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WA, USA
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Posted: 3/19/2024 11:54:51 PM EDT
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Was just in Japan a few weeks ago. Had some whale sushi in Osaka. It was great.
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Posted: 3/20/2024 12:16:35 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Freebeer: I always worry about my dog when I travel too. Have a fun trip. Hope the dog gets better. We just don't travel because of our damn dog, who's ironically a Japanese breed (Akita). She is 5 next month, so about 5 more years until we travel much again. The last time we traveled much was the 8 month period between our last Akita's passing and the current one coming home from the breeder. This time we're gonna travel our asses off even more. After that, we'll likely get another Shiba Inu (we used to have one of those too). My daughter was in Japan for the month of April last year and sent us pics of Hachiko's statue. He was sort of the Akita national dog "hero" of Japan a hundred years ago and is still revered to this day. I think my daughter is going back again next month. Beautiful place. Would love to go, but I'm not spending a full day locked in a tin can. A flight to Maui was as much as I could muster, and that was 15 years ago. |
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NM, USA
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Posted: 3/20/2024 12:58:05 AM EDT
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Our kid is going to school in Kofu in Yaminashi. We were able to see Fuji from the Sakaori winery on the hill.. Also saw it from the Shinkansen going to Osaka.
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Posted: 3/20/2024 1:19:09 AM EDT
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When we flew out of Narita last October, we ended up getting to the airport about 3hrs before the flight. The upside to that was, this was Customs and Immigration. Nobody there.
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Posted: 3/20/2024 1:25:12 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ToledoXJ: Highballs and Wagyu https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/285969/D10C6ED2-A1AD-4593-94AC-DE2C5028634F_jpe-3163820.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/285969/9B8AE3D0-5D53-4F0D-845E-2D32B07506E7_jpe-3163822.JPG Dinner was stellar. 😍 |
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Posted: 3/20/2024 3:08:08 AM EDT
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Posted: 3/20/2024 3:16:14 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ToledoXJ: Giant pic dump later. Worth the price of admission https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/285969/5BE9CE1E-A636-4DE5-A64D-D0F2763AC17E_jpe-3164163.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/285969/6AFBB34E-AE58-454E-8F75-3CC48972C57B_jpe-3164162.JPG Very cool 2000GT. Always been a dream to see one of those and an early Mazda Cosmo in real life. Never have. |
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Posted: 3/20/2024 4:31:31 PM EDT
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Thanks for sharing!
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Posted: 3/20/2024 4:44:53 PM EDT
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What’s cool is that there is zero trash/litter on the streets or anywhere!
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Posted: 3/20/2024 7:08:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RealityCheck0311: Very cool 2000GT. Always been a dream to see one of those and an early Mazda Cosmo in real life. Never have. @RealityCheck0311  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 3/20/2024 7:08:27 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/20/2024 7:45:20 PM EDT
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I cannot understand how this country isn't a global monster economically. The sheer commerce, work ethic and positivity is astounding. Every shop for miles has people in it all day.
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SGP
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Posted: 3/20/2024 8:13:29 PM EDT
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You still over there? Are you in the Earthquake zone?
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Posted: 3/20/2024 8:18:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By odiedodi: You still over there? Are you in the Earthquake zone? never felt it in Nagoya |
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SGP
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Posted: 3/20/2024 8:21:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ToledoXJ: never felt it in Nagoya (For anybody else reading, it wasn't major. It was a 5.6) |
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Posted: 3/20/2024 9:05:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By odiedodi: Oh yeah you're pretty far from the epicenter. Stay safe man. (For anybody else reading, it wasn't major. It was a 5.6) Tv coverage  Attached File |
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Posted: 3/20/2024 9:32:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By arrgr: Was just in Japan a few weeks ago. Had some whale sushi in Osaka. It was great. I want to try it, and some horse meat, but the only horse meat I found was "fresh" (raw)  Attached File |
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Posted: 3/20/2024 10:29:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By johosjokers: I want to try it, and some horse meat, but the only horse meat I found was "fresh" (raw) https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/368467/20230715_211855_jpg-3164906.JPG And I turned my nose up at raw egg |
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Posted: 3/21/2024 7:26:30 AM EDT
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Talked to the house sitter. No change in my springer. Eye drops 4x daily. Been watching her go out to piss on my cams. Fucking depressing. I feel like shit trying to enjoy myself here but I owe it to my kid to be present and to be honest it's such a fantastic place it is easy to get lost in the experience. It's when I get back to the hotel I feel terrible. DL pics to my laptop and posting them here isn't a bad distraction. Thanks to anyone who is interested.
Today my fam went to Gifu with my son's friend Ao. We ate at the station at a Gyoza joint. I smashed some Champon, Chinese type ramen. We then took a bus to Gifu Castle. I saw 0 white people in Gifu. It's an older city with an aged population but I loved it. It was the seat of Oda Nobunaga and the site of his power. Ao studied English in college and got an entry level job at a bank. She starts 4/1 so we used up some of her last days of being a layabout. Here is a fuckton of pics of a trip to a town no one goes to as a tourist. I finally saw the aging population and a city of Japan. Everyone working in town was older than anywhere else I have visited                                                                                                                                                                                            |
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Posted: 3/21/2024 8:53:28 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ToledoXJ: @RealityCheck0311 https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/285969/IMG_9957_copy_jpeg-3164767.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/285969/IMG_9958_copy_jpeg-3164769.JPG Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ToledoXJ: Originally Posted By RealityCheck0311: Very cool 2000GT. Always been a dream to see one of those and an early Mazda Cosmo in real life. Never have. @RealityCheck0311 https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/285969/IMG_9957_copy_jpeg-3164767.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/285969/IMG_9958_copy_jpeg-3164769.JPG @ToledoXJ Awesome! Looks like a TA22 and a Z30 in the rear! I had a 73 240Z and my friend had a 76 Celica liftback. Miss the period when both could be had for cheap.... |
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Posted: 3/21/2024 11:36:59 AM EDT
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Posted: 3/21/2024 1:52:02 PM EDT
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Incredible Pics, sir!
Any idea what a house in that little village would cost? Would be an awesome place to disappear. |
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Posted: 3/21/2024 3:37:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Gthirteen: Incredible Pics, sir! Any idea what a house in that little village would cost? Would be an awesome place to disappear. My son went to Yamagashi a smaller tourist town near Mt Fuji and there was a house with an actual yard with a view of Fuji. Maybe 1300 sq ft for $130k. That is high. Some houses are very cheap and I bet one around Gifu is half that. Houses depreciate in japan. The land holds the value. I bet your average renovation skilled American could do amazing stuff here. |
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JPN
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Posted: 3/22/2024 3:43:51 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Gthirteen: Incredible Pics, sir! Any idea what a house in that little village would cost? Would be an awesome place to disappear. You would most probably be the only foreigner who ever lived there. Everybody in the whole county would know you are "that foreigner" and where you live. I'm not sure that qualifies as "disappearing". |
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Posted: 3/22/2024 8:12:24 AM EDT
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Dog died. Sitter called. Started shitting blood.
Got to call the ER vet later. Devastated and still in Japan until Wed |
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Posted: 3/22/2024 8:32:27 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ToledoXJ: Dog died. Sitter called. Started shitting blood. Got to call the ER vet later. Devastated and still in Japan until Wed Really sorry to hear that. |
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WV, USA
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Posted: 3/22/2024 8:34:41 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ToledoXJ: Dog died. Sitter called. Started shitting blood. Got to call the ER vet later. Devastated and still in Japan until Wed |
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Posted: 3/22/2024 8:35:37 AM EDT
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Condolences on your loss OP
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Posted: 3/22/2024 8:44:11 AM EDT
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Small world OP. I’ve been in Japan since last week with family and friends. Tokyo for a few nights, Kyoto a few, Osaka right now, go back to Tokyo tomorrow.
Sorry to hear about the dog. We too have to leave a dog sitter at home. |
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JPN
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Posted: 3/22/2024 8:46:43 AM EDT
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I'm sorry to hear about the loss of your dog. You have my condolences.
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Posted: 3/22/2024 8:48:36 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ToledoXJ: Dog died. Sitter called. Started shitting blood. Got to call the ER vet later. Devastated and still in Japan until Wed Ornithogalum arabicum or similar plants around the place? |
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AK, USA
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Posted: 3/22/2024 8:54:05 AM EDT
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Sorry dude.
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Posted: 3/22/2024 9:16:13 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JohnSmith6073: Ornithogalum arabicum or similar plants around the place? nope. |
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Posted: 3/22/2024 9:43:18 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ToledoXJ: Dog died. Sitter called. Started shitting blood. Got to call the ER vet later. Devastated and still in Japan until Wed So sorry to hear.. |
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Posted: 3/22/2024 12:11:18 PM EDT
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sorry for your loss
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Posted: 3/22/2024 12:15:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ToledoXJ: Dog died. Sitter called. Started shitting blood. Got to call the ER vet later. Devastated and still in Japan until Wed I'm so sorry for your loss.
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Posted: 3/22/2024 12:42:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ToledoXJ: Dog died. Sitter called. Started shitting blood. Got to call the ER vet later. Devastated and still in Japan until Wed Very sorry for your loss |
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Posted: 3/22/2024 2:42:33 PM EDT
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Oh man sorry about the pup.
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Posted: 3/22/2024 2:44:08 PM EDT
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Sorry.
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Posted: 3/22/2024 2:50:02 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/22/2024 3:02:27 PM EDT
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Sad to hear man
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Posted: 3/22/2024 3:10:19 PM EDT
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Sorry about your doggo
Originally Posted By ToledoXJ: Air Canada jacked up the flight some. Supposed to leave at 10am from Detroit, 1 hr to YYZ 2 hour layover then 14 hours to Japan HND, Air Canada moved the flight to 6am. so we had like a 7 hour layover in Toronto. Brutal day of travel. Never again. Man, if that's what you people consider a brutal day of travel it makes me wonder just what the hell I've been going through for years 
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Posted: 3/22/2024 3:16:34 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/22/2024 3:50:05 PM EDT
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Sorry about your dog.
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Posted: 3/22/2024 4:19:45 PM EDT
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Sorry about your dog OP.
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Posted: 3/22/2024 4:33:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MadMonkey: Sorry about your doggo Man, if that's what you people consider a brutal day of travel it makes me wonder just what the hell I've been going through for years I don’t travel. The last year has been a huge exception. |
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Posted: 3/22/2024 4:33:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ToledoXJ: Dog died. Sitter called. Started shitting blood. Got to call the ER vet later. Devastated and still in Japan until Wed Sorry to hear that. |
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Posted: 3/22/2024 4:47:09 PM EDT
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Recap - return from Gifu. Big clock is where everyone meets here at Nagoya station
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Posted: 3/22/2024 4:48:04 PM EDT
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The AA was like a PT cruiser or something. All modern inside
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Posted: 3/22/2024 4:55:32 PM EDT
[Last Edit: ToledoXJ]
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Yesterday would have been a great day but as you saw it ended shitty. We got dinner with our son so that was a good stopping point.
Wife woke me up and sad we needed to get up and do something since the kid was busy all day. I suggested Hiroshima but it was 5 hours of travel and it was already 10am. I suggested Kyoto or Osaka. History or food. She picked history. Off we went after a breakfast croquette and some meat on stick 45 min Shinkansen and we were walking through this park I knew of Umekoji park. We finally saw Sakura. Or plums. Or apricot. Or some pink assed trees                              Pics are out of order but assume the fried stuff was 1st. Then travel/train then pink trees Kyoto rail museum link on P4 |
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