>>2883966
ーInfo on Degeneracy ー
READ THE INFO LISTED HERE. STOP TALKING ABOUT IT IN THE THREAD.
>https://chn.cityheaven.net/
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>https://paradise-tokyo.net
>https://hentaitokyo.com
>https://tokyoadultguide.com/

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Thanks for your comments on my Osaka pic from the hills. I'll properly work on them on Lightroom once I go back, though it'll take a few weeks to process everything. Have another few featuring the Akashi bridge. Pic from the Cosmo Tower, which I mentionned in the previous thread. We were like 10 people in the observatory for the night, and it has an excellent view on the bay up to Kobe (in the rain in this pic). I highly recommend it.

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>>2883969
Managed to catch the lightning, but I swear this bitch strom always made sure to lighten up the sky right in the 4-5 seconds interval where the previous long pause ended and I started the next one. Like, it happened ten times in a row, how is that even possible.

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>>2883970
Then I decided to go the the bridge itself the next day, because why the hell not, I like bigass structures.
Now in Tokyo for my last few days. I intended to go near Enoshima tomorrow to /p/ the Fuji in the twilight like everyone does (but from a lesser known observatory, I think).
Though I probably won't have much luck. While the wheater will be quite acceptable, it looks like it will be part sunny/part cloudy. Fuji being the bitch she is, she somehow gets clouds even on a bright full day without a single cloud. So yeah, on a so-so day I fear it will end in a failure.

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>>2883966
I love her

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>>2883969
Digital is for souless npcs. Use film

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>>2883969

Has anyone been to Shirahama? I'm debating if I should get the Kansai wide area pass and take a daytrip to Adventure World.

Who is the guy here who was fucking underage prosties for 10k yen?

Damn, I have bad jetlag after returning to the USA. It's 2:30pm and all I want to do is sleep...

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How do I learn Japanese in 2 weeks?

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>>2884023
You don't. It's too different from english to learn quickly.

It's 5:20 in the morning, I'm in the Sobu line that goes to Kamakura and beyond, I thought I would be alone at this hour, yet the train is full and no sitting place left. What in the fuck.

>>2884033
Well, it unloaded fast in the various Tokyo stations. Still.

>>2884023
I would just buy this. https://www.amazon.com/Lonely-Planet-Japanese-Phrasebook-Dictionary/dp/1787014665
That's what I used when I first traveled there. I think nowadays people use smartphones more. The Genki series of books are also what I got started with for serious study.
Katakana and Hiragana aren't that hard to pick up.

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I miss suica

>>2884023
don't say arigatou, it's like "thanks bro". say arigatou gozaimasu instead.

>>2884062
My first Suica is coming up on the end of its 10 year valid period, but now when I get a new one it won't even have a penguin.
Truly sadge, the end of an era.

>>2884063
how do i say konnichiwa bro

>>2884074
おっす ossu or やっほ yahho

>>2884073
I thought that 10 year period was for inactivity, and that suicas reset it every time you used them

>>2884089
The radio chips in physical cards need a battery to function, so they all have a 10 year validity period to get people to switch before the battery stops working and the card becomes useless.

>>2884090
I don't think that's true, it's just rfid right?
>If a Suica card is not used for 10 years, it will become invalid.
I think it's just so they don't have to manage old accounts, and can take the money that was nominally in escrow

>>2884095
You're right that the IC cards don't have a lifespan, it just needs to be used within the last 10 years to remain valid and within the last 6 months to stay unlocked.
https://twitter.com/JREast_official/status/2033740214427070507
https://jreastfaq.jreast.co.jp/faq/show/1048?category_id=27&site_domain=default
https://www.jreast.co.jp/suica/new_s/info_tenyears.html

>>2884100
What do you mean by unlocked?

>>2884062
I like how I can spot the NEWFAGS with the Welcome travel card.
My Suica is going on its 15 years.

Planning to go to Japan with a friend and he suggested going to Osaka. What's interesting about that place?

>>2884110
lots of fat gaijin retards. ez to blend in i guess

>>2884110
Taichinks, lots of them. And by the end, you'll want to murder them all to the last one, women and children included.

>>2883966
This image doesn't really remind me of Japan. It'll be hard to find once this thread gets buried.

>>2884120
good

>>2884033
Well, it’s rush hour, isn’t it

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>>2883969
>>2883970
>>2883971
Very nice photos mate

>>2883981
Also very nice

>>2883917
Beautiful end for the last thread.

I got back from Japan like 4 days ago and already I want to return.
Looking at flights for autumn when the weather there is gonna be less shit.

The fuck are they feeding the mosquitoes here?

>>2884089
>>2884095
Holy shit! Thanks bro for the good news.
Ages ago I read it how the other guy did. But upon googling now you are right, its after last use.
That's great, little pengin-san gets to stay with me a while longer.

>>2884100
>>2884103
I've visited Japan now 5 times since getting the card in 2017 and each time was longer than 6 months, but I've never had to do literally anything to start using it again upon return so not sure what this 'unlocked' is either.

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Watching Harui on Tokyo Mx 1. Really throws me back.

>>2884073
>>2884106
just use the iphone wallet version of suica, it's better

Going to Kyushu for a change.
I hope the food in Fukuoka is as good as they claim

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>>2883966
Spontaneously, in less than 24 hours I'm suddenly going to be in Japan for a week. Landing in Tokyo. What is there to be done or see in the country within this time frame?
In Tokyo I'll go to the weeb district, then at some point I'll check out the Nara park by Osaka. Aside from that, not really sure. Open for anything.

>>2884270
Nara's a whole ass city, nigga

The two things you listed are all you'll have time for in a single week

>>2884272
Very well.
Do you happen to know of any milsurp/repro stores in either city? Collecting militaria is one of my hobbies. I'll certainly check out Matsuzaki Shoten in Tokyo.

>>2883975
Poor girl has throngs of drunken salarymen ojisans forcing their way into her every night of the week

>>2884270
as per the anon asking last thread, osaka is not really close to tokyo

>>2884270
There's lots of stuff to do in tokyo. Just ask AI and tell it your interests.

>>2884196
>Iphone
Bold of you to assume I'm gay.
Nah but for real, I don't like Iphone for actual reasons.
Also I don't believe in digital payment systems. They too, are gay.

>>2883975
AI slop. JR trains deserve better animu girls than this anon.

I'm back in USA and miss the gacha capsule machines everywhere :(

>>2884317
But going on a day trip from Tokyo to Osaka is a foolish thing to do.

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>>2883966
I stayed at a couple onsen towns last week.

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>>2884353
The ryokan owner asked me if I like onsen musume, then she showed me the extremely popular special guest room. All merchandises are from the fans and the room costs about $100/night 2 meals included.

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>>2884354

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>>2884356
Not much going on in this onsen town.

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>>2884357
The tourist center staff in this onsen town told me they shot 30 bears last year around the area.

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>>2884360
The abandoned hotels in this onsen town have people living in them, I think. I can see lights and appliances from some of the units.

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>>2884361
I know Sendai is not an onsen town, but they have many ryokans within its city limit and I stayed in one.

How do I move to Japan and become a white train driver?

Pls r8 or h8 my plan for a day:
>visit Zojoji temple in the early morning (1h)
>go to teamlabs in Mori building (2hs)
>head all the way to Nakano Broadway to shop and gaze for around 3 hours
Then spend the rest of the day in Kabukicho to eat at Omoide Yokocho alley, explore the rest of the district, and finally have some drinks at Golden Gai.

Is it a solid plan or is my day too crammed?

I don't really feel like doing anything else in Minato outside of teamlabs and the temple. And I'm particularly interested in buying my tickets for the museum now that my chosen date is open for reservations.
I don't plan to return to Kabukicho outside of maybe a cheeky trip to WARP nightclub.
But I could move a trip to Nakano for another time. Naturally, I'm a turbo geek, turbo nerd and turbo weeb so I expect to sperg out a ton there.

>>2883966
Otaru was overrated hot garbage, at least for me. It's infested with chinks and the canal was underwhelming. There were lots of souvenir shops around the area, and they're overpriced as fuck, but the glass workshops are cool I guess. Although I was really happy that I could see some pink sakura trees around mid May, so it was kinda worth it.

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>>2883966
How will Immigration take the fact that I don't have any hotels or accommodation booked in advance? I have return tickets and money in the bank.

I know that everyone says the tourist areas are shit now, but I really underestimated how shit. I was expecting lines and crowds and retards standing in the way, but Dotonbori was nothing but Chinese/SEA with shitty food stands and
>wagyu
>wagyu yakiniku
>ramen
>halal wagyu ramen
>burgers
Luckily I found Kushikatsu Daruma to eat at, but goddamn.

>>2884399
I said I only had the first night booked and they said it's fine since you're from Finland but otherwise there could had been problems.
Maybe just book the first night in advance and write that address down, without saying anything, should be fine.

I made this itinerary by feeding my interests and timeframe into a LLM and tweaking a few things

>Jan 4–5
Tokyo recovery + museums
>Jan 6–8
Kobe + Arima
>Jan 8–10
Himeji
>Jan 10–12
Okayama + Kurashiki
>Jan 12–14
Awaji + Tokushima + Otsuka
>Jan 14–17
Takamatsu + Ritsurin + Naoshima/Kotohira/Shikoku Mura
>Jan 17–19
Matsuyama + scenic train + Dogo
>Jan 19–22
Tokyo proper as a full urban stop

Thoughts?

>>2884454
i don't know a lot of those places, how many diff hotels is that?

>>2884454
I lived in Shikoku for two years, so your list seems pretty thorough for that. I may be biased, but a tour of Shikoku is unique and I think a cool thing to try.
I enjoy Kansai quite a bit, but I've never stopped over in Kobe. People don't seem to enjoy Kobe very much around here. YMMV of course.
I also lived in Tokyo and like it. I think you should be able to hit the highlights of the city with this itinerary.

>>2884454
shit's retarded. what are you trying to DOOOOOOOOOOO? Why are you DOOOOOOOOOOOOing?

>>2884430
You don't hate chinks, Taichinks, and SEAniggers enough. Even if you wished them all dead to tje last one, you'd still don't hate them enough.
Also WTF is up with all these covered mudslime SEA nigresses. The fuck are they doing in Japan, don't they feel bad being covered like in the year 200 or some shit all while getting mogged by cute and/or sexy nip girls. Why isn't Japan completely haram for them in the first place. Surely they don't watch anime, do they. Just stay in your shithole and FUCKING STOP POLLUTING MY VIEWS.
This shit is getting worse and worse. I want to go back in the 00's or the early 10's.

>>2884454
id trim down 2-3 of those places and sprinkle the days in the other ones
you have to remember your travel days
so take himeji, youre leaving kobe on the 8th arriving, checking in, etc etc
so half a day on the 8th, one full day on the 9th, then youre going to be getting up early and leaving the 10th id imagine
so even tho you have "3 days" for himeji its more like 1.5
its fun to try to MAX what you can do, but by stuffing in so many places you end up rushing or not getting to see things you want to
just my two cents, in the end do what you want thats how you have the most fun regardless

>>2884507
I should be angry, but it is quite funny to see how fags like you go crashout over shit like this.

how is fukuoka in july? I am thinking of going there, but I don't know about the weather. I will be 2 weeks in tokyo end of june. Do many day trips from there, then I thought I would fly to fukuoka and slowly go up to osaka/kyoto for the festival.

>>2884513
its summer on an island anon
its hot and humid, im from a place with diabolical weather like that, doesnt bother me
but alot of people melt in nip summer. especially euros, saw a bong thread yesterday where they were complaining about 76degree HEATWAVE. 76 lmao

>>2884517
>especially euros,
Turkish anon living in germany here. I will probably die, but it's okay. Will it be raining a lot though? I heard in the south it rains more than in the north.

Weather will be shit for /p/ing the next two days. Convince me to still go to Yokohama tomorrow. What is there to do, chinatown? Also a museum ship to visit, if I remember right?

>>2883966
Yonago and it's surroundings for two or three nights lads?

>>2884519
rain is hit or miss during summer, can typhoon for hours in a row then be perfectly sunny no clouds in the sky, just take an umbrella around with you if you care about getting wet
and yes if youre from germany youre going to melt, you guys have literally no tolerance for humid heat
just wear deodorant please

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Can anyone recommend any interesting stuff that wouldn't be highlighted by every tourist guide in mainland Kyushu? Going to be there for a while mid-summer, will have a car to get around.

>>2884523
>just wear deodorant please
dude I will import that shit from germany. I will be sweaty mess, I don't also want to be a smelling mess.

If I'm interested in not necessarily instagram hopping, but standard tourist activities and visiting things like ikekbukuro and akihabara, any suggestions on nice areas to stay in Tokyo? I'm looking for something nice and no more than 150/night. I'm thinking APA but I feel like anons might have actual good suggestions

>>2884561
>150/night
oink oink

>>2884459
8 hotels as-is but I'll address this in another reply
>>2884467
I've been to Tokyo before so it's more just a "chill out before the plane home" block
>>2884473
Sightseeing nigga. Museums, castles, temples, etc.
>>2884508
It's a first draft copy-pasted from CGPT. I think I'd trim down the 6th-10th to maybe just staying in Kobe and daytripping.to Himeji and a few of the other suggestions.

>>2884399
I've written a random address multiple times. It only really matters if you get in trouble and they have to track you down.

>>2884454
meh you don't need to stay in himeji.
Go to Mt Yashima in Takamatsu

>>2884270
Is this the scene where Azunyan tries to stop them from having tea?

>>2884551
90% of the shit you can do in Nagasaki unrelated to the atom bombs because that's all anyone mentions about that city. The big Buddhist temples and island tours around the Secret Christian churches are cool as fuck.

>>2884589
Seems cool. Would be worth hitting the same day as Takamatsu Castle, leave the castle and walk to the bus stop then look back down at where I started the trip.

Is it gay if my prostate greatly enjoys japanese toilets? I'll make sure there's an electric outlet in the toilet when I own a house

>>2884383
Nakano was a let down when I visited, like Akihabara it's well past its prime but instead of being filled with gacha merch and normshit half the storefronts are just closed and gone instead. I guess if you're more looking for VINTAGE vintage mecha or Sentai stuff you might like a few of the stores but you can forget about finding much for older anime overall. Plus half the building is just for selling watches and stuff not anime shit so it's not like a solid brick of weebshit. It's still probably worth a visit but keep your expectations reasonable, only one store in the whole building had anything that excited me as a rare find and in the back of my mind I knew I could just find the same thing on mercari or yahoo auctions if I really wanted. The age of finding a rare gem is person is quite dead

>>2884507
>Surely they don't watch anime, do they
He doesn't know....
They do, they even draw art of anime girls in hijabs

>>2884630
Nakano is a complete meme. "Waah waaah it's infinitely better than Akiba". No it's fucking not. Maybe if you like to buy train models or whatever sentai shit, or whatever other autism no one gives a fuck about. "Prices are better". Yeah, sure, I'll have to take the train to go in the middle of bumfuck nowhere Nakano in a decrepit depressing mall to save up 657 JPY on my 23K fig, whoop da whoop. That I won't find anyway because the selection alone in Amico's buildings in Akiba is better. Plain and simple. And muh sekrit spot has not been secret for the last 10 to 15 years.
The only good reason to go to Nakano is Fujiya Camera.

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>>2884600
>the Secret Christian churches are cool as fuck.
I love that these are called secret and hidden. Christians build a massive cathedral that can't be missed, then call it secret and pretend they're oppressed. They do this all around the world and it makes me laugh every time.

wait, there's a train with the bic camera song?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1hYpYN1O20

Do people actually go out at night around Omiya, or is it dead and everyone just goes home to bed after they get there?
Thinking of getting an apartment there because it's cheap, but I don't want to handicap my chances of bringing a girl home too badly

Where's the best city to visit if I just want to look at castles for a few days?

>>2884640
yo is that from fate stay night?

>>2884655
You're looking for multiple castles in one city? Maybe Akita, you get both Kubota-jō and Akita-jō.

>>2884655
Since castles were the residences of daimyo (feudal lords), they are not concentrated in a single location but are scattered throughout the country.

>>2884430
>>2884438
Yeah they've only ever asked for first address when I've visited.
So just book that, don't really understand why you wouldn't anyway at least for the first night.

It's not hot in Tokyo today, but the humidity is terrible—my shirt is soaked.

>>2884637
>I'll have to take the train to go in the middle of bumfuck nowhere Nakano
Are you fucking retarded? One Chuo line stop from Shinjuku is "middle of bumfuck nowhere"? There are also shitloads of good izakaya and bars in Nakano, but I suppose you wouldn't know much about that, you weeb faggot.

>>2884655
Stay in Osaka.
Visit Osaka castle, Day trip to Okayama, then day trip to Himeji. 3 of the best castles.
- Himeji is most beautiful and impressive, see it last. Though also imo one of the least fun to actually go into.
- Okayama's is very nice and in a great spot with one of Japans top 3 gardens next door also.
- People shit on Osaka castle, but that's mostly for it being a tourist hotspot. I think it looks great, the museum inside is awesome, and its right in central Osaka so the view from the top is quite good. Only real problem is the number of chinks around.

Okayama is kind of far-ish in that it will cost a bit of $$ on shinkansen to day trip, but time wise is very easy. Also has enough in the city to fill out an entire day easily.
Wakayama also has a great castle (so I've heard, visited many, but not it yet) and is slightly closer of a day trip than Okayama. Another good option if you are really just keen on castles.
As far as "top tier castles relatviely near each other" goes, something along these lines is the best bet.
Also. If you started your trip in Tokyo and head to Osaka, you could also stop off at Nagoya which is on the shinkansen path and has another huge castle.

Osaka is a fantastic place to base from for any regular trip too. Many fantastic places nearby and within the city. Day trip to nara, kobe, kyoto etc, for regular sights.

osaka sucks balls for introverts

>>2884717
Mogged by Japanese Normies Chads and Stacies as well as foreigners?

>>2884640
Nigga I'm not talking about the 19th Century cathedrals I'm talking about the 17th Century monasteries hidden in caves and shit because the Shogunate literally killed Christians on sight.

>>2884717
what's happening in Osaka?

>>2884637
>>2884630
Idk mang i was in nakano this feb, managed to get kinmoz and oreimo merch i didnt see at all in aki, denden or sususkino

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>>2884717

>>2884744
people staying out and drinking i think

>>2884744
It was a city inhabited by merchants. The outgoing nature required by that lifestyle is still there in the city's culture. They will provide probably the best customer service in Japan but will also stare at foreigners and laugh at them too (especially if you are fat).

>>2884023
Sumimasen (excuse me)
Arigato (thanks)
Konichiwa (hi)
Onegai (pls)
Kore (and)
Pettanko (flat)
Dozo (go ahead, come on)
Daijobu (ok, ok?)
Ochinpo (penis)
Aho ka doke (excuse me chinese tourist)

>>2884754
Here's some more you'll actually use:
Bata Kusai (stinks of butter)
Waga katana wa chi ni ueteiru (my katana thirsts for blood)
Tono, Gomeirei wo? (My lord, your orders?)
Tennōheika banzai! (Long live his majesty the emperor!)
Totsugeki! (Charge!)

Kore means "this" btw
My favortie memory of going to karaoke with some Japanese was the JDF guy picking a WWII song about Kamikaze fighters with stock footage of them playing in the background.

>>2884752
Japanese people don't laugh at someone's appearance to their face (though they might be laughing behind their back)

>>2884786
t. Someone who has never been to Kansai.

Kansai is a fake construction, they don't use the fabled boner inducing sexo accent. I want my dreams and my money back.

>>2884754
>Ochinpo (penis)
Important to note that this is used to refer to someone else's penis

ahhh I hate the jet lag after coming back to the USA, I can't get normal for some reason

>>2884694
Thanks for the advice, just gotta plan a flight now.
Should I study a phrasebook or something before I go? Never traveled outside the US before.

>>2885014
>phrasebook
All kidding aside, the prior japanese phrase replies albeit ironic are actually pretty accurate

With a small handful of words and body language; you really dont need much to get by. Think of it in the frame of the english language, even with the heaviest accent imaginable but with a handful of words, pointing at shit and gestures, you would be able to understand simple communication

Sumimasen - "excuse me"; calling a waiter or clerk, pushing past someone in a crowd, apologizing because you bumped into someone
Kore/to - qr code scan or tablet orders are extremely common now; you may not even need this unless you venture out of tourist areas. However if you happen to wander into some place that has a physical menu; you point at things on the menu and say 'kore'(this) then you say (to (pronounced more like toe) as you point at some other thing on the menu and say kore/to again etc
Onigashimasu - please & thank you; common followup to transactional interactions

Rough example; you wander into an izakaya, the guy says something to you in japanese, you have no fucking clue what he just said (he asked how many, you could say hitori for one, futari for two, etc... google the rest) but you raise one finger, he leads you to your seat and hands you a menu thats all in japanese but there are pictures. You wave him down as you say sumimasen, you point at a beer and say kore (or biru), say to as you point at some sushi dish, say kore again, and the say to/kore at some other whatever, and say onigaishimas, then he goes away and eventually comes back with your food and you say arigato when he brings it to you. The you sumimasen him him back as you kore/onigaishumas or biru/onigaishimasu. Rinse and repeat sumi/kore/to'ing for more drinks or dishes. When done, sumimasen and wave and say okaikei, followed by onigaishimas, they bring you a receipt and you take it to the front counter and pay. Mission accomplished

Fellas, just found out a trans porn star I like escorts in Tokyo for like $200 and I'm kinda considering it...

>>2885014
>>2885021
also, learn "1 thing", "2 things", "1 person", and "2 people". you'll use one person or two people when starting out at a restaurant or buying tickets for example
hitotsu - one thing
hitori - one person
futatsu - two things
futari - two people

>>2884790
We can tell right away that someone is from Kansai just by their intonation. It’s just that your Japanese isn’t very good.

>>2884737
The shogunate didn’t just kill Christians on sight; they went through stages of the “fumi-e” (stepping on the image of Christ), persuasion, and imprisonment, and only executed those who ultimately refused to renounce their faith.
t the time, Christianity was a religion that sold Japanese people into slavery overseas, making it a far more troublesome religion for Japan then than Islam is today.
Until news of the slave trade reached Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Christianity was tolerated because of the benefits it brought to trade.

>>2884120
I just realized that a new Japan General thread has been started. It’s true—the thumbnail is pretty confusing.

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Japanese people are so cruel, they ridicule the purchasers of cheese beef bowls with a meme. Basically their version of chudjak

>>2884737
>because the Shogunate literally killed Christians on sight.
lying faggot christian detected that isn't what happened at all
They deserved it regardless, subversive agents of jews that were quite literally trying to undermine the country for foreign bankers and merchants. But of course you would leave that part out.

>>2884616
Since Japan’s water is soft, Washlets have become widely popular without any issues;
however, in Europe, where the water is hard, there is a very high risk of nozzle clogs and internal malfunctions within just a few years.
You may need to purchase a model specifically designed for hard water, install a “soft water filter” on the water supply line, or clean the nozzle regularly.

I spent nearly 2 years learning Japanese just to not say a single Japanese word out loud during my first trip there

>>2885103
trankisisters??

>>2885103
You never had a situation where you needed to speak Japanese? What did you do sit in your hotel all day eating 7-Eleven slop? You didn't even call a girl Kawaii? Is studied Japanese for 1 month and was fine

>>2885103
This would be me if I didn't constantly find myself in situations where I was forced to have long conversations in Japanese only. e.g. Getting concert ticketing staff to fix my account at the venue itself, chatting with police officers when filing a police report for minor rental car damage, etc.

>>2885103
You should go to a bar or Izakaya with counter seating or an outdoor deck.

>>2885078
this does look disgusting ngl

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>>2885121
>>2885078
here's the meme of the guy asking for it btw

>>2884106
I've still got my Pasmo from my first trip a decade ago and I will never surrender it

Im planning out my first trip to Japan for Agust, and it's my first trip outside of Canada ever so is there any advice in how long to go for a first trip? I've got 2 weeks worth of vacation saved up currently.

I wanted to go to a 2.5D Theater, a NPB league game, and buy crap in Tokyo. Most of what I want to do is in Tokyo and was thinking a 1 week trip would be a good starter to learn how to manuever over there for future longer trips. Also is the best method to get money through ATMS? I was looking at pay apps but I can't seem to download most of them. I've got a Tangerine credit card only to pay with.

Any travel advice would be incredible.

>>2885155
Go for 3 months. Don't be a dofag. Just hang out and holla at bitches

>>2885155
Going to Japan in the middle of summer from Canada for your first trip abroad is seriously the worst.

>>2885159
I'm a wagie, I can only do 2 weeks right now. On top of that super autistic about being able to just enjoy the moment. If I be a dofag first that let's me relax on the second go. I also wanted to go to sumo but for whatever reason sumo goes on hold during August.

I live in japan and am practically a savage wild man living deep in the most inaka mountains you can imagine in a town that doesnt exist anymore due to depopulation and moving from disasters. My friends are kamoshika and bears, with dear and boar giving me shit.

My hobbies are finding wild hotsprings that are not posted online using friend contacts and maxar heat scans. I can answer any questions but I wont tell you where the good remote hot springs are. Cutting down trees for firewood takes up waaaayyy to much of my time.

>>2885155
>>2885155
Do 2 weeks, it's a good minimum amount of time to justify the flight length and prices

Id say spend a week in tokyo, and a week in other cities (e.g. sapporo or osaka)

Atms at 711 are a good way to get cash

Also, maybe reconsider august; it's gonna be hella hot and humid, but you do you

Also dont do the jrpass, it's a fucking ripoff unless you plan on straight up living on the train, and is a hassle for general short traversals since you could just tap with your suica or wait for the guy at the counter to wave you thru with your rail pass

>>2885078
>>2885121
I put on cheese on literally everything at home, but even I didn't go for this because it looks not good.
I truly wish that Japanese cheese didn't suck so fucking much. Gyudon with some real cheese would be great

>>2885167
I wish I could live this life, venturing into society only twice a year at comiket to grab more doujins to read in my cabin in the woods

>>2885112
I’m a friendless incel so I’m used to going days without talking to anyone. The first time I walked into a konbini I tried using Japanese, when the guy asked if I needed a bag I understood and muttered “hai” a few times, after which he looked at me and started speaking English. After that point I only got food from places like Ichiran or Matsuya where I could just hand someone a ticket and get my food without saying anything.

>visit random neighborhood outside of Nagoya
>has the same energy as typical Arizona suburb
Depressing

>>2883971
not bad, I might visit the same locations

>It's 00:18
>There are not subway or train lines left operating that will make me go back to my hotel
>Google either says to go back when it starts running again at 5 AM or walk 1h30
What the FUCK is wrong with Tokyo, and Japan in general. No wonder the night life is non existent. Subways still operate in my city, alongside night buses.
No wonder they don't reproduce.

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>>2885057
Yeah except it was more about the concern Portugal was trying to take over Japan than the fact that some peasants from the untouchable caste were getting sold overseas. There was also the issue that the initial wave of Jesuits were very calculating in their approach to proselytization and the later Franciscans were not. Once the Franciscans arrived and kinda gaijin smashed around in non-Christian domains it started causing new issues for Catholics.
Things might not have come to a head except they were in the midst of a series of civil wars. Once Tokugawa and the eastern Alliance prevailed over the Western alliance. The Portuguese and by extension Catholics deeper ties to the Western alliance became a liability.
Tokugawa shut down the country to Western trade except for the Protestant Dutch, and punished the Christians as potential agents of Portugal.
He utilized the Buddhist priest class to help govern, and utilized their temple census to determine tax rates. Peasants were restricted from leaving their province without explicit written permission. Buddhist monks were exempt from this, so his spies would regularly disguise themselves as itinerant monks to move around the country.
These and other things eventually led to the backlash against the Buddhists during the Meiji restoration where they were outlawed, removed from Shinto shrines, and had temples burned. Also the victorious and vengeful Western daimyos who took over included kakure Christians in their ranks. To this day there's a faction of Christian elites in Tokyo.

>>2885164
quit your job pussy
>>2885202
bitch

>>2885121
Looks like Sukiya's version which is gross. Yoshinoya's is better. That said, I usually just get Kimchi gyudon.
>>2885167
Based. The locals probably tell legends of the wilderness onsen oni.
>>2885215
You can try Uber maybe. Taxis are going to cost a fortune probably.
Most salarymen who stay out past this time crash in a capsule hotel. Helps to be hammered to sleep through their snores.
Also couples stay in love hotels.

>>2885202
Apparently saying "hai" a bunch is a surefire way to show you are not particularly fluent.
Not shitting on anyone, I'm guilty of it too, just sayin I saw some Japanese point it out in a video.

>>2885218
Nah I managed to hop in a subway line that did its last service and threw us out in the middle of nowhere, but it cuts out 40min of walk. I'll do the remaining on foot. I could also rent a bike or whatever, but I don't want to bother setting up the App. Especially when my flight back is tomorrow.

Me? I say Hai nanodesu~

>>2884388
I agree, the little glass shops and music box store were interesting for 20 minutes, but I feel like way too many people heard the recommendation for "omg its a fun day trip from sapporo". The food was actually terrible and the most overpriced tourist rape pricing. I snowboarded kiroro and it wasn't that good, just relatively empty compared to niseko.

>>2884120
It definitely captures tourist Japan, there's hundreds of tourists just out of frame trying to take the same picture.

>>2885205
Yeah there's a reason Nagoya never gets mentioned as a tourist destination. It is not a hidden gem.

>>2885254
It was a short pit stop for gas and lunch but the place was so flat with strip malls, it was soulless

>>2885220
Bro if the dude doesn’t even look remotely East Asian, saying hai is not even the first barrier of being identified.

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>>2885026
futanari - two people

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Is Mt. Nokogiri bait?

>>2885297
ya, 二形 - two shapes/forms. lots of "two" words are futa, might be a good way to remember

>>2884270
If you are willing to travel to Nara to see a deer park, I strongly recommend heading to the Nara National Museum afterwards to see one of Japan's biggest collections of Buddhist art and the museum also allows photography

https://www.narahaku.go.jp/english/

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>>2884270
How about visiting the Hajime Sorayama exhibit at Creative Museum Tokyo?

March 14 (Saturday) 2026 - May 31 (Sunday) 2026

https://x.com/sorayama_2026

>>2884270
May 31, 2026 (Sunday) Tokyo Racecourse, Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) (G1): There will be NO general admission seats available for purchase at the JRA racecourse specified on the following dates. Tickets for general admission and reserved seating must be purchased online in advance. Only those persons who have reserved or purchased seats in advance will be permitted to enter.

https://japanracing.jp/en/racing/go_racing/tour/

https://japanracing.jp/en/racing/go_racing/tour/pdf/guideline.pdf

Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) (G1) - Preview: https://japanracing.jp/_news2026/260526.html

any Osaka anons around this evening?

>>2885293
kek, that's fair. But of course that will be the case, I didnt mean that any Jap would assume you speak Japanese until proven wrong.
So you could still speak good Japanese and then have them stick with using it, rather than switching to english. But "hai" is just one specific thing that supposedly only less learned speakers say a lot, so they realise you aren't gonna be high level speaker and possibly switch to their english instead.
Was more sharing it as an interesting fact, or something to think about if you do feel your Japanese is good, but perhaps you say 'hai' a lot, you may improve the feel of your Japanese to natives by less usage of 'hai'

>>2885298
It is busy, sure. What with being close to Tokyo and not too intense a hike.
But I enjoyed it a lot. Start at Kanaya (hama-kanaya station), find the mt nokogiri trailhead and walk that path up the mountain, explore all the parts up the top that you want to see, then take the trail down the mountain that takes you to Hota station.
You really get to see more of the mountain doing this, with some extra view points people probably dont go to if doing the ropeway. Plus the walk through the small towns is such a good vibe, especially as you go from semi busy center, to fringes and hit quiet forest.
Also the train ride from Tokyo over to Nokogiri does take quite a while, but has some good views as it goes along the bay.
It is a whole day trip though because of the long train, and decent overall journey length if doing all the walking. Can't say I'd feel it worth it to get all the way over to take the ropeway and just see the single view from the top.

>>2885298
Since you're going all the way to Mt. Nokogiri anyway, you might as well stay overnight on the Boso Peninsula and visit some other places while you're at it.

>>2885237
There are hardly any Japanese tourists in Otaru. It’s mostly Asian tourists, mainly from China.

>>2885103
I tried learning with duolingo for my first trip, and I just used Doko Desu Ka to find out where a pro wrestling match was located. I'm going for a third time, I've done Osaka, Tokyo, Kyoto, and Nagoya so far, planning on mostly Tokyo and Osaka and maybe adding in trips to Hiroshima and Yokohama this time.

>>2884270
I was going to say you should check out BEEP Akihabara but due to relocation caused by the building's demolition, the shop will be temporarily closed on Sunday, May 17, 2026 and reopen at a new location on Saturday, June 6, 2026.

https://www.akihabara-beep.com/

https://x.com/BEEP_akihabara


https://www.beep-shop.com/

https://x.com/BEEP_SHOP

>>2885386
In Hota, there is a restaurant called "Ban-ya" run directly by Hota Fishing Cooperative, where you can enjoy freshly caught seafood.

>>2885386
I do like hiking.
Is it worth taking the ferry back to Kurihama or better to just take the train again?

>>2885448
I didn't do that as I had reasons to head back the other way, but think that'd be pretty fun. Not sure it would save time or money, but it'd be a nice way to make it an even more unique experience.
Would work extra well if you hit up yokosuka or kamakura the next day, or even yokohama. Make it into more of a looping couple day trip.

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Staying for three days in Nagoya at the end of September. What should i check out, besides Inuyama and Ghibli Park?

>>2885516
An hour and a half to Iga Ninja museum if you really like Ninjas. Might be a Dragons game you can catch.

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>>2885516
Akira Toriyama's favorite pasta restaurant in Nagoya was Aiueo (店麺多房 あいうえお) and he donated Dragon Ball illustrations to the restaurant.

https://tabelog.com/en/aichi/A2301/A230111/23002889/

https://soranews24.com/2019/07/31/we-try-to-eat-almost-9-pounds-of-food-at-a-nagoya-spaghetti-shop-succumb-to-the-power-of-carbs/

>>2885516
Kissa Mountain ( 喫茶マウンテン ) is a coffee cafe located in Takikawacho, Showa Ward, Nagoya, an area known for being a student town with many nearby universities. Located a 10 minute walk from Irinaka Station on the Subway Tsurumai Line and an 8 minute walk from Yagoto Nika Station on the Subway Meijo Line, Kissa Mountain is a popular cafe always seen with a line full of people coming from all over the country and often featured in media like TV shows. What made this store so famous is its menu of weird food that you will never see in normal restaurants, and there are no other words to describe them than absolutely crazy! There are a number of dishes that you can not really imagine by hearing just their name, like "sweet strawberry pasta" or "squid ink shaved ice". Don't be hesitant to stop by because there are also normal dishes like curry or spaghetti with tomato sauce.

Kissa Mountain has created more than 300 kinds of impressive weird foods, including sweet spaghetti with fruits and whipped cream. People who can finish these strange dishes are supposedly rare, and in line with the name of the store "Mountain", repeating fans will refer to giving up halfway as "getting lost" and to finish the whole dish as "reaching the summit".

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%96%AB%E8%8C%B6%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A6%E3%83%B3%E3%83%86%E3%83%B3

https://life-designs.jp/en/webmagazine/mountain/

https://twitter.com/kissa_mountain

Sweet Green Tea Pasta and Strawberry Spaghetti at Kissa Mountain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HZD3PXtYFU

>>2885516
For the 124th Annual Congress of Japan Surgical Society that takes place on April 18 to April 20, 2024 at Aichi Sky Expo, gastroenterologists from Nagoya University's Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery created The Kodelin Guide, a 71 page food guide that features the gastroenterologists' favorite restaurants in Aichi Prefecture that serve Nagoya cuisine along with their personally recommended dishes from each restaurant.

Nagoya Meshi Guidebook seriously made by the doctors of digestive and oncology surgery at Meidai Hospital: https://note.com/nagoyauniversity/n/n0e8c8f004df6

The Kodelin Guide: https://web.archive.org/web/20240411004446/https://jp.jssoc.or.jp/jss124/kodelin.pdf

>>2885516
the most authentic mexican tacos I've found in Japan were in Nagoya, at a restaurant called Sayulita

>>2885555
if you have 3 days in a japanese city why prioritize mexican? like I wouldn't get ramen in mexico even if it was authentic. probably rather try fucked up japanese interpretations of mexican food and vice versa for the novelty (e.g. their curry)
unless you're a euro or something without accessible mexican food

It's much hotter in Paris right now than it is in Japan.

>>2885084
seethe more ranjesh

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>>2885516
The Toyota Commemorative Museum is incredible. It's not just cars. If anything, it's barely cars. It's a museum showing how Toyota became a big ass manufacturing powerhouse with loads of 100 year old factory machines and equipment. It's all fully operational and cool as hell seeing and hearing those machines run. The museum is absolutely huge too. One of my favorites in the world.

https://www.tcmit.org/

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Cool site
it shows all the trains moving and if you zoom in, you can see the buildings
https://minitokyo3d.com/

>>2885394
Japanese tourists also avoid Dotonbori and Shibuya too. Otaru is just one of those international tourist locations now.

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Trying to get more comfortable with jp reading by doing bunpro and wanikani for grammar & kanji paired with reading. Kinda feeling optimistic after establishing some familiarity with the basics. Got like one month left before I move to Japan for a year

>>2885675
Shibuya crosswalk and the surrounding area is a hellhole unless it’s Sunday morning and rainy. I kinda don’t get the obsession with that area
Somehow I landed a private walking tour there with the tour guide, I kinda felt bad she showed up just for me. We got along shared drinks and had conversations about shit since she states in America for a few years. Good day

>>2885580
Sorry, I’m not a weebfag who “does” Japan and “tackles” neighborhoods. I like experiencing a country. You go eat your fish jizz and natto, I’ll enjoy my Mexican food and pizza made by people who actually wash their hands

>>2885676
Yeah bro just hire a tour guide to walk across an intersection. How Shibuya crossing became a tourist destination is beyond baffling, it’s literally just a road crossing.

>>2885676
bunpro is nice so far because I tend to neglect grammar. I haven't used wanikani personally but from what I have seen it is wayy too slow and you could do better just with a beginner anki deck

I bought my tickets today for late august/early september - a total of 8 days not counting travel days.
Thoughts on 5 nights in Tokyo and 3 night in Kyoto?

>>2885760
you're a pussy

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>>2885689
>Sorry, I’m not a weebfag who “does” Japan and “tackles” neighborhoods. I like experiencing a country. You go eat your fish jizz and natto, I’ll enjoy my food made by people who actually wash their hands
t.
enjoy your sweetened fajitas and mcnuggies, lil bro

>>2885760
After my last trip, I regret not swapping a night in tokyo for a night in kyoto.
Kyoto is all spread out, all of the interesting stuff is in the foothills and on the city edges. Having the space to get around to the various sites is valuable. Tokyo is compact enough that you can get a hotel in the middle of a given ward and you will never be bored or have to travel far to see what you want to see.
At least swap to 4-4 nights.

>>2885774
Gotcha
>>2885788
I did notice the things I wanted to see in Kyoto were spread all over the place. I think logistically, and extra day in Kyoto might make sense.

By the way, my GF really wants to go to Tokyo disneyland but I'm on the fence about it. Anyone ever been there? It's way cheaper than the american disneyland parks.

>>2885760
Thats a good split, especially if you use a day on disneyland.
But on disneyland. Using one of your 8 days on it when you live in a country that has disney parks seems like a waste.
Even if you dont use a day on disneyland. I personally would say 4 days out of 8 in Kyoto on trip 1 is too much, frankly I spent 3 days there across my first 2 trips and have never been back even though I've holidayed in Japan easy 6 months all up now. The vibe just sucks imo. It's a different, more constant and annoying kind of busy compared to basically anywhere else in Japan, only nearly matched by Shibuya and Dotonbori
Hell I'd personally go closer to suggesting 4-4 but Tokyo-Osaka. 1 day for osaka itself, 1 day trip Nara, 2 day trips Kyoto. Osaka is a much more enjoyable place to be in for the evenings and in general.

>>2885689
We're tackling the chaotic dungeon that is Tsuruhashi.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5lW3DzfJ-4
Note: many shops are closed on Wednesdays.

>>2884354
Imagine the smell

Have any anons stayed in love hotels for regular accommodation? It seems like some of these hotels are offering normal consecutive night stays on booking websites, and these rooms are massive for the price.

>>2885851
Depends on the hotel, but most I've stayed at were reasonably priced. The trade-off is usually knowing that these hotels will be in a district with related establishments, having to trust the sanitation of the room, etc. Some will lock you in the room and require calling to leave each time you want to go out. Some have automated check-in / check-out so you never have to see anyone in person. Most will have some interesting things you can order from the front desk and / or watch on the TV. If you can get past all that, it's honestly and interesting experience staying there for the sole purpose of cheap accommodations.

>>2885857
Ya I was looking at one for my stay potentially, so I'd like to hear from any anons who have done mutli night stays about their experience. I would get almost triple the room size compared to what I have booked now and a full on spa bathtub to soak in every night while drinking. For about the same price.
The only things that get me would be some of the things you mentioned
>Ease of getting in and out
People online mention at the very least having to leave the key at the front desk in every hotel I've read about - leaving my luggage in the room but doing this seems very weird.
>Cleanliness
Realistically people are probably doing all the same shit they do in love hotels at normal hotels... maybe? So long as they clean the room properly, how bad can it actually be compared to a normal hotel? But part of me still worries about the cleanliness anyway

Why’s there an edgelord in every jp thread

>>2885851
>>2885857
>>2885861
Love hotels are cheaper than regular hotels because they have a high turnover rate.
Just like regular hotels, places that are too cheap often raise concerns about hygiene.
It’s common for many love hotels to fill up with out-of-town guests during local festivals and events.
Some people also rent rooms by the hour to hold small parties at love hotels.

>typhoon warning
fuck

HANG ON THE WOMEN IN KABUKI ARE MEN WTF

>>2884454
Revised itinerary based on anons' opinions and looking at shit on maps:


Jan 3-4
>flight
>recovery day in tokyo

Jan 5-8
>travel to kobe
>harbor/coastal sights lounging, kitano ijinkan-gai, nankinmachi, museums
>himeji daytrip - castle, koko-en, history museum, engyo-ji
>arima daytrip - onsen and sightseeing

Jan 9-10
>awajishima - izanagi shrine and other sightseeing, onion-themed rest stop for a meme
>otsuka museum in naruto
>on to takamatsu

Jan 11-14
>takamatsu sights
>at least one island daytrip
>on to matsuyama

Jan 15-19
>matsuyama sights
>dogo
>train cruise

Jan 20-23
>back to tokyo
>chill for 1-2 days
>leave


Thoughts?

>>2885918
If you're instantly going to Kobe wouldn't it be better to land in Osaka airport?

>>2885923
The only, and I mean only, flight I can get is listed as having a potential 45+ minute delay landing in Tokyo and a 1:10 connection to make after customs to get to Osaka.

So if there's no delay and I do Visit Japan Web I'd be fine, but if there's a 45 minute delay even VJW won't save me enough time to make it for boarding time to Osaka. So I'll just eat the time inefficiency.

I also don't give a fuck about Osaka to be honest. With the other castles and museums already on my route I don't need to see Osaka castle and I couldn't care less about Dotonbori or anything else unique to Osaka.

Any good free Android App to NFC read my Suica card history? I used Suikakeibo so far, but it has become very limiting unless you pay up.
I'd like to export my payment history in csv

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>>2885934
I've been using some free app with ads thing that looks uglier than Suikakeibo. It does have exporting as csv, but you also have to keep in mind that each physical card only stores a certain, rolling, amount of transactional history, so if you've used it a lot, you'll probably be missing the older transactions.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=digital.cardreader&hl=en_US

On that note, I started collecting regional IC cards in my recent trips, but I have to go back to some places I visited before starting this collection.

I will be in 2 weeks in tokyo for more than a month. I am a fat turk from germany. Here are my questions
>is loosing weight in japan real or a meme? I will probably walk A LOT, but also will eat everything I am interested in (ramen, takoyaki, melon pan etc.)
>can gaijins go solo clubbing? Like techno parties? Or will they look at me and say no gaijins?

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Well I think 4 nights in Kyoto does make sense. I'll cut out disneyland in Tokyo. Anyway, this is what I have on my list for Kyoto.
>Thousand torii gates and Fushimi inari taisha shrine
>Bamboo Forest
>Kibune to Kurama Hike
>Ninenzaka
>Shimogamo Shrine
>Nijo Castle
>Uzumasa Kyoto Village

Am I missing anything? Anything on here that's lame and should be cut? I feel like this is already a bit for four days since a lot of it is spread out.

>>2885953
Why not just chilling in osaka and going to kyoto for a day or two?

>>2885776
I unironically took my Dad to eat at a Japanese Makku, just to show him how much better the meat was in Japan compared to the States.

>>2885953
>Fushimi inari taisha shrine
if you're staying near the shrine, going somewhat late at night is amazing. The crowds on the mountain are gone, everyone who is left is super friendly, and the higher you go the better it gets. And you can get some of the best ramen available afterwards

>>2885953
The sites at Kyoto are overall spread out, but they also cluster into districts. Like if you just set aside a whole morning of 4-5 hours to just walk along the Higashiyama range, you will see the Gion canal district, Yasaka shrine and parklands, the Yasaka pagoda (which looks better from the backstreets up the mountain) and Kiyomizu-dera. And once the crowds and the heat start setting in at high noon, you can retreat back into the city and chill until the afternoon, and find another district to visit, like the philosophers path or the Fushimi Brewery district.
Arashiyama is another place you can spend a few hours. Funnily enough, Arashiyama ended up being my favorite part of the trip, but the bamboo forest was the lowlight. It's shocking how many only go as far as the bamboo forest and don't keep walking up into the valley proper. Even at the most crowded times, the shops, restaurants and temples are all relatively quiet around the saga toriimoto area

Bros is the typhoon gonna ruin my Kyoto week?

>>2885966
I'm going to Kyoto tomorrow which is supposedly when the typhoon hits for real so that sucks, but apparently it'll move out to Tokyo around late wed/thurs so the rest of the week should be fine. Big should.

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just discovered you can get these on amazon in the states. kinda expensive though

>>2885966
No crowds, no midday sun burning you, dark moody atmosphere as rain drips from the rafters of the ancient temples?
Your Kyoto week would have been ruined if there WASN'T a typhoon

>>2885926
>I also don't give a fuck about Osaka to be honest.
Good mindset. Osaka is an overgrown roadside truckstop and isn't that interesting. Also way too many tourists. Kobe is a much better option to stay in the area but a lot of people just visit it as a daytrip.
Osaka is only worth visiting if you are an otaku, Nipponbashi is better than Akiba.

>>2885973
it's shit coffee where the appeal is the convenience and price, and you're getting neither

>>2885888
Kabuki was founded by a woman named Izumo no Okuni during the Azuchi-Momoyama period. Kabuki was often performed by courtesans, and in the early Edo period,
the Edo shogunate banned female actors on the grounds that they were undermining public morals.

>>2885966
Although the Japanese tend to give everything kawaii nicknames, when it comes to typhoons, they don’t even use the official international names.
Instead, they refer to them by the bland designation “Typhoon No. XX of [Year].”

>>2885966
I don't know the specifics, but Kyoto is far enough inland that I don't think it will matter. If it's raining just get a conbini umbrella and keep going. That's how most Japanese people get on when it's raining. Just be careful if it's flooding obviously. There's stories of people stepping into exposed manholes and getting sucked down into the sewer and drowning.
That said the one typhoon I can remember just felt like a big thunderstorm. Someone's metal shed roof panel blew off, but that was the extent of the damage IIRC.

>>2885995
Yeah there's a temple between the airport and Shin-Osaka Station I'd have stopped at if the connecting flight was more doable, and I'd have needed to go through Dotonbori to get there too so I'd have gawked at a few things for an hour or two and gotten some takoyaki, but there's nothing there I'd make a special trip for.

Anything else in the Kobe area I didn't mention? I could shift days around if any anons come up with another thing worth a day or two

is tokyo whiteboy friendly during june-july? temperature wise.

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>>2885995
Leave Osaka alone!

>>2886133
It's "hot-suey, nay?" as the locals say. It's analogous to New York City. Low 90's and concrete heat can take out the unprepared gaikokujin-sama. Thankfully lots of conbinis with cold bottled water to drink on every block.

>>2886137
by "take out", do you mean heatstroke? i've never been outside scandinavia so all this heat stuff is new to me

>>2886141
Yes, I've seen people get heatstroke. As a Scando, you may even want to put on sunscreen. The Sun seems to be a bit brighter in Japan.

>>2886141
the worst part is, if you're a tourist you're probably going to be outside walking everywhere and not inside, basking in the ac. i've never gone in the summer but that sounds pretty .. atsui

>>2885995
>Nipponbashi is better than Akiba
Not really, Akiba has more anime stuff, more recent stuff, more collabs etc.

>>2886048
if someone made moe art of a natural disaster that drowned my grandma I'd be pissed, so I get it

>>2884630
>>2884637
>>2884749
Thanks. I appreciate this kind of insight.
I got carried away by all the videos and comments about it being "Tokyo's hidden gem for retro media". But it's true, if you can easily find out about it, it's not so hidden anymore, and I'd be devoting a solid 4 hours into exploring an old market.

Perhaps I could just ditch the idea of going to 3 locations and instead devote half a day to Shinjuku.

My current plan is to bike in Yoyogi park in the morning, take pics, explore, chill and enjoy the sights until 11 or 12.
And from there I could stay in Shinjuku, which is honestly massive, and that'd give me the chance to embrace it all, rather than just go to the big tourist spots before calling it a day. So now I could also do some light shopping, shoot the shit at the arcades and give myself some more breathing room to explore.

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I have a free day in my schedule where I can hop off the JR to hang out somewhere before returning to Osaka from Uno Port. I was thinking Himeji Castle or shopping in Okayama, is there anything else interesting in the area? Also recs around the greater Osaka area I can do in a day are appreciated.

>>2886173
Osaka Caslte
Dotonbori eat Takoyaki
Shinsekai eat Kushikatsu
Harukas 300 skyscraper with view of the city
Nipponbashi Dendentown
These are all within walking distance of each other, or a few short metro stops away.
If you want a hike, Minoh Falls is North of Osaka.

>>2886173
Consume pokemon. Eat tamago sandos at the konbini. Buy anime figurines. Eat at coco curry or ichiran ramen.

Many people probably experience an electronic bidet for the first time while traveling in Japan. In these restrooms, you might assume that toilet paper is only for wiping your wet bottom, but it’s not quite that simple. Depending on the depth of your anal folds or the consistency of your stool at the time, feces may stick to the paper you use to wipe. In such cases, simply spray water on your anus again, and the feces won’t stick to the toilet paper.

i loved all places i visited - Himeji, Kyoto, Enoshima, Nara, Osaka (young whores!) except i did not really fell in love with Tokyo and i am based here in Komagone for 2 months of workation. I am not really sure what to do here, except maybe try some workshops and meetups and meet other people. Relatively lot of women on bumble too. But i wake up at 10am, eat instant ramen, fuck around until 4PM when i start work, after few hours its night and at night city seems to be totally dead - nothing is open and subway does not work. What am i missing? I should also save money by mostly eating convenience food as relative poorfag here. Few relatively free days ahead + weekend i am thinking about fucking off to either Hiroshima + Nagasaki or to Kamakura for zen workshop (but this seems more like a daytrip)

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>>2883966
My favorite place in all of Japan is Hokkaido. I miss it every day

>>2886133
No. Swamp ass every day

>>2886206
Fat ass. Pathetic

PSA: There are some tonkotsu ramen joints out there that are worth lining up half an hour for. Ichiran isn't one of them. Go there at 3pm, rush in, take your cool little insta shot of the booth, slurp down the mid tier broth and get out of there.

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>>2886213
>Fat ass.
He said "Whiteboy" friendly

>>2885966
Bit late but I'm in Kuramaguchi and so far today its just been a rainy morning, barely any wind.

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>>2886206
Just find a laundromat with a coin shower. You can wash your sweaty clothes and grab a quick shower to fresh up. Plus, they have AC, so you can chill inside while you wait for your laundry. Problem solved!

>>2885952
you can gain weight anywhere or lose weight anywhere. I tend to gain weight in Japan because I drink a lot of booze and eat all the delicious foods. I also walk a LOT but you can't outrun a bad diet.
>can gaijins go solo clubbing?
Yeah, you won't have any issues there

>>2886222
Damn, Fate fans look like that?

I have a confession to make: I did not care for Osaka.
Been there, went to Dotonbori, Denden Town, Osaka Castle, Kaiyukan. Didn't care for it. Food was alright, but not good enough to merit going back. Everyone always says how great it is, but it's just a dirtier Tokyo. It insists upon itself.

>>2886283
For me it's absurd how early everything closes. At 21:30 touts were trying to get me into Yakiniku and Bunnies concept restaurant and at 22:30 when I finally meditated on it they said they can't let me in. Bar which closes at midnight, what an absurd. "Lovely" party district, my ass even though neons are comfy and actually what I thought how Tokyo would look like. However I loved tobita s and Matsushima s, especially Tobita with some of the very hot and young women in world cup shirts. Also desu did not had many issues with refusing me cause foreigner, maybe I just look trustworthy and I can speak some Japanese so they like me

>>2886283
Still better than literally every other non-Tokyo city, for city type activities. Thus it is particularly great if you are wanting more new fresh and slightly different big city Japan activities, but have done the best in Tokyo already.

My list of things I think are cool there, or it does well:
- Osaka castle is packed full of motherfuckers but still pretty damn cool, plus the museum inside is great.
- Denden town is obviously a matter of taste and luck, but I did well there.
- The aquarium is amazing.
- USJ if into theme parks, great jurassic park and harry potter areas, nintendo areas were fun to see if kinda shit for rides.
- Umeda sky building is probably the coolest observation deck because of the glass side elevator, tower to tower escalator and the open air section. (Actually it loses to Oarai marine tower, GUP cafe is too powerful)
- Shinsekai is kinda like shibuya but I feel ever so slightly less shit? I like the cool tower in the middle. All the neon, all the drinking, 75% the annoying bullshit.
- Tobita, if into that, is basically the best place in Japan for it. Namba park too.
- Fantastic for some great day trip locations, Nara, Himeji, Kobe.

And that's ignoring the often quoted reasons for liking it, great food, more relaxed people, plus tons of little places i liked.
So I think Osaka is pretty good. If one has an extremely short trip, you can definitely get all your city activities done in Tokyo, but otherwise well worth a visit.

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Is Coco Ichbanya curry worth the hype?
So far it's among the few joints I know I'll pick in advance rather than going on feels and convenience.
I know it's a bit like Sukiya, simply comfort food, but I want to know if it hasn't been shitified like most other popular things.

>>2883966
Is there a point to go to japan if I have been in tokyo, kyoto, osaka, nara, hiroshima?

>>2886296
If you cant answer this yourself you should genuinely kys

>>2886296
Is there a point to travelling anywhere if you have already been to Paris, Rome, Rio and Vegas?

>>2886296
Is there a point to live if you were already alive for a few days

>>2886283
Im inclined to agree, been there once, probably not going back other than to see the mgm casino when it opens in a few years. It's just a hotter cheaper smaller tokyo. Id say comparing osaka:tokyo is like comparing boston:nyc. The castle was fine, had more fun at sendai castle (admittedly not tokyo), but you can also walk the palace outer garden in tokyo or go to yasiniku, or plenty of museums and other parks etc.... The aquarium was nice ill give it that, and shinsekai and the surrounding area while being the place that i ended up spending all of my nights is just a smaller grimier ameyoko. I didn't go to kyoto/nara etc... because overcrowded tourist traps. Things were cheaper there i guess, so if you're on a budget it may be a better choice than tokyo, but frankly tokyo is pretty cheap imo

>>2886283
I have a confession to make, you're a faggot.
>>2886291
It rules. Fried meat cutlet with rice and curry that won't give you the shits.

>>2886283
There's one single reason why people say they love it: it's the very first place they visit on their very first trip to Japan. And a lot of people don't really know much about Osaka outside of vague mentions of it being a backwater in anime. At least that's how it was 10+ years ago. Tourists today know absolutely nothing about Japan and learn about the existence of Osaka when they randomly decide it's time to book a trip to Japan and they end up picking it as the airport they fly in to.

So they think it's some secret town that nobody knows about. They have good memories involving it since it's their first time visiting. They're surrounded by massive hordes of loud Chinese and Korean tourists with not a Japanese in sight and dumb faggots think
>Wow! There are no tourists here! It's just me and everyone else is Japanese!

Nobody who visited Osaka as their third or fourth town in Japan will say it's their favorite. And if they do, it'd be because they got their chinpo wet with some fat 37 year old filipina who they swore was a virgin 18 year old Japanese high school senior. And they will not let you break that fantasy.

>>2886283
>>2886289
>>2886315
Osaka castle lost its appeal for me when I found out it was a completely modern reconstruction. I don't fault them for rebuilding it, but there's basically nothing original inside it. It's a modern museum, big and spacious inside, with elevators and AC, and that's not what I wanted. Plus the view sucks with all that safety netting blocking your view. Better to just save your money and walk around the gardens for free.

>>2886315
>>2886289
>>2886283
>>2886330

I've spent a total of about 6 days combined across all my trips in Osaka, and I still don't really see the "Osaka = Japan's kitchen" meme play out in real life. It's just like any other Japanese city, but bigger. I remember my meals in Sendai or Fukuoka more than I remember whatever I ate in Osaka, to be honest.

It's a perfectly fine city and has its charms, but there's nothing especially unique about it. Dotonbori is a tourist hellhole unlike anywhere in Tokyo except Shibuya and Kabukicho.

Yeah, Tobita is cool but after a few visits, I can't get into the emotionless p4p vibe anymore. So much amazing eye candy though, every time I can't decide and then the ones I was considering were gone Many regrets. I walked through Matsushima a few times but never indulged there, something about the streets being way emptier skeeved me out a bit and I felt all eyes on me.

>>2886366
>Osaka castle lost its appeal for me when I found out it was a completely modern reconstruction.
That's a huge amount of historical sites there. Being made mostly of wood, most have burned down a dozen times, destroyed in earthquake/typhoon, or been rebuilt due to rot.
So many current places that are 'From 1100' are rebuilt probably in the last 100 years.
But I do get your point, those are all generally rebuilt with the same techniques and design. Osaka castle is definitely a complete modern overhaul with only the outside design made to look the same.
But I still think its pretty great, because getting to see what the castle looked like is a big chunk of the interesting part and the museum inside was pretty good imo. Plus the gardens, moats etc are all impressive.
I still think it's well worth being someone's first castle. Especially because most people dont go anywhere else with any notable castles, even himeji being close still gets jumped over pretty often.

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https://discord.gg/SR8vJF46j

Attempt to make a small comfy jpg server

>>2885215
If you're not drunk, the scooters/e-bikes are also a great option. Much cheaper than a taxi for most rides, one of my favorite experiences in Japan was riding one of those from Shibuya to Shimokitazawa to visit a 24-hour used clothing store at 2 AM.

>>2885298
No, but you have to go off the beaten path a bit to the quarries that most people don't go to.

>>2886450
Do you ride on the sidewalk or the open road? I don't have any experience for the latter and don't wanna fuck up.

>>2886454
Open road. They have some sort of "sub-5km/s" switch you can turn on for riding on the sidewalk when it becomes necessary, but to be honest the roads are deserted enough late at night that it's not a problem. Really, most roads in Tokyo are deserted enough even during the day that I've never had issues the two times I've used it that were in daytime.

>>2886455
Are there a good amount of drop off sites or do you just dump the bikes wherever you want when you're done

>>2886457
You're supposed to leave it at a drop-off site, but I've never had an issue with finding one if I'm in/around central Tokyo. If the spot you were heading towards is full, just move one of the other bikes out of its spot and leave yours in its place.

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>>2883966
I've now returned from my first Japan trip. It was an unplanned week in Tokyo, but regardless it was one of the most fun ones. Lots to do, friendly people. Although, some things I'd had heard about Japan was absolutely not true.
It wasn't clean, it was, in fact, quite filthy in many places. It also stunk of raw sewage near most manholes. This is not the case in my country. Also, the weather was quite difficult to get used to, although I eventually did. Very hot and humid. Air was thick and polluted.
The food was tasty and cheap, though admittedly I liked the Chinese restaurants more.
Love hotels are a great invention. For their size and everything else, they're really cheap. And they come with free condoms. Not being able to check in earlier isn't really a problem due to the abundant coin lockers.
I liked every place I visited, except Shibuya. I call it Shitbuya. Unfortunately, many of the stores I wanted to shop in were there.
Shitbuya just has too many people.
>That's the point.
Yeah yeah, but there were also too many Americans, Africans, and Indians. Of all the slop tourists, the whites and the blacks were the worst. Very obnoxious.
I did absolutely take advantage of the weak Yen by spending a portion of my savings. I found lots of cool stores selling Third Reich militaria and of course anime.
The Japanese are a very friendly and courteous people. In my country, everyone ignores each other. Although, I'm not sure if the difference in treatment is racial or not. I am a hapa, and was often mistaken as a Jap. My companione, on the other hand, is a European woman, who was treated either far better or far worse than me. In one shop, some Jap girls came to me asking about some product, as they thought I worked there.
Anyway, I liked it a lot. I'm planning to visit again next year, for a month. This time mostly in Hokkaido, in the winter. That is closer to my climate. I aim to do some urban exploration in abandoned villages.
Fun things are fun.

>>2886507
>Yeah yeah, but there were also too many Americans, Africans, and Indians. Of all the slop tourists, the whites and the blacks were the worst.
big dick energy. you wouldn't get it

>>2886374
>retarded cumbrain hates X city because the emotionless whores acted like typical emotionless whores
Next time open with that so I can discard your entire retaded post right away thanks.
The opinions of retards who only come to Japan for pussy are less than worthless, they actively spread bad takes that naive normal users will take aswell educated fact.

>>2884023
Just use english words, switch the L's out with R's and add a U to the end of every word. Simple as

Nagasaki or Hiroshima or both? Interested both in weird Christians and in atomic bomb. I don't have much time to travel desu. Tomorrow is free from work, then Friday work 4pm-midnight, then weekend. But I could work from anywhere I want as long as quiet place and connection is good. Based on Tokyo now, thinking about buying plane ticket tomorrow

>>2886527
neither

>>2886527
why would you fly and not take the shinkansen?

>>2886527
I thought the Hiroshima site and museum were really well done, never been to Nagasaki.

>>2886530
apparently plane flight is cheaper and takes shorter time

>staying in hostel for the first time
>meet lots of cool people
>there are a subset of people who literally lay in bed all fucking day
Like, I leave all day and come back and the same people are still laying around in their hostel beds. What causes this? Just stay home if you are going to spend all the money to fly to Japan to just stay in a hostel all day.

>>2886530
Flight usually wins in price.
But that still only makes it worth it if you are going more than 1 major step away from whatever city you are in. Because the time taken getting to airport, plus time waiting at airport, plus time flying has to compete with just 'time on shinkansen'.
What I mean by major step is like Tokyo-Osaka = 1 step. Tokyo-Osaka-Hiroshima = 2 steps. But Nagasaki is 4 steps away, Tokyo-Osaka-Hiroshima-Fukuoka-Nagasaki.
Personally unless the costs are like way cheaper, I think you need to hit 3 steps for it to be worth the higher time and effort of flying. From Tokyo that basically means Kyushu or Hokkaido. Not even mentioning if you have full size luggage you either have to pay extra for on planes, or get forwarded, which pushes it even further towards needing to be longer distance to be worth it.

I'm bored so I took this even further. Tokyo to Nagasaki shinkanse vs flying (+2 bus trips)
For tomorrow morning we have $270 aussie for a 6.45am to 1.30pm shinkansen trip, couple transfers, but simple - comfy, easy from center of city to center of city.
VS
8.40am to 10.50am flight for only $60 aussie - Add $50 for luggage - Add $15 for bus to narita and have to leave at probably 6am at latest to get flight - get off plane, get luggage, get to bus area and grab ticket ($15) you get the 11.45am to 12.45pm bus - Total of $140 and taken you the same time, just leave and arrive 45mins earlier.

Outcome is $270 vs 140 for the same time taken, but shinkansen being comfier and simpler, flight being a lot more involved.
Big difference, but still easily justifable either way. Once you add in return though, $540 vs $280 looks a lot worse for shinkansen, as functionally that saving could cover return flight costs to say hokkaido later in the trip as well.

Did anyone need my autistic thoughts on this? No. But now you have them, so too bad.

>>2886507
>either far better or far worse than me
please elaborate

>>2886570
Not sure if its what he meant. But if he's treated fairly neutral because he came across as Jap. You then have the people who still find dealing with foreigners fun (or are in a tourist business and need to pretend) who will treat them well, and the people who are sick of foreigners who will treat them poorly. While he as a not obvious foreigner, just gets the middle ground treatment.

>>2886527
Never been to Nagasaki. FWIW it seems to be more inaka than Hirsohima. And from what I've heard more intense about the Atom bomb than Hiroshima.
Didn't spend a ton of time in Hiroshima but the city is nice. They have a small downtown and a well-supported NPB team.
Nagasaki's Christianity is more Kakure and Catholic. Hiroshima is a little more post-Meiji Protestant IIRC.

>>2886447
My foid got the same shika toy in Nara too.

>>2886540
How long are you staying in Japan? I stay for 90 days at a time and you can't go out every every single day for 90 days straight without resting or wanting to just lay around in bed for a few days just venturing out near my accommodation for food. But I know the types you are talking about they are normally Americans weebs but you could just be catching long term travelers chilling and decomposing, after 2 months of Japanese speaking/listening my brain was fried, where I just wanted to order from electronic tablets for a week without interaction from anybody lol

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Japanese twitter is having a crashout over this station's signs having English text be the first and largest.

>>2886670
Not unreasonable I think. To crash out I mean. Truthfully foreigners should appreciate getting catered to at all, getting priority in any way is retarded. You gonna put Spanish signage first and largest in Texas? I'd hope not.

what's this soapland thing I keep hearing about?

>>2886676
Boy do I have news for you lol

>>2886527

I went to both during my last trip.

Nagasaki is small and quite comfy and the nuke museum is good, but there isn't a whole lot to do in the city itself. I did the tour of Gunkanjima, but wish I had done the extra admin to go to Ikeshima instead.

Hiroshima feels like every other medium sized city in Japan, I walked around the nuke park but didn't go into the museum.

Ok, fuck it I am going to Hiroshima for a weekend, 40k yen for hotel room and almost twice for transport but what can you do. I hope I won't get panic attack from atom bomb museum as it was always sensitive topic for me. And I hope miyayima is as beautiful as they say and the flower festival will give me comfy feels and weather will be good

>>2886687
it's some fucked up thing where old dudes pay to get into soap themed parties with hot babes dressed like bathtime-themed mascots

How do people in their 20's dress in Tokyo during the summer? Do they wear baggy jeans and oversized t's like zoomers do in the west? I want to make sure I'm dressed appropriately when there.

Seems like convenience food per day will cost me almost same as low tier restaurants (>1000 yen, I could get ramen for 700 of I search but portion too small), because I ate yesterday evening and today 2 bentos and few balls of rice's with but of protein in it and still hungry. Portions are just too small and I am not fat fuck, just walking a lot.
It will be for sure difficult to live here in Tokyo for 2 months without ruining myself financially

>>2886779
supermarket after 6

>>2884270
Yumeoriya Hobby: https://www.yumeoriya.jp/

1st store (Heisei retro merchandise): https://x.com/yumeoriya_hobby

2nd store (merchandise and toys for girls): https://x.com/yumeoriya_cute

3rd store (merchandise and toys for boys): https://x.com/yumeoriya_kids

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>>2886779
Grocery stores such as OK Store sell much cheaper bentos than convenience stores

Picture related: Regarding the prices written on the shelves, red prices are for OK store members while black prices are for non-members. You do not need an OK store membership to shop at OK stores.

https://ok-corporation.jp/

https://twitter.com/OK_EDLP

OK Asakusa Food Tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=478H0grYX6A

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>>2886779
Go get breakfast at your local Komeda Coffee. Each order of coffee during breakfast hours at Komeda Coffee (ending 11:00 AM) comes with a complimentary set of bread and toppings. While you wait for your order, the staff hands you water and warm towels.

The best Japanese coffee shop with many fans, Komeda Coffee!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpMqRaUotXQ

https://www.komeda.co.jp/

https://twitter.com/KomedaOfficial

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>>2886802
Did you know that you can actually order corn soup as part of the morning service drink instead of the usual order of cofee? It's recommended to dip Komeda Coffee's signature toast into the corn soup and eat it that way. Alternatively, you could ask to substitute your order of coffee with clam chowder, but I believe the clam chowder will cost more than the coffee, while the corn soup shares the exact same price as the coffee.

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>>2886779
Gusto's famous 549 Yen weekday lunch special. Sadly, Gusto's lunch special used to be just 500 Yen back in 2025.

https://www.skylark.co.jp/en/gusto/

https://www.skylark.co.jp/en/gusto/menu/menu_category.html?cid=290

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>>2886779
If you are really that hungry for cheap meat and vegetables in Japan, just go eat lunch and dinner every day at Shabu-Yo / Syabuyo(しゃぶ葉)with Shabu-Yo's weekday lunch menu packing the most value since the time limit is unlimited until 14:40 aka 2:40 PM.

All-you-can-eat shabu shabu restaurants like Shabu-Yo (しゃぶ葉) are a massive staple for Japanese bodybuilders and fitness enthusiasts. The hot pot format allows them to eat high quality protein (lean beef, pork, chicken) and massive amounts of fiber (vegetables, mushrooms).

https://www.skylark.co.jp/en/syabuyo/

https://x.com/syabuyou_PR