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first time posting here

I'll be visiting Japan for 17 days starting October 2nd. My plan so far is to stay in Tokyo for 4 days and then travel across the country. I bought a Japan Rail Pass which allows me to take almost any train in the country so I'm basically free to go whereever. It's my first time being in Japan so I'm not entirely sure if I'm missing out on something important in my preparations. I can speak basic Japanese, read kana and a few kanji and I also have a dictionary on my tablet if necessary so communication should be managable. I also downloaded the openstreetmap for Japan so I shouldn't get lost even when there is no wifi available.

What I'm looking for are suggestions as for what to do and where to go in the country, I'm fairly flexible. Rather than plan everything in advance I'll just move around via train and stay in hostels at a short notice. Some places I already plan to check out are Fujisan, Himeji Castle, the old town of Kyoto, Akihabara, Shibuya, and a nice Onsen somewhere (if they let foreigners in)

I'm open for any suggestions and discussion and would appreciate help if you think I've forgot something important or if there's something I need to know before going to Japan.

>> No.14159466 [DELETED] 

>>14159462
Stay inside. Don't leave your hotel room. Outside is scary.

>> No.14159525

>>14159462
Have you asked /trv/ and /int/ yet? I'm fairly certain they'll give you a TODO list long enough without any otaku culture material added in.

>> No.14159526

>>14159525
I haven't, that might be a good idea actually. I don't use either of those boards nor /jp/ but I figured /jp/ would be the right place to ask about Japan

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>> No.14159588 [DELETED] 

>>14159526
Contrary to popular belief, the jp in /jp/ doesn't stand for Japan. It stands for joshikousei pantsu. Which you now must take pictures of and share them on this board when you return.

>> No.14159595
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Depends entirely on what you prefer and like.
Architecture, beaches, electronics, busy downtown hustling, rural areas...

17 Days is a lot man, I wish I could go again!

Anyway, plan two days for fuji(!) Plan ahead well, watch the weather forecast and inform yourself. Start climbing the mountain early at night with the mountain guides. Usually a handful of locals gather very early to reach the top before dawn! Incredible view, I hope you plan on climbing it.

I am not really the anime guy so my visit to aki was very short. I was very fond of kyoto and takayama especially, very relaxing. Though some might find it boring. Thats where it its up to the person.

There is pelenty to see in Osaka aswell. Those shop/bar streets are quite a show and then there is also its castle.

My most cherished moments have been in fukuoka though. I arrived there in my second week after hustling and hunting for all those sightseeings around honshu (central island).

I did not want to leave this place anymore so I flat out cancelled the rest of the plan and remained there for the rest of the week.
Those beaches, mountains and the view across the city. It a fairly large city but with very few tall skyscrapes so you have a great view over the city and onto the sea and with all those peninsulas.
The local activities are also endless and lots to visit with a great and healthy mix of new and old.
And then there is the food... uah

If I every go again I'll start there and move further down to okinawa. For some reason I have no interest in the north.

Good luck and have fun!

>> No.14159613

>>14159462
>a nice Onsen somewhere

there is a nice one in Naraha:

http://www.fukushimaminponews.com/news.html?id=566

>> No.14159622

>>14159595
That sounds like you had a pretty good time. My plane arrives and departs from Narita airport in Tokyo so I will have to make a roundtrip. Good advice on Mt Fuji, I definitely do want to climb it so I will have to look into where I can sign up for such a tour. I'll definitely check out Fukuoka too, however I probably won't be going to any of the further away islands.

Is it culturally acceptable to start conversations with random strangers on the train or will people be generally annoyed if you do?

>>14159613
will I glow in the dark after staying there? I just read that most onsens don't let in foreigners though, I guess I'll just research more in detail once I'm near one

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>>14159622
>I just read that most onsens don't let in foreigners though
It makes me unironically sad to know that this is what most of /jp/ actually believes... .... ...

>> No.14159669

>>14159647
So it isn't true then? From what I've researched many sources say that Onsens are often only open to native Japanese and only if they don't have any tattoos too.

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>> No.14159953

>>14159462
>first time posting here
kill yourself weeb

>> No.14160311

>>14159713
>>14159647
I really enjoy reading 4chan's more socially isolated boards because they have no idea how society works/think that real life works like fiction

>> No.14160327

Where to get good escorts in Shibuya.?????

>> No.14160340

>>14160311
What point are you trying to make exactly?

Because he's not wrong, you know.
There are onsens which don't let foreigners in.

>> No.14160344

>>14160340
And there's a bouncer in front of most exclusive nightclubs. The point is there are also onsens which let foreigners in, considering how big japan's tourism industry is and how absolutely retarded it would be for a small business in the tourism industry to ignore tourists.

>> No.14160354

>>14160344

uve clearly never ben to japan,mwhat a fucking dumbass

>> No.14160355

>>14160354
>>14160354
???

>> No.14160374

>>14160327

just find the smallest alleys and tell the black bouncers there that you've 5k in your pockets

>> No.14160388

>>14160344
>small business

that's likely packed with long time clients

you wouldn't want to risk to lose them forever just to allow a one time neet tourist to shit the place up

you'll have better luck in a huge 500 rooms hotel that happen to have a spa in one of the floors

>> No.14160401

>>14160388
I guess I touched the poop. I don't really know how to explain to you how strange your line of thought is, but I'll just link you this japanese tourism website I found through a 5 second google search http://us.jnto.go.jp/indulgence/hot_springs.php?hs=1

>> No.14160434

>>14159622

A train might not be the best place to start conversations. However, when visiting an Izakaya or even a maid cafe it is very easy to engage with the Japanese. I hope you speak Japanese. Japanese are usually not very keen on commuicating in English. I could always feel their relief when they saw that I wanted to converse in Japanese and not in English.

>> No.14160503

>>14160434
I've taken japanese classes at my uni from a japanese teacher for about a year. I can engage in basic conversation and my pronounciation shouldn't be too terrible. But this will definitely be a learning experience. I suck at Kanji but there's apps to scan and translate them if I really need to.

>> No.14160573

>>14160503

Talk about music, you'll make many friends. I've had plenty of sales people/wait staff take me out for lunch/drinks after meeting them so that we could continue sharing stories and my Japanese is shit.
It's okay, if they want to get to know you, they'll break out their english.

>> No.14160586

>>14160573
not OP but that's actually awesome, Jap music is one of the few non-shit parts of the culture.

You're not talking about doujin/vocaloid music right?

>> No.14160599

>>14160586

Just say you like YMO. Instant street cred.

>> No.14160605

>>14159462
>>>/trv/
>>>/int/

>> No.14160616

>>14160605
I posted there too after >>14159525 recommended it but funnily enough there's a lot more feedback right here

>>14160573
what you often hear is that a lot of japanese people are very racist / prejudiced towards foreigners. have you made any experience with that?

>> No.14160638

>>14160616

they just avoid you or have a sign posted outside saying Japanese only. they're not rude like here.
;D

>> No.14160644

>>14160616
Sad that this is what /jp/ has become. Instead of outright telling the retard to fuck off, he gets spoonfed to the point where he actually feels welcome to shit up the place some more.

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kuso thread.

>> No.14160880

>>14160644
If you /jp to tell someone to fuck off you have to do it yourself

>> No.14161031

>>14160644
/jp/ is changing... Finally, after years of shit.

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>>14160605
>>14160644
>>14160792

If you videogame/manga/aidoru weebs don't want general interest weebs on your board, why haven't you forced management to rename it /ota/ or something?

Calling the place /jp/ then getting pissed off when people treat it like a Japan general interest board is pretty silly tbh fam.

>> No.14161116

>>14161088
"general interest weebs"

this may sound joking, but /jp/ is more serious than that. You would know if you lurked and understood board culture

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>>14161088
What part of "Otaku Culture" do you find hard to understand? Why should anybody accommodate you because you're a dipshit and try to guess the theme of the board by its two letters? Do you also go on /asp/ to discuss aspergers and /vr/ for virtual reality? Quit being retarded "kudasai"

>> No.14161136

fucking weebs

>> No.14161169

>>14161116
2hou and baby metal are serious fucking business

>> No.14161257

>>14160340
Such as? Have you ever seen one or are you just quoting shit you heard from some other gullible idiot online?

Japanese establishments "not serving foreigners" is a myth. I've been to dozens of onsen, sometimes in the middle of fuck nowhere in the countryside, and nobody has ever batted an eye other than to perhaps ask where I'm from and comment that it's unusual to see whitey out here. I have no clue how the idea got started, my only guess is that there was an isolated incident at some point in the past and it got perpetuated by butthurt expat assholes and gullible travellers like OP.

If you know of someplace that doesn't accept white people please let me know where it is. I'd like to experience this wanton discrimination for myself so that I too can have a license to blame everything bad that happens to me on racism.

>> No.14161268

>>14161257

go to pink parlors in shibuya or shinjuku
there are ones that are japanese only
try to go to every bar
there are ones that are japanese only
they even have fucking signs you dumbshit

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ahah

>> No.14161339

>>14161268
Wait, so suddenly we're talking about whorehouses instead of hotsprings? Well, I'll admit, I've done hap bars on occasion, and again, never had any problems. If you're willing to pay, I will gladly go tonight to get my dick sucked in every pink salon in shibuya and tell you how many of them wouldn't take your money.

>> No.14161637

>>14161116
>understood board culture
cancer

>> No.14163307

why all this anger?

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