Going to Japan! Tips and recommendations?

**SilentGrief** · 2009-05-22 15:09

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** · 2009-05-22 15:10

I think we have had one of these threads already.

**The Stig** · 2009-05-22 15:13

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...t_Building.jpg

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

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

http://www.foodsubs.com/Photos/egg.jpg

**Kajii** · 2009-05-22 15:14

http://www.neko-sentai.com/images5u/up7481.jpg
Always a hot & happening spot

**The Blackrose** · 2009-05-22 15:18

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

**MF Perm tha Fineass** · 2009-05-22 15:21

Originally Posted by Kajii

http://www.neko-sentai.com/images5u/up7481.jpg
Always a hot & happening spot

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t..._thumbnail.jpg

**Mafai** · 2009-05-22 15:21

wheres sath?

sorry couldnt resist.

**SilentGrief** · 2009-05-22 15:29

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

**Mayareira** · 2009-05-22 15:31

Originally Posted by Kajii

lickpic

LOL

**Colenzo** · 2009-05-22 15:37

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** · 2009-05-22 15:59

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** · 2009-05-22 16:03

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

**Correction** · 2009-05-22 17:49

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** · 2009-05-22 17:56

you can do it man, bitches love confidence!

**Deejay** · 2009-05-22 17:59

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** · 2009-05-22 18:34

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** · 2009-05-22 18:38

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** · 2009-05-22 18:51

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