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One day to go!!! 
2 Weeks in Japan?
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Onsen. Go to an onsen and stay there all bloody day. Leave in a floaty daze.
mwgdrwg
Be a Pisces. Jam.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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I'm going to a farm in north japan this year. They don't have an inside toilet, or one that flushes. It's going to be interestingly old school.
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Scones then fucking.
sim, if you are prone to getting lost I highly recommend renting a pocket wifi to use with your smartphone etc. Helped me already and it's the second day I've been here.
sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
Im pretty good at directions etc, but thanks..... Ill bear it in mind.
mwgdrwg
Be a Pisces. Jam.
What are your first impressions, such and such ? 
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mwgdrwg
Be a Pisces. Jam.
Busy, tidy, wet. That sounds very rude
Hehe. A brolly is an essential accessory in Tokyo!
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Hehe. A brolly is an essential accessory in Tokyo!
I have one of those mini fold up ones from home but it looks very sad hanging out with the tall full sized ones at the front of restaurants etc
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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Go to the hyakuen shop. Those see though or white ones you see everywhere are only haykuen (100yen / 70p). Hyakuen shops (bit like pound shops) are in most shotengai (Japanese style shopping street - sometimes half indoors)I have one of those mini fold up ones from home but it looks very sad hanging out with the tall full sized ones at the front of restaurants etc
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ATOMIC SUPLEX
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Incidentally, I have had to cancel my trip in August due to work. Ticket booked and everything. No refunds. Bummer. I was looking forward to visiting somewhere other than just Tokyo.
We were going to stay with relatives in the north who live a very rural existence. Think Totoro. They have no plumbed toilets etc etc.
We were going to stay with relatives in the north who live a very rural existence. Think Totoro. They have no plumbed toilets etc etc.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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The bigger department store hyakuen stores are AMAZING. I stock up on slippers, sieves, cooking stuff, whatever, all good quality all 100yen. If you think Japan is expensive ,visit the hyakuen shops and see the other side of the story. Pound shops here are joke.Sounds like an easy mission for tomorrow
Also, if you get to go to a car boot sale, they tend to be insanely cheap, far far far cheaper than ours. More about a clear out and having a community moment than making money.
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Scones then fucking.
A friend who visited Japan recently kept imploring I go to Seria as she thinks they are the best chain 100 yen shops.
I've been looking to see if there are any flea markets on when I'm in Kyoto but so far no luck. I'll keep trying.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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I'm not sure where you are but they tend to be in the shotengai away from the central big shots like shinjuku etc. I guess you sort of need to know where they are. Probably not worth making a big trip for, but I tend to fill my suitcase with things that would cost around a fiver back in the UK.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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English to Japanese. Two flat pins, a bit like the US but flat.
What are you plugging in?
Mobile things like laptops, phones etc usually don't need any kind of step up adapter. I doubt you are taking a TV, amplifier or fridge etc etc.
Japan is 100v to our 240v
such and such
Scones then fucking.
Tired of getting lost all the time Still loving all the food so far 
Still loving all the food so far
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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The food is wonderful. From the street or a family mart, all yummy. Well mostly. I got addicted to nukuman (from family mart). I don't know if I could every eat one again now.Tired of getting lost all the time
As for getting lost, almost all streets have maps on them, which, unlike most english street maps, hare positioned in the same way that that are facing.
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Scones then fucking.
I don't know how many bloody parfaits I've eaten so far
I guess since I'm from Melbourne so I'm used to things being on a grid like system. To be honest it was mostly Shinjuku that confused me. Especially the giant train station. I liked other parts of Tokyo way more. I went to Kamakura on Saturday. That place might be touristy but I found spending the day their lovely.Anyway, last night in Tokyo. Off to Kyoto tomorrow.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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I don't know how many bloody parfaits I've eaten so far
Anyway, last night in Tokyo. Off to Kyoto tomorrow.
I know shinjuku quite well because I have rented two or three apartments there in the past. I do remember being a bit lost there though when I have strayed out of my comfort zone. It's actually the grid style bits that I get lost in, because there are no street names and it all looks the same. Japan can be crazy in some places because house and building numbers are not in sequence, and sometimes a road won't have a name.
I have a harder time in Shibuya. Smaller, but somehow I have difficulty finding the two places I want to visit there.
The walk from SHinjuku through meji jingu to harajuku and then to shibuya is a good one that takes in all the sights and let's you get your bearings a bit. Just popping out at JR stations can be a bit weird.
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Scones then fucking.
I was wondering why my asthma was so bad but I had one of the antihistamines I brought from home so I'm sure it must be hayfever related. Which is weird since I don't have any other symptoms. Anyway, I loved taking the bullet train.
DrRingDing
'anti-human wanker'
Can you transfer the flight?
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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I'm pretty sure I can't do anything.
There maybe a chance I can change the name for a massive fee.
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
Maybe it would cost less to change the name of the person travelling in your place? 
