Going to Japan! Tips and recommendations?

**SilentGrief** · 05-22-2009 03:09 PM

Hey all, I'm going to Japan soon and I was wondering about good places to visit and see.
Thanks in advance.

**The_OG_Nelta** · 05-22-2009 03:10 PM

I think we have had one of these threads already.

**The Stig** · 05-22-2009 03:13 PM

Shinjuku Bunka Quint Bldg. 3-22-7 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku,Tokyo

When you go, PM me, I will send you eggs.

**Kajii** · 05-22-2009 03:14 PM

Always a hot & happening spot

**The Blackrose** · 05-22-2009 03:18 PM

http://www.bluegartr.com/forum/58325...king-tips.html

**MF Perm tha Fineass** · 05-22-2009 03:21 PM

Originally Posted by Kajii

Always a hot & happening spot

**Mafai** · 05-22-2009 03:21 PM

wheres sath?

sorry couldnt resist.

**SilentGrief** · 05-22-2009 03:29 PM

Terribly sorry, I didn't see that thread.
Will a Mod lock/delete this please?

**Mayareira** · 05-22-2009 03:31 PM

Originally Posted by Kajii

lickpic

LOL

**Colenzo** · 05-22-2009 03:37 PM

Originally Posted by SilentGrief

Hey all, I'm going to Japan soon and I was wondering about good places to visit and see.
Thanks in advance.

the emperor

**Zilong** · 05-22-2009 03:59 PM

Comiket is happening at like the 3rd week of august or something.

If you feel like buying smut books and other anime/manga/game related merchandise, that's definitely an event to attend

**Skeeterxi** · 05-22-2009 04:03 PM

Just walk around with a bewildered look on your face commenting on how everyone really does the look the same.

**Correction** · 05-22-2009 05:49 PM

avoid comiket.

yes, fucking avoid comiket.

The only thing you find at comiket that you won't in Ikebukuro/Akihabara is limited edition small print run porn. For that you pay the price of slumming around in uncomfortable proximity with some of the worst examples of Japanese subcreatures, which you can again view from a safe angle/distance in the aforementioned Buroughs.

Japan is a very big country and despite the famous train lines it will take you 6+ hours to go from Tokyo to Kyoto. Where are you going to stay?

Assuming you're in Tokyo:

If you really want some bargain priced .jp memorabilia hit up mandarake in Nakano, it's by far the best one to visit (it's like 6 separate stores in a huge mall), or the one in Shibuya is fine also. That one is closer to other stuff, the Nakano store is a bit of a trek and there's not much else there.

**antihero** · 05-22-2009 05:56 PM

you can do it man, bitches love confidence!

**Deejay** · 05-22-2009 05:59 PM

Originally Posted by The Blackrose

http://www.bluegartr.com/forum/58325...king-tips.html

sweet, i'm actually in Tokyo right now and I couldn't find this thread and didn't want to make a new one due to the influx of shitty threads on general lately... Thanks!

**octopus** · 05-22-2009 06:34 PM

Originally Posted by Correction

Japan is a very big country and despite the famous train lines it will take you 6+ hours to go from Tokyo to Kyoto.

Enter the station name

Look it up yourself. It takes less than 3 hours to go one way (even if you decide to not take the NOZOMI line)

**Correction** · 05-22-2009 06:38 PM

hmm, my memory be hazy. Then again I think I might have taken the kodama, which makes a buttload of stops. Even if you want it to take less than 2 1/2 hours that's an 80 dollar 1-way train ticket you're buying. JR Rail Pass go go.

**octopus** · 05-22-2009 06:51 PM

That's the thing, if you're a foreigner you can purchase that JR Rail Pass which is a must! Free rides ftw