Actually, i've heard that. I would definitely try it out if I was there...

Anime Dad wrote:

Actually, i've heard that. I would definitely try it out if I was there...

you'd have to..unless you want to blow all your spending money on cab rides. cabs are for emergencies or one way trips like getting home after the subways have stopped running.

happened to my friend and i once...we went out drinking, got wasted and then he insisted on taking the train home...well the train stopped running a few stops before our destination. so we had to exit the subway station and hail a cab.

Ouch. Are the subways safe late at night?

Anime Dad wrote:

Ouch. Are the subways safe late at night?

i never felt unsafe, not even once. i used to live in new york so i know the feeling of being on the train and not feeling safe.


have you ever seen pictures of the myriad number of drunkards who crash out in the subway or in the station...everybody just walks past them like they're dead paying them no mind.

Yeah I have.... amazing.

I wouldn't even get on a train in Sydney late at night, unless I was in a large group.

Anime Dad wrote:

Yeah I have.... amazing. I wouldn't even get on a train in Sydney late at night, unless I was in a large group.

or it's like that huh? i see. dude when i was in japan i would see women walking in evening, by themselves, like it was broad daylight....

i'm sure it's not like that in every neighborhood but for the most part it's incredibly safe.

Hmmmm. Another good reason to go

Anime Dad wrote:

Hmmmm. Another good reason to go

my friend on the train

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my friend on the train

Eh--to...atama wa naindesuka? He looks like he has no head.

ganmo wrote:

Quote: my friend on the train Eh--to...atama wa naindesuka? He looks like he has no head.

so desu yo.

ganmo wrote:

Quote: my friend on the train Eh--to...atama wa naindesuka? He looks like he has no head.

I thought so too....

Nice to see you again ganmo!

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so desu yo.

Kubi-kitta...? Seriously, if you fall asleep on a train in Scotland, you'll wake up with everything stolen off of you - clothes included.

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I thought so too.... Nice to see you again ganmo!

Anime Dad...Nice to see you too!

Hiya...genki? I'm just dropping in for a short visit. It's late here so I won't be on too long.

I'm currently looking at tours traveling to Japan because I really want to go but Japan tours are very rare and expensive here. The only one I saw cost £2500 for 2 weeks and was a Flower Tour to Kyoto. Flowers? Not really my kind of tour...

ganmo wrote:

Quote: I thought so too.... Nice to see you again ganmo! Anime Dad...Nice to see you too! Hiya...genki? I'm just dropping in for a short visit. It's late here so I won't be on too long. I'm currently looking at tours traveling to Japan because I really want to go but Japan tours are very rare and expensive here. The only one I saw cost £2500 for 2 weeks and was a Flower Tour to Kyoto. Flowers? Not really my kind of tour...

okagesamade!

Sounds expensive! I'm sure there's better ways of getting there..... can I come too?

ganmo wrote:

Quote: so desu yo. Kubi-kitta...? Seriously, if you fall asleep on a train in Scotland, you'll wake up with everything stolen off of you - clothes included.

we were the the last two ppl in that train car before the train stopped at Hiro-o in Tokyo and we were forced to get off and take a cab back to the hotel.

ganmo wrote:

Quote: I thought so too.... Nice to see you again ganmo! Anime Dad...Nice to see you too! Hiya...genki? I'm just dropping in for a short visit. It's late here so I won't be on too long. I'm currently looking at tours traveling to Japan because I really want to go but Japan tours are very rare and expensive here. The only one I saw cost £2500 for 2 weeks and was a Flower Tour to Kyoto. Flowers? Not really my kind of tour...

i've never been to kyoto but if you spend your whole time there i think you'll get bored because it's more traditional culture without any of the fast paced energy of Tokyo or Osaka, even.

Tu_triky wrote:

we were the the last two ppl in that train car before the train stopped at Hiro-o in Tokyo and we were forced to get off and take a cab back to the hotel.

yeah, that happened to me and my friend too.....we were one stop short, and since it was just after 12am, we had to take a cab back to the hotel in Shinagawa, and it was 1100 yen for a few blocks to the hotel.

qilver wrote:

yeah, that happened to me and my friend too.....we were one stop short, and since it was just after 12am, we had to take a cab back to the hotel in Shinagawa, and it was 1100 yen for a few blocks to the hotel.

yeah? geez about a 11 dollars for a few blocks. it's one of those things if you know you're way around and we're that close you could walk but you don't want to go wandering around lost in the middle of the evening especially when you're tired.

Tu_triky wrote:

i've never been to kyoto but if you spend your whole time there i think you'll get bored because it's more traditional culture without any of the fast paced energy of Tokyo or Osaka, even.

i've been a few times and even managed to go during the cherry blossom season. nijo jo and its nightingale floor is amazing especially when 100s of people are walking on it at the same time!

i recognised the station immediately in 'lost in translation' when charlotte went for a trip.
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Passers-by walk past a huge photo panel of popular soccer star David Beckham displayed on a tube billboard on the glass Metro Hat entrance to the subway in Tokyo's ritzy Roppongi Hills on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007. (AP)