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....

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.

It's only the women who need to calm down...

Ain't that always the case?

 

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.

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.

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.

I can't wait to get you all drunk on a bullet train

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.

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.

Although I noticed HRH Luke has declared himself absent again.

well, yeah!  decisions are made, things are purchased, everything is set!

Dave,

Did you come through the eye-test fine?

All is well!  Luke calmed me down about the trip after our hot make out session earlier.

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?

I've merged in the two spin-off threads here.

ALSO:

I picked up my JRP voucher yesterday!

Ask Kyle about that stuff :-)

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.

so, either there's no market, or there's one waiting to be exploited!

That's what I was trying to figure out!

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.

to -

2 Nov (Mon) - Red-eye shinkansen at 7am -> Hiroshima. Arrive around noon. Lunch and go check out Shukkeien Garden, which looks awesome. Dinner at Okonomi-mura (google it)

3 Nov (Tues) - Hiroshima -> Miyajima to see the 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 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.

Can we push it out a day, leave on 3rd for Hiroshima?

Just asking.

Yup - people will need to re-book their Tokyo hotels if they've skipped 2 & 3 however.

Ive booked a room in Gracery for 1st & 2nd Nov and 5th & 6th.

Don't forget Sat Oct 31!

Kyle/Lucas - what days have you booked?

I've been dragging my feet...

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)

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.

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?

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. 

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