The story I got told when I was living in Japan was that the flush sound effect was a water saving measure. Apparently young ladies disliked the tinkling sound that accompanied urination, and would flush repeatedly while so doing to mask it, to the point of considerable water wastage. It was apparently easier to add a button that makes the noise than to persuade people to stop doing it. That being said, I saw very few of them through an extended stay, and quietly suspect that their main purpose these days is to confuse westerners in hotels.
You know, this just reinforces for me that my pledge to LRR on patreon is worth it. The only thing keeping them from producing oodles of stuff like this is their lack of extra editors. Every dollar feels like pays back a ton.
My parents did that: they travelled all over Europe for some weeks, while I still was under construction, then later told me about the awesome time they had. They'd argue I had technically visited every place they'd been to, so it was an awesome (and cheaper) journey for me too. Of course, I -technically- love them for it.
So when I saw this appear in my sub box my face went :O and stayed frozen like that for a solid 10 seconds before clicking it. I was not disappoint. Man, I wanna go to Japan as well, I'm so jealous of you guys.
I'd say, salmon, maybe? A salmon-coloured airport? Also, you just tricked us into watching your holiday photos didn't you? Thousands of them, sequentially and at high speed.
This was really cool to watch, I'm looking forward to more of them. I've always wanted to visit Japan, so I'll do it vicariously through these videos. :)
Kansai Airport saw Ian's work with IBS (this was back before people telecommuted). He was in town for another meeting and Kansai Airport got in touch and they got coffee. They paid him a pretty penny too. They wanted something calming and productive.
This video combines two of my favorite things (Japan and LRR) into something I didn't know I needed until now! Absolutely great and can't wait for the next episode! Any chance we can get a "LRR's Guide to Traveling Japan" for those of us who would like detailed advice for emulating your travels?
Oh this is going to be really cool to watch. I am going to Japan this Summer with my parents and it would be cool to get some actual tourist perspective on how to survive in Japan.
As someone who has lived in Japan on and off for 5ish years, it's really interesting to see the perspectives of people who don't get to come here so often.
My friends and I are planning a trip to Japan next spring. Honestly, this series is going to be a great inspiration for not only what we can expect, but what we might be able to plan to do. Great timing, guys!
Thank you for sharing this. I've not been back to Osaka since the last PT was there. So much of what you've shared are things I've missed and remind me to return one day.
Is that really a problem that Canadians have? Like people being rude to you because they're assume you're American? Other than taxi drivers of course who will find an excuse to be rude to you no matter what.
Most people won't give a fuck, but you're going to be coming across so many people that you're bound to have multiple run ins with people that'll give you shit
Every time I see a Canadian abroad they have a little flag on their baggage somewhere. Once pointed out you can't unsee them either and start seeing them everywhere. Canadians: we're not from the US, ahy.
Back in 2004 - because of the Iraq War - there was such a strong hatred towards Americans in parts of Europe, that *a lot* of American tourists actually *pretended* to be Australians or Canadians. Of course, that time is long past now, but making people notice that you're *not* American might still be useful in some parts of the world.
This is fantastic, I loved it! Can't wait for more! I soooo want to travel to Japan, but for now I shall content myself with vicariously living through your lens.
Thank you so much for mentioning the the eConnect thing. I will totally be getting one of those next time I go back to Japan. So べんり！ (benri = useful).
me watching this in Quarantine like 'Man, remember when people could go places?'. It's so weird seeing such thick crowds! (I know, very original comment)
This is great! My wife and I are planning our first trip to Japan later this year. We've watched countless travel videos already, but they were all somewhat to very amateur while your professional talent really shines through. In other words, I learn from and enjoy this series, and look forward to the rest of the series.
This is really nicely done. I especially liked the writing being tagged to takiyaki itself, so when the camera moved the text moved. I have no idea how easy/hard that is to do, but I liked it.
I've only left Canada once, but man, Japan looks so fascinating and beautiful in a way that's entirely different from how other destinations are presented. And yes, that may be obvious but there you go, I'm a stay at home guy *Shrug* Thank you for allowing us to ostensibly go on your vacation with you guys.
"That's just brilliant, that is." -- I had absolutely the same reaction while I was in Japan earlier this year. Everything is just so well thought out. I got ice cream from a vending machine and was like "how to eat..?" then noticed that the spoon is actually part of the lid. Brilliant. Also: Takkyubin (or TA-Q-Bin), which delivers your luggage *for you* to your next hotel / ryokan so you can easily ride the trains from place to place. Brilliant. Vending machines giving you caffeine at every corner. Brilliant. IC Cards (Suica, Pasmo, Icoca, etc.) you can load with money to easily travel the metro / buses that don't take the Japan Rail Pass. The only thing that wasn't as convenient was that a lot of places don't take credit card, you have to use cash (yen) -- BUT you COULD use your IC card in a lot of those places and a lot of the vending machines took IC Card too. Also, there were a plentiful amount of 7-11s which have ATMs that will take international debit cards so I never had a problem withdrawing. Went during cherry blossom season to Tokyo, Mitaka, Takayama, Kyoto, Nara, Koyasan, Osaka, Miyajima, Hiroshima, Yakushima, and unscheduled stop in Fukuoka. Absolutely gorgeous country (Koyasan and Yakushima were the highlights of the trip), lovely food, streets so clean you can eat off of them, and nonexistent crime.
While I'm not surprised that there is a higher than average interest in Japan in the loading ready run subscriber base, I ALSO lived in Japan for like a year and a half. And I married a wonderful lady from there too. We try and go back every year and your video makes me want to go sooner rather than later. :)
Not at all to sound condescending, but I live in Japan so normally I don't find most videos about it particularly interesting. That being said, very entertaining video! It is cool to see you guys go though the jet-lag and all that awesome stuff I get to deal with every time I come back from a visit in the states. Cant wait to see more!
Bloody hell.. i still remember watching your old Phailhaus episode where you guys 'tricked' us into looking at your last Japan holiday.. argh.. where has time gone.. Looking forward to the series..
Aw man, I've always wanted to meet you guys, but thought I'd never get the chance since I live in Japan. Anyway, hope to see more of these. Seems like you had a lot of fun!
My boyfriend and I are currently living in China and have been trying to take video of our travels, but the biggest issue is sound...are you just use the onboard mics from your phones and camera? Ours is not as smooth as yours...
Thank you so much for posting these! I was hoping to visit Tokyo and Sendai for my birthday this year, but that might not happen with finances. Still, these are incredible tips, especially the J.R. Pass.
Awesome to get a look at Japan, and to get a bit of phailhaus type action. Also, I wish people would mention how close Canada Day and American Independence Day are, it's like having the same birthday as a friend.
Thank you very much for sharing this. At some point I would like to travel to Japan, probably with my family. It's a little unnerving in for me that I have forgotten all of the Japanese I learned from classes in college (though I don't think I studied as long as Kathleen). They were very good courses too. It was a great immersion class, but I couldn't handle the workload in addition to my degree (I was taking Japanese "for fun"). There's a reason those classes are marked as 6 credit courses. Yeesh. I very much look forward to seeing more of your videos and hope that maybe it can give me a peek into what I might expect and thereby perhaps ease my nerves a little and actually work up the courage to go. And yeah, octopi are wicked smart.
Huh. That's a funny concidence, I was in Japan at the same time you were. It's defenetly one of my top countries to re-visit, althogh I'm seriously considering making the next visit in the winter or at least early spring. Looking forward to seeng more of this at least!
God I miss living in Japan. It was a great lifestyle as a student, but I doubt I could deal with the working hours. Need to get back and visit though, need to go and see my Host Family!
I don't know if I can watch this.... Having been to Japan for three months late 2015 (to Himeji, landing at the same airport) it brings back too many memories. I don't know if I can make it through 2 episodes without booking a flight immediatly..... On topic; love the video, nicely condensed with enough explanation. Beautiful shots too.
13 episodes? Awesome! I loved the Phailhaus episode what was just your vacation pictures from Japan, so this is already even better. As a side note, could you elaborate on your video equipment? I'm planning on taking a trip in a few months, and this is looking like a fun way to document it.
Why do you need a portable hot spot? I don't understand how an intermediate cellular device is cost-effective. Do you get a signal in Japan at all? Can't you get data over mobile?
+AusSP Our roaming plan doesn't cover outside of North America, so unless we wanted to pay stupendously ridiculous data fees, portable wifi was the best bet. Also this was ~$5/day for *both* of us.
Remember back when folks used to invite you over to their house for a meal and then the vacation slide show? I feel I'm being jipped out of a meal somewhere here =)
Ah, languages. I studied German for 3 years at school, and couldn't remember a word of it. Evidently that wasn't actually true though, because years later I managed to remember quite a bit of it. Turns out it helps to actually listen to stuff. I 'fixed' my German with 300 hours of dubbed star trek of all things. XD
Oh an update to phailhaus, how nice. Kathleen what carrier is that? It is driving me crazy that I don't recognise it. In another video there's a snippet of you taking it off and it doesn't look like any carrier I've seen before, it looks like you can somehow take it off and the babby is still in it?
I so wish I was following you guys on social media so I knew you were coming to the pre-release at Big Magic in Tokyo. I so want to meet the LRR crew but alas since I live in Japan there aren't a lot of opportunities to go to cons and whatnot. Ah well
We didn't realize we'd be *at* Big Magic on pre-release day, but we kind of stumbled into it. We didn't play because... well, we wouldn't understand the cards, and we can play Magic indoors back at home :)
Man, am I longing to go back to Japan now. Me and the SO were also there in 2015, from the montage it looks like we went to a lot of the same places so it'll be fun to see your perspective on them! We weren't in Osaka though - roughly how awesome was it? Should we put it on the list for next time?
Really want to go back to Japan. Survived in Tokyo for a semester with 3 phrases: Café Mocha kudasai (please), Arigatou gozaimasu (formal thanks) and Sumimasen (Excuse Me). Excuse me can get you pretty far :)
I have a question, how did it cost(In full) to go to Japan and how long did you stay? cause that's the biggest issues I'm having is figuring out the cost of the whole trip
We talk about that a lot in the coming episodes. It shook out pretty cheaply because we got a seat sale. Airline tickets are going to be your biggest expense. We spent about $2500/ea, all-in.
+loadingreadyrun yeah, Airline fair I knew was going to be expensive, I want to go during Cherry Blossom season(hopefully next year) but that is their peak tour season so EVERYTHING is more expensive, makes me sad
I know people who drive down to Melbourne from north of Sydney and it takes 12+ hours. You can drive to Brisbane from Melbourne in 19 hours but it is not recommended.
I really want to go to Japan eventually, but unfortunately I have Coeliacs. Is there much in the way of gluten-free in Japan or will I have to just starve?
Japan is really big on fish and rice, which means you should actually have a relatively easy time of it. That being said, you should probably memorize the Japanese for "I'm allergic to wheat" and/or "I'm allergic to gluten" and/or "I have Celiac Disease" plus "does this have gluten in it?" and repeat it when you go to restaurants, just to be doubly sure. Also, Google points me to this site, which seems helpful: www.legalnomads.com/gluten-free/japan
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The story I got told when I was living in Japan was that the flush sound effect was a water saving measure. Apparently young ladies disliked the tinkling sound that accompanied urination, and would flush repeatedly while so doing to mask it, to the point of considerable water wastage. It was apparently easier to add a button that makes the noise than to persuade people to stop doing it.
That being said, I saw very few of them through an extended stay, and quietly suspect that their main purpose these days is to confuse westerners in hotels.
Some toilets will let you play custom noises instead of the flushing, such as music or applause.
+Crusader1089 applause! Applause! It's like "good job for pooping!"
Graham "I'm not actually pooping right now, as you can see." Stark
That's a good professional level darts nickname.
You know, this just reinforces for me that my pledge to LRR on patreon is worth it. The only thing keeping them from producing oodles of stuff like this is their lack of extra editors. Every dollar feels like pays back a ton.
Thank you so much! Editing is definitely our bottleneck, and we're working to improve that :)
+loadingreadyrun So, are you getting an extra editor? Or is Paul getting cybernetically upgraded?
Kansai Airport looks like it was coloured by Ian with a nice shade of Beige
Ba dum tss
That first shot of the mountains was beautiful
Thank you!
My parents did that: they travelled all over Europe for some weeks, while I still was under construction, then later told me about the awesome time they had. They'd argue I had technically visited every place they'd been to, so it was an awesome (and cheaper) journey for me too. Of course, I -technically- love them for it.
So when I saw this appear in my sub box my face went :O and stayed frozen like that for a solid 10 seconds before clicking it. I was not disappoint.
Man, I wanna go to Japan as well, I'm so jealous of you guys.
I'd say, salmon, maybe? A salmon-coloured airport?
Also, you just tricked us into watching your holiday photos didn't you? Thousands of them, sequentially and at high speed.
Well at least this time we're expecting it, and not getting it through the guise of Feed Dump (like what happened last time :P)
"Humid as ball", singular. Love that!
This was really cool to watch, I'm looking forward to more of them. I've always wanted to visit Japan, so I'll do it vicariously through these videos. :)
Flashbacks to Phailhaus vacation photos episode
6 years ago
Wow
The internet brings us wonderful new ways to show everyone your vacation photos
Certainly more enjoyable than the slide shows my mom use to put together. To her credit she did a decent job.
Good to see that IBS got the Kansai Airport contract.
Kansai Airport saw Ian's work with IBS (this was back before people telecommuted). He was in town for another meeting and Kansai Airport got in touch and they got coffee.
They paid him a pretty penny too. They wanted something calming and productive.
Thanks for taking us into your holiday Graham and Kathleen! it's awesome you're taking us into something as personal as a holiday.
This video combines two of my favorite things (Japan and LRR) into something I didn't know I needed until now! Absolutely great and can't wait for the next episode!
Any chance we can get a "LRR's Guide to Traveling Japan" for those of us who would like detailed advice for emulating your travels?
+apm239 That's kinda what we're trying to do with these videos. More to come!
+loadingreadyrun your baby is so adorable!
Oh this is going to be really cool to watch. I am going to Japan this Summer with my parents and it would be cool to get some actual tourist perspective on how to survive in Japan.
That's what we're hoping to get across with the vlogs!
Can you link me to the WiFi device you talked about in this video? I am interested in setting that up for my family to use during our trip.
As someone who has lived in Japan on and off for 5ish years, it's really interesting to see the perspectives of people who don't get to come here so often.
There's some really good cinematography here!
Thank you!! I had a lot of fun with it.
You're very welcome! I'm looking forward to the rest of the series ^^
I remember when I went to Japan. It was awesome. Everyone should spend a week in Japan in the spring.
My friends and I are planning a trip to Japan next spring. Honestly, this series is going to be a great inspiration for not only what we can expect, but what we might be able to plan to do. Great timing, guys!
The fact that you guys have less then 100.000 subs is a shame... You guys are awsome!
+MrJugglingbear Thank you :)
I sincerely enjoyed everything about this video, and look forward to the rest.
13 episodes! This is really awesome. Thank you for sharing your trip guys.
I really enjoyed this
Thank you for sharing this. I've not been back to Osaka since the last PT was there. So much of what you've shared are things I've missed and remind me to return one day.
Just come back from 16 days travelling in Japan so looking forward to watching this.
As someone who is planning a trip to Japan these will be interesting to watch!
ditto
giving me great memories of my trip to Japan, landing on Kansai, we went directly to Kyoto first though and on the end of the trip stayed in Osaka.
Thank you for this upcoming series. I'm really interested in seeing the rest of your vacation. And now I really want to go to Japan.
Ah good, repping those Canadian flags so no one confuses you for Americans.
+Freenix Yuuuuup
Is that really a problem that Canadians have? Like people being rude to you because they're assume you're American? Other than taxi drivers of course who will find an excuse to be rude to you no matter what.
Most people won't give a fuck, but you're going to be coming across so many people that you're bound to have multiple run ins with people that'll give you shit
Every time I see a Canadian abroad they have a little flag on their baggage somewhere. Once pointed out you can't unsee them either and start seeing them everywhere.
Canadians: we're not from the US, ahy.
Back in 2004 - because of the Iraq War - there was such a strong hatred towards Americans in parts of Europe, that *a lot* of American tourists actually *pretended* to be Australians or Canadians.
Of course, that time is long past now, but making people notice that you're *not* American might still be useful in some parts of the world.
This is fantastic, I loved it! Can't wait for more! I soooo want to travel to Japan, but for now I shall content myself with vicariously living through your lens.
Thank you so much for mentioning the the eConnect thing. I will totally be getting one of those next time I go back to Japan. So べんり！ (benri = useful).
I really enjoyed this, and I don't usually care about watching other people walking around on vacation. Looking forward to more!
me watching this in Quarantine like 'Man, remember when people could go places?'. It's so weird seeing such thick crowds! (I know, very original comment)
This is great! My wife and I are planning our first trip to Japan later this year. We've watched countless travel videos already, but they were all somewhat to very amateur while your professional talent really shines through. In other words, I learn from and enjoy this series, and look forward to the rest of the series.
I miss Family Mart! I miss Takoyaki! I miss Kyoto! I miss Japan in general! Have fun you guys, I'm super jelly!!
Does super jelly go well with super peanut butter?
They go together super.
So good to see Kathleen and to meet Penelope.
This is really nicely done. I especially liked the writing being tagged to takiyaki itself, so when the camera moved the text moved. I have no idea how easy/hard that is to do, but I liked it.
Very fortuitous video series, as I will be in Japan in October. Looking forward to seeing your whole trip.
I've only left Canada once, but man, Japan looks so fascinating and beautiful in a way that's entirely different from how other destinations are presented. And yes, that may be obvious but there you go, I'm a stay at home guy *Shrug* Thank you for allowing us to ostensibly go on your vacation with you guys.
I really miss Japan, I'll have to make sure I visit there again soon.
Graham is really good at vlogging. It's obvious that he puts a lot of effort into it.
How fun I went to Japan for the first time last October
Eyyyy love friday nights. Nice to see you guys having a good time
Gah! My family was it's most outgoing when I was riding around in a backpack thing.
I love LRR and I'm a huge weeaboo, so this is unexpectedly perfect.
"That's just brilliant, that is." -- I had absolutely the same reaction while I was in Japan earlier this year. Everything is just so well thought out. I got ice cream from a vending machine and was like "how to eat..?" then noticed that the spoon is actually part of the lid. Brilliant. Also: Takkyubin (or TA-Q-Bin), which delivers your luggage *for you* to your next hotel / ryokan so you can easily ride the trains from place to place. Brilliant. Vending machines giving you caffeine at every corner. Brilliant. IC Cards (Suica, Pasmo, Icoca, etc.) you can load with money to easily travel the metro / buses that don't take the Japan Rail Pass. The only thing that wasn't as convenient was that a lot of places don't take credit card, you have to use cash (yen) -- BUT you COULD use your IC card in a lot of those places and a lot of the vending machines took IC Card too. Also, there were a plentiful amount of 7-11s which have ATMs that will take international debit cards so I never had a problem withdrawing. Went during cherry blossom season to Tokyo, Mitaka, Takayama, Kyoto, Nara, Koyasan, Osaka, Miyajima, Hiroshima, Yakushima, and unscheduled stop in Fukuoka. Absolutely gorgeous country (Koyasan and Yakushima were the highlights of the trip), lovely food, streets so clean you can eat off of them, and nonexistent crime.
While I'm not surprised that there is a higher than average interest in Japan in the loading ready run subscriber base, I ALSO lived in Japan for like a year and a half. And I married a wonderful lady from there too. We try and go back every year and your video makes me want to go sooner rather than later. :)
It's 5am while I watch this and my tired brain actually took a second before it recognised you two at 11:00
I went there a month ago! Japan is actually the best, especially Osaka area in my opinion
Just started watching this on July 2nd.
Not at all to sound condescending, but I live in Japan so normally I don't find most videos about it particularly interesting. That being said, very entertaining video! It is cool to see you guys go though the jet-lag and all that awesome stuff I get to deal with every time I come back from a visit in the states. Cant wait to see more!
Just today I booked tickets to Osaka that cover Canada Day. That eConnect thing sounds very useful. I look forward to the subsequent videos.
Bloody hell.. i still remember watching your old Phailhaus episode where you guys 'tricked' us into looking at your last Japan holiday.. argh.. where has time gone.. Looking forward to the series..
Wife and I are headed to Osaka then to Kyoto then to Tokyo. Thank you for this video!! We are native Vancouverites as well!! :) Cheers buddy!
I really enjoyed the video thanks guys.
Aw man, I've always wanted to meet you guys, but thought I'd never get the chance since I live in Japan. Anyway, hope to see more of these. Seems like you had a lot of fun!
Every good event deserves its own portmanteau. As such: Gosaka.
Damnit! You guys fooled me into watching your vacation footage again! (Before anyone jumps me, this is a reference to an older video they did)
My boyfriend and I are currently living in China and have been trying to take video of our travels, but the biggest issue is sound...are you just use the onboard mics from your phones and camera? Ours is not as smooth as yours...
Thank you so much for posting these! I was hoping to visit Tokyo and Sendai for my birthday this year, but that might not happen with finances. Still, these are incredible tips, especially the J.R. Pass.
Awesome to get a look at Japan, and to get a bit of phailhaus type action.
Also, I wish people would mention how close Canada Day and American Independence Day are, it's like having the same birthday as a friend.
Oh, this gonna be good!
seem fun！this let me feel that i going a travel with you guys
"Haha we made you look at our vacation photos!" -comes to mind here, yet again. Curses!
looks like fun! I wish I could go to Japan
Thank you very much for sharing this. At some point I would like to travel to Japan, probably with my family. It's a little unnerving in for me that I have forgotten all of the Japanese I learned from classes in college (though I don't think I studied as long as Kathleen). They were very good courses too. It was a great immersion class, but I couldn't handle the workload in addition to my degree (I was taking Japanese "for fun"). There's a reason those classes are marked as 6 credit courses. Yeesh. I very much look forward to seeing more of your videos and hope that maybe it can give me a peek into what I might expect and thereby perhaps ease my nerves a little and actually work up the courage to go.
And yeah, octopi are wicked smart.
I'm way more interested in someone else's vacation than I am in actually taking one of my own. This fascinates me to some degree.
I am giving you a thumbs up for NOTHING more than the Flushing Sounds.
Huh. That's a funny concidence, I was in Japan at the same time you were. It's defenetly one of my top countries to re-visit, althogh I'm seriously considering making the next visit in the winter or at least early spring.
Looking forward to seeng more of this at least!
God I miss living in Japan. It was a great lifestyle as a student, but I doubt I could deal with the working hours. Need to get back and visit though, need to go and see my Host Family!
I don't know if I can watch this.... Having been to Japan for three months late 2015 (to Himeji, landing at the same airport) it brings back too many memories. I don't know if I can make it through 2 episodes without booking a flight immediatly.....
On topic; love the video, nicely condensed with enough explanation. Beautiful shots too.
13 episodes? Awesome! I loved the Phailhaus episode what was just your vacation pictures from Japan, so this is already even better. As a side note, could you elaborate on your video equipment? I'm planning on taking a trip in a few months, and this is looking like a fun way to document it.
Awesome stuff guys :D
Did you just trick us into watching your vacation footage? Again?
Trip seemed like it was pretty sweet though, thanks for sharing it with us.
Kansai Airport was opened in 1994. The '90s color scheme is not a coincidence.
Why do you need a portable hot spot? I don't understand how an intermediate cellular device is cost-effective. Do you get a signal in Japan at all? Can't you get data over mobile?
+AusSP Our roaming plan doesn't cover outside of North America, so unless we wanted to pay stupendously ridiculous data fees, portable wifi was the best bet. Also this was ~$5/day for *both* of us.
But it covered voice calls? I would have expected one or the other.
Abroad I prefer to keep my own card in my phone so people can call me.
Remember back when folks used to invite you over to their house for a meal and then the vacation slide show? I feel I'm being jipped out of a meal somewhere here =)
It's always funny seeing people who are only sort of familiar with japan go exploring, haha.
This is neat!
Your airport has salmon on the windows. I'm sold.
Beautiful
Kathleen: My butt hurts
Me: SAME!
Ah, languages.
I studied German for 3 years at school, and couldn't remember a word of it.
Evidently that wasn't actually true though, because years later I managed to remember quite a bit of it. Turns out it helps to actually listen to stuff.
I 'fixed' my German with 300 hours of dubbed star trek of all things. XD
I have pictures of myself in that same red desert bus shirt in Japan too :D
Oh an update to phailhaus, how nice.
Kathleen what carrier is that? It is driving me crazy that I don't recognise it. In another video there's a snippet of you taking it off and it doesn't look like any carrier I've seen before, it looks like you can somehow take it off and the babby is still in it?
I so wish I was following you guys on social media so I knew you were coming to the pre-release at Big Magic in Tokyo. I so want to meet the LRR crew but alas since I live in Japan there aren't a lot of opportunities to go to cons and whatnot. Ah well
We didn't realize we'd be *at* Big Magic on pre-release day, but we kind of stumbled into it. We didn't play because... well, we wouldn't understand the cards, and we can play Magic indoors back at home :)
Hey where can I find out what songs you guys are using in all these Japan vlog videos?
Man, am I longing to go back to Japan now. Me and the SO were also there in 2015, from the montage it looks like we went to a lot of the same places so it'll be fun to see your perspective on them! We weren't in Osaka though - roughly how awesome was it? Should we put it on the list for next time?
Really want to go back to Japan. Survived in Tokyo for a semester with 3 phrases: Café Mocha kudasai (please), Arigatou gozaimasu (formal thanks) and Sumimasen (Excuse Me). Excuse me can get you pretty far :)
I have a question, how did it cost(In full) to go to Japan and how long did you stay? cause that's the biggest issues I'm having is figuring out the cost of the whole trip
We talk about that a lot in the coming episodes. It shook out pretty cheaply because we got a seat sale. Airline tickets are going to be your biggest expense. We spent about $2500/ea, all-in.
+loadingreadyrun yeah, Airline fair I knew was going to be expensive, I want to go during Cherry Blossom season(hopefully next year) but that is their peak tour season so EVERYTHING is more expensive, makes me sad
Maaan i could kill for some Asahi now. Lovely beer. Luckily its pretty cheap in the UK
My parents also took me to Japan when my mother was pregnant with me. I feel for Penelope.
I know people who drive down to Melbourne from north of Sydney and it takes 12+ hours. You can drive to Brisbane from Melbourne in 19 hours but it is not recommended.
Next time you guys come to Japan, we should totes hang out!
I really want to go to Japan eventually, but unfortunately I have Coeliacs. Is there much in the way of gluten-free in Japan or will I have to just starve?
Japan is really big on fish and rice, which means you should actually have a relatively easy time of it.
That being said, you should probably memorize the Japanese for "I'm allergic to wheat" and/or "I'm allergic to gluten" and/or "I have Celiac Disease" plus "does this have gluten in it?" and repeat it when you go to restaurants, just to be doubly sure.
Also, Google points me to this site, which seems helpful: www.legalnomads.com/gluten-free/japan
That was very nice, until around 8:20 when I had this flashback of Gantz ...
whats the schedule lineup for the other 12 episodes
I love Family Mart.
This series comes to me, just a month and a half too late. Ahh, next time.