

>>2724848
Instructions unclear, I blitzed women, pissed on drunks, and grabbed shrines

>>2724804
not a nip but i live in a tourist town and i would say what people generally resent much more than tourists are people who show up and try to buy their way into being a local. pretty much everyone over the age of like 15 understands that a dead resort is a much worse place to live than a thriving one in spite of having more retard exposure during certain times of year.
if you are self aware enough to ask the question you are already far and above the worst type of tourist

>>2724804
Do people in your country bully and abuse foreigners when they see them?

>>2724804
You're more likely to be bullied by other foreigners.

>>2724964
From which countries?

>>2724882
I bet you're a French nigger you subhuman.

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After calculating the Shinkansen prices for my trip it seems I'm breaking even with the Rail pass and regional passes won't cut it. So I decided to just visit a lot more places to make it worth the pass price. Are there some towns north of Tokyo worth visiting?

Also what are some ferries worth taking covered by the rail pass? Might as well visit some comfy island or something.

>>2724883
>Is that enough time to walk around, get to know the place and bullet train back to Tokyo?
Definetly. The last time I went I had time to hang around near Fuji and go back for dinner in Tokyo. We made sure to take the train early in the morning just to be sure but we had time to spare

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god americans are so insufferable. Somehow they're even more annoying than chinese this time around. Why are they so fucking loud all the time

>>2724883
>>2724983
Taking a day trip to Mt. Fuji while staying in Tokyo is a huge waste of money and time. Are you an Arab royal?

>>2724986
I would just "accidentally" spill a drink on them.

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>>2724989
yeah, only a richest of richest saudi princes can aford a ~5358¥ trip. Thank god i'm part of the 1%

>>2724825
you can buy lean over the counter in japan. go in to a pharmacy and fake a cough and they'll give you a bottle of codeine.

>>2724851
in my experience if you have less than a 90 days supply of anything they don't even bat an eye. if you have less than 1,000 pills total and have a reasonable explanation for all of them (this is Rx, this is supplement, blah blah blah) then you'll have no trouble. they really only care about the jeets and gerians importing meth and coke.

>>2724872
>こんにちは
>これはいくらですか
>これをください
>これをおねがいします
>ありがとうございます
>すみません
>ごめんなさい
>日本語はちょっと難しいですね。。。
if you can understand that it's really all you need. the first language japanese people speak is GOOD MANNERS and the words are just filler. if you are polite you will have no trouble anywhere in the country. if you are N1 and have bad manners you'll have an awful time.

japanese really appreciate foreigners that try their best to speak japanese. especially because most of them are embarrassed to speak english.

>>2724983
Is that enough time to see the lakes around Fuji?

>>2724889
kyuushu no question. hokkaido is nice in the summer or winter. it's kind of sad and grey in spring and fall.

>>2724964
this is true.


>>2724982
i'd go to kanazawa, hiraizumi, and aomori. kanazawa is 2 hours by bullet train from tokyo and has a very unique feel amongst japanese cities. the food is really good there too!

>>2724986
you have to understand that america is a big country and japan attracts a certain kind of extremely obnoxious american. we in america also find this kind of person to be extremely annoying and loud. please understand.

Stop. Staying. In Tokyo.
Do you want to experience Japan or Tokyo? Because you won’t experience Japan by being in Tokyo. It’s like visiting NYC and saying you’ve been to USA.

Actually, visit and stay in Tokyo and leave Japan for the rest of us, faggots

>>2725029
Why would you encourage foreigners to leave Tokyo asshole

>>2725029
I think of Tokyo as a home base to explore the neighboring areas
No one actually stays in Tokyo right?

>>2725029
>It’s like visiting NYC and saying you’ve been to USA.
Isn't that really common?
https://www.trade.gov/us-states-cities-visited-overseas-travelers

>>2725034
Because almost all forms of media feature those major states, which is why people abroad want to know these areas that have been romanticized on tv

>>2725029
What's wrong with Tokyo? Only poor/forced to work in the boonddocks english teaches complai nabout it tbqh. the night life better than anywhere else and you can get to the attraction elsewhere quite easy.

>>2725033
All my friends who've been to Japan went to Tokyo and Tokyo only. I guess because there's so much to do and see there and nothing elsewhere appealed to them.

>>2725038
Tokyo isn’t just Tokyo station
I’m sure there’s plenty to see around Tokyo and the neighboring prefectures, but like anon said, there’s much to see outside Tokyo
>nothing elsewhere appealed to them
Skill issue desu

>>2725039
Name just 5 worthwhile things outside of Tokyo that you can't see an equivalent of in Tokyo.

>>2725040
Not giving you my spots

>>2725041
Because, you have none.

>>2725038
Were they coomers and weebs ? Tokyo is one of the worst cities in Japan for attractions and places like shibuya and shinjuku were horrible .

>>2725045
Coomers no, weebs yes. I agree, I really hated Shinjuku.

>>2725039
A day trip from Tokyo to Nikko, Kusatsu, Fuji Five Lakes, Hakone, Izu, etc. is too much of a rush and not cost-effective.
If you want to stay in Tokyo, it is better to go to nearby tourist attractions in Tokyo or enjoy the city life in Tokyo.

>>2725045
>>2725046
y'all are dweebs.

>y’all

>>2725049
not gonan get any pussy with that attitude boy.

>gonan

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>>2725034
>>2725035
I thought LA would at least be #2, what happened?

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>>2725050

>>2725052
Drug addicts and poors

>>2725048
dweeb
/dwēb/
noun
A person regarded as foolish, often on account of being overly studious.

True I guess, I like museums, I go to Akihabara to study dysgenic misfits who buy plastic figurines and pillows that are gf substitutes, yall are fascinating

>>2725052
As an Angelino the Uniparty pretty much made the city go downfill fucking fast. Homeless issue is out of fucking control.

>>2725058
That’s just major cities in Cali
>t. SF

Going to Japan for 3 weeks, is my itinerary too much travelling?
>land in Fukuoka, spend the night there then leave the next day
>train to Hiroshima for max 2 days
>Kobe/Osaka for a couple of nights
>Tokyo for 5 or so days
>train to yamagata, want to see ginzan onsen
>plane from sendai to Sapporo
>fly back to Fukuoka for remaining time to catch flight back
Seems very doable with bullet trains desu, do you think it's too much travelling? I'm content with not seeing everything in each place, but I want to see a lot while I'm there. Going end of November into December.

>>2725060
Maybe by the second half of the trip you will be bored and tired.
But what is your focus of interest? What are your hobbies?
You should build your itinerary around your interests.

>>2725061
I've made a more detailed list of things I want to do in each place so I don't get bored. Very generic but just typical tourist things, eat the food, explore temples, I love hiking so probably some walks. My GF loves disney so 2 days in Tokyo will be dedicated to that. I'm quite happy just roaming around the streets with some cheap food and beer with a bit of sightseeing. I originally planned to tour all of Japan OK bicycle but COVID ruined that for me.

>going to Japan with friend
>friend has already said he'll probably do some solo traveling at times
>tempted to go look for stuff related to my fetish but wouldnt know where to start or if i should
Fuck

Is Fujinomiya a good place to chill for 3 days in early November? I know fuji is closed but hotels are cheap is there anything to do nearby? I'm just killing time until a flight

I want to live in Japan for a year or two with my girlfriend. Fukuoka would be nice but don't really care where.
Money is not a problem, how can I buy residency?

>>2725062
As for food, you will enjoy Fukuoka. As with any port city, seafood becomes more delicious in winter.
There isn't much snow in December in Japan. It's just cold, so I recommend including other hot springs in your itinerary in addition to Ginzan Onsen. If possible, relax in the hot springs for a few days. I recommend adding hot springs in the second half of your itinerary and using them for rest.

If you like alcohol, you can also include a beer factory in your itinerary.
The Sapporo Beer Factory in Sapporo has a restaurant and beer garden.
https://www.sapporo-bier-garten.jp/

The restaurant at the whiskey factory is also recommended.
https://www.nikka.com/distilleries/yoichi/guide/restaurant/

You can make a reservation for a factory tour with tasting at Kirin Beer Yokohama Factory.
https://www.kirin.co.jp/experience/factory/yokohama/

One last thing. My friend says, "If you go to Hokkaido, go to conveyor belt sushi." The conveyor belt sushi chain "Toriton" that is only in Hokkaido is famous.

After doing translations for a week (guiding two friends around on their first trip) I can say I fucking HATE doing interpreter work. Worst part was when one of them decided to buy over 20k yen worth of pornography at a Melonbooks in one go, once again in awe of Japanese customer service since I couldn't keep the disgust out of my face and they could.

>>2725069
You're overthinking it. It's just a job.

>>2724801
I have 3 days in kyoto first time where should i go

>>2725068
>There isn't much snow in December in Japan
That's a shame, I wish I'd done my research. I was hoping for a bit of snow in Hokkaido and maybe in Obanazawa for Ginzan Onsen.
I knew about the Sapporo Beer factory but not the one in Yokohama, which is one of our day trips from Tokyo. Thank you for the recommendations anon.

>>2725069
They've probably seen it so many times they're just used to it

WHY DONT THEY LEARN ENGLISH?

>>2725065
https://lawoffice-yokoyama.com/english/longstayvisa/

>>2725005
That's great to know, thank you!! I'm extremely polite and often complimented on it irl, so I'm sure I'll be fine there.

>>2725078
hokkaido and yamagata get plenty of snow in december, not as much as january-march but enough to cancel trains due to snow storms if you're unlucky
enjoy your onsen

>>2725086
Their English teachers aren't fluent in English, and being the only English-whizz in the classroom would result in being socially ostracised.

>>2725084
It's a cashier at Melonbooks. "Probably seen it so many times" is an understatement of the century. They are literally surrounded by it.

>>2725089
i think so too. have fun anon and share your itinerary, maybe we can do some meetups!

>>2725065
if you buy one of those abandoned homes you can get a visa so long as you invest a certain amount.

>>2725060
what do you want to do in sapporo? i would skip hokkaido unless you have at least 3 or 4 different destinations you want to visit there. hokkaido weather is also pretty difficult at this time so it's not really worth the hassle of getting hardcore snow gear if you just want to go drinking in sapporo.

>>2725048
luh calm ahh comment

>>2725052
>wtf people dont want to travel to places with niggers and shitskins??
nyc is next on the chopping block

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>>2725055
>>2725058
>>2725103
I just didn't think people would get the memo so fast.
MIAMI RISE UP

>>2725052
people love disneyworld. also the fact that florida is just that much closer to yurop which knocks a few hundred bucks off the flight

>>2725122
how the fuck do you find all this stuff

>>2725122
> karaoke with genuinely talented failed idols and perform songs for you in idol outfit before and after sex
Dammit…where?

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is it possible to go to vladivostok or sakhalin direct from japan these days? no flights but perhaps boats exist

>>2724883
i went to fuji and climbed it in 2.5 days
half a day to go there and be there one evening, sleep, get yo early and go up and down fuji, sleep and back to Tokyo

>>2725122
Shit issue is while I know my fetish is popular enough that the big brands made exclusive products for Japan when they're US based I don't know where to look for [spoiler]ABDL/Diaper girls [/spoiler]

>>2725172
I saw one on tv the other day, I think he's running for president

>>2725064
I went there for a day on my trip and it just looked like a random town with not much to do. To be fair I just hanged around around the parks along the river coming from Fuji. I didn't move too far from the station because it didn't seem to have much public transport. Maybe if you go by car or bike you go to more interesting places. If you like quiet towns maybe you can find a nice ryokan to stay in enjoy the night sky or something

>>2725040
Matsushima Bay, Yamadera, Mt Aso or Mt Zao, Lake Towada, Nebuta festival

>>2725058
>Homeless issue is out of fucking control
That's what fucking happens when you don't build any new housing for 50 years

>>2725217
Retard alert

>>2725217
Los Angeles has been building a lot of housing including apartments in the last decade. The issue is getting homeless from other states and then closing of mental asylums with the soft retaliation from the government on crime. The homeless should be Auschwitz'd to save the state.

Does anyone know how I can get a private dinner experience with a maiko or geisha in kyoto? I know it's expensive but I have the dough.

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I can't find a general for people living in Japan so fuck it I'll ask here.
I've always dreamed of moving to Japan, but there's one thing I can't ignore anymore: the summers. I'm a snow dweller so anything over ~22°C feels pretty uncomfortable for me (and no, I'm not fat). Are the summers there really that bad that they could be a dealbreaker for me? And it seems like it's unavoidable no matter where you move, I hear that even Hokkaido is pretty shit in September.

>>2725280
I grew up in the southern US so personally I always felt like Japanese summers was a meme. It's not that hot IMO but if you're not used to the high humidity you'll have some trouble. This weather also lasts for a long time, it won't start getting colder until around late October/early November.

>>2725283
>this weather also lasts for a long time
this is the issue, I can deal with the two weeks of pain chicago gets every july/august, but it being like that for months is a dealbreaker. visited Georgia in april and Florida in November and it was humid hot hell. went to hong kong in summer as well, big mistake

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>>2724804
Been here for 14 days now and they have treated me exactly the same as in 2018, 2019 and 2023. It's just fear mongering by redditors

That said I visited Kanazawa and found a peculiarly familiar JR station

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>>2725306
You have one month

>>2725327
I really like the ones that wear ankle-length skirts.

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>>2725280
The only such area you would want is eastern Hokkaido.

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I have already been to Japan, and while I would like to visit a different country, I cannot stop thinking about Japan.

If I go with my sister will everyone think she's my girlfriend. I want to be looked upon favorably by the teenage Japanese girls. Thanks so much!

>>2725350
Hey, bud. Here's what's going to happen:
You're going to go to Japan. You're going to look at the schoolgirls. Some of them might look at you, but most of them are already used to seeing gaijin, so they won't be surprised, and they certainly won't be curious. They're not going to talk to you, and you're not going to talk to them. You're going to realize they're just like the girls back home; they're not interested in you because you're not special, not even in Japan. They already have gaijin friends on Instagram, and they're younger and better looking than you. And if you do try and talk to them, they'll automatically sense you're a creep.
Have a nice trip.

>>2725351
Hey, bud:

I am going to look at the schoolgirls. Did I forget to tell you I'm a model? Yeah, and in fact, I'm very handsome, and the girls in America? They love me! I'm pretty young myself at 27 years old! And besides, those oriental pearls like em a bit older heheh..

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>>2725353
>

>>2725353
not him but
>27 years old
no different to being 60 in japan (in girls eyes)
>oriental pearls like em a bit older
no they like guys their own age, no older than 22 (thats a hard cut off, ive heard exact number from several different girls)
>american
they like koreans now, your only chance is the 24 year old+ girls on tinder/bumble, theyre not pure, but they look it so enjoy i guess

>>2725353
lol lmao

>>2725356
You're stupid for listening to women as regards to their preferences. Women "think" they want something until reality contradicts it. In the end, all women want is Chad. A Chad 30 year old is better than a regular 22 year old. White bonus is real too.

>>2725368
sounds like old white man cope, try thailand or philippines?

Damn I thought the giant hornet thing was sort of a meme, but I literally ran into 3 or 4 of those bitches in just my 2 weeks of being there.

I fell in love with a Japanese girl but I am an incel at home

>>2725356
Damn you might be retarded. I'm 37 and in shape and absolutely slay in Japan to the point where it's exhausting. You guys who think late 20s is "old" are hilarious.

>>2725382
In the third world, people in their late 20s are considered middle-aged.

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how much Japanese do I need to know to enjoy these kind of places?

will be in tokyo until the 28th, anyone wanna meet?

>>2725280
>anything over ~22°C feels pretty uncomfortable for me
the temperature in most of Japan is generally above 22 degrees from March to November, so it's not just "summers". summers are in the high 30s with scorching sun and so much humidity you sweat literal gallons every day.
even Hokkaido this year was in the 30s in the summer
my recommendation is to kys

>>2725382
>I'm 37 and in shape and absolutely slay in Japan to the point where it's exhausting.
paying for sex or sleeping with desperate 30+ year olds is not "slaying", buddy

>>2725393
depends, are you white?

>>2725402
Yea, I'm staying in Shinjuku

>>2725280
you could always just fuck off to new zealand during the hottest months. that what i'd do.

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>>2725164
wym?

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>>2725410
and which one of these flights is direct

>>2725029
Stay in Tokyo, I don't want to see your face outside of the tourist area's.

>>2725033
The neighbouring areas:

In 10 lifetimes you couldn't see all of what Tokyo has to offer, and niggas on /trv/ want to convince you to spend a month in some D-tier Japanese town nobody cares about just to impress... who?

>>2725418
yeah i dont get it
kyoto was a dead shithole after a few hours there and osaka was fine but not as good as tokyo
cant imagine wasting time on some random ass town with nothing to do

>>2725327
What for

>>2725356
Not only did you fall for a basic troll post but you are also wrong about everything else, Impressive anon.

>>2725391
Google translate will be enough to have a good time but some basic conversational Japanese is preferred obviously.

>>2725419
4chinnzz'ers are not night life types. Dweebs - as I said.

>>2725419
>>2725426
Osaka is better for the nightlife even tho i prefer Fukuoka.

>>2725427
It really isn't. Nothing's better than tokyo for night life.

>>2725430
It might have nicer places and more to do on average but people outside of Tokyo are genuinely so much nicer and welcoming.

>>2725434
For sure. People in Tokyo have shit to be and places to do, while the rest of the country lives a more relaxed life

>>2725440
yeah they have so many places to be when they're in a bar enjoying the nightlife

>visits tokyo
>asleep by 9pm
i really hope none of you do this

>>2725442
I'm sleepy.

>>2725397
Imagine this level of cope, you can easily pick up girls in their 20s when you’re in your 30s lmao

>>2725430
Oh yeah, the Tokyo nightlife… full of western tourists where the clubs play god awful western music

>>2725456
Ok, where in Japan do I go for a great Japanese night out surrounded by Japanese people and Japanese music and they're happy to have me there and we chat and dance and laugh together. (I'll save you some shitposting time by saying I'm white)

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>>2725219
>>2725257
Anon, you have a fundamental disconnect between how much housing has actually been built, versus how much the population has grown. LA county has added about 7500 homes/year over the past 3 decades, despite population growing by closer to 100k each of those decades. Even though the graph looks better 1960-90, the population was growing 300k-500k per decade, IE outpacing housing supply. So yes, while it looks to you like there's a lot going up, it's drop in the bucket and not building enough is the biggest reason you have a massive homeless problem. Compare to Tokyo, where despite having a growing population and 4x the population of LA, housing is far far cheaper. In fact, in Tokyo the housing component of CPI hasn't changed since the 1990s. It's also far newer housing stock, whereas most of the US west coast is 1100sqft tract homes from the 1950s. If it cost $1 million dollars to buy a shitty 80 year old house in LA, it's no fucking wonder there's a homeless problem. Picrel, your "lot of housing".

>>2725280
>>2725283
Also US Southeast anon here. I went in July/August 2018 and thought I was prepared for it, it was worse than Atlanta summers in Kanto, Kansai, Nagano, and Kanazawa. Aomori wasn't bad though, and Miyagi had good and bad days. It's something you just learn to deal with.

>>2725455
yeah sure lmao "picking up" girls like this >>2725391

>>2725065
1 or 2 years of language school.

For people that learnt some Japanese before going? How long did you learn for and was it actually useful?

Why are boomers so delusional? >>2725368
>>2725382
>>2725455
>crack
>sip
>yup… I still got it in me
Like have a family and kids already old man lmao

>>2725483
i was using duolingo, which admittedly isn't the best learning source, for a little under 6 months.
it was honestly pretty useful for basic things like getting around, asking where entrances and exits were, and very very basic conversation.
that said, that's within a timeframe of under 6 months, doing one to two lessons a day

>>2725490
Thanks for the answer, gives me a a lot of confidence. I’m going in 7 months and I have plenty of free time to learn

>>2725490
>duolingo
ishygddt

>>2725491
if you're able to use something better than duolingo, then i'd do it. duolingo's decent, but there's definitely better sources

>>2725493
i just used it because it's free

>>2725488
Why are you so butthurt that men in their 30s are having sex?

>>2725494
>there's definitely better sources
I use anki and kanji garden and they have beeb great for picking up vocabulary and understanding kanji meanings. I'm still shit at grammar though so I picked up a couple of courses at university.

>>2725494
>i just used it because it's free
every resource that people recommend on 4chan is free. you chose the objectively worst one

Notice how /trv/ won't hesitate to tell you NOT to enjoy Tokyo night life but they also have nothing to say when anyone asks for their mysterious and superior alternatives. >>2725457

>>2725498
i didn't look on 4ch for any recommendations, that was my problem. i'm not arguing that it's the worst option, because it is; i just went with what i used a few years ago when i wanted to brush up on my japanese

>>2725499
Why would we tell you?

>>2725502
Because you're clueless but like to pretend you have a secret key that grants you access to all the best places in Japan, where the locals welcome you as kings and beg you to fuck their daughters

Hold up I thought Asians were supposed to worship white people, so how come the Japanese hate gaijins? Why are they different from say the Thai or Filipinos?

>>2725504
I'm not pretending

>>2725499
there are a lot of schizos and chuds on /trv/ the last couple of years. you have to learn how to tune out all of the posts of the form "LOCATION X IS BAD BECAUSE ... I LE SAID IT IS OKAY! t. le traveleur de realité" i have met some of these guys IRL and they just have severe social anxiety and don't have well developed social skills. they get frustrated that it's hard for them to make friends in literally the biggest city in the world so they come to 4chan.org/trv/ to vent. don't take them seriously.

>>2725509
Like if someone wants to tell me Tokyo SUCKS then that's fine, as long as they tell me where's better. And if they're not able to do that it just means they never had a point to begin with.

>tokyo bad!
Ok where should I go instead
>that's a secret... I'll never tell hehe
Ok

If they actually do know somewhere else they just don't want to say because they know everyone is going to laugh.
And you're right, there is 0% chance that anyone posting on 4chan actually has access to these "secret" hotspots for billionaire orgies.

>>2725509
Wtf why are you describing me

Ok that was me
I didn’t mean it I’m sorry

>>2725499
i told you in a previous post that Fukuoka is a great place for nightlife, The locals also aren't as used to seeing your white ass bitch face either so there is still some slight interest there,
>>2725504
Schizo vibes right here, You are making a lot of assumptions.

>>2724801
ngl Japan is being cucked hard. they need to start racially, socially, and financially profiling tourists/students/workers

>>2725531
lol okay chum

where to meet university girls in Tokyo? any good campuses for a walk?

I'm probably N4-3

>>2725391
My next trip to Japan won't be for another ~5 years. I pray Succubus Land will still be operating

>>2725551
I will go there now and get foreigners banned.

If I am incel tier in America will I have any more success with girls in Japan? Or is it not even worth trying?

GO TO THAILAND STOPPP SHITTING UP JAPAN THREADS WITH YOUR INCEL SHIT

no. i dont think i will.

No u

I recall reading in the past that the process for some trains is that you buy the ticket on the train (like the bus where you calculate and pay as you get off). But I can't find anything about it now.
Was this a thing for rural trains or am I misremembering?

>>2725551
there's like at least 10 succubus places in japan, and even if one closes another will open.
>>2725590
that happened to me on the Ōarai Kashima Line

>>2725553
>If I am incel tier in America will I have any more success with girls in Japan? Or is it not even worth trying?
If you're incel tier try SEA first. Japananese culture is NOT great for getting outside of your shell lmao

Japan is unfortunately almost an OG incel country itself right?

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JCs

>>2725623
>hey, I’m a gaijin
>sex five minutes after
It’s that easy

>>2725623
>JCs
>>2725625
have you guys also struck up a conversation with some JCs?

>>2725552
this is my goal in life. and send all the refugees to israel

>>2725623
I wish I was good looking enough to go to a nice well lit place like that.

English teacher demigod here.

Have just over two weeks off around Christmas and New Year (well, not "off" but it's much less inconvenient for me to take paid leave around this time). Where should I go? I have a car so transportation is not an issue.

Hard mode: not Tokyo or anywhere else that's gonna be flooded with tourists.

>>2725644
New York

I don’t understand why people want to travel to Japan so much. If you want to see shit you can just look at pictures in the internet. If you want to eat the food you can just go to a Japanese restaurant. If you want to meet people you can just meet them at home.

>>2725653
Thank you for staying in your room anon

>>2725667
So true, traveling filters out all the losers, whenever I see foreigners in another country it's the cream of the crop not the kind of garbage you see in Walmart wearing pajamas and fuzzy slippers or incels trolling from mommy's basement surrounded by pissjugs

>>2725684
>whenever I see foreigners in another country it's the cream of the crop
you haven't been in Japan in the last decade, have you

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>>2725684

>>2725684
this is only true for third world countries. among westoids 50% of the people you encounter abroad will be absolute subhuman scum

>>2725684
I’m an incel that likes to travel though

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>>2725685
I'm in Japan right now, ive seen a few fatties, some nogs, some greasy dysgenic weebs but nothing like the filth in America, same with the Indians working in 7-11 lmao they are on their best behavior so they don't get sent back.

>>2725688
Only evil countries like America and western Europe import rapists and murderers and thieves but they do that on purpose to terrorize you.

>>2725706
>Indians working in 7-11 in Japan
that is so depressing, its unironically over

>>2725711
No it's a good thing, they speak english

>>2725653
What if I don't want to see anything, don't like the food and don't want to speak to Asians (I'm racist)?

>>2725712
good morning

>>2725711
Yeah, that's how it starts. They're currently doing to Japan what they've done to the west.

>>2725717
Good. Japan needs to be more accepting of foreigners. I don’t like woke shit but Japan takes it too far in the opposite direction. Unironically they need to be more accepting of diversity.

>>2725719
post nose

>>2725719
IDF post

>>2725712
If I go to Japan I want to hear Japanese

>>2725719
And just out of nowhere, for no reason whatsoever, your people were kicked out of 109 nations

>>2725442
I did this.
I'm sorry i'm tired from doing 14k steps up and down hills, and waking up at a decent time tomorrow so i can do daytime travel things. I also dont/have not nightlifed ever.

>walk into 7/11
>grab a couple of things and go to pay
>singh is working
>ask him a convoluted, complex yet ultimately meaningless question in japanese
>gives me an uncomfortable, blank stare and tries speaking in english
>respond in kind pretending to not speak english
>pay and leave in an exasperated manner

>>2725442
What am I supposed to do after 9pm? Everything is closed.

>>2725732
Go to the arcade and play Initial D The Arcade for an hour

>>2725730
If I walk into a konbini in Japan and a jeet is working there, I'm not paying.

>>2725735
lmao you don't even realize that 90% of the time when it's an asian person serving you in a konbini, it's a chink

How do I get a job at a konbini? What do these jeets have that I don't?

>>2725741
why would there be chinese people in japan?

>>2725744
you dont have a jewish NGO telling 7/11 / familymart / lawson that they need to hire you or else theyre contributing to the birthrate decline/population collapse, and that would make them very bad people

>>2725744
I would honestly take a konbini job if it meant I got to live in Japan

Anyone else trying to get a reservation for rurikoin? Is the page overloaded or simply not up yet?

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>>2725745
hm

>>2725750
what is this a graph of and why isn't india on it

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>>2725735
>>2725730
What happens if you try to redeem the card?
>>2725734
I can park my ass in front of a sound vortex cabinet and stay there for hours

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>>2725750
>Brazil
let's go

>>2725754
Nice. My first night in Japan, I played Initial D Zero Stage and ended up racing against the Finnish guy next to me until closing time.
We had a drink afterwards and we would meet several nights after that with his gf at a few bars, a local concert hall and also club mogra.
I have nothing but love for Initial D and I at lose at least 5000 yen to it in the arcades every time I come back to Japan.

>>2725771
so instead of meeting girls you third wheel'd some finnish autist couple for your whole trip?

>>2724801

I thoroughly enjoy cooking and one of the things I'm looking to purchase in Japan is a good chef knife. I'm fine spending upwards of $500 on it, but obviously don't need to. I know you can get good quality knives for hundreds less.

Does anyone have any recommendations for places to get a good knife?

I'm aware of Kappabashi Street, but wondering if anyone has specific store locations? Or perhaps there's a better shop elsewhere where they can make a knife from scratch folding nipponese steel 100,000 times?

>>2725779
Why do you think Japanese knives are better than knives from elsewhere?

>>2725776
I prefer finding some nice drinking buddies who you meet up at night and discuss what you’ve been doing than trying to do the whole nampa thing.
It was only three nights or so anyways until I left for Nagoya.
If you want to consider it into those terms, I guess it was almost NTR since the Finnish guy didn’t dance so his gf danced with me the whole night at club mogra.

>>2725780
I don't?
I have a quality german-style chef knife, and I'd like a quality japanese-style chef knife (like a santoku) too.
I'm going to Japan in November and figure it would be a cool use of some of my time to buy something made-in-japan while in japan that I'll use on a daily basis.

Truly an odd question, anon. You can buy nearly everything online, so why buy souvenirs when in a new country?

>>2725780
The bushido spirit?

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>>2725776
You know you can meet new friends and hit on girls, right? They're not mutually exclusive. In fact, just being a weird
>hey where the pussy at where the pussy at where the pussy at
desperate mess is counterproductive, and it's much better to reach out and meet people.

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>>2725782
nta, but unfortunately, the last time I went, I had already bought some made in Japan knives online, so I couldn't justify buying one while I was there.

>>2725519
well the secret is that tokyo is a big city and there is a little something for everyone but most of the time you have to find it for yourself unless you're interested in the most boring cookie cutter tourist activities. why don't you post some of your niche interests and someone can give you a suggestion.

>>2725686
looks like if my forever alone divorced auntie got abducted by aliens and fed intravenous DMT for 3 years

>>2725744
you see lots of jeets at konbinis because it's an easy way to get an investment visa. if you have roughly half a million USD to invest you buy a 7 franchise and you can live in the country. then because the population is declining there aren't enough workers, so your nieces and nephews who just so happen to be conveniently attending ikebukuro technical community college for english literature studies and have a part time work permit just happen to be the only ones who pass the strenuous interviews.

>>2725795
I can get an investor visa for half a million? I can finally be a Japanese native now

For some reason, my iphone won’t let me reload a suica card in my apple wallet
If I can’t get it to load, what’s the suica situation in Japan? Can I get the standard suica instead of the welcome suica in the airport vending machines or is there still a chip shortage or whatever? Last time I went there was a huge line and I don’t want to wait around again…

>>2725785
No worries, anon. Did you have any stores in mind before you bought something online?

>>2725782
>I'd like a quality japanese-style chef knife
But why?

anyone ever stay in ichihara/chiba?

>>2725807
I didn't, it just didn't occur to me that I could wait until a trip to get them. I didn't look up any since I figured I wouldn't buy them there

>>2725808
Why a Japanese one?
To generalize, there are two main styles of chef knives. German/French style are what most people are familiar with, built for rocking when cutting.
Then there are the "eastern" Japanese-style chef knives which work on push cutting and often have a flatter edge as opposed to a rocker.
It's different than just buying "thing Japan :O". A Japanese chef knife is literally one of the two major styles of chef knives.

Japan also has a history of blade-smithing. And while that doesn't mean they will make a good chef knife, I'm sure there is a guy whose family has made knives for 200 years that I can buy that would be a cool gift for myself.

Did that answer your question or did you mean something else?

So with the discussion of the jeets in 7/11s, I have a question.
I was looking at Twitter earlier and saw a photo of a girl in the bathroom of a 7/11 wearing the relevant uniform, and have seen several other selfies like this of girls in the konbini jacket or shirt. I'm assuming these are all teenagers or university students in smaller cities and towns, given that imports always flock towards major cities? Or do they exist on the fringes of Tokyo and Osaka too? I'm having trouble recalling what it was like on my past trips because the Indian problem never really occured to me until I started lurking here more frequently.

>>2725815
>Japan also has a history of blade-smithing

>blade smithing
>blade smithing, japan :O

>>2725818
ngl, I'm unsure what you're trying to get at. You sound fucking insufferable, lmfao. I told you my main reason for getting a knife, which had little to do with the blade-smithing aspect, and you chose to ignore it.
We're also in a japan-travel thread.
When you travel to japan, do you not buy anything?

>>2725811
Ichihara is a very vast city in Chiba. Do you want to stay in a business hotel in a coastal industrial/commercial area? Or do you want to stay at a tourist hotel or ryokan in the inland area?

Does anyone else here like to travel but avoid meeting people? It seems like everyone here talks about doing normie shit like trying to get laid or making friends. I try to abscond from social interaction and fuck off from the city to go hiking and shit.

>>2725745
Many of them come to Japan as international students and work for Japanese companies after graduation without returning to China. They then spend the stipulated number of years on a work visa, and after the visa rights accrue, they switch to a permanent visa.

>>2725826
>I cant understand nihongo
>I cant speak nihongo
>Really only showed google translate to cashiers to find items
>I try avoid interactions with other foreigners
>Incredibly happy to be solo
Yep, its introvert time.

>>2725826
No, I like to practice being extroverted when abroad, because I feel like consequences don't matter when I'm not in my home country. I don't care if I'm judged, I don't care if people don't like me, I don't care if I look or sound stupid, I'll be gone in 2 weeks. It doesn't mean I will act like a nuisance, like some streamer who acts like a fool on purpose, I do try to be respectful, I just feel more free to do things I normally wouldn't if I were at home. For example,I would never start a conversation with a retail worker at home, but in Japan, I would do it always, especially if it's at a niche store. I had many positive interactions with Japanese people and made some great friends who I still talk to today. Could I do this in my home country? Yes, but I guess I'm still too anxious about that. And I don't really care to overcome it.

>>2725831
This is the kind of thinking i should adopt somewhat.
I didn't even get into a public onsen. Like who's gonna remember me when I'm thousands of kilometers away the next week?

>>2725826
why even travel, just watch hiking livestreams or some shit

>>2725746
is it jewish NGOs pushing jeets or just not enough people applying for these shitty jobs and greedy corporations force import jeets to keep wages low?
back home you always hear screech about
>20000 vacant positions in X low skill low pay sector
that nobody wants to do

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>>2724986
I've seen so many God to honest sheboond and pavement apes here. And they are just obnoxious and fat as everyon stereotypes.

Also why the fuck are burgers so uptight about everything?

>>2725779
Seki City (35.4896,136.9124) is known as the city of knives. Many companies that make knives are based there, and although they do mail order, they also have showrooms in Seki City.
http://seki-japan.com/guide/
https://www.yamahide1940.com/company/showroom/
https://www.hamonoyasan.com/access/
http://marusho-kogyo.jp/about/showroom.html
https://www.hasegawacutlery.com/showroom/
Every year in mid-October, Seki City holds a Knife Festival.
https://seki-hamono.jp/
Swordsmiths forge Japanese swords, and experts in sharpening sharpen knives that are brought in. And of course, there is a bargain sale on knives. This year, it was held on the 12th and 13th.

>>2725837
It's you incels refusing to breed while simultaneously demanding everyone provide you services. Either increase the supply of humans by breeding or stay home and cook your own slop

>>2725837
It's Jewish NGOs pushing jeets.

>>2725826
I’m >>2725771 and >>2725781
I have days when the only human interaction I have all day is telling the konbini clerk that I don’t need a bag.
Do whatever you want, just don’t complain like some anons that Tokyo is shit but their secret place is the best ever. If you want to be social, it’s whatever you make of it.
I’m in Nagasaki right now and a few days ago I got help from a Japanese girl in my guesthouse, had dinner with her and we ended up in a bar that only had room for 6 people where I was the only foreigner.
It was a blast if you make an effort to speak Japanese.
There was a guy who tried to downplay his feelings to his gf so he said he loved me after a lot of drinks.
My reply was:
>sumimasen demo homo janai
Everyone in the bar was laughing their asses off.

Anyone been to the national film archive? Any kinophiles here?

>>2725850
And then they all clapped, right?

>>2725653
It's funny that literally the only place you'll ever see someone say this is on /trv/ - Travel

My trip ends tomorrow unfortunately. Having been here for over 2 weeks and quietly observing things around me, I am sad to say I've come to the conclusion that the vast majority of white people are absolute subhumans. The amount of disgusting, fat, smelly, loud, ill-mannered and retarded people I've seen in these two weeks that were either amerilards, europoors or Australians has been shocking. It's so much worse than last year. It's the first time I've been embarrassed to be white and as soon as I spot a group of fellow whitoids I quickly get the fuck away to avoid the incoming secondhand embarrassment. The chinks and Koreans are honestly not even that bad other than the lack of spatial awareness issue.

>>2725885
This is a somewhat frequent copypasta here and it gets (you's) every single time.

>>2725776
Your chances of meeting girls multiplies significantly if you're being social and meeting others and their gf and going out as a "third wheel"
What kind of autist thinks being a lone wolf not "held back" by others makes them more appealing?
One guy completely alone on a girl hunt is the biggest red flag imaginable.

>>2724801
Is 2 weeks enough of a vacation in Japan?
Also what cities and roughly how much do you think it would costly being relatively conservative with spending?

>>2725817
>I'm having trouble recalling what it was like on my past trips because the Indian problem never really occured to me until I started lurking here more frequently.
In other words, it was never a problem, and still isn't, but /trv/ has conditioned you to now see one indan in a sea of millions of japanese people and think "japan has fallen"

If a gook or chinaman learned Japanese and moved to Japan, could the Japanese tell that this individual was a gaijin just by like looking at him and trivial interactions? Or not because Asians look the same?

>>2725883
>nobody ever has fun
You're miserable, and you deserve to be

>>2725895
if it's a tourist or fresh off the boat immigrant then you can usually tell by the way they dress or their hairstyle (although it's getting harder recently because young people like to dress and do makeup korean style). but if you don't want to make presumptions based on appearance, the accent is usually the first giveaway. hard to get rid of it.

>>2725895
CJK people can distinguish each other.

>>2725029
>Agglomeration where 25% of [country] live is not real [country]
It's always a cope claim

>>2725895
yes it's very easy for japanese to tell who is chinese or korean and they actively discriminate against these groups. it mostly comes down to culture and language though. if you have an american accent and act like an american they will treat you like an american. but many japanese still discriminate heavily against chinese and koreans.

>>2725750
that's 83,169 too many Indonesians

>>2725069
>buy over 20k yen worth of pornography at a Melonbooks
Hey that's me pretty much every trip

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>>2724986
the worst experience i had with other foreigners was in Kobe. I took the little bus from the port tower and it was kinda full so the lady told me to sit in the back with these two fat ass loud ass niggardly Danish or germans. Like not just just talking on the bus, but LOUD. I think it was a boomer father and adult son, ight have also been in between them and the grandfather who was at least quiet. Then they started trying to imitate american english, i dont think it was because of me, i didnt speak, but it was actually kinda funny, but still obnoxious.

>>2725846
Thank you so much! I really appreciate the detailed answer.

If I’m American but not fat and not circumcised and not obnoxious, will the Japanese like me more even though I’m a gaijin or did the other obnoxious gaijin ruin it for me?

>>2725820
He is suffering from JDS (Japan derangement syndrome)
All he can think about is Japan and he hates it. He is either a shitskin or he is surrounded by reddit users who suck off Japan nonstop. Either way he is annoying.

>>2725955
You seem unlikable from that post alone, going to Japan will not make you likable.

>>2725963
Looks like I made somebody upset

I’m not mad though

The level of self insecurity in this thread is unbelievable. No, Japanese people don't give a fuck about you, your weight or your nationality.
Just don't be annoying in public and respect their rules and you'll be fine

>>2725984
That's like saying
>White people don't givea fuck about Indians, their smell, or their nationality
They do. They care. They hate it. It doesn't matter if they behave or if they respect rules, their presence alone is offensive. That's how a lot of Japanese feel about non-White gaijin.
Go and read their social media.

>>2725984
They do care about your weight though.

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>>2725984
They should kneel to me though

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Hey guys I’m going to Tokyo the 2nd of November. Staying in shibuya! I’ve been once before 10years ago but now I’m confident in myself and want to have fun while looking at possible job opportunities in acting/media, anyone have any recommendations? I’m only in Tokyo the first two days then me and a buddy are meeting up in Osaka where we will be for 4 days and then finish up in Tokyo another 4. I speak like grade school level Japanese so I hope I can meet a cutie too lmao

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>>2724801
>bored in morning
>maybe we can go to senso-ji
>hour long train ride with no seat
>get there
>whole street all under construction as of a few days ago
Don’t waste your time like I am right now

>>2725985
>He forms his opinion baded on social media, reddit and a Pakistani kite testing forum
Lmao

>>2726035
I didn't say reddit or 4chan.

>>2726036
Yeah you did

>>2726044
4chan is anti-social media

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Japanese women are getting fatter.

>>2726056
good

>>2726056
Bullshit, young Japanese women like to be skinny, even pregnant women go on diets!

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>>2725886
The euro trash are by far the worst I've seen. Watched to Dutch fucks getting death stares in the train by all the old ladies. Oba San has had enough of your shit mate.

>>2726019
Just left sensoji the main strip is fine did you get lost anon

>>2725886
this is true, I came to the same conclusion after my two week trip in August. All the Japanese and most Chinese and Koreans were fine, but the whites and westerners and brown people were so fucking ugly and stood out

All these net cafes are pretty expensive. I keep hearing about it being a cheap place for homeless to sleep and wanted to try but it doesn't seem economical compared to a cheap hotel. The cheapest thing I could find was one of those dvd places.

>>2726089
Yeah, all us Indians in Japan are very attractive and well behaved its the Americans and the Europeans>>2726087 that dont fit in with Japanese culture. Japanese people recognize that and accept us as honorary Japanese

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>>2726048
never thought of it like this but you're right

So I was unable to get Ghibli Museum tickets on the 10th, they sold out super fast.
Is there a place to get these tickets on the secondary market? Or does anyone have any Tokyo-based recommendations for ghibli-experiences if it's impossible to get a ticket for November now?

>>2726092
What are those dvd places? I'm imagining a chair, tv, and jav discs.

So next week I'll be arriving for 2 weeks with my parents, sister and brother in law, I understand welcome suicas are in stock again? I can get them on NRT, right?

Has anyone else used the Kansai rail pass(recently)? From the page linked in OP it says I can get a day for the Kyoto metro included, this is still active? where/how do I get it?

>>2725815
Brother in law is also interested in one and I'm interested in a whetstone. If you find anything else please share. (Kappabashi seems like a good start)

>>2725923
>20k yen
Those are rookie numbers.

>>2726121
You can check places like TicketJam, but I hear that the Ghibli Museum does random ticket name verification checks to discourage reselling. I, too, was unable to get tickets because they were closed from 11/11 - 11/22 and the only day that would work in my schedule would be 11/23, which the site was not stable enough get me to the payment page before it all filled up.

>>2726135
Imagine the full closed off rooms in net cafes and a huge physical library of jav and and normal movies you can borrow for free.
I once slept in the lie flat type room and it even had a shared shower.
Using an actual dvd player through the remote is kinda ass but at 2k yen a night it was kinda bearable for one night.

Any events happening in Osaka? Spending 5 days here and so far, the people here are great

I need a little bit of help navigating the train lines.

I'm travelling from Shinjuku to Shimoda, and then from Shimoda to Osaka.
>Shinjuku to Osaka I've decided to take the saphir odoriko train, but the way back is where I need help

Looks like I can take the local train network to get from Shimoda to Ito, the Izu Kyuko line.
Does this mean I can use my PASMO card that I use for the subway system in Tokyo to hop on? And I don't need a reservation or anything? Just hop on this train to head to Ito?
>Then from Ito to Atami I'm thinking of taking another local train the Ueno-Tokyo line
Does this also mean I can just use my PASMO card without needing a reservation and hop on like I would a regular subway?

Once in Atami I'll be taking the bullet train out to Osaka, and I'm just buying a single ticket since the JrPass is now outrageously priced.

Thanks in advance!

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Shibuya is full of mutant trannies, hoping this one sudokus out of a window.

>>2726141
Sounds fun, apart from using the OG player and remote. Maybe it's a job for one of those tiny Japanese laptops with a disc drive.

bratbros...
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/shutoken-news/20241018/1000110126.html

>>2726146
You can use PASMO on the Izu Kyuko Line.
https://www.izukyu.co.jp/train/suica.php
The Ueno-Tokyo Line is a special JR line. It has a special name because it crosses multiple lines.

>>2726162
>新宿 歌舞伎町 客待ちの女子高校生に児童買春の疑いで逮捕
hey I know some of these words
>16歳の女子高校生に対し、現金2万円
>1日平均3人の相手をしておよそ70万円を稼ぎ、
damn

where's the used panties vending machine/shop in akiba(or anywhere else in tokyo)? I've seen it in osaka, but i forgot to buy them

>>2726185
I forget if it was a vending machine, but they sell it at M's Life or Love Merci

>>2726188
must be m's then because i've already been at love merci. Thanks

>>2726185
>>2726188
>>2726189
Are used panties actually worn by the actress? I read it's all a scam and they just spray perfume on them or something

I will move to Japan, naturalize, and change my name to Taro Tanaka

>>2726201
What do you want to hear?

>>2726209
>What do you want to hear?
Do the girls really wear the pantsu? I guess nobody knows.

Incoming truth nuke: learning Japanese can be fun and a nice way to challenge yourself or keep yourself mentally stimulated, but the unfortunate reality is you don't really need it to live in Japan and when you do learn it to an acceptable degree you'll quickly realize that Japanese people often don't have anything interesting to say.

>>2726224
nobody has anything interesting to say, japs are normal people like everybody else
I learned Jap for the porn like all sane people

>>2726224
>Japanese people often don't have anything interesting to say
at least to us.
I scored a date in Osaka with a japanese girl and a chinese girl and holy shit the latter is much more full of life.

>>2726224
Japanese don't automatically become interesting just for being "People, Japan". And then there's their conformity culture.

>>2726224
some are interesting some are not, just like everywhere else. sometimes they seem aloof but if you take the initiative and break the ice and they really start coming out of their shell

>>2726224
That's........................... hmm, how should I put this............... well.............. It's difficult. Yes, it's difficult. Yes.

I hit a point really with learning Japanese. I learned Hiragana and Katakana off by heart, then started learning Kanji. But I realised I don't know what any of the words I'm translating even fucking mean. Then I started learning how to speak but unless you're hearing it everyday and around the language, it's fairly worthless to practice beyond knowing core phrases.

>>2726247
>I learned the alphabet but I gave up when learning words

>>2726250
It's just not sticking in my brain. I can learn a word but I'm never going to use it unless I live in Japan. In my native language (English) I grew up using it every single day

>>2726251
>EFLtard
just rope already

>>2726252
Why are you so hostile fren? Being EFL is fantastic. Pretty much every country speaks it. I'd rather be an EFL than ESL. Either way, I'm moving to Japan for 6 months soon so I will keep practicing Japanese :)

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>>2726247
this is a pretty common problem learning any language. the learning curve for every language looks like pic related. as an intermediate you have to study twice as hard as a beginner for half the gain. you have to do more than memorize trivia now, you have to understand nuances, cultural context, you have to learn literary devices of the language, you have to learn slang ... it's so so so much harder and there is no text book for this stuff.

ultimately if you don't have roots in the society of the language you're trying to learn and you don't have a couple of hours a day to dedicate to sperging out on hardcore language learning you're probably going to plateau where you're at. it's sad but it's the truth. our brains just don't learn languages very well once we're adults. it's still possible but like i said you have to seriously sperg out on learning the language. for a lot of people who just want to have some extra convenience while traveling that's not always worth it.

>>2726224
foreigner bubble in japan is garbage though you're no better than those jeets that come to canada and poop on the beaches

>>2726262
bro he's not even beginner
he literally gave up after learning letters

>>2726247
How would you say that living with an IQ two standard deviations below the mean has affected your daily life?

>the only retort is a larp in the hopes that it makes people "mad"
kwab

>>2726162
So he's going to get a night in jail then walk the next day

>>2726162
>16 year old hag
>getting like 8mil a year untaxed
>gets a slap on the wrist and will go back to whoring tomorrow while the guy is fired and blacklisted from all jobs

>>2726224
>>2726230
Why the fuck do people talk about Japan like a hivemind anyways? They're people. Some of them are assholes, some of them are cool. Some times there's no asshole and there are just cultural differences that make you incompatible.

Neither you nor they are obligated to perform for each other up to some weird standard. Just be polite and apologize if you do something idiosyncratically offensive.

>>2726163
Ah, thank you. I guess similar for the Ito line then, too (to go from Ito to Atami) will be fine with PASMO.

>>2726147
Places where weebs and otaku go are no-go zones. Places where they'll both go are plagues.

>>2726295
>they'll both
These are separate groups? I thought they were just synonyms?

>>2726298
Otaku = Japanese
Weeb = Foreigner

It's not a Venn Diagram as much as it is that there are Otaku who like stuff that Weebs don't really know or care about, but everything Weebs like are things Otaku also like.

Example: There are train otaku. There are not any train weebs. Train nerds from outside Japan don't necessarily fixate on Japanese trains the same way Weebs fixate on Anime.

I feel like I've consumed too much Japan travel media to the point it's eroded my desire to actually go. I've never been there but I'm already bored of shit like the shopping district in Osaka with all the cool signs or all the koi canals in vacation villages.

>>2726316
That and the ability to buy anything via proxies means there's really no reason to actually go to Japan anymore. Better to save the thousands you'd be spending on hotels and transportation and use it at home.