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General Category => Discontempt => Topic started by: taiko on April 27, 2009, 11:34:50 PM
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Ok, I'll look at the flights; I also have my friend Robin looking in on things; she works for some airline ...
How serious are you about this, Thrash?
Because you've really backed out of a lot of shit since I've known you.
Hell, you were supposed to call me back the other day, and you never did!
So, honestly, give us a percentage of how likely you are to actually go to Japan in November.
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Because of my work, travelling to Japan on the first week of November might be difficult. I'm going to do what I can to swing it, but I'll keep everyone up-to-date in this thread.
Right now, I'm about 80% 98% sure I'll be able to make it, because I got a new job. No projects are slated to launch in that first week, and I should have enough visibility to be able to keep things out of that week if possible.
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You rock!
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I didn't get the chance to call you back, actually,something with the server at the office came up ...
I'm pretty serious; I've been working a few angles at my end ...
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W3rd ...
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It was his pee pee that came up...
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You can do everything you need to from here, and without the risk of pig flu
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I wish ...
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[3:52:33 PM] Dave Thrash says: w3rken' muh anglez
[3:56:42 PM] Nick says: what angles?
[3:56:46 PM] Nick says: 1. Buy passport
[3:56:50 PM] Nick says: 2. Buy plane ticket
[3:56:56 PM] Nick says: 3. Get on plane
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but plenty of tasty pig based meals to be had!
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Separate from your plane tickets. It seems Trix got a great deal on hers...
You will need to allow for the following things:
- 6 nights accommodation. Approximately JPY5,000 per night so JPY30,000 or so.
- Train Pass - I think this is JPY30,000 or so.
- Subway tickets (for in and around Tokyo). We'll mostly take JR so your pass will cover it, however budget about JPY3,000 yen total on trains not covered by this.
- 7 days of meals. Somewhere between JPY3,000 and JPY10,000 per day including drinks with dinner
- Extra booze and cigarettes, variable but will be cheap. You can get a 1.8L flagon of sake for JPY 1,500 and smokes are JPY300 for a pack of 20.
- Attractions, you have to pay to get into temples, normally JPY200-400, and things like an onsen will cost JPY1,000-JPY2,000. I would budget JPY15,000 for the whole week of museums, temples, hot springs etc.
- Other than that it's whatever shopping you want to do. Electronics and clothes will be cheaper in the states so I figure you'll only by cool random stuff you couldn't have found otherwise.
All in all about JPY80,000 - JPY100,000 should be plenty, and you can probably save money off that.
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It's definitely not cheap.
I took out 40,000 yen (not counting a few times I did use my credit card for purchases), and my folks gave me another 25,000. I blew through all of that in about 7 days, leaving me not more than 1500 yen the last night I was there. Another story for later, but I was basically a retard. I was being fairly frugal too for the most part. No uber-fancy dinners, not buying any expensive ass electronics, basically nothing from Ginza.
I would take Nick's advice, on the 80,000 - 100,000 estimates.
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http://www.xe.com/ (http://www.xe.com/)
For a rough idea of exchange rates.
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Yen is strong so there is no point in getting any until the week before you leave or it plummets between now and then
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So, Tickets, about 1600US, 300US train, and about 1200US spending ...
3300US ...
If my calculations are correct ...
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$1600 for your tix??? Mine were only $800 out of Newark. $1600 doesn't sound right at all.
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Thrash, check Continental:
Leave
Sat, Oct 31 Continental Airlines 2565
operated by EXPRESSJET AIRLINES INC DBA CO EXPRESS
Depart: 6:35am
Arrive: 8:48am Jacksonville, FL (JAX)
Newark, NJ (EWR)
1 stop Economy 2hr 13min Embraer RJ135-145 View seats
Change planes. Time between flights: 2hr 22min
Continental Airlines 9
Depart: 11:10am
Arrive: 2:10pm Newark, NJ (EWR)
Tokyo, Japan (NRT)
Economy 14hr 0min Boeing 777 View seats
Total duration: 18hr 35min
This is an overnight flight.
Choose this return
Return
Sat, Nov 7 Continental Airlines 6
Depart: 5:10pm
Arrive: 1:50pm Tokyo, Japan (NRT)
Houston, TX (IAH)
1 stop Economy 11hr 40min Boeing 777 View seats
Change planes. Time between flights: 2hr 5min
Continental Airlines 3132
operated by EXPRESSJET AIRLINES INC DBA CO EXPRESS
Depart: 3:55pm
Arrive: 7:04pm Houston, TX (IAH)
Jacksonville, FL (JAX)
Economy 2hr 9min Embraer RJ135-145 View seats
Total duration: 15hr 54min
This is $904. Then you'll be on the same flight going out as Luke and I.
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Give me a link and I'll buy it today ...
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Not sure if this link will work or not but here you go:
http://www.continental.com/web/en-US/apps/booking/flight/searchResult2.aspx?SID=9DE753ED45D84927BC0C55E2C1903E52&sg=1&sgk=256510/31/2009|910/31/2009 (http://www.continental.com/web/en-US/apps/booking/flight/searchResult2.aspx?SID=9DE753ED45D84927BC0C55E2C1903E52&sg=1&sgk=256510/31/2009|910/31/2009)
you have to select which return you want, depending on how long of a layover you prefer...
i think you have to do the search yourself. just go to continental.com and enter in JAX - NRT, 10/31 - 11/7. Select the outgoing flight to have a layover in NJ. Make sure the flight from EWR to NRT is flight #9 (the flight Luke and I are on).
depending on your returning flight you can have a layover in TX or NJ. obviously i'm returning straight to NJ and Luke is taking the one going back to TX.
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Is there an extra tax for getting out of the swamp?
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Yeah, gator protection tax
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Give me a link and I'll buy it today ...
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So, Tickets, about 1600US, 300US train, and about 1200US spending ...
3300US ...
If my calculations are correct ...
That was the figure we talked about on Skype at the start mate.... You may be able to get cheaper tickets like Tricks did.
I would advise to make the most of the opportunity to try all the different kinds of foods and stuff while you're here, everyone. Traveling on the very cheap makes sense if you're backpacking around Europe, but we're jetting around Japan on bullet trains for 6 days so my mandate is to cram as much experience into that time as possible. Please don't be alarmed if it looks like you're spending more "per-day" than you would on a normal holiday. If you were here for 2 weeks or a month or something then it would be different.
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And still Thrash can't confirm or deny buying the goddamn tickets... he's mysteriously avoided this thread!
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I would advise to make the most of the opportunity to try all the different kinds of foods and stuff while you're here, everyone. Traveling on the very cheap makes sense if you're backpacking around Europe, but we're jetting around Japan on bullet trains for 6 days so my mandate is to cram as much experience into that time as possible. Please don't be alarmed if it looks like you're spending more "per-day" than you would on a normal holiday.
This is like doing a underclass Japan extraction.
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I've usually found Japan to be very reasonably priced... yes you can spend ridiculous amounts of money on stuff, but you dont need to.
Last visit to Hokkaido, we got a big bowl of Ramen for lunch, I think it was about Y600 ($6)... I swear to god, I really didnt need to eat that evening.
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That's both hot + awesome.
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This time, you are actually correct.
The ramen was both hot and awesome.
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I've usually found Japan to be very reasonably priced... yes you can spend ridiculous amounts of money on stuff, but you dont need to.
Last visit to Hokkaido, we got a big bowl of Ramen for lunch, I think it was about Y600 ($6)... I swear to god, I really didnt need to eat that evening.
Yes, but you did. I believe we ate most of the sea of Japan that evening
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Hey, you put it on a plate in front of me, and its gonna be eaten!
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I'm ordering a plate of Japanese semen for Mosh.
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Put a sprig of parsley on that, and its nouvelle cuisine.
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Put a sprig of parsley zipper on that, and its nouvelle cuisine fashion.
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I'm ordering a plate of Japanese semen for Mosh.
ok (http://www.dannychoo.com/adp/eng/1318/Shirako.html)
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Ha! Fucking awesome. Remind me to order some of that, Nick.
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Thrash is a loser who will never leave Jacksonville. la la la laaaa
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hahahaha
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I still don't understand angles. Unless waiting for a passport to arrive is an angle and we're all bad at koolspeak
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maybe he meant angels... workin muh angels...
whatever that might mean...
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I think "I've been working a few angles at my end ..." means he's trying to figure out to fuck his own ass with his own cock.
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Well, there's that too ...
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YOO-HOO
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TOODLE-OO.
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Why does this thread exist, Thrash isn't going! Eff you Luke.
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That's why.
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Ok, seriously, I've had a LOT happen business-wise, as well as personally, the past 2-3 weeks ...
I'm IN ...
I have the cash and/or a credit card for the deal ....
I'll get with you fags this coming week, and I WILL purchase a ticket ....
It's been a LONG 2-3 weeks ...
Thanks for understanding ...
Tricky, Like, whomever; we'll get this done ....
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Whatever, fagpants.
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Quiet, dykestain ...
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I'll get with you fags this coming week, and I WILL purchase a ticket ....
The countdown starts...
FOUR THREE TWO ONE
JA-PAN TRIIIP
THRASH NOT GOING
CALLS US NAAMES
COS HE STAYS AT HOOOOOOO-OOOOO-OO-OOOOOO-OOOOOOOOME!
HOOOOOOO-OOOOO-OO-OOOOOO-OOOOOOOOME!
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I'll get with you fags this coming week, and I WILL purchase a ticket ....
The countdown starts...
FOUR THREE TWO ONE
JA-PAN TRIIIP
THRASH NOT GOING
CALLS US NAAMES
COS HE STAYS AT HOOOOOOO-OOOOO-OO-OOOOOO-OOOOOOOOME!
HOOOOOOO-OOOOO-OO-OOOOOO-OOOOOOOOME!
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Can you please make sure Kyle and Luke sign in and confirm this? If people want to use CC points to pay for whatever I need to know pretty damn soon.
As for the itinerary, it'll probably change and peeps can jet off on side-trips so don't stress if something you want to do isn't on there.
Cheers...
Attending:
Nick
Ian
Dani
Brook
Kyle
Luke
Buy before you leave:
JR Rail Pass. Not having this will bleed your wallet. I know, because I've already worked out my own transport costs for the week.
Arrival & Departure:
Everyone arrives on Sat November 1 and deaprts on Sat November 8 from Narita Airport
Hotels (Tokyo 5,000JPY each per night for share):
Ian + Dani
Brook + Luke
Sasha + Kyle
OR
Ian + Dani
Brook + Sasha
Luke + Kyle
OR
Ian + Dani
Brook + Sasha
Luke
Kyle
Hotels (Hiroshima/Nara 4,000 each per night):
Some variant of the above with Nick in the mix. I'll start looking at what is available. If there's a cheap & decent hostel or something we may all wind up in that.
Itinerary:
The below is the general itinerary, this may change a little but probably not by much.
31 Oct (Sat) - People arrive in groups. Call Nick when you arrive. Everyone except Brook and Dani should rent a cellphone at Narita. You all have JR Rail passes so get the JR Limited Express into Tokyo Station and catch the Yamanote to Tamachi, Nick will take you to the hotel. Groups who arrive early go to Akihabara because it's interesting on a Weekend. Group dinner somewhere
1 Nov (Sun) - Tokyo Sightseeing. All the designer shops will be open. Hot tourist spots at Akihabara, Harajuku, Shibuya, Asakusa, Shinagawa Aquarium, wherever... People can go where they want because you all have cellphones. Dinner will be at a large Izakaya.
2 Nov (Mon) - Red-eye shinkansen at 7am -> Nara. Temple Hopping, drinks, dinner, onsen, Karaoke party party party... stay in Nara area.
3 Nov (Tues) - Nara -> Hiroshima. Arrive lunchtime. Go to War memorial. Dinner is Okonomiyaki and check out Hiroshima in the evening. I'll look up a cool area, but I've never been so if anyone wants to research please go ahead.
4 Nov (Wed) - Full day in Hiroshima. I haven't researched this but there will be lots to see and do with the peace parks, maybe a cool shrine, shopping etc. Picnic lunch or something. Shinkansen back to Tokyo mid afternoon. Check into hotels and dinner somewhere in Tokyo. If anyone wants to spend a night in Kyoto this is the one as Kyoto is on the way back to Tokyo. I need to know in advance to help book your accomodation for this so let me know.
5 Nov (Thu) - No real plans. Shopping, sightseeing around town somewhere. Does anyone want to go to Yasukuni shrine and upset the Chinese? Sex shops fun. In the evening go to Shibuya to have a beer at my friend Michiko's bar.
6 Nov (Fri) - If people want to go traditional then a day trip to Kamakura to the giant Bhudda (Kyle, Ian and Danni have been however...). If people want to stay in Tokyo and do crazy things then Harajuku/Shibuya/Meiji Shrine. Rent mine and Ian's friend Yusuke's restaurant for an epic last evening. Karaoke and Roppongi.
7 Nov (Sat) - recover, lunch, bye bye...
Extra items that could be put in:
a) Suicide forest... probably just a forest.
b) Miyajima - look it up on wikipedia, we could visit it while in Hiroshima
c) A night in Kyoto coming back from Hiroshima
d) I haven't planned anything to do with Music because I figure everyone is into different things and shows are expensive.
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Oh, I'm not chasing people up to make sure they read this. So can friends of those who aren't posting at the moment please ask them to check this thread.
Please let me know if you have any concerns or questions ASAP.
Thanks,
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Will do...
I spoke to Lucas the other night (he called me @ 1am... luckily I had not yet gone to bed)... will talk with him this weekend.
I'll check out prices for Gracery hotel tonight and post what I find. Nick, can you suggest other places? even Love Hotels.
I'll be buying JR passes next week... so this will be done.
As I think I'll be the first arrival at Narita, I can hang around for the rest to arrive. I have to hang there anyway to collect Danni.
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Ok - I'll check other hotels but I don't think you're going to go much cheaper. You may save $5 or $10 per night by being further out, but with this many people I really think we should be within 1 km of each other. Plus I'm planning the dinner events at good places I know around my area, and taxi's home are expensive if/when we run late.
I do need an idea of who will share with whom though...
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I already booked a room at the Gracery for Y10000 a night... roughly US$100... twin rooms can be booked.
If we all get phones, it doesnt matter where we all stay.
just for info, heres the website http://www.gracery.com/en/tamachi/index.html (http://www.gracery.com/en/tamachi/index.html)
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I believe Luke & I will share, that was sorta the plan, but I don't really care who I stay with.
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I believe Luke & I will share, that was sorta the plan, but I don't really care who I stay with.
Ok so at this point I have no idea who I'm rooming with. I am NOT rooming with bagman. Sasha? What's your plan for rooming with someone? Luke is like, not even responding to texts/ emailss. I just dson't want to show up to Japan and I'm fucked and I have no one to room with.
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update: i have a new job that has agreed to let me off for the first week in november!
thus, i will be going to japan!
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I think you can room with Sasha, but Luke just posted saying he's coming. Either or...
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sorry, my weekend was packed with enforced non-relaxing. i always respond to you eventually, don't i??
brook and i will room together in tokyo. we'll also stay at the same place as mosh while in tokyo.
with that in mind, i'd also like guidance on where to book in hiroshima; nick, you can stay w/ brook and me, if you don't mind cotting it up on the floor. otherwise, i did say you could room w/ me in hiroshima, nick, which probably puts brook in a room with sasha (or by herself).
so, hotelling in hiro has some holes in it, but tokyo is planned!
things i will buy this weekend: train pass, matching plane tickets with brook (including initial flight into newark), reservations for tokyo hotel based on above list of planned actions.
purchases pending more info: hiroshima hotel reservations.
let me know if you need further info from me; i'll check back in a few days, or you can pass me an encrypted message through my communication network... ;)
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absolute worst case, mosh will be here in early October, and we can do final coordination via skype, with everyone together!
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sure... if we need to...
I think Nick was looking into Hiroshima options. I guess he'll update us soon.
I shall email you tonight Lucas... be prepared!
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While I remember, can everyone post their flight details into Narita here, so I can co-ordinate the arrivals?
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Nick, you need to look at the dates in your itinery... they are out by a day... 1st November is a Sunday
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oh, oops.
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The days are still right, cept I fly out on the 7th... so it still works
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I arrive at Narita at 09:10 on 01/11/09.
I can either scoot into Tokyo and drop my shit at Nicks place and then come back to pick youse up, or hang around the Airport and wait for the rest of you.
Please post arrival flights and times. Sasha, can you get Kyle to have a look in here and post his times too?
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good news, hotels in Hiroshima appear to be between 4,000 and 5,000. I'm going to track down some in Nara, get a map of where we want to go and book this week. Who doubles up with who we can figure out later.
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The days are still right, cept I fly out on the 7th... so it still works
fixed
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WOOHOO!!!!
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matching plane tickets with brook (including initial flight into newark), reservations for tokyo hotel based on above list of planned actions.
why don't you just fly out with Sasha? not that i care either way. but, we will have hard core party night on Oct 30th if you come to Newark.
Here is my itenerary:
New York/Newark, NJ (EWR - Liberty) to Tokyo, Japan (NRT - Narita)
Depart:
11:10 a.m.
Sat., Oct. 31, 2009
New York/Newark, NJ (EWR - Liberty)
Arrive:
2:10 p.m.
+1 Day
Sun., Nov. 1, 2009
Tokyo, Japan (NRT - Narita)
OnePass Miles/
Elite Qualification:
6,732 /100%
Flight: CO9
Aircraft: Boeing 777-200ER
Fare Class: Economy (G)
Travel Time:14 hr 0 mn
Tokyo, Japan (NRT - Narita) to New York/Newark, NJ (EWR - Liberty)
Depart:
5:45 p.m.
Sat., Nov. 7, 2009
Tokyo, Japan (NRT - Narita)
Arrive:
4:25 p.m.
Sat., Nov. 7, 2009
New York/Newark, NJ (EWR - Liberty)
OnePass Miles/
Elite Qualification:
6,732 /100%
Flight: CO8
Aircraft: Boeing 777-200ER
Fare Class: Economy (G)
Travel Time:12 hr 40 mn
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why don't you just fly out with Sasha?
because i'm sticking with the (second) original plan, which was to fly over with you.
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Nick, still awaiting hotel recommendations in other cities. please confirm: will we be sleeping on park benches?
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If they are places like what Nick and I had in Kyoto, they'll be awesome..
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Hotels in other cities will be for 2 nights. Total cost of $50 per-night maximum. Can I go ahead and just book these and get money off ya'll when you arrive if I have to pay in advance?
I recommend booking at the hotel Ian mentioned for your nights in Tamachi as soon as you have tickets. I guess Ian booked online?
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okay, on the one hand i trust you because i've known you for years.
but on the other hand, i'd rather have a little more control over where and what i'll be doing when i travel.
just letting you know, i'm uncomfortable with the "pay me later" style, but if you think it's the best way to go, then that's fine.
WITH THAT SAID: i only need to worry about booking one room for brook & me while we're in the tokyo metropolitan area. is that a correct statement?
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You'll need to book twice, once for 1st & 2nd November & again for 5 & 6th November...
And the Hotel Gracery only takes online bookings... pay when you arrive
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I'm 99% sure wherever I book in Hiroshima will be the same because we're in the lower-mid range. I'll let you know when I get a chance to call a couple of places.
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I'm 99% sure wherever I book in Hiroshima will be the same because we're in the lower-mid range. I'll let you know when I get a chance to call a couple of places.
I agree, but this is really just a self-reliance thing. I prefer to be able to make it on my own, in case something tragic happens. And, to do that, I'll want my own reservations. :)
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And the Hotel Gracery only takes online bookings... pay when you arrive
Do you think they pronounce it "Glacely"?
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undoubtably
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I was PLANNING on staying in a room with Brook. Sorry guys but if you aren't my boyfriend I don't trust you, even if I have known you for years and years. If Brook does not want to stay with me I will stay in one of those single woman rooms. If the hotels we are staying at don't have one of those then I will just stay by myself, which I do not mind at all. Since Luke and Brook are doing it, I bet that's why they want to stay together anyway. I wanted to go to Kyoto but I am not going to go by myself so if no one wants to go then I don't think I will want to go since I can't track down my friend Kana who lives there. I fly out the 7th at 7:05pm btw not the 8th. Can Luke please let me know how much the train tix are and where to get them????? I will call Luke tomorrow regardless. I know that we don't have a show worked into the schedule but I would like to go to some crazy fun club, please!
EDIT: What about........
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/FujiSunriseKawaguchiko2025WP.jpg/800px-FujiSunriseKawaguchiko2025WP.jpg)
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Another thing I want to do is go to a bath house and the Edo-Tokyo Museum (or the Tokyo National Museum).... I can do the museum thing really early in the morning though if no one wants to go with me. :)
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Sasha:
1: JR rail pass can be bought here:
JALPAK (JTB GLOBAL TRAVEL INC.) Houston Office 4900 Woodway Dr., Suite 510, Houston , TX 77056 TEL +1 800 776 5575
FAX +1 713 658 1932
It'll cost you about $300, seems like a lot up front, but you'll get more than that in rail travel.
2: Hotel. Gracery has single ladies rooms I think. If not, there's probably somewhere nearby that does.
3. Kyoto is on the way, maybe Kyle would stop there with you. It is definitely worth it.
4. I agree that a club should be visited...
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Another thing I want to do is go to a bath house and the Edo-Tokyo Museum (or the Tokyo National Museum).... I can do the museum thing really early in the morning though if no one wants to go with me. :)
I would definitely do the museum thing with you, and anyone else who wants to tag along. The bathhouse thing I did in Otara... was very cool. I recommend.
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both on the list. I haven't been to that Museum, I went to eh main one in Kyoto which is stunning. There's a MOMA too if anyone likes art
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Since Luke and Brook are doing it, I bet that's why they want to stay together anyway.
I know that we don't have a show worked into the schedule but I would like to go to some crazy fun club, please!
Actually we are not doing it and haven't done it, but don't tell the other LG-ers that! Let them all think we totally fucked. hahaha.
seconded on the club!
I am buying the rail pass either today or tomorrow. Bye bye $300...
And I love MOMA! Let's go!
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I was PLANNING on staying in a room with Brook.
It shouldn't be a surprise that we're staying together. I see the first mention of this fact on April 27th (http://loaded-gun.com/index.php?topic=487.msg22897#msg22897).
Can Luke please let me know how much the train tix are and where to get them????? I will call Luke tomorrow regardless.
Mosh covered this. I'm still looking forward to hearing from you, though!
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Actually we are not doing it and haven't done it...
Yeah, no way we would do it.
With Mosh, MAYBE, but that's only due to the illicit nature of things. Having to sneak off for a quicky would be titilating.
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Remember, I am hot and awesome...
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It's completely nonsense, but I cannot book online a flight which goes AUS -> EWR -> NRT -> AUS.
I can book two trips - one for AUS <-> EWR and one for EWR <-> NRT. That costs about $1200 ($400+$800).
I can also book AUS -> EWR -> NRT -> IAH -> AUS, but that costs FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS.
So, Brook, can I stay at your place Saturday night, when we get back from Japan?
(Also, I'll be calling Continental to see if I can book the first flight desc over the phone for a reasonable cost. If not, whatever.)
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Yeah for sho, but seriously if it's easier/ cheaper for you to fly with Sasha please feel free to do so...
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Yeah for sho, but seriously if it's easier/ cheaper for you to fly with Sasha please feel free to do so...
All tickets purchased. ????????????
edit: Japanese from Google's translate reverts to confused smilies when submitted to the forums.
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FINAL evaluation for my eyes and being cleared of all complications on THURSDAY ...
I'm told this is going to be the last one and if all's the same, and the injection doesn't cause problems, I'll be 100% cleared for a long flight and can make my arrangements ...
Sorry, it's been a long issue with my PRK/Lasik ...
(I had unusually thick retnas, and, as a result, I needed a PRK shaving of them, and then traditional lasik; as a result, my "flap" was weaker then most and, although they anticipated at least one infection, I got none, but the flap took a while to take and heal properly; it's supposedly over the past month been healing as normal, and my doctors know my plans and have been working hard to help me make it happen. I was supposed to be cleared last month, however, they saw a "spot" and needed to make sure it's all good, and it seems to be, so we should be good. I WILL NOT compromise my eyesight, obviously, but we'll do what we have to do. I'm thinking it'll be fine, sorry for the delays, I just didn't know anything positive until recently, and they really think it's "all clear" at this point.)
Thanks for your concern, and thanks for your patience ...
-=Me=-
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- Prefer to have my own room.
- Sasha, I am up for both Kyoto and seeing the Tokyo National Museum.
- If anybody wants to stop by the creepy used-panties shop in Shibuya with me (creepiest and most surreal place I have ever been, hand's down), I am going to try and get some undercover video of it with my Kodak Zi8 which I have on pre-order. 1080P 30ps HD quality video! I bought a pair of used panties last time, so no need to throw another $40 down the drain.
- There's also this really cool little bookstore in Shinjuku, near where the Lonestar hotel is, that has crates and crates of Japanese movie press-kits. I bought three last time I was there -- Ghostbusters, The Toxic Avenger (that was a find!!), and for a great Italian horror, Suspiria. I'm going to try and find some more good ones.
- Just bought my JR rail ticket. $306 total, with FedEx Standard shipping
- I will be looking over hotel information and booking within the next couple of weeks.
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I want a cheap hotel, find one Kyle!
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Kyle...
I found a creepier sex shop in Akihabara...
As for hotels, try to find one around Tamachi or Shinagawa...
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Ok then... heres the deal... I'm staying at Gracery hotel in Tamachi, I recommend you book same. The web address is elsewhere in this forum.
Dont forget to get your fuckin JR rail pass, or it'll cost you beaucoup just getting around.
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Just a note: I'm organizing things to do in the evenings in Tokyo based on people staying within walking distance of the Tamachi and Hamamatsucho stations. If you're anywhere else, you'll likely lose whatever savings you make with drunk taxi rides home.
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man I was drunk last night. really really drunk. I hope you do make it over here
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Hotels in Tokyo:
Can I make the following suggestion since Brook and Sasha seem to be on the tightest budget here and Kyle wants his own room?
Brook and Sasha share. Lucas solo, Kyle solo.
If Dave's eyeball is small enough to get on a plane then He can share with Sasha and Brook can share with Luke.
OK?
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Can I make the following suggestion since Brook and Sasha seem to be on the tightest budget here and Kyle wants his own room?
Brook and Sasha share. Lucas solo, Kyle solo.
I'm getting a room. Brook can stay with me. She doesn't HAVE to stay with me, but she can.
If she doesn't, there's no impact on my life beyond that point. :)
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Depart:
3:04 p.m.
Fri., Oct. 30, 2009
Austin, TX (AUS)
Arrive:
8:00 p.m.
Fri., Oct. 30, 2009
New York/Newark, NJ (EWR - Liberty)
Depart:
11:10 a.m.
Sat., Oct. 31, 2009
New York/Newark, NJ (EWR - Liberty)
Arrive:
2:10 p.m. +1 Day
Sun., Nov. 1, 2009
Tokyo, Japan (NRT - Narita)
Depart:
5:45 p.m.
Sat., Nov. 7, 2009
Tokyo, Japan (NRT - Narita)
Arrive:
4:20 p.m.
Sat., Nov. 7, 2009
New York/Newark, NJ (EWR - Liberty)
Depart:
2:40 p.m.
Sun., Nov. 8, 2009
New York/Newark, NJ (EWR - Liberty)
Arrive:
5:49 p.m.
Sun., Nov. 8, 2009
Austin, TX (AUS)
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w3rd ...
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You'll need to book twice, once for 1st & 2nd November & again for 5 & 6th November...
Twin Premier reservations made!
Nov 1st - 3rd: 13687
Nov 5th - 7th: 13688
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..."not able to reply in threads where you're the last person to reply" error.
JR pass voucher ordered through IACE. Should arrive in about 10 days, I guess.
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nice
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I can't afford to book any hotels any time soon, so expect to see me on a bench near the Tamachi station.
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Hotels in Tokyo:
Can I make the following suggestion since Brook and Sasha seem to be on the tightest budget here and Kyle wants his own room?
Brook and Sasha share. Lucas solo, Kyle solo.
If Dave's eyeball is small enough to get on a plane then He can share with Sasha and Brook can share with Luke.
OK?
That's what I suggested, but whatever. I can't force anyone to stay with me.
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Brook, are you OK with this? You two can sit around in your underwear listening to Kyle hyperventilate through the wall as he tries to will the concrete invisible.
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Just get your train ticket sorted. It'll cost you $300, but you're looking at about $750 in train tickets if you don't have it.
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Ok. I'll buy it before I quit my job. ::)
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I think what Nick means is that we'll sort something for you... one way or another.
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Interesting... I'm having no problems... can someone post the error in Rhubarb if they get it again?
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I can't believe it, the most glorious thing just happened! I checked my bank account and instead of having a dollar in it, it had hundreds... I'm buying my train ticket now.
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Its MAGIC!
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Yeah, get that done. It takes a while to process.
Nice one on the magic funds. Every time I check my bank balance it has less
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test --> replicated. I couldn't reply again to this thread. Will put it in Rhubarb
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danke
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OK I'll stay with Sasha. Sasha you said that you don't use a CC and that you don't have money right now for the room? When will you have the money?
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Ok, n/m, Luke booked a room with three beds so can't Sasha and I stay in his room?
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Woah, Lucas pimpin'!
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Post #3! Luke got a room with 2 rooms not 3. Sasha can we stay in his room and us two can alternate sleeping on the extra bed & floor ? This way we all save a lot more money...
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Right, so, to follow-up...
I have a room @ Gracery with two twin beds reserved for the nights of the 1st, 2nd, 5th, and 6th.
If the girls are okay with it, I'm okay with sharing a room with both of them. But, like Brook says, this will probably end up with someone on the floor, since I don't think the twin beds are big enough to host two people (especially not if one of them is me).
However, the 3rd & 4th I'm still rooming with Nick. note: this does not preclude other people also staying with us, it's just that I promised Nick that he could stay in whatever room we got for the nights of the 3rd & the 4th.
Converse!
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Woah, Lucas pimpin'!
Yes, pimpin' big, sleeping in the same room with the two girls whom I've never fucked. That's actually the pinnacle of pimpin', Ian; I looked it up in the dictionary.
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Ok, so Sasha want to do what I proposed then stay together on the 3rd & 4th?
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Ian: 1st Nov Flight BA5 arrive 09:10
Danni: 1st Nov arrive 18:30
Lucas & Brook: 1st Nov arrive 14:10
Sasha: 1st Nov arrive 14:35 (I think)
Kyle: 1st Nov arrive 14:15 (http://loaded-gun.com/index.php?topic=502.msg45671#msg45671) (edit: eitje)
Dave: who the fuck knows?
I'll head to Nick's place when I get in, then come out and get you all that arrive at the same time. I'll have to make a second trip out to collect my other half, but as I'll have a phone by that time, we'll catch up with youse when we get into Tamachi.
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Woah, Lucas pimpin'!
Yes, pimpin' big, sleeping in the same room with the two girls whom I've never fucked. That's actually the pinnacle of pimpin', Ian; I looked it up in the dictionary.
I never accused you of moral turpitude... anyways, here's you chance to make your money back by selling them to Japanese salarymen by the hour.
That be pimpin'.
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I wish you had!
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Kyle has done this before, so I think the bunch arriving at 14:xx can all get cells and jump on the train with him. It's pretty simple: inside Narita airport there is a JR train station. Show your pass at the ticket window and ask for a "Limited Express to Tokyo". Get on train. It's all in English. You'll have cells and I'll make sure you have my number. Ian and I will meet you at Tokyo station and take you to the hotel.
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Update: Wife will be away for the first half of the week so whoever doesn't get to sleep with Luke can sleep with me.
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Unless you sperminate her!
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Actually thats better, because I only have to make one trip out to collect Danni...
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She's getting a free round-trip to new Orleans to sing and party. My junk is no barrier to that kind of a good time
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Actually Danni could do the same, if you don't mind your nuts getting cut off
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Brook, are you OK with this? You two can sit around in your underwear listening to Kyle hyperventilate through the wall as he tries to will the concrete invisible.
I'll have the A/C and/or fan turned up as loud as possible.
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Update: Wife will be away for the first half of the week so whoever doesn't get to sleep with Luke can sleep with me.
And Kyle is cool with Sasha sharing a twin at the end of the week.
OK, sorted.
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I'm not using them for anything... they just hang there...
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And Kyle is cool with Sasha sharing a twin at the end of the week.
OK, sorted.
Huh? Ok so I am staying with who on what days (since Sasha never responded)? So confused.
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yeah, this conversation has kind of gone off the rails.
it reads like someone will be sharing a bed with nick, and then kyle.
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it reads like someone will be sharing a bed with nick, and then kyle.
can i videotape?
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And Kyle is cool with Sasha sharing a twin at the end of the week.
OK, sorted.
Huh? Ok so I am staying with who on what days (since Sasha never responded)? So confused.
With me, on the nights that you are incredibly inebriated.
Also, to answer your question above... I'll have my HD pocket camcorder. Borrow at will.
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Brook just yells at people and throws bedding around when she's drunk.
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hahahaha Luke. :P
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SASHA! Please respond to this thread!
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Nick and I just thought it didn't make a helluva lot of sense making anybody sleep on a floor, any of the nights. We're not attending boot camp, yo. Also, nobody is sharing a bed with me. That's why it's called a "twin" room. Two beds. Miles apart.
I'd prefer to have my own room as I said, but told Nick I would be willing to get a twin the last portion of the trip when we're back in Tamachi, so somebody doesn't have to sleep on the ground.
But if the floor is your favorite place, that's cool too.
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Fuck no I am not sleeping on the floor. I'm not that poor. Sorry I didn't respond earlier, but I have to sleep sometime y'know? Tomorrow I am going in to school to get set up for my part-time job. I will be getting an extra $190/week from it so I will be able to afford a hotel in the middle of September, along with train ticket and whatever else. I just moved and my roommate is a mooch so I am broke until I can work my new 59 hour a week work schedule. I also just dealt with a horrible sexual harassment suit at work that involved me as the victim, so I am considering quitting my job since I don't feel safe here in the middle of the night. I don't have money lying around like the rest of you boys do, so chill out or just front me everything and I can pay you over the course of the next two months. I just HATE when people are trying to get me to do things NOW NOW NOW, I just tune them all out, so consider yourselves all tuned out until I have money to throw at your wishes. OUT
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Relax Sasha, we'll sort something out where you dont end up on a floor, or in a capsule, or anything else...
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So once again I ask WHERE DO YOU PEOPLE WANT ME TO SLEEP? I said that I was staying with Luke and then you all requested that I stay with Sasha instead. I said I would and now I am not getting a straight answer. And I don't want to wait until the last minute to make my plans and I don't want to depend on others for getting my sleeping situations sorted at the very last minute. And also I'm not a boy. And also I don't have money laying around.
Now once again I am going back to, Luke can I stay with you in Tokyo?
Sorry, I am not sure what the hotel is that we are staying in on the 3rd & 4th. What is it? And can I assume that I can go ahead and book my own room for these days?
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Now once again I am going back to, Luke can I stay with you in Tokyo?
Yes.
Sorry, I am not sure what the hotel is that we are staying in on the 3rd & 4th. What is it? And can I assume that I can go ahead and book my own room for these days?
Nick's falling through on answering this question for us.
I just HATE when people are trying to get me to do things NOW NOW NOW, I just tune them all out, so consider yourselves all tuned out ...
I'm in the same boat at this point. I'm set for rooms for most nights, tricky is covered while I'm in Tokyo, and we're pending work by others. At this point, I'll stop my daily visits until someone comes up with additional information. tricks, please let me know if this happens. Thank you. :)
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Fuck no I am not sleeping on the floor. I'm not that poor.
If I could shave $1000 off of this trip by sleeping on the floor of a closet, I will, I've been on tour before....
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calm down all...
I'm trying to get everyone a hotel room because I don't know if they'll book out later leaving someone hanging. I don't want to be running around in late October trying to juggle open hotel rooms so I thought I'd lock down a bed for everyone in advance. That and the JR ticket are the only things you really need to think about, I'll set up the rest.
With whatever reasons you all have for only checking threads occasionally, it's been hard to pull it all together.
Oct 31 - Nov 1 (2 nights, Hotel in Tokyo - ppl book individually)
Nov 2 - Nov 3 (Hotels in Hiroshima/Nara - Nick will just book all these and collect cash in November)
Nov 4 - Nov 6 (3 nights, Hotel in Tokyo - ppl book individually)
Tokyo Hotels:
Ian + Dani
Luke + Brook (Luke to book)
Kyle + Sasha (Kyle to book)
Hiroshima Hotels:
You're all at my mercy.
Sasha, please try to get the JR Rail pass as soon as you can and don't worry about the hotels. The rail pass sometimes takes a few weeks to get delivered.
I suggest a phone each. Imagine being in a crowd of 5,000 people in Times square, all talking to you in gobble-de-gook. That's what it will feel like if you get lost here and it's incredibly cheap.
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It's only the women who need to calm down...
Ain't that always the case?
:P
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No. I was just annoyed that people were asking me to do one thing, and then I agreed, and then they made a bunch of vague statements and I was all WTF.
Honestly, I have a lot of stuff going on right now and didn't want to wait until the last minute to make these plans and have one more thing on my mind.
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No. I was just annoyed that people were asking me to do one thing, and then I agreed, and then they made a bunch of vague statements and I was all WTF.
Honestly, I have a lot of stuff going on right now and didn't want to wait until the last minute to make these plans and have one more thing on my mind.
Again, I had to make plans, with yourself, Luke and Kyle all not checking in for various lengths of time. Now that you're all back, we were able to finalize things. Although I noticed HRH Luke has declared himself absent again.
Anyway, the below is hereby set in stone....
calm down all...
I'm trying to get everyone a hotel room because I don't know if they'll book out later leaving someone hanging. I don't want to be running around in late October trying to juggle open hotel rooms so I thought I'd lock down a bed for everyone in advance. That and the JR ticket are the only things you really need to think about, I'll set up the rest.
With whatever reasons you all have for only checking threads occasionally, it's been hard to pull it all together.
Oct 31 - Nov 1 (2 nights, Hotel in Tokyo - ppl book individually)
Nov 2 - Nov 3 (Hotels in Hiroshima/Nara - Nick will just book all these and collect cash in November)
Nov 4 - Nov 6 (3 nights, Hotel in Tokyo - ppl book individually)
Tokyo Hotels:
Ian + Dani
Luke + Brook (Luke to book)
Kyle + Sasha (Kyle to book)
Hiroshima Hotels:
You're all at my mercy.
Sasha, please try to get the JR Rail pass as soon as you can and don't worry about the hotels. The rail pass sometimes takes a few weeks to get delivered.
I suggest a phone each. Imagine being in a crowd of 5,000 people in Times square, all talking to you in gobble-de-gook. That's what it will feel like if you get lost here and it's incredibly cheap.
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Fuck no I am not sleeping on the floor. I'm not that poor.
If I could shave $1000 off of this trip by sleeping on the floor of a closet, I will, I've been on tour before....
Thanks a lot Luke for pointing out that I change my mind. That is so gracious of you. I never noticed that I did that before.
Also, I will sleep on the floor, I don't give a shit anymore. Since it seems that all hotels must be booked to-fucking-day, just count me in on the floor of the room or the floor of a closet. I feel like I have the flu so if I don't die before I go I will practice sleeping on the uncomfortable floor just to please Luke. I will lay at your feet like the dog that I am your highness.
Oh and Tricky I don't want you to stay with me. I can't stand your bitching online so I def. won't be able to stand it in person.
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I can't wait to get you all drunk on a bullet train
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Oh and Tricky I don't want you to stay with me. I can't stand your bitching online so I def. won't be able to stand it in person.
I am quite different in person than I here on LG (I think I am...) I imagine we will all be able to get along in person. I don't think there will be a problem there, at least I will not have a problem with getting along with you all. I might tease you guys in real life, but that's it. I actually told Luke I am looking forward to meeting you because I think you are funny!
I can't wait to get you all drunk on a bullet train
And I can't wait to let you get me drunk on a bullet train.
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Sorry if I annoyed people in this thread. Really I am. I just want us to be able to have a good time in Japan and get along.
I guess I was just being neurotic because I have a lot of things on my mind and lots of stuff going on and wanted to get this sorted and to not have to think about it anymore.
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Although I noticed HRH Luke has declared himself absent again.
well, yeah! decisions are made, things are purchased, everything is set!
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Dave,
Did you come through the eye-test fine?
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(http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/9963/explodingeyeballs.gif)
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All is well! Luke calmed me down about the trip after our hot make out session earlier.
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Hey Nick: Sasha was still a little concerned about how she was going to unload the 30 or so pairs of used panties that she's bringing along with her.
Do you know if any of the stores around where you live will PURCHASE the panties off of her for a good price?
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I've merged in the two spin-off threads here.
ALSO:
I picked up my JRP voucher yesterday!
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Ask Kyle about that stuff :-)
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Out of the hundreds of pairs of panties I saw at the store in Shibuya, none of the photos of the girls on the front of the packages were non-Asian.
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so, either there's no market, or there's one waiting to be exploited!
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That's what I was trying to figure out!
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I'm just working this part of the trip out in detail and want to change from -
2 Nov (Mon) - Red-eye shinkansen at 7am -> Nara. Temple Hopping, drinks, dinner, onsen, Karaoke party party party... stay in Nara area.
3 Nov (Tues) - Nara -> Hiroshima. Arrive lunchtime. Go to War memorial. Dinner is Okonomiyaki and check out Hiroshima in the evening. I'll look up a cool area, but I've never been so if anyone wants to research please go ahead.
4 Nov (Wed) - Full day in Hiroshima. I haven't researched this but there will be lots to see and do with the peace parks, maybe a cool shrine, shopping etc. Picnic lunch or something. Shinkansen back to Tokyo mid afternoon. Check into hotels and dinner somewhere in Tokyo. If anyone wants to spend a night in Kyoto this is the one as Kyoto is on the way back to Tokyo. I need to know in advance to help book your accomodation for this so let me know.
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2 Nov (Mon) - Red-eye shinkansen at 7am -> Hiroshima. Arrive around noon. Lunch and go check out Shukkeien Garden (http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/travel/hiroshima_shukkeien_garden.htm), which looks awesome. Dinner at Okonomi-mura (google it)
3 Nov (Tues) - Hiroshima -> Miyajima to see the shrine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itsukushima_Shrine). Look around and catch a train back into the city after lunch. If we've got time, then go to the Peace Park, otherwise leave it for the following morning. Ad-hoc dinner, but Hiroshima does good seafood if there are no objections. Onsen.
4 Nov (Wed) - I'll be checking out the peace-par and war museum and people are welcome to join. Shinkansen back to Tokyo mid afternoon. Check into hotels and dinner somewhere in Tokyo. If anyone wants to spend a night in Kyoto this is the one as Kyoto is on the way back to Tokyo. I need to know in advance to help book your accomodation for this so let me know.
- because I think throwing Nara in there as well is a lot.
Hotels:
This hostel (http://kshouse.jp/hiroshima-e/) seems really close to the main station, they probably can communicate in english and there seems to be a good options for rooms...
Is this OK? Click the "rates" tab to see what they have. I was going to book the following:
Ian + Dani: Double Enquite or a double Japanese room.
Kyle, Brook, Sasha, Lucas, Nick: Either a dorm room, or a combination of dorm room with Japanese room (futons) if the beds are shorter than Lucas and I. Dorm rooms are the cheapest option.
Please tell me if you want a room on your own.
I like the option of at least one Japanese room because we book the whole room, so people can sit up and chat without having to consider other guests.
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Can we push it out a day, leave on 3rd for Hiroshima?
Just asking.
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Yup - people will need to re-book their Tokyo hotels if they've skipped 2 & 3 however.
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Ive booked a room in Gracery for 1st & 2nd Nov and 5th & 6th.
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Don't forget Sat Oct 31!
Kyle/Lucas - what days have you booked?
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I've been dragging my feet...
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Don't forget Sat Oct 31!
Kyle/Lucas - what days have you booked?
I arrive on 1st November. So does everyone else. No need to book anything for 31st Oct.
(I guess you are joking, but incase you arent, playing it straight)
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My bad for the brain freeze.. yup, you guys get here on Sunday 1st. Sure we can move the trip to Hiroshima back a day.
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FYI folks, Sasha's panties aree extremely hot. I think we could get at least $40 for each pair, from the right buyer.
Nick, can you start talking to some of your co-workers, to see if they'd be interested in buying any?
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Do we need to move it by a day?
I really like Nick's plan. It has a great balance for the whole trip; a short of inherent beauty.
It's almost as if Nick has trimmed this trip like a bonsai.
Let's make sure we're clipping a branch where it's appropriate to do so. :D
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If you're arriving on a sunday, it give people a say to adjust before the long train-ride and tramping around Hiroshima.
I think it's a good idea, especially for those arriving from the States, jetlag is not fun folks
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As for the rest of it:
1) I don't want to stop in Kyoto.
2) I'm okay with staying in a hostel, dorm-room style, and I don't need a bed or anything; if it's short beds, then our feet will just hang off and Kyle can laugh at us in triumph.
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I think it's a good idea, especially for those arriving from the States, jetlag is not fun folks
Awww...
I want to get more agreement before I book another night @ gracery. That shit's expensive. ;)
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I'll bring it up next staff meeting
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you get to cancel one night though....
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Oh, I see. We'd just be shuffling dates.
I'll consider it.
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good team work.
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Wait, so to do this, all we need to change is one of Lucas's hotel dates and make sure Kyle also books a twin room on the dates Ian mentions.
Is this OK? It give everyone a day to chill and get over the jetlag, before we blaze out west.
I'm getting srsly excited about this trip.
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I wanted to go to Kyoto but I am not going to go by myself so if no one wants to go then I don't think I will want to go since I can't track down my friend Kana who lives there. I fly out the 7th at 7:05pm btw not the 8th. Can Luke please let me know how much the train tix are and where to get them????? I will call Luke tomorrow regardless. I know that we don't have a show worked into the schedule but I would like to go to some crazy fun club, please!
EDIT: What about........
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/FujiSunriseKawaguchiko2025WP.jpg/800px-FujiSunriseKawaguchiko2025WP.jpg)
Does anyone want to go to Kyoto? I can book a night for you guys on the way back from Hiroshima? Kyoto is seriously cool and you can get your temple fix in in one place. It's also SUPER easy to get around, as they have an excellent bus-route and an all-day bus pass that goes everywhere you'll want to go. If anyone wants to do this let me know and I'll plan it for you, I've done Kyoto four times and I can put together a 1-night tour in about 10 minutes. Check it out on wikipedia and let me know.
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I'm getting srsly excited about this trip.
Me too!
And ok with whatever you guys want to do as far as traveling to different areas.
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Tell me confirmed dates for things and I will start booking things. Luke told me that we don't have to pay for the hotel until we get there. As for jetlag, I've never really experienced it because I've always been too drunk to notice.
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The only reason I wanted to go to Kyoto was because my childhood friend lives there. Seeing as how I cannot get into contact with her, I don't really have a reason to go. It kind of bums me out... oh well.
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Wait any longer than this and you risk rooms being booked out.
As per the Hiroshima thread, the dates we will stay in Tokyo are 1-2 & 5-6 November.
Kyle/Sasha - Please book your rooms, either together or apart on those nights sometime this week. You guys don't want to be stuck catching the last train back to Shinjuku (west Tokyo) when we're all partying in Shinbashi (SE Tokyo)... FYI a cab back to where you stayed last time Kyle would be about $50-70 per trip.
Lucas - Please adjust your booking at the Gramercy as per the Hiroshima thread.
I've had no comments on the Hiroshima rooms so I'm gonna lock them in hopefully tonight.
Lastly - everyone has their JR passes (or has ordered), yes?
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JR Rail voucher is in hand.
I'll book my room tomorrow evening, and verify.
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JR pass is imminent.
All the rest is a lock
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Room at Gracery booked but no JR rail pass yet. I haven't ordered it. I can't order it until the 15th of this month because I have to pay rent and bills. If I can't get it on or before the 15th and this makes or breaks my ability to travel outside of Tokyo, then I won't travel outside of Tokyo. k?
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sure
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I also have the voucher.
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so we're waiting for Sasha to get her train ticket, kyle to get his hotel, and thrash, who has nothing
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Well, Sasha still has 7 weeks to get the rail pass... no biggie...
And Dave, I think can be written off at this stage.
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which way have you usually gone? West to east? That's not so bad. If you fly east to west over the Intl Date line, then that's when you body clock gets fucked up.
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yah, day becomes night and night day. I HATE flying to the east coast of the US.
It gets worse the more unhealthy you are. First time I did it I was a mess, and I was overweight and drinking. Last time I has lost 20 lbs and was fitter and it weren't so bad. From what I've read on here the first night could be a casualty ward
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From what I've read on here the first night could be a casualty ward
Especially after you've been punched in the face!
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I've had no comments on the Hiroshima rooms so I'm gonna lock them in hopefully tonight.
I did too comment on the Hiroshima rooms! Read again! (http://loaded-gun.com/index.php?topic=1210.msg51882#msg51882)
Lastly - everyone has their JR passes (or has ordered), yes?
I do.
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Yup, you said you'd consider it. Sorry but the new dates are set
"the dates we will stay in Tokyo are 1-2 & 5-6 November."
Apologies for the mix-up here. I'll buy you liters of distilled grains
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Yup, you said you'd consider it.
I said I'm okay with the accomodations you laid out, hostel-wise, which YOU said no one commented on. :P
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ah, OK. Great
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Sorry but the new dates are set
"the dates we will stay in Tokyo are 1-2 & 5-6 November."
Weird. These appear to be the dates I already booked.
Check in date : 2009/11/01
Anticipated arrival time : 14 hours
Check out date : 2009/11/03
Check in date : 2009/11/05
Anticipated arrival time : 14 hours
Check out date : 2009/11/07
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I was pretty out of it for two days or so, but drinking lots of coffee helped. The first night I got absolutely no sleep.
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sweet.
Kyle - you sorted? Or are you sharing with Sasha?
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I booked a Ladies Room at the Gracery, no boys allowed! I couldn't buy that rail pass because my roommate doesn't have a job and I had to cover her rent and bills. I hate roommates. I am going to get my own place when I turn 30. It will be my birthday present to myself that year.
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I work the graveyard shift though. I guess I will be the champ and overcome any jet lag! Take that international date line motherfucker!
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My fucking air conditioner is broken at my place, so I am at a coffee shop to escape the heat. It's 92 degrees in my condo. I hope my cats don't die.
Anyway, I'm always weary of purchasing/entering information over a public wifi internet connection. I'm going to wait until my A/C is fixed tomorrow, and can use my desktop at home for making the reservations.
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I booked a Ladies Room at the Gracery, no boys allowed! I couldn't buy that rail pass because my roommate doesn't have a job and I had to cover her rent and bills. I hate roommates. I am going to get my own place when I turn 30. It will be my birthday present to myself that year.
Tell her she better get out on the street corner ASAP and earn your money. Then tell her your pimp hand is strong.
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<--The pimp hand is strong with this one.
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Anyway, I'm always weary of purchasing/entering information over a public wifi internet connection.
Do you mean leery?
I'm going to wait until my A/C is fixed tomorrow, and can use my desktop at home for making the reservations.
This would have been a good time to test the gf/fb thing. If you told the girl your A/C was broke and asked to stay with her until it was fixed, you'd get the answer to "is this my girlfriend?" pretty quick.
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No, I meant wary. Blame it on the 3:30am posting.
Ok, my accommodations are taken care of. Hotel room booked.
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Now one of you just has to buy me a rail pass and we will be all set for this trip! Yea! Can I get a high five?!
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I can't order it until the 15th of this month
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FINE. I will buy my own.
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OK, hostel in Hiroshima is booked.
rooms (http://kshouse.jp/hiroshima-e/rates/index.html)
Ian + Dani: Double ensuite (Double ben + private bathroom) 3,900 yen ea
Brook + Sasha: Twin ensuite (Bunk beds + private bathroom) 3,900 yen ea
Nick, Luke, Kyle: 3-deep on futons on tatami mats. 3,200 yen ea
Let me know if you'd prefer a different plan. Kyle/Luke, you guys don't snore right? I'm taking a sledgehammer just in case
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2 girls sharing a room- I think this requires wine coolers, pillow fights, gossiping, and calling boys and hanging up on them when they answer!
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oh boy!
sounds like fun, nick!
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only loose end is Sasha's train-pass right? Sasha, if that looks dicey, why don't you ask Kyle to chuck it on his credit card so you know you'll get it before you're due to leave? Would be a shame for someone to miss the trip to Hiroshima.
Just FYI - my shink tickets are more than the bloody JR pass
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Why can't I buy a second JR pass for you, Nick, and then you just pay me back? Is there a reason that wouldn't work?
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Unfortunately it's only for travelers. The first time you use it, you need to get it stamped and they check your passport to see you're a tourist.
That reminds me, you'll need to have your passport on you the entire time for legal and travel reasons. If you haven't got one I suggest a holder for it.
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I never really bothered with that passport carrying thing.
I think the Japanese view me as a big friendly harmless gaijin.
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2 girls sharing a room- I think this requires wine coolers, pillow fights, gossiping, and calling boys and hanging up on them when they answer!
I know some places in Akihabara where you can buy double ended dildo's
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Oh shit, I've had bad experiences the both times I have stayed at a hostel. Hostels are for hippies.
The last night in Costa Rica, Katie and I stayed at a hostel in San Jose and it had a shared bathroom. I got up to pee in the middle of the night and the floor was all fucking wet. Who knows if it was piss, toilet overflow, sweat, vomit, semen or what. The shower and sinks were in a completely different room. Also, there was some lady screaming almost all night long and that made for a very restful evening.
Second time I was in Vancouver, BC Canada with my mom. Shared bathroom again, but this one wasn't bad. Weird smells around though. A god damn crane started hammering into the ground over and over about 4:30am!!! AM!!!
Anyway, yeah sounds cool to me. I'll have my iPod to drown out any cranes or screaming women.
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you're in Japan dude, and we got our own room. If you want, you can have a single room on your own with a private bathroom....
....leaving luke, Sasha, tricky and I alone with the video camera mwahahahaha
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Nah, I'll be a'ight.
I know some places in Akihabara where you can buy double ended dildo's
Is this the same place that sells used panties? The one you sent me a map of that is like under some JR line tracks? I still want to see that place, but the place in Shibuya I found is awesomely creepy too.
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I found a place in Ueno that was pretty creepy, but not in the same league as that place in Akihabara.
At least the shop with the calendars of very young semi nekkid girls is gone...
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I want to go to the craziest kinkiest sex shop there is out there! nick when I'm there please point me in the right direction to make this happen!
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Unfortunately it's only for travelers. The first time you use it, you need to get it stamped and they check your passport to see you're a tourist.
Nick doesn't have an NZ passport still? :D
Anyway, understood. That's too bad.
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I want to go to the craziest kinkiest sex shop there is out there! nick when I'm there please point me in the right direction to make this happen!
Ian, this is Brook. See you both at dinnertime
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Ian actually is the craziest sex shop in Japan?? w3rd ...
How does he store his dildos?
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DON'T LEAVE ME BEHIND GUYZZZ. I will be partaking in crazy sex shop antics too.
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I don't know if my job is going to let me go to Japan. I put in my request for time off a week ago and haven't heard anything back yet. Also, my coworker said that since I am still in my 6 month probationary period she doesn't think they will let me go. It really sucks that I will have to put in my two week notice in a month, especially after I have built up 6 days of time for this by working holidays.
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this is the job that you hate and want to quit?
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Yes it is, but almost every single person I know hates their job. Hating my job is irrelevant. Earning money is relevant.
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sucky :(
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I hated my job, they weren't going to let me go to Japan, so I found another one which I really like. :)
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Sasha, you've already booked right? they cant really stop you if you tell them...
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but you're still coming, ne?
Are you going to be able to get a train ticket, or should we try to organize something for you?
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I just bought the rail ticket and I am putting a second form in requesting the time off for the trip. If he doesn't tell me in two days, if I can go or not, I will go to the head boss and ask him, but they aren't stopping me from going. I will just have to be tighter with my money in Japan if I have to quit my job.
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Word. We'll help you out. I've tried to keep everything low budget. Kyle is almost a millionaire and will throw down for a lap dance.
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Kyle is so full of shit. If Kyle is going to be a millionaire then I will be the queen of France.
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They haven't had one of those in a while.
Anyway, just make sure you've got enough to pay for your hotels, and add $50 a day for food. The rest we'll figure out. You may not be able to afford going to hipster spots now, however!
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I will skip five meals, in a row, to go to a hipster spot.
Cost of Hotels- I got the figure $476.53-total, does that seem right?
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It's whatever your Tokyo room at the Gramercy comes to + about 7,500 yen for hiroshima.
I wouldn't know a hipster spot if one bit me...
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Hah. Make fun of me because I have goals!
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I always have to do the work when it comes finding the local fun night clubs where ever I go. I will figure it out.
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I think I'll take you all to Roppongi, make sure everyone is carrying a card with the hotel address and $100 cash and let you scatter to the wind.
I don't think Hipster is a scene here amongst the westerners and I'm 99% sure that's because you need a degree to stay more than 90 days
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There aren't Japanese hipsters in Japan? That's hard to believe.
I can't wait to go to Japan, because I can dress all super duper fucking crazy hipster and I bet it won't even be 1/100 as cool as how all the other people are dressed.
http://www.style-arena.jp/street/harajuku/0812/w4.html (http://www.style-arena.jp/street/harajuku/0812/w4.html)
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I'm sure they're there. Anyway, I'll take you to Harajuku
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Don't a lot of people there dress very normally/ plainly?
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you'll see, it's a real mix
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I was denied time off so I am putting in my two weeks on the 15th of October. I feel like it is blessing in disguise. I hated this job, especially after the sexual harassment stuff. I also just found out that my boss has been stock piling pictures of my on his hard drive, creep.
I am going to ask my dad to lend me $1000 for spending in japan. I am also going to hit my mom up and my grandmother for cash. I also forgot that I am getting $1000 in student loan money in middle october. It will be okay you guys! I am focusing on the fun not that struggle when I come back!
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That sucks, although it's good that you're gonna make it. You shouldn't need that much cash, if you've over 5'5" there's small chance you'd fit any clothes on sale here anyways
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There was this cool ass clothes shop I found with retro style shirts out in the front bins. Picked up a bad ass Astro Boy shirt for like the equiv of $10. I forget the name of the shop. Somewhere in Shinjuku.
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306?
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Harajuku's hilarious.
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Nah it has some cheesy name like "T-Shirt heaven" or something similar. It looked like a cheesy place, pretty small, and like I said big bins out front where you can dig through the shirts. Awesome place. But if you actually ventured into the store, and started looking at prices on the jeans and what not, holy mother of rape.
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I feel like it is blessing in disguise.
There's the sunshine! :D
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All good on the JR pass?
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i have an "exchange order" for a rail pass. ordinary class, 7 days. i hope this is the right thing.
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yep - think so. You need to activate it at the JR station in Narita Airport by giving it to the ticket guy when you buy your train ride in to Tokyo. I'll give more details on that later
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I have mine, and Sasha showed me hers (rail pass).
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My initial eye test is clear, I have one more ...
This is why I'm just gonna search for the cheapest ticket and get there ....
Fuck them; I've got a degree in medicine; I can handle my own ....
This is important enough to work around ....
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Yea, because you'll never have as much fun in Florida as you will in Japan giving Kyle swirlies in comically shaped toilets.
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My boss gave me the excuse that I will have to go on leave without pay to to cover my 8 days off for Japan as the reason why he didn't approve my time off, and through some creativity on my part I found the time and wrote him this email.....
"Charles,
I won't have to take leave with out pay in order to go to Japan, which is the reason you gave as to why I wasn't allowed to go. I just did the numbers. As of October 31, 2009 I will have to take 8 days off in order to go on the trip. I will have as time available: 2 R days, 2 Holiday Comp time days, 3 sick days ( I don't have to bring a doctors note until after the third day of being sick), and 1 day of time off for doing the Nami Walk. I am also going to get a physical so I can accrue the 8 hours/1 day of emergency leave for taking a health risk assessment . That totals 9 days that I will have to cover the 8 days. Seeing as how this solves the problem will you please update the October schedule in order to show that I will be off on the 31st, (since I will be on an airplane that day).
Thank goodness this was solved, it works out for everyone now!
Sasha xxx"
I hope he chokes on that, the cocksucker.
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There's that too ...
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cool, what's your date for getting this finalized. Make sure you leave youself enough time to get a rail pass!!
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I can buy one up to 10 days before I need it here in the states ...
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get the rail ticket... you'll need that...
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My rail pass literally came in 3 days from the site I posted a link to around here.
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I think you should just go by boat if you can't go by plane. Your eyes are very important and I wouldn't jeopardize my sight just to go to Japan for a week. I would really like to meet you Dave, as would the others who have not, but be smart about it.
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you don't need to see to do anal
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I actually took that to heart, Sasha ...
Thank you ...
It's true what you said, that's why I'm getting an outside opinion ...
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phag
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Hey, now ...
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I stand behind my product
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Sorry about that, my doppelganger just typed for me. Stupid nice cunt.
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I posted the same thing and you ignored me mofo. And I have bigger tits than Sasha too. But I don't do anal.
That was why, wasn't it?
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Sorry Zoomie, but you shouldnt be in here...
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We don't 86 you from the Japan forum, you 86 yourself.
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Sorry about that, my doppelganger just typed for me. Stupid nice cunt.
I'll chalk it up to your just recieving a new "rank" on the board ...
13chemicals
CommunistTwat
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I was being sarcastic.
I wish I had a better rank... I'd like it to be more like:
13chemicals
13chemicals
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Heh ...
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so what's the verdict?
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the same was it was in April.
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He's not going.
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And still Thrash can't confirm or deny buying the goddamn tickets... he's mysteriously avoided this thread!
The recurring theme begins
Anywho - please send me a PM if any of the numbers/costs I've mentioned are going to to be tough to meet and I'll tweak the schedule accordingly. Any whining about costs post-arrival without talking to me about it ahead of time will get you a swim in Tokyo bay. You really don't want to swim in Tokyo bay. Cheers
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I thought it was going to be more expensive than $800-$1000USD. I was going to probably try to bring something close to $2000 (200,000Yen).
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Honestly, you're looking at:
500-1000 for breakfast
500-1000 for lunch
1500-4000 for dinner & drinks, depending on where we go and what we eat.
+ hotel, trains, entrance to attractions etc.
You'll be packing some nice shoes on your way home then, I guess.
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Option for those who want to wake up REALLY early: visit the Tsukiji fish markets with my mate Yusuke
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I know!
(http://www.matchesfashion.com/pws/images/catalogue/products/chl-w-ch13311-340_bck/xlarge/chl-w-ch13311-340_bck_1.jpg)
(http://static.open.salon.com/files/home-alone1243399120.png)
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3 weeks. OMG.
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Oh, Ian confirmed Dave isn't coming this year.
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I'm hungover
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I consulted an independent eye surgeon; he even said it's too risky ....
He told me that if the "bubble" weren't in a direct line of vision, he'd tell me to go, and if it went bad the correction is free (for life, as is all lasik from where I got it done) ...
If it goes, I'll be blinded in one eye for the trip ....
I'm sorry, people, I did EVERYTHING that I could, and asked 3 different doctors, and they all agree ...
I wanna be there, but I'm not gonna take that risk ....
It's a shame, I had everything covered; minus this eye thing ...
I even got a low interest credit card to put it all on ...
It hurts not to be able to go, however, in 2 years or so, I'll hit the next one ...
I really DID try all I could, and within means ...
Take pics and think of me ....
*sigh*
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that sucks, good effort
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I hope I can hire a Japanese woman to nurse me back to health on the days I am hungover in Japan. What is your wife's hourly rate?
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hundreds
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Thanks, man ...
I did all I could, however, after the 3rd doctor, I decided my stubborn self should just let things lie ...
I really wanted to go ...
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she'll be in new orleans, right?
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Hundreds of yen is pretty cheap!
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Then why did you get the surgery before the trip already knowing about the trip?
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She's coming back from New Orleans on the Tuesday I think
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Hundreds of yen is pretty cheap!
;D
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Waking up early makes me want to die.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsukiji_fish_market (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsukiji_fish_market)
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I will go if I can pick out a fish and have you cook it for me. Also, do I need to do anything before I come money-exchange-wise? Will my flat iron work there if I bring it?!?!?!
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Bring an ATM card.
Yes, your flat iron will work.
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See new money thread....
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All,
Changing money is where you can lose big when traveling. Some ATM cards can be used over here, but the spread (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bid/offer_spread) can kill you. When I use a Japanese ATM card in New Zealand the rate is 10% higher than what it is on the market. Ie, if I withdraw $1000 I lose $100 instantly.
Just ask Kyle about this, it's really important to be organized with your money. Finding an ATM that will accept your bank card may be difficult or might not even be there. Kyle had real issues with his BOA card and spent good chunks of his time dithering around trying to get money out, and when he did he didn't get enough which led to more dithering. When you can't talk the language or read street signs that's a lot of dithering.
- Japan is a CASH society. A few restaurants wont accept credit cards, and unless yours is a MasterCard or Visa you're likely to be SOL.
- Please bring at least 50,000 yen in cash with you regardless of what plastic you carry. Japan is the safest place in the world to carry cash, the only place you should need to be remotely careful is the youth hostel in Hiroshima
- I don't know which ATM cards will work within the vicinity of the Gramercy, or at the Gramercy itself. I assume you can cash advance on major credit cards (I do it with my Citi one) but not sure what the spread rate is so please check with your bank in the USA. It may pay you to send the Gramercy staff a note and asking what they support
- Make sure your Bank Card has a Cirrus/Plus mark on the back of it
Lastly, the ATM technology here isn't great. You can assume that whatever people tell you in the states will be wrong about which ATMs support your card. Dozens of friends have turned up and found that surprise surprise, their bank teller in their home town of 3,000 people was incorrect that they'd be able to get money out anywhere. I'm not joking about the 50,000 yen. It may seem like a lot but this is one of the most expensive places in the world, and also the safest.
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If I bring 200,000 Yen can I just stash some of it at your house when we go to Hiroshima?
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Mosh told me 7-11 ATMs will work, and he's from Melbourne.
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If I bring 200,000 Yen can I just stash some of it at your house when we go to Hiroshima?
Sure. Or I can put it in my bank account which can be accessed from 7/11 ATM's (everywhere) and give it to you when you need it if that makes it easier.
Or you can put it onto Luke's CC but you should check the exchange rate first. If it doesn't make a difference then putting half onto someone's CC may be cheaper as any money you don't wind up using you wont have paid exchange fees on.
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Mosh told me 7-11 ATMs will work, and he's from Melbourne.
Trust me, it's different for each bank and card. My Mother couldn't use her bank card here, even though she uses the same bank Mosh does
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sasha will be happier to be independent of me, i'm sure.
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Trust me, it's different for each bank and card. My Mother couldn't use her bank card here, even though she uses the same bank Mosh does
well, i'm just going to bring my BOA card, thn. i'm sure i'll have better luck than kyle.
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I will give you 50,000, keep 50,000, and give Luke 50,000 to hold for me just in case everything falls apart. I would rather be DEPENDENT on Luke.
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Because in MOST CASES the recovery is only a month, my problem is they had to SHAVE MY RETNAS with PRK before the lasik ...
I'm a rare case, and things are prohressing nicely; that said, if I knew it'd been an Xmas present to myself ...
I didn't know this would be the outcome; if I did, I'd have waited ....
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my problem is they had to SHAVE MY RETNAS with PRK before the lasik ...
You knew about this BEFORE the lasik. Why didn't you say, "what is the eta on healing if I have to shave my retinas?", and if they said an amount of time that was too long you should've said, "well then I will wait until November 8, 2009 to have this done." Your argument is a fallacy.
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awww! :-*
(also, i was just kidding about using my BOA card, Nick. I don't even use BOA anymore!)
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I think I'm just going to bring 100,000 yen with me and get it exchanged here before i leave.
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Dave never leaves JAX. Simple as that. Facts is facts.
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That's the easiest way - have a poke around and try to find the cheapest place to change your cash, they should advertise online
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I've not had problems with my card in the Post Offices...
I think NAB cards will happily work in 7-11's but maybe BNZ cards wont. I'm not sure about that. Same overall company, but strictly speaking, different banks.
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Some cards will work at the post office, some will work at regular ATMS and some will work in convenience store ATMS, what works where I have no clue
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Just bring cash!
(http://images.contactmusic.com/dn/johnny+cash_855_18113671_0_0_7090_300.jpg)
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srsly, if everyone can plan ahead enough to get a was of money and rent a call I'll be the happiest kid in town
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srsly, if everyone can plan ahead enough to get a wasd of money and rent a caell I'll be the happiest kid in town
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No, what I have is a COMPLICATION of this; a RARE complication ....
Again, it should have healed within a month; it didn't, and here we are ...
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i have 90,000 yen! will get 10,000 more before i leave. got it from Chase bank, fyi.
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Brook - that should be enough. Do you have a CC?
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You know, I noticed my Emo/Fag points have increased slightly since this news hit ...
Thanks ...
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Trust me, it's different for each bank and card. My Mother couldn't use her bank card here, even though she uses the same bank Mosh does
well, i'm just going to bring my BOA card, thn. i'm sure i'll have better luck than kyle.
The only places my BOA debit card worked at were at Narita, and any Chase bank ATM I came across. (which were few and far between). I tried my card at many, many places. Convenience stores, other banks, etc. So yeah, I am going to have all my yen before I get to Japan this time. Very cool of my mom and her husband, but for my birthday they sent me 20,000 yen. I also have a little bit left over from my last trip. Just need to find a good exchange rate here and go for it, for the rest of the dough.
I think I asked you this Nick but I don't recall the answer. What about the concept of cash back when paying for a purchase somewhere with your debit card? I may have asked you at that store in Akihabara where I bought those two weird/cool Godzilla-like creature toys. Can you get "cash back" when you use your debit card to pay?
Also I FUCKING LOVE not having to worry about tips! Japan is awesome.
EDIT: *Ah shit Lucas, after I wrote all that out I see you were joking about your BOA card hah. Fuck it, I don't feel like deleting it all.
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Thank god my mother moved us away from Florida when I was a wee toddler, and I couldn't put up a fight. Otherwise, I'd never go anywhere!!
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yeah, it can be tough to tell when i'm joking around.
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I think I asked you this Nick but I don't recall the answer. What about the concept of cash back when paying for a purchase somewhere with your debit card? I may have asked you at that store in Akihabara where I bought those two weird/cool Godzilla-like creature toys. Can you get "cash back" when you use your debit card to pay?
I don't think so.
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Brook - that should be enough. Do you have a CC?
I do. are they easier to use than debit cards?
i do want to be able to do some shopping too, sooo i think it's better to have a bit extra and not have to worry about scrimping.
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You know, I noticed my Emo/Fag points have increased slightly since this news hit ...
Thanks ...
fag!
i have also noticed that my fag points have gone up since i stopped bothering to post in the other forums. i wonder why anyone would even bother.
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CC should work in most shops and more and more bars these days, it's when you try to cash advance from ATM's that you can run into trouble.
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You'd probably also be on my doorstep, dragging me to the airport yelling either "Nigger" or "Fuck your eyes, bitch; you're coming or it's the cat'o'nine tail for you!".
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You wish...
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Damn you...
Anything you need from the West Island?
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what's my likelihood of finding HSBC ATMs in Tokyo?
any of these places close to you, nick?
http://www.hsbc.co.jp/1/2/hsbc-premier/useful_information (http://www.hsbc.co.jp/1/2/hsbc-premier/useful_information)
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Marunouchi and Ginza are close-ish. Maybe 30 mins by walk and train.
Of course if everyone showed up with an ATM card then that gets multiplied by 6 people + coffee breaks
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I'm trying to plan for best, moderate, and worst cases here.
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Worst case scenario you'll be able to get money out or borrow some from me. No worries
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Worst case scenario you'll be able to get money out or borrow some from me. No worries
worst case scenario is that I somehow get separated from you and everyone else, and then run into a gang of yakuza who demand money from me to show me back to my hotel.
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Actually, I do; oddly enough ...
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I went to see Dead Prez the other night and I called a bunch of black faggy hipsters Negrodamous's. Then they said they were royalty and I said, "but purple is the color of royalty, and you're wearing pink." Fags.
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^5
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Bank in Austin suck cock. I woke up early today to get started on finding a branch who has foreign currency exchange. I have called Bank of America and Chase locations and they said they do not have the currency on hand - it has to be ordered.
ARGH.
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See if they have pesos.
They'll take pesos in Japan, right Nick?
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Bank in Austin suck cock. I woke up early today to get started on finding a branch who has foreign currency exchange. I have called Bank of America and Chase locations and they said they do not have the currency on hand - it has to be ordered.
ARGH.
Awesome. Is there a place in the airport that has currency exchange? I'll find a place Monday if I can't find a bank that has it.
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Yeah, apparently there is a United Heritage Credit Union at the airport that exchanges currency, but I don't like the idea of at the last minute having to hope that they have enough yen on hand. Maybe I will just order some if they can get it to the bank in a couple of days.
Link to United Heritage Credit Union @ Bergstrom. http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/austinairport/personal_svcs.htm (http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/austinairport/personal_svcs.htm)
I also called the Four Seasons because I heard they have one, and since it's right next door to where I work that would be easy, but they only provide hotel guests with the service.
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Check the rate that airports exchange at, normally it's worse than anywhere else
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Yeah, apparently there is a United Heritage Credit Union at the airport that exchanges currency, but I don't like the idea of at the last minute having to hope that they have enough yen on hand. Maybe I will just order some if they can get it to the bank in a couple of days.
Link to United Heritage Credit Union @ Bergstrom. http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/austinairport/personal_svcs.htm (http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/austinairport/personal_svcs.htm)
I also called the Four Seasons because I heard they have one, and since it's right next door to where I work that would be easy, but they only provide hotel guests with the service.
Looks like I'm staying at the Four Seasons Wednesday night!
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Nick, what's the weather like now? I'm assuming we should bring at least light jackets/sweaters?
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Cooler this week. You'll be arriving in mid-autumn. It's going to be jeans and sweater weather.
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Check the rate that airports exchange at, normally it's worse than anywhere else
It'll be better than having no yen at all.
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Cooler this week. You'll be arriving in mid-autumn. It's going to be jeans and sweater weather.
I'm going to bring jeans and body fat.
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yeah, but you may save $100 if you look around. Looking around takes effort and forethought however, something Kyle is terrible at
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They'll have plenty of yen in Japan. I'm just going to wait until I get there to do the conversion.
Heck, they'll have so many yen, they'll probably just be GIVING them away!
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Cooler this week. You'll be arriving in mid-autumn. It's going to be jeans and sweater weather.
I'm going to bring jeans and body fat.
Something you have in abundance.
As do I.
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I'm bringing two jackets, scarves, a hoodie that is too tight, and a couple of sweaters. CUTE!
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Well if they are just giving them away in Japan I'm going to wait too!
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Austin, Houston, LA, and NY airports should all have conversion stands.
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They'll have plenty of yen in Japan. I'm just going to wait until I get there to do the conversion.
Heck, they'll have so many yen, they'll probably just be GIVING them away!
lolz
if you guys are really hard up, you can paypal me money and i can go to my bank and get your yen and give it to you when i see you (and no i wouldn't rob you). or you can wait until we get to Japan.
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i'm bringing hot boys to cuddle me at all times to keep me warm.
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I see a bet formulating! I bet you I can get more hot boys to cuddle with me than you.
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Too bad I'm flying out of Austin before the bank opens.
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Okay! Dropped all my heels off at the shoe place to get re-heeled and went to the bank to get yen ordered. All I need now is to pay my rent in advance and possibly get a camera.
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I see a bet formulating! I bet you I can get more hot boys to cuddle with me than you.
You'd win without a doubt. I'm a pussy and never ask anyone to do anything with me in the way of affection/ touching.
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I see a bet formulating! I bet you I can get more hot boys to cuddle with me than you.
You'd win without a doubt. I'm a pussy and never ask anyone to do anything with me in the way of affection/ touching.
rrawr
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What is this "Ziink AutoPage" bullshit that is suddenly showing posts from "Thrash Travelling to Japan updates"
I ordered some yen online from Bank of America this morning. Should be shipped to my bank in 1-3 business days. For $750 it cost me $30 + a $7.95 fee. Oh well.
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Too bad I'm faithful.
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Rule not apply when woman in different time zone!
Fuck me my wife will be in New Orleans!
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It doesn't count if your significant other is in another country? Is Japan going to have the, "what happens in Japan, stays in Japan" rules?!
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I want to go to here:
http://www.mot-art-museum.jp/eng/access.html (http://www.mot-art-museum.jp/eng/access.html)
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Too bad I'm faithful.
is your craigslist fuckhole officially your girlfriend now?
awwww our little baggy is becoming a real man!
Sasha- I want to go there too, looks awesome.
rrawr
No molestation of the tricky! I don't want to wake up with some tiny Asian woman peering over me, holding my freshly severed female parts in her hands.
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That sucks!
NYC +1 headbangin' point
Austin +1 emo point
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Sasha & bagman, are you dressing up on the plane? I know Luke won't because he's lame like that.
I'm thinking about dressing up, but I haven't made up my mind yet. Someone suggested that I be a snake (Snakes On a Plane). I don't know...
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GO NYC TEAM.
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I could be that chick with the pink wig from Lost In Translation, but I hate that movie. Luke and I had talked about buying pink wigs to wear in Japan... haha. fag.
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underclass endorses this proposal. Please to be arriving like cast of scary movie
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You guys can go to museums on your first day!
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Are we going to Harajuku?
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No way am I dressing up on a 14 hour flight. You are out of your damn mind!
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yip
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As long as it's not some complicated uncomfortable costume, it wouldn't be so bad.
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You've never flown around the world before have you?
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Is this still the itinerary? Museums are only open until 6pm I noticed, so I guess we could go to hopefully one. I wanted to go to Harajuku the first day, so museums may have to wait until the 5th or 6th.
1 Nov (Sun) -(Arrive approx. 2pm) Tokyo Sightseeing. All the designer shops will be open. Hot tourist spots at Akihabara, Harajuku, Shibuya, Asakusa, Shinagawa Aquarium, wherever... People can go where they want because you all have cellphones. Dinner will be at a large Izakaya.
2 Nov (Mon) - Red-eye shinkansen at 7am -> Nara. Temple Hopping, drinks, dinner, onsen, Karaoke party party party... stay in Nara area.
3 Nov (Tues) - Nara -> Hiroshima. Arrive lunchtime. Go to War memorial. Dinner is Okonomiyaki and check out Hiroshima in the evening. I'll look up a cool area, but I've never been so if anyone wants to research please go ahead.
4 Nov (Wed) - Full day in Hiroshima. I haven't researched this but there will be lots to see and do with the peace parks, maybe a cool shrine, shopping etc. Picnic lunch or something. Shinkansen back to Tokyo mid afternoon. Check into hotels and dinner somewhere in Tokyo. If anyone wants to spend a night in Kyoto this is the one as Kyoto is on the way back to Tokyo. I need to know in advance to help book your accomodation for this so let me know.
5 Nov (Thu) - No real plans. Shopping, sightseeing around town somewhere. Does anyone want to go to Yasukuni shrine and upset the Chinese? Sex shops fun. In the evening go to Shibuya to have a beer at my friend Michiko's bar.
6 Nov (Fri) - If people want to go traditional then a day trip to Kamakura to the giant Bhudda (Kyle, Ian and Danni have been however...). If people want to stay in Tokyo and do crazy things then Harajuku/Shibuya/Meiji Shrine. Rent mine and Ian's friend Yusuke's restaurant for an epic last evening. Karaoke and Roppongi.
7 Nov (Sat) - recover, lunch, bye bye...
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The only change is that the Hiroshima trip is starting a day later. So the day in Tokyo on Thursday will now happen on Monday instead. Everything else is pretty much the same.
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Kyle has done this before, so I think the bunch arriving at 14:xx can all get cells and jump on the train with him. It's pretty simple: inside Narita airport there is a JR train station. Show your pass at the ticket window and ask for a "Limited Express to Tokyo". Get on train. It's all in English. You'll have cells and I'll make sure you have my number. Ian and I will meet you at Tokyo station and take you to the hotel.
Let me break this down...
Firstly, the place to rent cells is separate from the train station area, so you'll need to get that hooked up first.
1. You will activate your JR Rail Pass at the JR station inside Narita Airport, it's down a few floors from the arrival lounge
2. Ask for a Limited Express ticket to Tokyo station
3. Once you know what time the train will leave and your seat number give me a call and I'll be waiting at the platform.
Cheers,
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I love how you planned everything out in advance. That is very business casual.
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FUUUUUUCK. I AM SO EXCITED.
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Nope. Longest I've ever been in a plane is 6 hours.
I have Ambien though!
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Hmmmm maybe I should do my Craigslist costume after all...
Nah, sorry to disappoint but I am going as "Kyle."
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I want to see the museum too!
I don't know if I am more excited about the trip, or the video that my darlin' is making for me to "keep me company" on the trip! Haha I loaned her my video camera on Monday and gave her free creative reign to do something that will, quote, "keep me from going to Japanese whorehouses." haha. She thought that was hilarious.
(obviously I am more excited about the TRIP!!!!!!)
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Sweet ass, I stopped by the bank today and picked up the dough. I'm all ready!
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Two terminals. I think you folk will be arriving at terminal 1
http://www.narita-airport.jp/en/guide/service/index_t1.html (http://www.narita-airport.jp/en/guide/service/index_t1.html)
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You idiot. Museum is code word for japanese whorehouse.
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I'm going as "13chemicals".
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You idiot. Museum is code word for japanese whorehouse.
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I'll try whoring myself out to wealthy Japanese business men, to get some yen that way.
Sorry for undercutting your business, ladies!
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I'm going as "eitje". Outfit should be: converse, jeans, and light blue tee shirt.
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oh, you are so clever.
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what is yo mama?
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I'm pretty sure you will have the entire white gay bear market tagged if that is what you choose to do.
(http://cache.gawker.com/assets/resources/2007/10/gay%20bears.jpg)
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I laughed!
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i don't wear suspenders!
also, i'm not gay!
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It could be my old cell number, long since abandoned
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the bank doesn't have anymore yen. i went earlier this week and that's what they told me.
i drank heavily last Saturday and last night. preparing myself for Japan, you could say.
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oh, you'd been drinking last night?
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snap
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snap
she called me and we talked; i wasn't able to notice that she was significantly intoxicated (unless she got drunk after we spoke).
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In 60 hours ya'll can tell me about it in person!
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i was a bit tipsy when we talked.
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Nick! Can we please go to C'est Bien in Roppongi!?!?! Please please please? I am not sure of the address.
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sure, it's nearby & a visit to Roppongi is on the cards
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Your voice is so sweet and innocent, mine is like Mickey Rourke's from The Wrestler.
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haha
so are you going to try and get yen at the airport?
i hear they are giving away yen in Japan, right Luke?
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I don't have any Yen. Fuck it. I'm going to Japan balls out.
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You can change at Narita airport in the arrival line, not sure what the rate is but bring a pile of USD over and you should be fine
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Team Austin,
Let's just meet up at the cell phone store.
Team NYC
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Nick,
I have your address, phone number, and an action list written down.
I'm looking forward to coming to Japan; how about we make plans to do lunch or something while I'm there? ;)
See you guys soon (tricky sooner than most!).
Lucas
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"Do lunch" is Japanese for "gay anal sex".
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Apparently this is a really hip neighborhood. maybe we can check it out.
http://www.virtualjapan.com/wiki/Nakameguro (http://www.virtualjapan.com/wiki/Nakameguro)
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I still haven't done any laundry. I spent all day hungover in bed. It wasn't this bad this time. I have finally figured out that 7 drinks are my absolute limit. 3 of those drinks were shots however, and that was what did me in. I have a four drink maximum in Japan.
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Hopefully I can figure out how to get to this cellphone store. Oh and btw you are team SoCal now.
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I just finished washing my clothes. Time to shave the beard up, shower, pack and wake up at 4:30am for my cab.
NICK - Holy shit! I just now realized that the Tokyo Motor Show is going on RIGHT the hell now (through Nov. 4). Have you been before? Apparently it's in "Chiba City"? Probably not anywhere close to the hotel eh?
http://www.asylum.com/2009/10/30/tokyo-auto-show-girls-2009/ (http://www.asylum.com/2009/10/30/tokyo-auto-show-girls-2009/)
(http://blstb.msn.com/i/6E/65BF2DFC79C87EFCA8D06164D59E.jpg)(http://blstb.msn.com/i/6B/22A52F154EFED85FC8129524B7E0C3.jpg)
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It looks like there are a bunch of cellphone counters in Terminal 1...
http://www.narita-airport.jp/en/guide/service/list/svc_19_1.html (http://www.narita-airport.jp/en/guide/service/list/svc_19_1.html)
Are we talking the "E-PHONE" (first on the list) store?
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If this isn't too late... the easiest place to meet in in the arrivals lounge.
Anyway - call me when you get your cell and I'll bring you together!
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Tokyo motor show is fucking cool. Anyone who wants to go on Monday should go check it out. There are some amazing women... and cars too
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its about 40 minutes away on train, easy trip. Very awesome
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No thanks
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We meet in the arrivals lounge.
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Arrivals lounge it is.
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I intend to go out there and collect yo asses anyways... so see y'all there.
I'm on my way in 3 hours. Sitting in Heathrow right this minute.