Travel (non-Japan)

This summer Me, my friend and her grand ma are going to California los angeles to be exact to see some of their realtives,
but I was wondering does anyone know of any cool shops or stuff to do?

P.S this is going to be my first time on a plane and on the west side of the US

Taira-Panku wrote:This summer Me, my friend and her grand ma are going to California los angeles to be exact to see some of their realtives,
but I was wondering does anyone know of any cool shops or stuff to do?

P.S this is going to be my first time on a plane and on the west side of the US

When in the summer? And where are the relatives located in L.A.?

If you show up in August, you could check out the annual Nisei Week Festival in Little Tokyo.... :)

bmwracer wrote:
When in the summer? And where are the relatives located in L.A.?

If you show up in August, you could check out the annual Nisei Week Festival in Little Tokyo.... :)

That sounds awsome! To bad we won't be their in august :(
Also does little Tokyo have alot of great places to shop?
I belive she said they are located south in Los Angels i'll have to ask her again and we are going July 15-25

Taira-Panku wrote:That sounds awsome! To bad we won't be their in august :(
Also does little Tokyo have alot of great places to shop?

Not a whole lot... Little Tokyo is sorta evolving at the moment: Most Japanese have moved out of the area and non-Japanese businesses are beggining to move in... :sweat:

Still, there are a number of nice restaurants and the Japanese-American Museum is located there... :)

BTW, check out the Nisei Week/Little Tokyo thread: http://jdorama.com/viewtopic.1411.0.htm :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
Not a whole lot... Little Tokyo is sorta evolving at the moment: Most Japanese have moved out of the area and non-Japanese businesses are beggining to move in... :sweat:

Still, there are a number of nice restaurants and the Japanese-American Museum is located there... :)

BTW, check out the Nisei Week/Little Tokyo thread: http://jdorama.com/viewtopic.1411.0.htm :victory:

Thanks alot Bmw! I'm excited hopefully I like LA!
Nisei week sounds fun! Hopefully I can check it out!

Taira-Panku wrote:Thanks alot Bmw! I'm excited hopefully I like LA!
Nisei week sounds fun! Hopefully I can check it out!

Hope you enjoy your time here. :victory:

Thinking of taking a cruise to hawaii.. maybe in july... cheaper than flight and hotel, since i know almost no one i can stay with now. probably won't be able to do as much, but i need some sort of break, and it's a pretty good deal.

Taira-Panku wrote:

That sounds awsome! To bad we won't be their in august :(
Also does little Tokyo have alot of great places to shop?
I belive she said they are located south in Los Angels i'll have to ask her again and we are going July 15-25

Lot's of places to eat around there, Beem can probably help more, since he's "south" of LA, i'm more east.

Definitely check out Melrose blvd for some nice boutique shopping. I guess you could hit up Little Tokyo and Sawtelle for the japanese oriented stuff.

krim wrote:Thinking of taking a cruise to hawaii.. maybe in july... cheaper than flight and hotel, since i know almost no one i can stay with now.

If you visit Oahu, you could hang with Aho... He knows of many a drinking spot... :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
If you visit Oahu, you could hang with Aho... He knows of many a drinking spot... :victory:

i thought he moved back to japan? :headscratch:

krim wrote:i thought he moved back to japan? :headscratch:

Nope, he's back in Oahu, according to his Facebook page.

bmwracer wrote:
Nope, he's back in Oahu, according to his Facebook page.

Maybe that's who Cori's been hanging with? :hehe: (I know it's not :P)

bmwracer wrote:
Nope, he's back in Oahu, according to his Facebook page.

im not cool enough to have him as a FB friend :sweat:

Anime Dad wrote:

Maybe that's who Cori's been hanging with? :hehe: (I know it's not :P)

i am SO spreading rumors.

I recently visited the Badlands in my Province.

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I was actually lucky that they're located in my own city, just a lil' north. The major badlands site is in Alberta.

^very cool Wyn-chan! :victory:

Anybody's been to Taiwan for holidays? Tickets prices are quite good at the moment and I'm thinking of going in December.

EstherM wrote:^very cool Wyn-chan! :victory:

Anybody's been to Taiwan for holidays? Tickets prices are quite good at the moment and I'm thinking of going in December.

My cousin just came back from Taiwan. He spent two weeks there. I haven't been myself, though.

Wynter wrote:My cousin just came back from Taiwan. He spent two weeks there. I haven't been myself, though.

Did he see/experience the typhoon? :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
Did he see/experience the typhoon? :sweat:

I don't think so. He came back in July.

Wynter wrote:I don't think so. He came back in July.

Oh. :doh:

Wynter wrote:

I don't think so. He came back in July.

That's a relief :victory: - if you speak to him let me know how he liked it

EstherM wrote:

That's a relief :victory: - if you speak to him let me know how he liked it

He went there to work for two weeks, so he said he felt like he was being rushed. He said eating there is way cheap and they have some beautiful locations (nature). He said the people are also kind and lovely.