A Fateful Encounter

[Asako]

Next time I will be there !

one day we go there erin...

 

[Nii]

That's great, I love his art style

There have been a lot of manga art displays in Tokyo recently - last time I was there, I saw both the Clamp and the JJK exhibitions



How you get Syx onboard?
Did Sky spend all his ca$h on loot last time and not make the necessary funds required for this trip?

Sorry for the late reply, zim D:

Agreed about Hirano's art, Hellsing is a work that feels kinda special in hindsight (to me, at least). Not that there aren't bloody/gory and insane manga nowadays, but looking back it's still wild what happened in Hellsing sometimes lol. And yeah, there's always some kinda exhibition going on in Tokyo I feel, really cool. There was a big JJK exhibition we missed by like a day or two, but oh well.

Getting syx on board wasn't hard, we've been friends for years and he's always wanted to go another time (he's been there once before). Wasnt so much Sky not being able to go and more that I wanted to go with syx bc we've been talking about it a couple of times before. And what's better than one Japan bro? Two Japan bros

Neat, i am actually planning a trip to japan this year, any tips?

There's a ton of tips I could give, anything specific you'd like to know?

one day we go there erin...

What's keeping you Asa, the money?

 

[kkck]

There's a ton of tips I could give, anything specific you'd like to know?

At this point anything helps. I only have the plane tickets... So far we have only decided on going to tokyo, kyoto and osaka and have a rough idea of spots to visit. Maybe I've been looking at some ryokan to stay a night or two but I am not sure if it's worth it yet.

 

[z.5]

A good Ryokan is most definitely worth it

To be honest, I'd not bother going to Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto in one visit... Better to visit some smaller cities/villages instead

Do a hiking trail, ending the day at a Ryokan with one

 

[kkck]

A good Ryokan is most definitely worth it

To be honest, I'd not bother going to Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto in one visit... Better to visit some smaller cities/villages instead

Do a hiking trail, ending the day at a Ryokan with one

It's my first time going there so I figured going to all the must go places in one go made sense. I'll be there just over 2 weeks. What village would you recommend? From what I've read things pretty unfriendly to folk language and technology wise once you leave big cities over there so I was a bit on the fence about going to villages and more rural places.

We did consider hiking at mt fuji. Ending hiking with a ryokan makes a ton of sense.

 

[z.5]

Walk the Nakasendo (no need to do it all) and stay in a Ryokan en route. There are many to choose from

Dunno what village to recommend tbh
Just feel that you'd get a more varied trip not just limiting yourself to Tokyo and Osaka [Kyoto is different enough, to me, to be worth a separate trip on a 2 week holiday]

I'm not sure what you mean by 'unfriendly to folk language' - I've always found people pretty [far too?] accomodating, wherever I've gone in Japan. Sure, English will not serve you as well, when far from the main cities, but you can get pretty far by just pointing, smiling, and looking a little lost

 

[kkck]

Walk the Nakasendo (no need to do it all) and stay in a Ryokan en route. There are many to choose from

Dunno what village to recommend tbh
Just feel that you'd get a more varied trip not just limiting yourself to Tokyo and Osaka [Kyoto is different enough, to me, to be worth a separate trip on a 2 week holiday]

I'm not sure what you mean by 'unfriendly to folk language' - I've always found people pretty [far too?] accomodating, wherever I've gone in Japan. Sure, English will not serve you as well, when far from the main cities, but you can get pretty far by just pointing, smiling, and looking a little lost

Gonna check out the nakasendo stuff. How does this work luggage wise though?

So osaka can be a bit redundant? Removing osaka would definitely free up a lot of time.

From what I've read it feels like i should be a bit concerned about the language barrier. Maybe that concern is overblown?

 

[z.5]

Gonna check out the nakasendo stuff. How does this work luggage wise though?

Probably not that well, unfortunately. Less you can find a place to store it/shove it all into a backpack...

So osaka can be a bit redundant? Removing osaka would definitely free up a lot of time.

Osaka is great - just I personally feel that Tokyo and Osaka both, in 2 week trip, is kinda redundant, aye.

From what I've read it feels like i should be a bit concerned about the language barrier. Maybe that concern is overblown?

My Japanese is le shit (and was far worse before I married into the fam) and I have never had too much of an issue... It all depends on what you are trying to do, I guess

Just learn a few key words/phrases and be prepared to repeat them a few times and I reckon you'll be fine

 

[kkck]

Probably not that well, unfortunately. Less you can find a place to store it/shove it all into a backpack...


Osaka is great - just I personally feel that Tokyo and Osaka both, in 2 week trip, is kinda redundant, aye.


My Japanese is le shit (and was far worse before I married into the fam) and I have never had too much of an issue... It all depends on what you are trying to do, I guess

Just learn a few key words/phrases and be prepared to repeat them a few times and I reckon you'll be fine

Yeah, we probably won't be traveling too lightly. I suppose given the japan tourism craze there should be some simple solution to this. Airports in europe at least have easy storage options.... A quick google suggests just sending luggage from one hotel to the next.

My japanese is barely a collection of weaboo sounding noises. Half of those are hitten mitsurugi attacks. The other half sound food-ish. I did have learning some phrases in the to do list though.

Do you happen to have restaurants you'd recommend? The food scene in japan seems beyond overwhelming.