First for progress

>>2918281
I am starting with hiragana alphabet. I feel motivated to begin because I'm just realizing how good I'm feeling being in Japan compared to other places I spent more time than I should have. I like Japan and wish I came here sooner.
>>2918272
Did you get success? Tell me what you got and how you got it ;_;
>>2918262
>just try and talk to people
Well fucking ok I guess I have to actually try. I came across another grocery store cutie who seemed to like what she saw. I'm growing a pair.

I also am debating on whether or not I should try this HOT bodied slim woman who's a regular at a place I go to who keeps seeming to follow me a bit and doing some things to get my attention but I ignore her like a TIMID FAG who's not wanting to potentially taint that place I really don't want to potentially mess up. I should probably go for it though. At least feel it out and try not to piss her off and risk tainting that place. I can't easily replace it.

>>2918295
Just ask her to practice Japanese with you. Duh

>>2918295
>Did you get success?
Thirdie can't even speak proper english and now wants to learn japanese

Do local japanese ever talk on trains to each other??

I was on a train from tokyo to odawara and some older asian ladies talked loudly the whole time , im too dumb to know if it was japanese or a different asian language.
It annoyed the fuck out of me and im just wondering how often this will happen
If i knew for a fact they wernt Japaanese I would of told them to shut the fuck up or i will spank them

I ask again:
>>2918256

Anyone have any advice for buying an out-of-print hentai manga like this? It has an ISBN, I guess.

>>2918390
Wouldn't there be extensive second hand bookstores with all this stuff? I'm not a degenerate so wouldn't know but there's usually areas with a lot of the same types of stores.

I'm thinking of traveling to kitchentown to buy one of these good latex chopping boards all the sushi chefs use, wondering if I should just try Amazon jp instead

>>2918364
I've seen old Japanese ladies talk on trains but they're always whispering and covering their mouths, barely hear a thing standing next to them

>>2918325
I'm not a thirdie you retard

>>2918364
Nigger there's millions of people on this island, some people do, some people don't.
>talking in trains :|
>talking in trains, Japan :OOOo
Die.

Any advice for comfortably staying in Japan for 2-3 months this winter?

I enjoy being alone, but it would be nice to somehow meet some cool locals or other travelers.
Planning on renting weekly/monthly apartments and I am looking for recommendations for smaller towns/cities and websites for finding these besides airbnb. I will not spend to much time in Tokyo.
I plan to snowboard for at least a few weeks and am trying to map out a less busy resort/mountain to stay near

>>2918428
tokyo is the easiest place to find short term rentals. the process to rent a place is really complicated. post wwii there was a massive housing shortage so they wrote the law basically making it impossible to evict someone. so the landlords really vet you hard and go through a lot of paperwork, even for a short term stay. they want you to do a viewing first, even over zoom, and then after you decide you want it it takes like 10 days or so before you can move in. so start looking a couple of weeks before you arrive

tokyo is so ass. After visiting osaka kyoto nara hiroshima, it just feels like shit. There's nothing to see and I'm just day two here as a tourist. It feels like a soulless concrete jungle with mid overcrowded restaurants and shops.
Like literally what is there to do here besides going to an observation tower once (the weather is shit now so even that sucks)

>>2918432
Walk, nigga

>>2918432
This is how I feel and I live here. All the stuff I enjoy doing is the most basic shit (being a regular at a bar, cooking my own food, going to small restaurants). Tokyo is just a giant shopping mall for shit you can find online. It’s pretty bad when “shibuya crossing” is mentioned as a major attraction when it’s literally just pavement. Every weekend I try to take a trip out of Tokyo but I’m not sure where to go next

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>>2918015
I met her one final time and we did it all night. She is insatiable, constantly begging for me. She falls asleep touching me. When I wake up I groan and she instantly wraps her limbs around me and starts going again.

While I enjoyed cuddling with her and kissing and sleeping together, the sex was just hollow. She was all into it but I couldn't cum. Maybe it was because I knew she was married and we couldn't really spend honest time together. More than actual penetration I really just love gently touching, limb locking, holding each other closely, and communicating without talking. Caressing her hand in the morning until she finger locks me tightly and pushes her body close to mine is the greatest feeling in the world.

But she is too risky to remain around so I told her this was the saigo no yoru. She cried and begged, it was really sad honestly. She just had way too much dangerous baggage. She was a cutter with scars all up and down her body, she gets abused at home, she openly declares in public that she is married, and she drinks 10+ drinks per night despite not even being able to handle 2. I wish I could've helped her somehow.

As a former KHV, I wonder if this was really overall a good thing. I don't think there's another girl in the world who would give me that treatment unless I paid $10,000+. I am jealous of the next man she goes after, because he will no doubt have a great time.

I am hopefully travelling to Tokyo, for the first time next year. Be honest with me, is there any truth to the jeetification of Japan? i heard stories of how the convenience stores like Lawsons all have jeet workers in there and that all you see is increasing numbers of jeets in certain areas. Is Japan getting jeetified or is it just scaremongering?

>>2918475
You'll be the jeet in tokyo, you just don't realize it

>>2918467
>the hag's pet poodle has a limp dick
>>2918475
if you stop going to conbini's you only see them rarely

>>2918475
All the convenience stores are jeeted. Every morning and night it’s jeets working there. The Japanese workers don’t work register at all, just do the shelves and inventory

>>2918477
>the hag's pet poodle has a limp dick
Rude. Tell him how to fix the problem.

>>2918467
That's a good experience anon. Maybe you're fapping too much?

>>2918475
I was last there in early 2024 but as an example in terms of conbinis exclusively I saw mostly Indians in Tokyo and 1 or 2 middle aged men, fewer Indians in Osaka, and none in Fukuoka, Hokkaido or Tottori. In Fukuoka the girl working there was cute and ほいー'd at me. Strangely enough there were Indians working at the onsen ryokan we stayed at in Nagano, but I've read this is apparently due to them being unable to find Japanese staff or the kids wanting to go off into the cities. Still sucks.

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>>2918487 >>2918490

It’s my last day. Yet am perhaps too nervous, neurotic, rizzless, and ideological to entertain an Ueno outcall girl. I have the money and the looks, but not the willpower. I wonder why there’s this exoticism behind nailing a foreign prostitute.

I will take anon’s advice and be killed by the homeless instead.

>>2918483
Do it, you're going to regret it otherwise. Or visit a soap.

>walk to the store
>random old man further down the sidewalk points his DSLR directly at me
>avoids eye contact with me as I get closer and then he shuffles off down the dark side street
What the fuck

>>2918487
Gomenasai, nihongo chotto.

>>2918479
it's not my job to hold his dick for him. I'm not his dad. Idgaf if he goes extinct believing in simp shit
>>2918483
>too nervous, neurotic, rizzless, and ideological to entertain an Ueno outcall girl. I have the money and the looks, but not the willpower.
Go home with your dick in your hand, and your pride. It's better not to have sex at all than it is to bang a whore. Next time dont be a bitch and you can get it for free

>>2918490
I had someone ask me out, it was a cool date that lasted 12 hours and ended at some rich club. I perhaps had a chance to kiss her, but I can never tell when someone is just being polite. Though, I am just not too attached to the world to have concepts like pride or shame. More that I am used to hyper-masculine dead-inside women who cannot maintain an illusion even in domestic life. I am a broken man seeking healing, though this does not come from cheap thrills. I cannot remember who I once was, the dominant man has disappeared. Though a full body massage sounds pretty kick ass.

Overall, I don’t think I’ll get what I want until I find some sort of crazy person willing to reinforce my masculinity.

>>2918492
>More that I am used to hyper-masculine dead-inside women who cannot maintain an illusion even in domestic life.
That's exactly what a hooker is though
>Overall, I don’t think I’ll get what I want until I find some sort of crazy person willing to reinforce my masculinity.
It can only come from within, and small steps at a time

Why can't one of (you) just jack me off?

>>2918502
The diaper guy will probably do it

God I miss the katsudon from Nakau. There was one next to my train station and I think I ate there like four times in the span of ten days

>>2918432
walk, ride the trains and take it easy, walk more, visit a "restaurant" for a thrill

what's there to do in osaka that you can't do in Tokyo?

>>2918539
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>>2918582
>he doesn't have an auntie making those at home

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>>2918488
When I photograph a person I see them as part of the scene. I don't want to engage with them as a human.

>>2918590
There was no scene. It was just another ugly sidewalk with my beautiful body strolling down it.
Old man's probably fapping away or posting gaijin butthurt on twitter with it.

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>>2918633 >>2918634

I was in Hakone climbing the very steep stair mountain path near Gora (pic related but not mine, same path).
>this is like 17 flights of stairs
>it is rainy and wet
>grab handrail to balance myself
>reach out to other handrail, get electrocuted
I think this is a serious safety issue, should I report it at the local town office in Hakone while I am here? I felt pretty bad for a while after getting zapped and probably almost died, who knows. One of those funny tricks they play on you in this country.

>>2918290
What in the world was the justification for removing this threads photo? Looks like the jeetmod still exists here.

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>>2918626
Is that you Josh?

>>2918626
>I think this is a serious safety issue, should I report it at the local town office in Hakone while I am here? I felt pretty bad for a while after getting zapped and probably almost died, who knows. One of those funny tricks they play on you in this country.
they know. they dont care.

A lot of these twitters have young looking women and the profiles is like 15+ years old.
Seems iffy. Sus even.

>>2918604
Yeah, sure thing buddy

>>2918475
They've started making up the majority of kitchen staff at some of my favorite sushi and yakitori chain restaurants, and now I'm suddenly getting the shits pretty frequently after eating there. One time I was even served chicken thigh that was raw inside but luckily I was sober enough to spot it

>>2918432
get some hobbies? Anon, what is there to do in other cities that has you feeling this way about Tokyo?

>>2918432
Libe or an equivalent of your choosing.

Ive gone as south a kagoshima last trip. so for my trip this dec i figure i go to touhoku and hokkaido. if ive got a month, which area should i spend more time in? i tend to just travel by taking random trains and exploring but heard hokkaido was kinda like midwest US in terms of just wide expanse and snow. i know next to nothing about touhoku either though besides sendai
sorry i know its a kinda vague question but iM kinda just down to go where evers interesting

Has anyone here been able to demystify and connect with a Japanese woman's mind?

Is this all smoke and mirrors that they exhibit across their entire society, because it's more fun to do than act like a drone who doesn't do any charades?

>>2918800
you got mindraped by a bug foid topkek

>tfw no jp gf

>>2918817
If you're White you shouldn't have a problem at all in Japan.

>>2918822
this is the part where fellow white anons point out that japanese women are only interested in korean and indian men

>>2918822
Sir I Japenese. There's no way Japenese women meet timmy now. You lost pride. Japenese women only go for Indian men. Your time is over. It's now Indian man turn to rule Japen.

I want to spend 3 weeks/ a month out in Japan again. The only thing that I am concerned about it is my possible addiction to soaplands/DH girls. Starting the day off or ending the day with an insane dopamine boost was something I frequently did on my last trip. I don't know if I can really enjoy other parts of Japan without easy access to this. I might just end up being a Tokyo gooner, one more time.

>>2918835
Sounds grim wagie

>>2918432
For modern touristic stuff:
Kabukicho aids rally
yoyogi park street performers and olympic museum
Odaiba parks (Teamlab planets, Disneyland, Tokyo big sight comiket, etc)
Hundreds of museums and shrines
Island ferries
For old cultural stuff:
Tsukiji fish market
the sumo fatsos at Ryogoku
Kabukiza theater and museum
Asakusa
Shinjuku gyoenmae (historical garden)
Yasukuni world war ll memorial
And if you really liked Kyoto that much you are going to love The imperial palace, they literally took it away from Kyoto and relocated it into Tokyo :)

Also, if you had to add Kyoto and Nara to your Osaka trip (like everyone else does) you can also add Yamanashi (Mt Fuji) and Chiba or Yokohama to your Tokyo trip

There is a yellow book called Tokyo Travel guide with over 70 pages with touristic spots and things to do. Yes, some of them are free.

>>2918838
>the sumo fatsos at Ryogoku
I stayed in Ryogoku hotels for almost 2 weeks during my Japan trip, and I swear I only saw the sumos like once.

>>2918325
Most americans can't speak proper english

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>>2918685
Never an issue with sushi but its kebabs for me, happened too many times in different places and different cities, always end up shitting liquid for the next 24 hours uncontrollably.
Eat kebabs all over the western world without problem but in japan there's something retarded going on with the meat or the arab cooks.

>>2918838
>aids rally
No thanks I already have enough from this website

>Encounter relatively few foreign tourists for most of my trip (Tohoku)
>Head back to the airport for my flight home
>Arrive at Tokyo Station and see fat women wearing leggings as pants, ageing hipsters covered with tattoos, guys who look like they just emerged from a basement for the first time in years, and what I can only presume are the ugliest representatives of Southeast Asia
>Had to kick a boomer who obviously didn't have a limited express ticket out of my seat on the Narita Express
The world isn't sending its best

>>2918916
Tokyo is so pleasant outside of the tourist areas.
It's peaceful as fuck, comfy quiet, everyone well-behaved and demure, no rubbish.
Then you go Harajuku or something and it's the worst possible people on earth all crammed into a single area screaming at each other as though they're 100m away.
Can't even tell who's worse anymore, they're all insufferable fuckwits.

Its messed up that shitholes like Thailand have better tourists these days

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>>2919144

New trick to stay permanently in Tokyo just dropped

>>2918854
I dont know about japan, but I used to work with thermo logistics in europe and it was common knowledge that a lot of kebab meat distributors often cut corners and transported the meat at wrong temperatures for prolonged periods of time. Often times they would be tiny mom-and-pop shops that drove with unrefrigerated trucks across the border to cheaper countries, loaded up on kebab meat and drove several hours back home.

After working in that industry I started avoiding a lot of different types of food sold in specific types of stores and restaurants. Lots of unserious players who don't understand that you're not supposed to cut corners with food safety

>>2919030
anyone who worked in a kitchen before could tell you restaurants are a joke when it comes to food safety

Should Real Travellers skip Sendai?

The innocuous OP pic of an Indian in Japan getting jeetjannied hard and removed here is so funny.
Thought it was a meme but he really is an Indian isn't he?

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>>2919053 >>2919058 >>2919061 >>2919063 >>2919068

What will happen to me if I do pic related, realistically speaking?

>>2919052
When I was standing outside of a 7/11 in kabukicho some mystery meat dude stinking of weed went inside, not knowing that 3 cops were in there. Like a minute later they all came out and the cops started wrestling the mr. mystery meat to the ground and found a bag of weed in his jacket pocket. Then off he went in the cop car, to an uncertain fate

>>2919053
Good, hope he got 10 years.

>>2919052
I saw a lot of Japanese people smoking weed openly on the streets when I was there. So probably nothing will happen.

>>2919052
>Camp of saints quote intensifying
>>2919053
Execution hopefully

>>2919053
immediate deportation.
They even PAY for your plane ticket to get rid of you asap

>>2919052
>Japan is cracking down harder and harder even on legal, employed foreigners trying to kick them out
>Hmm I wonder what will happen if I openly break the law in the capital city
Nigga will be lucky if he just gets kicked out. They just made smoking cannabis a criminal offense in 2024, they go zero-tolerance on it.

I've smelled marijuana smoke a couple times just walking along the street in Osaka.

>>2919052
The funniest thing about this is retards thinking the average Japanese person isn't 100% on board with that
The real world isn't your outrage bait nigger shit

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I’m gonna be in Hiroshima on Halloween. Is there anything going on there?

Have any of you ever been denied entry. Last time, I filled out I was going to be staying for 90 days, and the guy at immigration threw his arms up in bewilderment and adjusted his glasses like a cartoon character. He let me through without saying anything to me, but then the the guy at customs asked me some questions in broken English. I left for a month and half to Korea, and stayed for two months earlier in the year. I didn't know if they had a rule on how often you could stay per year or not. I've never seen any rule in writing, but figured maybe for tax purposes you can't stay for more than 6 months in a year, and that stay would put me close to 5. But I also thought, maybe that guy was spazzing out like an incel, because he can't get two days off from work. I was thinking about going back in January, but didn't want to be turned away, or even hassled because someone can't believe I'm not working illegally and have a pension at a young age for which most countries won't give me a retirement visa, because I'm not 60.

>>2919119
big dog thats info thats widley available online and depends on your home country how have you not even checked that. unless you just want to get banned from reentry

>>2919127
The United States state department doesn't say any restrictions at all on their website. Just 90 days. They don't say 90 day on, 90 days off. 180 days in 365 days or anything, like other countries say. It makes me think there isn't any rule. Just depends on if the ricecel is PMSing at the time.

>>2919119
they gave you a warning. i think the system flagged you because you did 2 months in, 1.5 months out. When I entered and told them I'll be here until christmas (about 88 days) they waved me through no problem. i entered through fukuoka
but in malaysia for my first time there, same story, about 90 days and they got pissy but let me through

you should probably play it safe and wait 91 days before going back

>>2919130
fair enough. i think they get strict if they think youre visa hopping ie going to Korea or something to refresh your 90 days in a short span. it used to be pretty normal but now i hear people are getting denied when trying to return now. but yeah i never found out myself. i was planning on doing the same between contracts but i might just have to get a proper visa

How is Shikoku in late Feb early March? Always wanted to go there, but my opportunity next year is a bit earlier than I would have liked.

>>2919029
>autistic Australian
something like 1 in 6 Australian boys are on disability welfare now, it's not a real country
and everyone wonders why they shitpost so much
https://www.baka.com.au/politics/federal/the-age-where-one-in-six-boys-is-now-on-the-ndis-20250814-p5mn1j.html

>>2919053
>to an uncertain fate
Japanese conviction rates are over 99%
They'll just hold you without charge for months until you plead guilty
Nothing uncertain about what happened to that retard

>>2919144
www. s m h.com.au
fucking moot and his wordfilters

den den town or akihabara?

https://ikebukurocosplay.jp/en/
Anons are you coming?

>>2919145
> Japanese conviction rates are over 99%
Why do retards like you constantly parrot this shit? Yes, if they take something to trial, it’s 99% because they only indict and take things to trial they are guaranteed to win. The majority of arrests don’t lead to indictment, and considering that the jap cops aren’t exactly CSI, unless there is concrete, indisputable evidence, you may have to sit in jail awhile but you’ll most likely be let go.

>>2919156
denden for vintage. akiba for modern and collabs (and chinese tourists)

>>2919163
No. I'm in Osaka.
Don't even have plans though (nor friends) so I'm feeling like a loser already lmao

>>2919187
There's probably something in Osaka I've never been there at halloween though

>>2919174
Yeah have fun smoking weed in Asia and getting thrown in jail then deported and then having a permanent record on your passport and all future visa applications noting your criminal conviction you utter fucking dickhead
Just go to Thailand and smoke legally you retarded stoner

>>2919192
>having a permanent record on your passport and all future visa applications noting your criminal conviction you utter fucking dickhea
it doesnt work like that. only the country it happened in keeps the record of it. no other country knows about it. unless they have a particular agreement like schengen or five eyes, but japan doesnt have one with anyone

>>2918290
I bought a Megumin hentai doujin. It's nothing crazy, but she is nude in it. Is that something I'm going to have a problem getting through customs in the US? Or can I just throw it in my carry-on and not worry about it?

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>>2919187
>I'm feeling like a loser already
I spent Christmas alone in America, had enough isolation, flew in on New Year's Eve and ate konbini food from my hotel room. Fuji in the background. Quite comfy.

>>2919187
I'll be in Osaka with my buddy for Halloween. I don't suppose you're a cute girl, are you? Either way, maybe we could set something up, unless we're polar opposites, it's typically easy enough to get along with strangers over some drinks

>>2919232
I'm a Brahmin Indian man I'd love to meet you baby wats ur caste please post IG and whatsapp

>>2919232
hello

>>2919232
where are u pls respond

>first goddamn 24 hours in Japan
>feeling fine this morning, little sore throat and sniffly just assumed slept under the ac fan too long
>chills, headache, cold as fuck, brown yellow snot by mid-day
Fuck me is this the flu? What the fuck do I even do I don’t even have a mask, let alone enough Japanese for a tamiflu perscription.
>didn’t you get a vaccine
No because Amerimutt niggermedicare wouldn’t give me a shot at Walgreens or CVS and I couldn’t get an appointment in time doing my doordash work.

Look call me a dumbass all you want, just please, tell me what the fuck to do here with as minimal getting up and out of this hotel room as possible. Google got me this ad for online doctor shit, Hotel de Doctor 24, but it’s an ad so idk.

>>2919216
>Megumin
Dunno what that is but your books are fine. Bring some tengas home too.
>>2919246
>brown yellow snot by mid-day
Definitely some kind of infection. You should wear a mask on discount airliners.

>>2919250
Megumin is a character from Konosuba that some consider to be a loli, but she isn't really. Its semantics, but idk if customs would do anything about it. And I'm probably going to get a few others, as well. Thanks for reminding me about tengas

>>2919193
Nigger I've spent a long time in immigration detention trust me, other countries know and there's a big fucking mark in your passport until you get a new one, which in my opinion you should do immediately once you can

>>2919192
First of all, I'm not talking solely about weed, you fucking idiot. Secondly, lots of Japanese people smoke weed and it isn't particularly hard to get, albeit expensive. Considering the police here are fucking idiots, if you get caught red-handed doing it, you deserve to go to jail for being an utter moron with no sense of discretion.

>>2919246
man that happened to me last trip it was hell i thought i was actually gonna die. just 5 days of fever dreams and too weak to do anything
i was at APA and had to ask the front desk if they could not do the whole housekeeping thing. and the front desk gave me the number to a hospital. so you can try asking too. i felt too weak to go, but saw they had services online where docs can come to your hotel
never did it in the end, prob the american in me. but the OS-1 i got at the drug store was a life saver. i also just got a fuckton of poccari sweat, crackers and water and thugged it out. luckily i brought advil cuz i knew Japan had nothing strong

>>2919254
Lots? Are you hanging out all day in Kabukocho or something? Is your best friend from Nigeria?

>>2919254
I know there's weed everywhere
Can smell it all over in suburban osaka
As a tourist youre fucking retarded to tempt fate like that though
Like I said, just go elsewhere, to Thailand or Canada and smoke to your hearts delight with zero problems, you will get banned for life from the country for minor shit like that, its how it works

>>2919256
>Are you hanging out all day in Kabukocho or something?
>Kabukocho
I live here, you fucking zipperhead.

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>>2919232
>I don't suppose you're a cute girl, are you?
where the fuck do you think you are

>>2919259
do you really live in Jopon? i never smelled weed. and i come from drugsville America

>>2919261
A man can dream
>>2919232
This is my first time on /trv/, I didn't realize suggesting meeting up would be a taboo. I have actually met with some friends from /a/ in Tokyo (fellow white Americans)

Sickanon here. What’s the DoorDash of japan? Can I get Pocari Sweat and Crackers and Water delivered to a hotel room?

>>2919268
Nevermind found it was uber eats and I need my American phone (not active right now) or access to my old college email (can’t login, everyone’s asleep).

I just gotta walk to the pharmacy i guess. Fuck me sideways.

>>2919266
Can probably get a 400lb internet janitor in cute sailor outfit I guess, maybe thats enough for you

>>2919271
You can get delivery from pharmacies look it up, for prescriptions just need to do a quick video call on your phone, it's actually really easy

>>2919263
in suburbia yes its around at nights, those unruly youths hanging out on corners with their sportsbikes waiting to race rival gangs, it's certainly real
if you only stay in tourist places then its unlikely to ever see something like that

>>2919119
At worst they’ll pull you aside and interview you, ask for your finances, etc to make sure you’re not working illegally. If they have reasonable suspicion to think you’re lying they can turn you away

>>2919273
Unfortunately my data plan has only got data on whatsapp for calls and no number that works with Uber eats, and I can’t call a doctor because again phone calls are offline.

I walked to a pharmacy and lawson and got lots of tissues, os1, pocari sweat, oikos yogurt (they didn’t have crackers, let’s see if I can hold down yogurt) water, and masks. I think I’m going to have to wait in Tokyo until this passes and just miss the henro hike I planned for next Wednesday. If so, I’ll take it as the universe saying I’m not spiritually ready and work my ass off to come back in a year and try a larger part of the whole thing instead of the small hike, or maybe this will work out. I broke a sweat hiking to the pharmacy and lawson so idk maybe this will work.

>>2919276
Okayyy, puked up the OS-1. Concerning.

>>2919276
Good luck, anon. I'd offer to help if I was still in Tokyo, hope you feel better soon. Unironically, I have been praying for my health at every shrine I've been to the past couple of weeks

>>2919278
>I have been praying for my health at every shrine I've been to the past couple of weeks
stop that you're taking his hp

>>2919279
Well fuck, now I'm really sorry for that anon, because I will NOT be stopping

>>2919232
>you're a cute girl, are you?
Nope.
>maybe we could set something up
No lol

>>2919284
Well, have fun by yourself. Honestly, if you go to touristy spots and have some drinks, it's pretty easy to meet strangers. Despite myself, it is very nice to interact with fellow English speakers, and everyone I've hung out with has appreciated it similarly

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>>2918290
is it true that indians ruined Japan? thats what twitter keeps telling me, i visited europe and indians are only working 7/11s and bodegas, i want to experience japan but people keep telling me its too late.

>>2919302
the high numbers of foreigners are a real problem. japan isnt ruined, its just oversaturated with foreigners. it hit its carrying capacity long ago and the host population has foreigner fatigue

>>2919278
Sickanon update, I’ve been sweating constantly since about 4 japan time and I’m actually starting to feel a lot better. Not pushing food too fast, but I’m eating yogurt one finger scoop at a time and little sips of os-1, and they stay down. Still snotty as hell, but less a sense of ‘oh god I’m going to die’ more ‘oh god I’m sick as fuck bro’

Thinking of visiting for the first time throughout mid to late February. The prices look good and the average temperatures read warmer than my native country. Would it be too uncomfortable to be worth it? Only holidays I’d have to look out for are Valentine’s Day and Chinese new years I think. It’d be my first time so most likely a run of the mill Tokyo Osaka Kyoto trip

>>2919312
Why not take two weeks and enjoy your home. Rest. And be ready to get back to work. Tourism is exhausting. And expensive.

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make japan great again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnhTEj-p73A

>>2919302
Indians haven't ruined Japan yet. You're probably only going to see Indians in convenience store, and even then a lot of convenience stores are staffed by Japanese. Very few Indian tourists, but a whole lot of white and east asian tourists everywhere.

>>2919312
Been to Japan during the exact period, no rain but there is a chance for snow.

>>2919304
Tokyo is ruined. It’s completely overrun with tourists
>b-but the sekret diaperscat subculture bar I go to is so underground and niche!!
If you have to cope by hiding underground then yes, it’s ruined. 25 years ago you could go to any of the major spots (shibuya scramble, senso-ji) and have a pleasant experience

>>2919285
yeah i met someone from this board and they were chill. we still chat sometimes. it was good for me cuz it got me out of my shell

>>2919310
good to hear bro. okayu is nice for this too. they have packets at konbini. and hot soup. that stuff was a life saver. also i downed that vitaC stuff though who knows if it actually helps but maybe take it once you recover more

>>2919332
I've only met people from /a/ that I actually have known for a long time now, but I get the reluctance. Glad it also worked out for you
>>2919310
You'll be fine brother, survive. Things can still be salvaged

>>2919345
there used to be regular meetups here first something of the month in harajuku or something but i dunno what happened to it. id be down to meetup but im not arriving until Dec

Has there been any serious discussion about curbing tourism at the government level?

>>2919411
Why would they? Everything costs 10x more than it did decades ago yet people somehow have unlimited money to spend. Same with Disney World. Tourism is the only way Japan makes money now

>>2919411
no. they want to boost it. it's one of the pillars of the economy propping up their junk currency. they could end tourism tomorrow if they wanted to.

>>2919419
It seems to me like they want to boost it and isolate all of it to Akihabara and Shibuya (The worst place in the country)

>>2919437
where did you go? fukuoka had just as many tourists

>>2919447
fukuoka was such a letdown for it. it felt like 80% koreans. outside of hakata was cozy though

>>2919452
>outside of hakata
Dazaifu had the highest concentration of tourists I've ever seen in Japan

>>2919447
Honestly Osaka is mostly just Japanese people

>>2919454
You've clearly never been to a Nintendo store

>>2919457
I haven't
>>2919456
I know for a fact this is a lie because of the koreans there

>>2919263
There's cute lasses everywhere anon, even the gaijin hunters and milfs, you'll be fine

>>2919464
this.
It was really funny to watch the fireworks at Yodo river this summer with all the korean girls flirting with the indians thinking they were mexican

>>2919452
Aren't they trying to tout it as the new dn location?
Something always felt off about it

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>>2919464
It's 25% Jap at the most in all the tourist areas, so many niggers in the American corner and shinsaibashi and dotonbori. Even niggers on my TV, spics, Arabs, pakis and Bengalis not to mention white fags and fatties and boomers and greasy weebs

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>>2919302
If they haven't they will shortly. See Japan now. It won't be there in 5 years and 500,000+ of them later.

Loser who randomly got into kpop in my late 20s here. Ive never left my country but always thought Japan would be nice to visit and theres a concert in March I'd want to go to so I finally have a real reason I can base a trip around. Problem is, apparently concerts in Japan can be a real hassle to get tickets for and attend because of all the hoops non-resisdents have to go thru so there's a chance the concert falls thru and I'd need a trip modular enough to work around that.

Instead of making a day by day itinerary I wanted to just make a list of stuff I want to do but I'm kinda struggling since being that it'd be my first time travelling ever I don't actually know how much I'd enjoy certain things - i.e maybe temples would be interesting at first but I'd get tired of them after a certain amount. Do you guys recommend following someone's guide for a 1st visit or should I push thru and keep struggling to make my own?

Is China the new Japan? Genuinely asking people who have been around
>12x more people than Japan
>25x larger than Japan
>yet less annual tourists than Japan
>mutts are terrified of it
>rich cultural history
>not a sexpest boomer hotspot like thietbodia or whatever
>no annoying anime faggots
Genuinely unless you like anime I don’t see a reason to keep frequenting Japan. And those who did like anime (if you still watch it now you’re the problem) already went to Japan in its early 2000s peak. It just seems like sunk costs at this point. Every famous area is a shell of its former self and the locals want nothing to do with you anymore.

>>2919498
Wasn't that biach supposed to be "right wing"? Why is she doing that? Also shortage of laborers isn't really a problem, it would just raise wages and eliminate more useless jobs.

I was in Japan for two weeks between end of February and start of March.
Would going back this year in December be worth it? Similar feeling/vibe to Spring?

In signed up for Mt.Fuji Marathon. Happening this year in December 13. Already paid for for 400$ but I am wondering if I should maybe skip it and return in summer next year instead.
Coming from northern Europe I kind want some greenery and colors in December instead of more gray.

>>2919501
>Loser

Just stay home you wont like it here

>>2919456
*chinese people. im guessing people just cant tell the difference. but go to any shopping street in Osaka. its all dual language JP/CH. and they have clerks and touts that speak chinese in all the drug stores. Fukuokas a big Korean place because its close to Busan and Fukuoka airport

>>2919503
Yeah read your post 4 times. You are correct locals hate you you should definitely go to china

>>2919508
>touts in drugstores
What?! Why?!

At the risk of sounding like the fattest fuck to ever exist, I feel like most of my desire to go to Japan is based around eating food and relaxing in hot springs 24/7, while temples/night life/clubs sound boring as fuck. Are there guides for this sort of thing where you go across the country trying all the most popular regional dishes instead of guides that hit as many temples as possible?

>>2919508
>. im guessing people just cant tell the difference.

Its so obvious chinks are rude and loud chingchong ping-pong bingbong stfu already. Plus they look different

>>2919503
China has its own problems that are deeper than "too many fat boomer retards riding a tour bus". I see what you're saying, from a cost to performance perspective China, Korea, and Taiwan are better on paper than Japan. But if you go there you will run into unexpected underlying issues and be surprised.

>>2919527
>a cost to performance perspective China, Korea, and Taiwan are better on paper

WRONG!

>>2919529
I lived in all four countries and the only one even close to Japan in terms of cost is Korea. The other two are way cheaper

The amount of jeets staffing konbinis now is shocking even compared to only like 3-4 years ago. Even in rural as fuck areas there will be jeetoids in the konbini. I just talk to them in English, I know you speak pidgin english jeet don't try to talk to me in Japanese.

>>2919533
Japan is well past boiled at this point. It’s just shitty and soulless now

>>2919532
Cheaper but shittier

>>2919533
>The amount of jeets staffing konbinis now is shocking

AND IRRELEVANT

>>2919538
Your existence is exhausting to the entire planet ranjeet

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The Emperor sent me immediately after the Autumn Garden Party by horseback to collect all of your pumpkins, due to malfeasance, and by royal decree, you shall forth be known as: dodo heads.

>>2919527
I live in a tier 1 city private apartment (granted my job is in the boonies 1hr30m from a cbd) partying every other weekend and getting whatever I want such as expensive western ingredients like imported cheese etc on just 10k rmb a month

>>2919517
Chris Abroad actually does a pretty good job reviewing regional foods

>>2919503
You'll never understand China because your terminally online and haven't left your bedroom.

>>2919498
Anything to keep population numbers stable even if it means lower tfr in the future

>>2919501
If you don’t have clear to do list day 1 for any trips, just don’t go. I went there to practice Japanese and spent most of my time scamming gaijins with free foods and other degen shit.

>>2919454
>the highest concentration of tourists
For me that was Kouya-san (regarding FORGEIN tourists); that was a total shock to me, somehow didn't expect that at all.

>>2919518
its so tiring. i went to Ginza and they were just blocking sidewalks en masse, overcrowding stores, eating on the streets. one hotel they booked rooms across from each other, propped their doors open and just yelled the entire time. thank god the new PM pissed off winnie the pooh. chinese tourisms down.like 60% or something

>>2919501
Getting concert tickets in Japan is a huge pain in the ass because every ticket site requires a Japanese phone number. You're almost certainly going to need a proxy service. Most of the time tickets are paper and you either need to have them mailed to you or picked up a convenience store. If it's a Korean group you're going to see, they might be doing electronic tickets. Even then, a lot of the e-ticket platforms are region locked to Japan, and even when you are over there, the website thinks you are outside of Japan if you're roaming on a mobile carrier. Who is it that you want to see?

>>2919532
India is also cheaper than Japan

>>2919537
in some ways yes, in many ways better
>>2919575
i'm withholding judgement on japan until i'm finished here but india went down as one of the best places i've ever been to. a hidden gem for sure

>>2919574
I just used my hotel address and number to buy a ticket

>>2919582
Dumbpost

>>2919585
>appalachia is malding

>>2919574
a nugu kpop group that has 4 stops throughout march. the venues are pretty small so I feel like they'll likely sell out and I'd be looking at getting something off ticketjam or buying from a Japanese person off twitter. I'd kinda need to do this to get past the phone number/residence requirements you're talking about but then apparently sometimes they check tickets and deny entry if it doesn't match and I'm a tall white guy so I'd likely stick out hard

>>2919574
>every ticket site requires a Japanese phone number
which you can can get from mobal in 3 minutes instead of being some super retard

>>2919411
are you retarded

any popular things to avoid as a solo? I feel like some of the sight seeing recommendations might only be enjoyable with people to appreciate it with you

Where's the catch?

I found capsule hotel near Ueno/Akihabara, around 250 euro/300USD for 6 nights, breakfast included. Rated 9/10 on Booking.com.

>>2919686
the catch is you're paying 50 a night to sleep in a fucking capsule. they have 12 a night capsule hotels

>>2919688
Does it matter? Bed is a bed, especially after few drinks.
Last time I spent like 1300 euro at 4 star hotel place at Shibuya (6 nights), and it didn't even have breakfast.

>>2919686
I looked into getting something like that, but it seems like capsule hotels make you take your stuff out everyday when they clean it. I got a hostel in Shibuya $333 for 11 nights instead.

I eat so much fibre heavy foods before going to capsule hotels, then a night of heavy drinking, so I snore and fart bioweapon grade colon gas all night for my fellow capsule enjoyers

I pay 20 dollars a night for a room in the projects of Osaka and hang out with homeless people allday.

if japan is so comfy clean and safe why cant you just sleep on the street? It's only for a little while after all. No one is going to take your stuff. Find a comfy bench and sleep

>>2919709
Because im not a lazy broke idiot

>>2919707
Real Traveler tier. If you're serious that's fucking awesome lmaoo

>>2919712
Not him, but Japanese homeless are chill. Bunch of ojisans pounding beers and smoking cigs in the park.

>>2919712
Don't make me out to be a saint, I'm just trying to get Princess Aiko's attention.
>>2919715
One day this past summer, when it was 40 something Celsius out, my lilly white ass was sun burnt around two PM walking about for 4 hours, and one of them offered me their hat, when I said I can't, the other took off their shirt and tried to wrap it around my head. Some are indeed crazy, but ~most are good and choosing to be homeless.

>>2919716
>most are good and choosing to be homeless.
@slumbo
Have you been to Japan? There's some people here I think you could visit.

>>2919718
Are you telling me the homeless frens I made in Japan that left their families because of shame didn't choose it.

>>2919538
I don't want to see some streetshitter when I'm on holiday, or even when I'm not on holiday for that matter.

>>2919738
Then stay home we are everywhere

>>2919709
You're embarrassing , even for an indian

I'm so depressed. I'm 3 weeks in almost done with my japan trip and I talked to zero japanese cuties. I thought my life would be anime and sunshine after these weeks but now I return with nothing left to live for...
My heart will stop from terminal loneliness at any moment now

>>2919765
you dont even have a passport you worthless faggot

>>2919503
>muh xenophobic Buddhist technology enjoyers with old shrines and megacities
I guess, if you only consider that.
Modern Touristic Japan never had a military surveillance state following you everywhere and restricting where you can go or what and who you can film and the Japanese dont say fuck you in your face like the Chinese do.
Even if they have similar traditions there are huge differences like customs, behaviors, food and landscapes.

It's like comparing France and Italy just because you focus on their Roman heritage. It's better to enjoy both separately.

>>2919765
should jump in front of a train like a real Japanese man

>>2919800
NEW japanese man, you mean. They work in konbinis and are taking over. The main predator they need to be more careful of is trains.

>>2919533
They'll disappear if you fuckers stop going to jeetbinis. No business means closing down. Glad I don't live bear these stinkies. If I ever walk into a place and the staff is brown I walk right the fuck out and write bad reviews, and report to the police for sexual harassment.

>>2919808
>If I ever walk into a place and the staff is brown I walk right the fuck out and write bad reviews, and report to the police for sexual harassment.
OK Karen. The jeets are on your side more than the japs. You will never be japanese you uncle rukus nigger.

>>2919810
>you're the same species as us shit eaters
>let us jeetrape you

Ew stinky

>>2919765
Your life is like an anime called "I can't get laid no matter what so I killed myself to get isekai'd and now I can't get laid in the afterlife"

>"ur brown"
>"no u"

>>2919830
Its white incels saying that. Stolen valor because they are total losers despite having magical white skin

>>2919810
>The jeets are on your side
No. Never. Stay away. The last indian I had to be around wore clothes that smelled like they never dried fully after washing. The stench filled the room each time he entered.

>>2919765
>talked to zero japanese cuties
have you tried you know... talking to one of them?

>>2919801
>indian with no passports shitting up he board again
cute

>>2919575
Why are jeets angrily shitting up this board?
Even the janny is a jeet, you can just tell

>>2919862
I haven't initiated a conversation with a woman in 31 years and I'm not about to start now

>>2919915
gay and lame

>>2919716
> aiko but Kako
ngmi

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Akira Toriyama's favorite coffee shop called NOA, which is located in Kiyosu, Aichi and also was recently visited by Toyotarou on October 19, 2026

https://tabelog.com/en/aichi/A2302/A230202/23017702/

Gaijin here who's only ever set foot in 3 countries, Japan not among them: is Halloween still "banned", and have you been doing anything for it?

I need (You) to decide for me.
Is December a good month to visit Japan?

>>2919985
October-May are the good months to visit Japan, unless you love humidity and typhoons.

>>2919738
>konbinishitter
kek

About to board my plane to Tokyo. I bet all the bitching itt about how Japan has gone to shit will be overblown.

>>2919985
it used to be the cheapest time to visit but sping sakura tree season is the best and most expensive

>>2919765
You know you can just straight up buy women to do that with there right

>>2919996
its definitely not the same

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>>2920037

>>2919996
Its still fun as a fuck but the tourists get me down, the west aint sending our best, and its really tiring being around all the jeets and third worlders shitting up the place
I'm going to go to this halloween cosplay event and then get drunk and go to a girly bar, they're surprisingly wholesome unlike maid cafes which have sad depressing men in them which fucks with your head, the guys in those places aren't the sort you want to be around without feeling like a tard
wasn't even expensive 2500 yen all you can drink per hour, not even a bad deal and the staff are all cute as fuck
I want to go to the muscle girls bar sometime next week so I can shitpost about it on /fit/ and call people dyel's while posting pics of jacked jap girls

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>>2920006
probably too autistic to realize that Japan is far more prevalent than places like Bangkok or Amsterdam
just because its not out in the open apart from a few places doesn't mean its not there, literally everywhere too, Japanese women are massive sluts, the good kind too

>>2920020
it is out in the open. if you start at a random place in tokyo and walk a couple of blocks in any direction you will see a red light district

>>2920018
tomboy gf moment

>>2920031
It is not. I've walked around a bunch of Osaka and only came across one red light zone besides tobita that was open and some places that according to internet research were places of interest but they were closed buildings you wouldn't just walk into unless you knew where you were going and why you're there.
This was during the day though. I haven't been out almost at all during the night. Everyone says Osaka has the streets instead of establishments like Tokyo but I guess it's during the later hours and/or in central obvious areas.

>>2919985
The last time Comiket lasted 3 days was the year 2019 so it was a big surprise when it was announced that Comiket 109 will be held from December 29 to December 31, 2026, at Tokyo Big Sight

>>2919985
In my opinion, January is the worst month to visit Japan because everything shuts down for New Years but only for the first week of January, since the locals usually go back home to visit their parents during the first week

>>2920042
>less people in an overcrowded city is bad
I can't believe they give passports to anybody.

>>2920043
>tokyo is an overcrowded city
>I can't believe they give passports to anybody.

>>2920047
Yes, anywhere over 5 thousand people per square km is dense.

>>2920049
And that's being generous. I prefer half that density.

>>2920031
Some of us stay in the nice places in Japan, not the tourist places