Well folks, wish me luck. Outta here tomorrow for Tokyo for a week with my best bud. Hope the jet leg doesn't kick our asses to bad for such a short trip
Pics and stories upon my return!
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| Author: | Elessar [ Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:54 pm ] |
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Well folks, wish me luck. Outta here tomorrow for Tokyo for a week with my best bud. Hope the jet leg doesn't kick our asses to bad for such a short trip Pics and stories upon my return! |
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| Author: | damaged [ Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:55 pm ] |
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Nice! Have fun, and don't get arrested 
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| Author: | Lydiaa [ Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:57 pm ] |
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Gratz~ have fun! |
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| Author: | Jasmy [ Tue Mar 02, 2010 7:34 pm ] |
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Have fun!! |
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| Author: | Aethien [ Wed Mar 03, 2010 12:21 am ] |
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Oh, man, you're just gonna miss the March Sumo tournament. Too bad. Sounds like a fun trip though, enjoy. |
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| Author: | Hopwin [ Wed Mar 03, 2010 7:34 am ] |
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Awesome, have a great time! |
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| Author: | Jeryn [ Wed Mar 03, 2010 9:08 am ] |
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Hope you love it! Also, hope you meet Scarlett Johansson and wind up doing karaoke in some bar in the middle of the night, but that one's sort of a reach. |
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| Author: | Xerxes [ Wed Mar 03, 2010 12:38 pm ] |
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Good luck Elessar! |
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| Author: | Elessar [ Mon Mar 15, 2010 1:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tokyo Adventure [pics linked from facebook] |
So, I thought I'd share a couple choice photos of my trip to Tokyo, Japan from last week. I took well over 250 photos, so I'll try to trim that number down to something more reasonable First off, guess who was lucky enough to get a first class seat for the 13hr flight to Narita airport?  Air Canada's long haul fleet has these awesome new seats that fully recline into tiny beds. They are soooo comfy. The first morning we woke up as early as possible (which wasn't to hard because your bodies' clock is still so messed up) to hit the Tsukiji Fish Market, which was crazy. Here's a pic from the famed tuna auctions. Man those fish are BIG.  Me in a section of the Imperial Palace grounds. This was our only nice day of the week, the rest of them were wet and rainy!  Dusk in Akihabara settles. This neighbourhood is nicknamed 'Electric town' for its cheap electronics and manga, but honestly nothing seemed cheaper than at home.  Entrance to Senso-ji temple, which was right by our hostel. Love the bigass latern.  5-storey pagoda on the temple grounds. Wish that darn tree wasn't in the photo   My buddy Kyle with one of many weird / crazy mascots and stuff you see on the streets.  Tokyo Tower shrouded in mist. Kinda an ugly Eiffel Tower  Cool statue in Roppongi Hills! Which by the way is a super sweet "city within a city" design. We weren't really sure what to expect with that description before visiting, but it was totally appropriate after visiting.  Takeshita-dori, which was one of many small market streets we visited. This was on a Sunday, hence the busyness!  Shibuya Crossing! Reportedly the world's busiest pedestrian crossing, and I believe it. We spent a good 30 mins just fooling around taking photos and video. On a side note, wiki "Hachiko statue" to read a cute story about a dog who is commemorated with a statue by the train station there. Fans of Futurama will be happy.  I got this shot late Sunday night when the subway people kicked us out 2 spots earlier than I expected. The last trains leave at midnight'ish there, but I was to understand they finished the lines. I guess for some of them they only go to certain stations, so we were forced out 2 stops earlier and I was confused where the heck we were. I did however get this sweet shot of the city at night right outside the train station. It took us about an hour to walk to the hostel from there, although admittedly we were slightly tipsy so I'm sure that added some time hehe  The next day we took the train outside the city to the seaside town of Kamakura. Upon getting off the train, we saw a sign for bike rentals and joked about how sweet of an idea it would be to rent some. We paused for a couple seconds and then said to each "well, why don't we?" hehe. Here are our sweet hogs.  The Great Pacific Ocean as seen from the other side...looks kind of the same Just had to share these cute little buddhas  Kamakura's most famous attraction, Daibutsu, aka the Great Buddha.  On the steps of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine  Having fun in a tiny little shrine off the beaten path in Tsurugaoka. Thank you self timers!  Senso-ji temple at night.  Walking thru Ueno Park. We got a small taste of the cherry blossoms upcoming bloom. I imagine it will look very beautiful there in a few weeks time  Most restaurants had these plastic food displays outside, which I thought were really funny. Never seen that before  I visited a couple museums while there, notably the Tokyo National and the Edo-Tokyo museum. The Edo one was fantastic, while the National was so-so. Here's a cool sword from the National though, because we all love Japanese swords after Kill Bill right?  The awesome man who ran the hostel we stayed at. All the staff were super friendly and helpful, probably the best one I've stayed at so far  And just for fun, here's a shrunk map of the Tokyo Subway system...it was sure fun learning to use it  Ok well thats just a small sampling of the many pics I took while over there. Hope you enjoyed! Tried to keep the pics down to a minimum in this post but I'm not as good as Roophus heh, I just take to many photos and want to share them all. |
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| Author: | Kaffis Mark V [ Mon Mar 15, 2010 1:58 pm ] |
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Okay, that Subway system map has mesmerized me. I want a link to a larger version. =P |
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| Author: | Aethien [ Mon Mar 15, 2010 2:38 pm ] |
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I like the Takeshita-dori and Shibuya Crossing pics. They just scream "Blade Runner" to me. |
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| Author: | Kirra [ Mon Mar 15, 2010 3:31 pm ] |
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Awsome pics!!! I get to at least see nice vactions...I so need a vacation. |
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| Author: | Lenas [ Mon Mar 15, 2010 3:43 pm ] |
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Looks like an awesome trip man. |
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| Author: | Hokanu [ Mon Mar 15, 2010 6:28 pm ] |
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The pic of you two in the tiny little shrine screams for some 'shoppin' Totally jealous. I'd love to visit there some day! |
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| Author: | Rodahn [ Mon Mar 15, 2010 6:53 pm ] |
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Hyrouken! You so should have blocked that Nice pics. I so wanna go someday. |
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| Author: | Colphax [ Mon Mar 15, 2010 8:23 pm ] |
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Looks like you had a good time...color me jealous! |
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| Author: | Rynar [ Mon Mar 15, 2010 8:28 pm ] |
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Great shots! |
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| Author: | Roophus Gunthar [ Mon Mar 15, 2010 11:06 pm ] |
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Awesome! Two vacation threads now! Those pics are great. I hope you had fun! |
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| Author: | Raell [ Tue Mar 16, 2010 5:40 am ] |
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*blink* Is that a giant freaking spider??? |
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| Author: | Gorse [ Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:22 am ] |
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The trains and subway system can be daunting at first, but really is not bad once you understand how it works. Did you get to go inside the Great Daibutsu? I visited there several times when I was stationed in Yokosuka. Many of the other pictures are indicative of most areas of Japan you will visit. The fake food in the widow is very common in tourist areas (and most places you go, as there is a lot of tourism throughout the country). I've seen the three little buddahs a number of times, they are popular. And the are literally hundreds of temples everywhere you go. Very low crime rate, fairly cheap public transportation, cheap food all over the place and in general very clean cities make Japan a great place to visit (or even live, for the two years I was stationed there). |
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| Author: | Elessar [ Tue Mar 16, 2010 1:51 pm ] |
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Gorse wrote: The trains and subway system can be daunting at first, but really is not bad once you understand how it works. Did you get to go inside the Great Daibutsu? I visited there several times when I was stationed in Yokosuka. Very low crime rate, fairly cheap public transportation, cheap food all over the place and in general very clean cities make Japan a great place to visit (or even live, for the two years I was stationed there). Very true. It was a bit daunting at first. but once I figured out how the fares worked it wasn't so bad. I enjoyed the trains coming so frequently too, you never waited very long even during off-peak times. I still think the Underground in London was my favourite subway system I've used to date. Yep we went inside. It was rediculously cheap, like 20 yen! Who wouldn't go inside for that, even if it is only a 5 min trip hehe. I'll second your notions on Japan being a great place to visit. Everyone was super friendly, willing to work with you on the language barrier, and there was something for everyone there. Next time I'd like to visit some of the other major cities and see some of the countryside. Glad everyone enjoyed the pictures Find me one facebook if you want to see the whole album hehe.
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| Author: | Nevandal [ Tue Mar 16, 2010 3:07 pm ] |
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Wow! Cool pics--I'd like to visit Tokyo some day |
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