I'm Going To Japan

Started by cZo · 14 Mar 2005 · 11,349 replies

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3 Apr 2008, 05:07 #8141
tabana wrote:I didn't think about that. :woot:

Maybe not a good idea. We don't want him to go bankrupt after a week. :sweat:


Whaddya mean....we'll be the ppl filling up his place to make it look all busy attracting more customers..


"PC-San......Biiru mo ippon kudasai!"
3 Apr 2008, 06:35 #8142
tabana wrote:Sadly (or thankfully?) no. Just a few basics thing. I practiced listening, but didn't talk much. I let the girlfriend do the talking and just stared blankly trying to figure out what the hell they were talking about. Way too fast for me.

This is news to me. You have a Japanese GF? Cool. :woot: :victory:
3 Apr 2008, 07:09 #8143
tabana wrote:Thanks. :D

It was really awesome. I loved every second of it. I sometimes still think it wasn't real. Like it was only a dream or something. I didn't have jet lag, because I didn't slept the night before. I'm happy to have seen lots of yopparai oyaji. :drink:

I had more of a feeling of living there than actually was on a trip. We even rented a small apartment, for 3 days, near Ueno station. I didn't even see foreign tourists except for Asakusa temple and a handful on top of a mountain in Hakone. I did enjoyed a few things the locals do like falling asleep in trains, buying an umbrella at a 100yen store when it rains, eating every sample in omiyage stores and not buying anything, home cooked meal... Nice weather, except for one evening, it rain for 2 or 3 hours. I was a little bit shocked to know someone killed himself, in front of the train, almost every time I took it tho.

I really enjoyed the food. I don't even like soba here, because it tastes like shiet. I think I ate some 2 or 3 times there. I can't believe I forgot to eat takoyaki tho. I saw a lot of stands, but always right after a meal, so I never bought some. I'll have to go back. Things kind of happened, between my travel partner and I, early in the trip, so we didn't go to Akiba or Kubukichou, but instead did things like hanami or just walk around. :inlove: I was scared at first not being able to see sakura, but it was in full bloom on the 26th or 27th. Really beautiful.

I thought of throwing away my passport and never go back home, but I guess it's better than being kicked out of the country and never being able to go back again. Now, I hate even more the place I'm living and want to go back ASAP. Cheaper than I expected tho. You can have a really good meal for 1000~1200yens. Tax included and don't have to tip. The coffee is fuggin expensive tho. 340 for a medium size cup. :nut: At one place in Hakone, they even served us instant coffee for 300 a cup.

Usually, when I travel, after a while I'm actually happy to go home. Not this time. I'd go there again today and never come back. Really awesome place. I wish everybody can experience it.

I'll post pictures later.


Missed that part, so....

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4 Apr 2008, 08:56 #8144
Tu_triky wrote:

Whaddya mean....we'll be the ppl filling up his place to make it look all busy attracting more customers..

You're right. That's very good for business. In the end, we might be all to drunk to remember everything was free and end up paying the bill. :hehe:
dochira wrote:
This is news to me. You have a Japanese GF? Cool. :woot: :victory:

Yes. :D The only bad thing is, she has to stay in Japan for 3 or 4 weeks, so I won't see her. :puppydog: One more reason I didn't want to come back.
krim wrote:

Missed that part, so....

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:hehe:

Omatase. Uploaded a first batch. The 1st one is somewhere near the north pole. The rest are in Yokohama. The ones high above were taken at the 57th floor of Yokohama Landmark. Highest building in Japan. (the building to the left in the night shot with ferris wheel) It had a nice view, the pics came out crappy.

To go to the other side of the bay kind of looks far, but it was only a 20~25 minutes walk. It was pretty nice. I forgot to take a picture, but I saw a girl carrying her boyfriend on her back. :sweat:

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4 Apr 2008, 09:19 #8145
tabana wrote:
:hehe:

Omatase. Uploaded a first batch. The 1st one is somewhere near the north pole. The rest are in Yokohama. The ones high above were taken at the 57th floor of Yokohama Landmark. Highest building in Japan. (the building to the left in the night shot with ferris wheel) It had a nice view, the pics came out crappy.

To go to the other side of the bay kind of looks far, but it was only a 20~25 minutes walk. It was pretty nice. I forgot to take a picture, but I saw a girl carrying her boyfriend on her back. :sweat:



Wow those night shots are really spectacular....cool photos. :applaud:

Dayem taking a photo of that girl with her bf on her back would have been priceless...that would have been the most memorable pic for sure!
4 Apr 2008, 09:57 #8146
tabana wrote:
:hehe:


GORGEOUS pictures!

I forgot to take a picture, but I saw a girl carrying her boyfriend on her back. :sweat:


LOL! How do you know it was her boyfriend?
4 Apr 2008, 10:03 #8147
Nice pics!
4 Apr 2008, 18:18 #8148
I'm going to Japan in November or December this year.
Mind you, this is not a 'family' trip for me this time around. -Going to hit up all the clubs and bars! All about fun this time around, and no "Brady Bunch" stuff for me.
I got some of my homies from hawaii coming up with me. If anyone else is interested, PM me. I'm looking around right now and will coordinate for places to stay.

PARTY IN NIPPON!
5 Apr 2008, 04:30 #8149
Sounds like a fun trip.
Wynter wrote:

LOL! How do you know it was her boyfriend?


Good question, but it seems women do the hard work over there for their boyfriend. A few days later, I saw a girl having a hard time carrying 2 dufflebags and rolling a suitcase, while her boyfriend was walking ahead, empty handed, smoking a cig and complaining she was slow to keep up. :beaten: :rofl:


Btw, thanks everybody. :)
6 Apr 2008, 07:31 #8151
qilver wrote:nice photos Tabana,

here are a few of mine from my trip, a lot more to follow...

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Very cool photos. I like the picture with all the trees....great color.
6 Apr 2008, 09:15 #8152
I watched a drama recently that had the charactes walking thru that bamboo forest.. can't remember which now...
6 Apr 2008, 09:30 #8153
krim wrote:I watched a drama recently that had the charactes walking thru that bamboo forest.. can't remember which now...


Cool. It looks like the Forest Moon of Endor...I half expect Ewoks to pop out and speeder bikes to be racing through the wispy bambo trees.
6 Apr 2008, 10:39 #8154
Tu_triky wrote:

Very cool photos. I like the picture with all the trees....great color.


Me too!
6 Apr 2008, 10:40 #8155
Wynter wrote:

Me too!


Looks quite stunning.
6 Apr 2008, 10:40 #8156
Tu_triky wrote:

Looks quite stunning.


And very VERY quite. One day I'll take PEE PEE there for a walk. He'll like that.
6 Apr 2008, 10:53 #8157
Wynter wrote:

And very VERY quite. One day I'll take PEE PEE there for a walk. He'll like that.


Ain't nothing like a pee in the tree.
6 Apr 2008, 10:59 #8158
Tu_triky wrote:

Ain't nothing like a pee in the tree.


Public places add a whole new level of exhilaration.
6 Apr 2008, 15:34 #8159
Wynter wrote:

Public places add a whole new level of exhilaration.


For me it's just marking my territory.
6 Apr 2008, 23:48 #8160
Wynter wrote:Public places add a whole new level of exhilaration.

Did you really mean "Public" or "Pub.....? :beaten: :hehe:

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