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I'm leaving for Japan next week and wanted to see if anyone is in / from / has been to Japan. 1st time for me so I was wondering if anyone had any good info on things to see and do while there. I am staying in the Chiyoda-ku area in Tokyo and also staying in Kyoto. If I see Brother Sharp while there I will post pics.

I lived in japan for a few years when I was little. Keep these 3 things in mind.

1. When in Tokyo be prepared for the mandatory twice daily giant monster/robot attack.
2. Keep an eye out for vending machines as you can find cheap, used underwear in them for those odd desires.
3. End every statement with "desu" or you shall be put to death via tentacle rape.

That pretty much covers it.

LOL. Got it. Thanks

Be sure to visit and donate to the Hakurei Shrine while you are there, Reimu need's all the donations she can get!

Also, you will encounter plenty of haunted places, so be careful you don't get any unwanted supernatural stowaways. A friend of mine brought home a ghost by accident last time she went to Japan.

I was just looking up a few places and Akihabara came up as a good area to find Anime related stuff.

I think this guy's YouTube channel should help you very much. :D

go to the town of obama for me… perhaps go to their hot springs.

I had a stopover at the Tokyo airport on the way to Singapore. I had some of the best sushi I've ever had in my life. I've always thought, here in America, we pretty much put some of our crappiest food in the airports, so I assume the sushi outside of the airport is of a quality that I can't even imagine.

Yea, I am looking forward to eating some really good sushi and I hear the noodles are excellent as well. Also, SAKE SAKE SAKE SAKE.

drool sushi and noodles…

Japan has an amazing country side, and awesome mountains. You should defiantly go to some if possible.

Get a copy of Pokemon Black/White….wait, they won't play on American DSes….never mind

Try and see if Atlus has released Persona 5 in japan.

Black and White was released in America yesterday, dude.
He doesn't need to go to Japan for that.

IT DID!??!?!
DAMN IT!
WHY DIDN'T ANYBODY TELL ME THAT!?!?!?

why? Japan still has some national parks, Japan also has laws in place that help preservation of parts of its country side to protect the culture.

Dude, how did you not know?
About half of the people I talked to today had a copy, and I rarely see ANYONE with a Pokemon game at school.

Leaving tomorrow at noon. Woo Hoo 13 hour flight and an hour train ride and I will be in Tokyo. Be gone for 15 days.

I haven't been to the store much…i has no money D:

Well, that doesn't really have a bearing on whether you knew about it or not.
Although that's a good reason for not having it.

Sorry for the Misunderstanding, I only said that because you were the only person who said anything relevant to Japan in the thread…

Oh, and I figured it was because he said, "You should defiantly go to some if possible." I read it and was imagining someone saying, "Fuck you, I'll go to Japan if I want to!"

Can someone make my hotel stop shaking? 8.9 and there is aftershocks about every 5 minutes.

Dude are you okay??? Man you gotta get out of there. I'll be praying for you.

Yes, we wish you people living in Japan the best.
I've just heard on the news what's happening there and it's crazy!

mona_jpn, are you there and okay?

Funnily enough, this thread was the first thing to hit my mind when I heard about the earthquakes.

You picked a grand ol' time to go over.
You might want to be careful, just a wee bit.

(Crap someone already posted it.)

Yes I'm ok. I had just visited a shrine when it hit. I was out in the open. Prety intense though. Aftershocks keep hitting every five minutes.

Phoah, now that's really bad timing.

Some people go to Japan for reasons other than culture…

Like cartoons?

Not to mention that I'm pretty sure liking Japanese culture alone is not the definition of being a weeaboo anyway. For instance, I personally love Japanese food, would love to visit Japan, and wish I could learn the Japanese language, but frankly have only slightly more than zero interest in Anime and Manga.

did op die?

See Mt. Fuji!

CRAP! He's in Japan Right Now! I hope he's ok!

It's 1:00 pm here in Tokyo. Most of the city seems to be ok. Still have aftershocks.

The streets are empty. A lot of places closed today. Store shelves are empty either from the earthquake or from all the stranded people in the city buying it all. Rail lines still not running. Most of the devastation is in the northern part of Japan from the tsunami.

It's good to hear you're OK Daniel. I hope things start to calm down from here on out.

on teh bright side, the airports will probs be closed for a long tiem, maybe 2 weeks so… you get longer vacation!!!!!!

But what if he has something important to do at his hometown?

Thanks and thank you to everyone who is concerned. I'm not too concerned about the flight home but that I was going to stay a few days in Kyoto, the rail lines may still be down.

Kyoto is the hometown of the well-known company Nintendo, as well as some of its employees.

We just had a M 6.1 centered near Mt. Fuji. It felt real strong here in Tokyo. I think the radiation is waking up Godzilla.

No Godzilla started all of this when he did a belly flop into the ocean…from somewhere high I guess.

Went to the Kyoto Intenational Manga Museum today, desu. It was fantastic, desu. I learned quite a bit that I didn't already know, desu. They had every Manga you can think of, desu. It's like a library, desu. You can sit and read them, desu. Desu, desu, desu, desu, desu, desu, desu, desu, desu, desu, desu, desu, desu, desu, desu, desu, desu, desu, oh and did I mention desu.

I was actually shocked to learn Japan supplies China with food, I would assume Seafood, like sea slugs, or the slime off fishermen boots.