I'm Going To Japan

Greetings from Sapporo!!

@qilver: Flew out on the 22nd. That was today, but its tomorrow, and its gonna be the 24th.... :hehe: Gotta love how Japan is 16 hrs ahead of the so cal. :victory:

qilver wrote:


MrChoiBoi,

what time do you fly out? have a good flight, and enjoy your trip.

here's more pix, and of Akiba!!!
enjoy! and for those otaku like myself, i recommend K-books, and a few other places, as shown in the pix.
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These places don't look as crowded as I would have thought. Did you get at a slow time, or are the crowds usually just on the main streets?

I just LURVEE the capsule turning machines!!

I 'wasted' a lot of coins there last year in Tokyo... :rofl:

Wynter wrote:

These places don't look as crowded as I would have thought. Did you get at a slow time, or are the crowds usually just on the main streets?

that was one thing that struck me when i was in tokyo last year. it was nowhere near as busy as i thought it should be. osaka on the other hand is crowded any time of the day. :headscratch:

kenjilina wrote:

that was one thing that struck me when i was in tokyo last year. it was nowhere near as busy as i thought it should be. osaka on the other hand is crowded any time of the day. :headscratch:

Hmmmm is it smaller in size?

Wynter wrote:

Hmmmm is it smaller in size?

nah tokyo is absolutely huge. even the airport seemed very quiet though. just strange i guess.

kenjilina wrote:

nah tokyo is absolutely huge. even the airport seemed very quiet though. just strange i guess.

lol I meant Osaka. I figure if it was smaller, it'd have more of a crowd. Tho smaller places tend to have smaller populations as well... :sweat:

Wynter wrote:

lol I meant Osaka. I figure if it was smaller, it'd have more of a crowd. Tho smaller places tend to have smaller populations as well... :sweat:

I think Osaka is the 3rd largest city in Japan after Tokyo and Yokohama...i don't think it's small at all.

Tu_triky wrote:

I think Osaka is the 3rd largest city in Japan after Tokyo and Yokohama...i don't think it's small at all.

SmallER. :P

Wynter wrote:

SmallER. :P

I gotcha

I can't imagine it's that much smaller....Osaka is the largest city on the Kansai plain which is basically the urban "capital" of southern Japan.

Tu_triky wrote:

I gotcha

I can't imagine it's that much smaller....Osaka is the largest city on the Kansai plain which is basically the urban "capital" of southern Japan.

Is it population then? tho I would assume it would be larger in Tokyo...

Wynter wrote:

Is it population then? tho I would assume it would be larger in Tokyo...

Nah, maybe it's population per capita....Tokyo is way larger if I'm not mistaken...in terms of population....I haven't been to Kansai, hence I haven't been to Osaka...but I know Tokyo & Yokohama which I have been are known to crowded.

Mr.ChoyBoi wrote:Greetings from Sapporo!!

@qilver: Flew out on the 22nd. That was today, but its tomorrow, and its gonna be the 24th.... :hehe: Gotta love how Japan is 16 hrs ahead of the so cal. :victory:

@Mr.ChoyBoi,

just 1 week since i was there.

yokoso, welcome......to Japan!
had a good flight? JAL?
what is in store for your schedule? staying in Hokkaido eh? i've never gone before, maybe next time, not sure which other areas i might go to in Japan, but i definitely love Tokyo the most, the big city.

ok more pix to post laters..... :bonk:

Tu_triky wrote:


Nah, maybe it's population per capita....Tokyo is way larger if I'm not mistaken...in terms of population....I haven't been to Kansai, hence I haven't been to Osaka...but I know Tokyo & Yokohama which I have been are known to crowded.

Osaka:
Area 222.11 km²
Population (as of January 1, 2007)
Total 2,636,256
(19,220,000 in Metropolitan Area)
Density 11,869/km²

Tokyo:
Area 2,187.08 km²
Population (June 1, 2006)
- Population 12,570,000
(8,520,000 in special wards)
- Density 5796 /km²

I guess it depends when and where you are. It the morning, I'm sure it's insane, but at 10:30, maybe 90% are working and not really trolling the streets. (Minus a short stop to a love hotel with the secretary, of course). ;)

tabana wrote:
Osaka:
Area 222.11 km²
Population (as of January 1, 2007)
Total 2,636,256
(19,220,000 in Metropolitan Area)
Density 11,869/km²

Tokyo:
Area 2,187.08 km²
Population (June 1, 2006)
- Population 12,570,000
(8,520,000 in special wards)
- Density 5796 /km²

I guess it depends when and where you are. It the morning, I'm sure it's insane, but at 10:30, maybe 90% are working and not really trolling the streets. (Minus a short stop to a love hotel with the secretary, of course). ;)

so i was right...the population per capita....density in your stats...is higher in osaka than tokyo....not like tokyo is full of bright airy streets like the champs elysees in paris :sweat:

:hehe:
Slightly more populated than North Dakota with 3.5/km².

They don't have much takoyaki in Tokyo, that's why everybody's packed up in Osaka. :P

tabana wrote::hehe:
They don't have much takoyaki in Tokyo, that's why everybody's packed up in Osaka. :P

:rofl: must be! Kansai no takoyaki ichiban oishii desu ne....kamoshirimasen.

tabana wrote::hehe:
Slightly more populated than North Dakota with 3.5/km².

They don't have much takoyaki in Tokyo, that's why everybody's packed up in Osaka. :P

i saw some Takoyaki stands around in Tokyo..i think, even one at Narita Airport in the food section upstairs, Terminal 2.

i think i saw some in Nagoya as well.... :bonk:

qilver wrote:

i saw some Takoyaki stands around in Tokyo..i think, even one at Narita Airport in the food section upstairs, Terminal 2.

i think i saw some in Nagoya as well.... :bonk:

he ain't talkin' about that kind of takoyaki brutha....:P

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qilver wrote:
@Mr.ChoyBoi,

just 1 week since i was there.

yokoso, welcome......to Japan!
had a good flight? JAL?
what is in store for your schedule? staying in Hokkaido eh? i've never gone before, maybe next time, not sure which other areas i might go to in Japan, but i definitely love Tokyo the most, the big city.

ok more pix to post laters..... :bonk:

Had a long flight on United. It was a lot cheaper than Jal and ANA. Well im going to school here in Sapporo for the next 3 weeks. Its only from 9-12:30 so the rest of the afternoon is free. I pretty much walked like 5 hrs around the Sapporo station. Im hella tired.... :beaten: