Woodgate27 0 Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Any tips on where to go in Kyoto, Hiroshima and Tokyo? Being my first overseas trip, the fact that I hate flying and having just seen Snakes on a Plane today, I'm feeling a little bit edgy. Oh, and I can't speak Japanese. This is gonna be fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 22158 Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Here's a tip. Fill up your mobile phone with images of everyday objects (a burger, pint of beer, hotel sign, toilet etc). Then when you can't find something, stop someone on the street and point to the image. Hopefully they'll point you the right way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodgate27 0 Posted August 30, 2006 Author Share Posted August 30, 2006 Thanks, you're not just a pretty face. Speaking of mobiles, my carrier told me my phone wouldn't work in Japan, but just looking at the website it is clear it will. Bastards! Now I have to sort that out in the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbyshinton 59 Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Thanks, you're not just a pretty face. Speaking of mobiles, my carrier told me my phone wouldn't work in Japan, but just looking at the website it is clear it will. Bastards! Now I have to sort that out in the morning. 187593[/snapback] Where are you flying from? Have a good one anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 22158 Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Some more advice - take 10 million Australian dollars worth of yen because you'll need it to buy a square water melon. Seriously, I'd love to go to Japan but the cost and language do put me off a bit. Well, more than a bit. Will be interested to hear how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasepud 59 Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Some more advice - take 10 million Australian dollars worth of yen because you'll need it to buy a square water melon. 187675[/snapback] What a great idea! then it wont roll around in the fridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magelaide 0 Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 I've been to Japan a couple of times. Once with my Father and the other time with friends. I enjoyed it so much more with my Father - I think it's such a fabulous place for a family holiday! Kyoto has heapssssss of temples (like 2000ish I think), so you're bound to be cheking out a temple. Check out the Golden Pavillion, Silver Pavillion and the former Imperial Palace. You have to go to Ueno Zoo to check out the pandas, so cute - and of course Disneyland in Tokyo. If you want to head out, 'Ropppngi' is the area with all the bars/clubs etc (I think thats what it is called..). You can bathe in the Onsens (hotsprings) if you like, but everyone goes butt naked, so it can be a little bit daunting! But yeh, if you want to do that check out Ooedo Onsen Monogatari in Odaiba its basically a hotspring theme park kind of setup. You MUST MUST MUST try and find mr donuts, seriously awesome donuts. Makes me want them just typing about them. You may want to get hold of a katakana chart, will make ordering food over there so much easier, otherwise jus tpoint to what you want! Theres nothing much in Hiroshima apart from the Memorial Park, and thats a must.. Anddddddd, theres things called 'love hotels' where you can go to, ummmm, have sex Enjoy it and I hope whoever you are going with doesnt drive you nuts, cause Japan in itself drives me nuts!!!! If I can remember anything else ill update my jumbled post for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magelaide 0 Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 oh yeh, using your mobile OS is a sure fire way of racking up an insanely HUGE bill. I wouldnt use it like you normally would back home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 22158 Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Some more advice - take 10 million Australian dollars worth of yen because you'll need it to buy a square water melon. 187675[/snapback] What a great idea! then it wont roll around in the fridge. 187703[/snapback] Available from Tesco's shortly allegedly: From the Mail. Ahem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 I'd like to go and live there at some point, I'm bored of France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7223 Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Bastard, id love to go to Tokyo. Ginormous arcades there full of decent games. Not a Double dragon with 1 working button in sight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmag 337 Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 It's not somewhere I've ever had any desire to go to. Have a good time though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodgate27 0 Posted August 30, 2006 Author Share Posted August 30, 2006 Thanks, you're not just a pretty face. Speaking of mobiles, my carrier told me my phone wouldn't work in Japan, but just looking at the website it is clear it will. Bastards! Now I have to sort that out in the morning. 187593[/snapback] Where are you flying from? Have a good one anyway 187643[/snapback] Melbourne to Osaka. I'll be on here a few times during the next few weeks. Off to the airport now. Hai! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Toplass-101 Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 U could have taken ToonTed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmag 337 Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 U could have taken ToonTed 187997[/snapback] He's still living it up in Oz actually so if I phone his mobile he could get a taxi to the airport! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 6821 Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 I dont get why people are scared of flying. You know you are going to get a quick death and it will be one hell of a rollercoaster ride to the ground. My preferred way tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magelaide 0 Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 If w27 is flying with Japan Air he can use the super cool in flight entertainment whilst fearing for his life. If the plane crashed, at least he would die having some sort of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Remember to say hello to Mr. Udagawa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noelie 103 Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Oh, and I can't speak Japanese. This is gonna be fun! 187579[/snapback] Fu Kin Su Pah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbyshinton 59 Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Oh, and I can't speak Japanese. This is gonna be fun! 187579[/snapback] Fu Kin Su Pah. 188355[/snapback] Is he away then? cannot stand the bloke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Manson 0 Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Cover up any tattoos or you'll be skewered on by a katana-wielding yakuza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodgate27 0 Posted September 1, 2006 Author Share Posted September 1, 2006 Well I`m sitting here in the hotel lobby in Kyoto, fuckin hot and humid. The locals are real polite. Plus it`s so clean. I`ll try and post some photos in a few days. And why was Sibieski our only fucking signing? Fucks sake. Shit tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbyshinton 59 Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Well I`m sitting here in the hotel lobby in Kyoto, fuckin hot and humid. The locals are real polite. Plus it`s so clean. I`ll try and post some photos in a few days. And why was Sibieski our only fucking signing? Fucks sake. Shit tbh. 190342[/snapback] Piss off and enjoy yourself. Any chance of some Gheshia (sp) photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W 0 Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Some more advice - take 10 million Australian dollars worth of yen because you'll need it to buy a square water melon. 187675[/snapback] What a great idea! then it wont roll around in the fridge. 187703[/snapback] Easy to cut 'n aall devilish cunning , the little yellow men No wonder Swan Hunter's & British Leyland went bust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodgate27 0 Posted September 11, 2006 Author Share Posted September 11, 2006 I`m now in Tokyo. Big, smelly place. Although... I found this season`s third strip in a `soccer` store. I`m assuming i hasn`t been released in England yet? And it`s fairly cheap. So I`m wondering if it`s genuine, though it does have the adidas holograph thing that`s on the other shirts. Anyway I`m amazed I found it amongst all the Man Utd crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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