I'm Going To Japan

Tu_triky wrote:

it's closer to Osaka I think..it's in the Kansai region which is the southern part of Japan's main island Honshu.

ah...i see, thanks for the info.
I didn't get a chance to go to Osaka, last time, but i was close, 20 min train ride from there, since i was in Kyoto area.

qilver wrote:

very nice pix, looking forward to seeing your other pix. :applaud:

Me too. :thumbsup:

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Got it here

tabana wrote:
Me too. :thumbsup:

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Got it here

ah maps are cool :mrgreen: thanks

not if you draw them every day. :bleh: :mrgreen:

krim wrote:not if you draw them every day. :bleh: :mrgreen:

yeah that's a drag....i used to it for columbus....we didn't have CAD back in the day....just a no. 2 pencil and dried squid as an eraser

How much is the transportation fee???

tabana wrote:
Me too. :thumbsup:

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Got it here

Tu_triky wrote:

ah maps are cool :mrgreen: thanks

No problems. :mrgreen:

SMAPxELAINE wrote:How much is the transportation fee???

You can get all the types, prices and informations about Japan Rail Pass here: link :) It looks a little bit complicated thought. :sweat:

tabana wrote:
You can get all the types, prices and informations about Japan Rail Pass here: link :) It looks a little bit complicated thought. :sweat:

If you plan to take the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Osaka (or further) and back, it more than pays for itself. Also you don't need to get the Green pass, the ordinary is fine.

(This is all based on personal experience)

dochira wrote:
If you plan to take the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Osaka (or further) and back, it more than pays for itself. Also you don't need to get the Green pass, the ordinary is fine.

(This is all based on personal experience)

i found a rickshaw to be the most efficient form of travel.

Tu_triky wrote:
i found a rickshaw to be the most efficient form of travel.

All that running gets too tiring. :sweat: :hehe:

dochira wrote:
All that running gets too tiring. :sweat: :hehe:

i wasn't doin' the pullng it was some racially discriminated against gaijin the japanese refused citizenship to.

i did give him some gyoza tho.

Tu_triky wrote:
i did give him some gyoza tho.

That was nice of you to do. Did you make it to Okinawa?

dochira wrote:
That was nice of you to do. Did you make it to Okinawa?

no but after he collapsed his brother took me to ashiya so i could wait for the arrival of ahochaude....

Tu_triky wrote:
no but after he collapsed his brother took me to ashiya so i could wait for the arrival of ahochaude....

That deserves some Orion.

dochira wrote:
That deserves some Orion.

yes the indigenously produced hops are in order.

dochira wrote:
If you plan to take the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Osaka (or further) and back, it more than pays for itself. Also you don't need to get the Green pass, the ordinary is fine.

(This is all based on personal experience)

i fully agree....

:victory:
not sure what the going rate is for JR pass 7, 14, 21 days
currently?

news blurbs... some of these are funny.


Fuzzy Logic
A doctor tried to set a hospital on fire by pouring vegetable oil around the lobby and lighting it. He said he was angry that the condition of one of his former patients had worsened.

Companies and government offices in Hokkaido told their staff to come to work an hour early over the summer to prove to the powers that be that adopting summer time in Japan would be a good thing.
The morning sun wakes most of us up early anyway, so we might as well be doing something productive.

Roppongi is cursed because of the destruction of ancient shrines in the area and the arrival of gforeigners [who] worship their own deitiesh according to a feng shui master quoted in Jitsuwa Knuckles/The Japan Times.

Osaka is to publish magazines in English, Hangul and Chinese and distribute them overseas to try to dispel the cityfs image of being nothing more than yakuza dens and pachinko parlors.

Three experts from the Japan Toilet Maintenance Institute were dispatched to Singapore to boost morale among local toilet cleaners, teach them new techniques and impart gthe right valuesh for world-class toilet specialists.

interesting...... :bonk: :headscratch:

Tu_triky wrote:

Three experts from the Japan Toilet Maintenance Institute were dispatched to Singapore to boost morale among local toilet cleaners, teach them new techniques and impart gthe right valuesh for world-class toilet specialists.

that's kinda...

:shit: ... endearing ^-^

triky wrote:

Osaka is to publish magazines in English, Hangul and Chinese and distribute them overseas to try to dispel the cityfs image of being nothing more than yakuza dens and pachinko parlors.

Actually, Osaka is nothing more than yakuza dens, pachinko parlors and lunatic Hanshin Tigers fans. :bonk: [/list:u]