Chris lore

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bijna west china

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Welcome to Japan

Enjoy jet lag Thursday

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I finally have WiFi, let's make getting my sim card my first priority because god it's shit

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Thanks

Thanks

I'm sorry for calling it shit, I gave it too much credit

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nice

yeah it’s borderline unusable

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At least now I know where I arranged to pick up my sim card

Anyway wanted to send this a few hours ago but KLM bad

All my homies hate the paper form. "Did you get a QR code from the online form?" you ever see a Japanese website work? No.
Get nice paper forms and it barely fits my name (I have 4 first names, or 3 middle names depending on how american you are)
Also gave myself a paper cut.

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Nice

But I can say that the Japanse customs and immigration form actually works pretty well

Used it three times without issues so far

Also, it allows you to get a QR code that some shops can use for easier tax returns, but I haven’t been able to use that yet - the shops I went to simply asked for my passport

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I didn't get the QR code

Bro just stole my passport details

At the SIM pickup place which is also baggage drop off

Suitcase of a lady with 2 children here with "ds free travel"

Child abuse

Sim card test

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success

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Looks like it

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Nintendo DS

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Yes

Got in the wrong line, now I have to wait half an hour

Maybe because it's a yamanote line station but bro instantly knew where I needed to transfer

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JR East Narita Express 13:14-14:23 Narita Terminal 1 - Shinagawa

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Opinion on Google Maps public transport guidance in Japan?

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People have told me all apps are bad so you might as well

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I quite like it, it tells you where to transfer, which cars are the fastest to transfer from/to, the direction you need to walk, the exit you need to take, delays and the total trip fare

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It told me to take private trains

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It assumes you are a wealthy man

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I am not

I got the JR pass

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Based

I think I used the https://www.navitime.co.jp/pcstorage/html/japan_travel/english/?from=jt_header_pc Navitime app for JR pass trips

but with my pass there were more constraints on which Shinkansen I was allowed to take

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I was told navitime is bad for real time travel

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It had no realtime info sadly

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I have used it to plan my itinerary

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But I needed it mostly because I didn't want to get fined for taking the wrong Shinkies

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Cape gauge looks like toy train gauge

Stopped in the middle of nowhere to let another train pass

ERTMSn't

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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nttbp.jw2

Pro tip

it automatically signs you in at public wifi where you have to otherwise manually agree with the terms and shit

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Neat

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Tokyo Hbf doesn't have the stupid ropes

Maglev shinky station time

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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.jorudan.nrkj

This is probably the most popular app

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Would you say it's more reliable than Google Maps? I found the data on Google Maps and Apple Maps to be mostly in realtime

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I'd say so, it's fairly reliable

But Google Maps might be easier for the normal people

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Yamanote Line Shinagawa - Gotanda 14:32-14:37

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But if you need to set restrictions and stuff on ticket types and that, you can't do that on google maps so you are better off using apps like these

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Yeah fair

I mostly use Apple Maps but Chris sadly can't use that, because on Apple Maps you can actually filter by reserved/unreserved trains

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Bro really got the Up house

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I really did get the up house

Unfortunately construction work nearby

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Chris in Japan nice

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Yeee

The shower in this hotel has 2 shower heads one for normal and another for cold

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All trains on one of the lines are all delayed because of "unidentified noise"

Yamanote line Gotanda - Shinjuku 16:15-16:29

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Japan

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Recover from getting lost trying to exit Shinjuku station any% world record

The signs change colour and randomly stopped showing up

Hmmm Google maps said the observation deck on the municipal building was open till 22:00, but apparently entry closes in 10 minutes (17:00)

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the up house lol

man fuck this lovely country

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Did they take down the tower for renovation?

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They turned it off

I’ve been told you can also get a great view for free on top of some municipal building

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Ye this one

I swear the wayfinding signage at Shinjuku is intentionally confusing

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this is a very good building

didn’t know Japan had it like that

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Best place in Tokyo right

man I missed like 6 trains there during one transfer

I also walked in circles twice

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Lmao

It's horrible

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Not sure which is harder, leaving Shinjuku or entering it

At least there's signs pointing roughly to the exit

Yamanote Line Shinjuku - ikebukuro 18:38-18:47

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Yamanote line Ikebukuro - Gotanda 20:19-20:41

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This is Chris lore

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Yamanote Line Gotanda - Osaki 9:10-91:12

JR East Rapid Sankyo Line - Kawagoe Line, Osaki - Kawagoe 9:21-10:37

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Cab view

Cool this is a moving block line

I did notice a lack of lineside signals or even stop marker board equivalents

Tegentrein had 3 guys in the rear cab

Driver closed the blinds, no more cab view

:(

Oh it's the thing on the sign

We went underground shortly afterwards so it's probably against glare

Yup the curtain went back up at the next aboveground station

I still really have to get used to timezones being a thing

Like wdym it's the middle of the night in Europe

They only start vertrekprocure once level crossing is closed and route is set

This would not fly in most parts of the Netherlands

Lots of people with an umbrella against the sun

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Sun scary

White good 👍🏻

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Something tells me they don't like tourists

I took a picture of a shrine with like 10 signs saying "fuck off" but I just realised it's not sharp

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JR Kawagoe Line Rapid 13:25-13:47 Kawagoe - Omiya

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JR Ueno Tokyo Line 13:53-14:20 Omiya - Ueno

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Why no Shinkansen

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Just following the travel planner

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Tokyo metro Ginza Line Ueno - Asakusa 14:28-14:34

I went to the tourist trap and all I got was agitated at the sheer crowds

Me when there's way too many tourists in the tourist place

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I don't think I've even been here

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I don't think you're really missing out

Unless you like Americans

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Ritten

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Also fucking 31C today

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Delicious

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No wonder I've been sweating my balls off

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tropen

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Enjoy this

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It's legally no longer summer

They can't do this to me

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How are you enjoying the matcha hype

If it was up to white people they’d probably all be green people

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I'm not a huge fan of matcha

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it’s prima but I prefer leaf green teas

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I had a bunch at sushiro because it was free

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I’ll take free matcha

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Ye

Also had free matcha at the unagi place for lunch

But it didn't taste like anything

Thought it was just water

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It probably was just water

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With mysterious yellowish green powder that they called "茶"

Tokyo metro Ginza Line Asakusa - ueno 15:58-16:04

Fucking Germans never waiting for people to get out of the train first

Oh wait it was just a Japanese boomer

Yamanote Line Ueno - Akihabara 16:11-16:14

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I'm beginning to understand why Japan YouTubers hate on the lack of rubbish bins

Like bro even the convenience store here

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There's usually bins inside convenience stores no?

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Not this one

But yeah should be

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Welcome to Japan lmao

And luckily train and metro stations have it

But only in the paid areas

So if you finish your snacc just as you’re waking out you have to go back in just to throw your trash out

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send japam pics

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Very nice

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Kinda crazy you’re actually in Japan

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chris is in places

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Usually he isn’t

Need to adjust to this change

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Without roberto

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Yes

No babysitting

Just doing whatever I want

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I forgot to record the time I left

Yamanote line 21:35-21:58

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Not sure if this is incredibly crazy

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I mean he didn't like it when I announced that I was going to Japan without him

And in the same breath said he was going without me

So like 🤷

Now I get to not babysit anyone, but as a downside I don't have anyone to go drink or karaoke with me

Maid cafés help because you pay them to be nice to you

And I suppose that's their business model

There was a boomer there who was probably a regular

Anyway

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They all are

Robert took us to the most mild maid cafe in the history of greater Japan

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Guy next to me who i chatted with was Korean

From Busan

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ㅋㅋㅋ

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He was delighted to learn that a friend of mine lived there

But his Japanese was better than his English, and my Japanese also better than his English

And my Japanese is atrocious

It's a miracle I understood the explanation given by the hotel owner/hostess

Who decided to take the liberty to do the whole thing in Japanese when I answered "a little" to "do you speak Japanese?"

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Well, the Japanese, obviously

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Also, please elaborate how it was mild, I'd love to learn how Robert did it

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Well I meant for them to do dances and bless our food with magical spells and shit

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Was he disappointed he couldn't touch them inappropriately

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Because that’s what some guys told us what they experienced

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They only did to the guy next to me as (clearly) a joke

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But instead this place was on the ground floor right on the street, girls just dressed up lightly, incredibly basic food menu

Not much of a show

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Should be said I was seated at the bar

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Our place didn’t have a bar

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You don't go to a maid cafe for the food

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It genuinely looked like some Spanish lunchroom where you’d order the menu del dia because you’re broke and your pension is running low

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I'll put my omuraisu in #ricos-late-night-doner-share

Like the food was expensive but at the same time I was prepared

People already told me the omuraisu was gonna be shit

But maid cafés and omuraisu that's just how it goes

Btw strong zero is overhyped

Too bitter to my liking

I've tried both lemon and grapefruit

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Hmm I quite liked it, but maybe Boaz is just overhyping it all by himself, as I had it with Robert before Boaz started talking about it

Could also have been the vibe because it was bought for us at a familymart by two Dutch dudes that had already been travelling in Japan for 3 months and we shared some beers

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Like I said I prefer sweet drinks

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Hmm

When highball tasting

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I don't like whisky

It was on the menu at the maid cafe but when I googled it and found out it was whisky I didn't bother

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Too bad, it can be quite sweet, but yeah whisky taste

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It was bad enough that the two guys to the left of me were smoking, didn't need ashtray in my mouth too

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What remains? Sake isn’t sweet at all

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Okay but that’s just Johnny walker double black

That shit traumatised me too

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Sake isn't bitter either

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So vending machine sake it is

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So usually

When people say amazake (sweet sake) they mean warm sake

I got cold amazake at the maid cafe

They somehow were out of beer

Spent most of my night drinking cocktails included in the nomihodai and the umeshu

Umeshu is so good, though they did teach be about dry umeshu when I ordered it

(they had 2 types and I wanted to try the other one)

Of couse of the 3 included place specific cocktails the last one I tried was my favourite

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Yamanote Line 10:05-10:21 Gotanda - Tokyo Hbf

JR Rapid Ueno Tokyo Line 10:26-10:44 Tokyo - Kita-senju

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Tsukuba Express Semi-Rapid 10:55-11:37 Kita-senju - Tsukuba

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21A Tsukuba Centre - National Institute for Materials Science 11:50-11:56+2

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Tsukuba Space Centre - Moon
19:69-19:71

Cool the museum is free

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21A National Institute for Materials Science - Tsukuba Centre 12:56+6-13:02+?

The museum was a bit small

20 min worth of museum, like 2 hours one way

Comparable to the Leiden one tbf

Leiden didn't have a fuckoff massive rocket tho

Leiden for comparison

Also funny they sold one of those 3d glass etchings of the Japanese moonlander SLIM as it sits on the moon: on its side

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Tsukuba Express Semi-Rapid 13:50-14:33 Tsukuba - Kita-senju

This was my train on the way here

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Fancy

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Joban line rapid 14:38-14:45 Kita-senju - Nippori

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During the prewar era, the Ministry of Railways did not issue permits to private suburban railway companies for new lines to cross the Yamanote Line from their terminal stations to the central districts of Tokyo, forcing the companies to terminate services at stations on the line. This policy led to the development of new urban centers (新都心、副都心, shintoshin, fukutoshin) around major transfer points on the Yamanote Line, most notably at Shinjuku and Ikebukuro (which are now the two busiest passenger railway stations in the world).

Cool

Now we know

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Yamanote Line Nippori - Harajuku 14:50-15:15

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Yamanote Line Harajuku - Shibuya 16:23-16:24

Guy with a Palestine flag at the big zebra™

Best of boys

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So many whites 🤢

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People are in line to take a photo of the dog

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All these fucking gringo's with their phones out like they've never seen people cross a street before

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Chris bussen nice

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Anyway fuck Shibuya

Yamanote Line Shibuya - Shinjuku 16:56-17:01

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Yamanote line Shinjuku-Gotanda 18:04-18:17

Nyoom

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What do with the rest of my night

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Drink

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Idk seems a bit sad to go drinking by myself

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Take a stroll along the Meguro river maybe

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I feel attacked

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I mean it's totally a thing I could do

I kinda did this yesterday

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Go to the sea side maybe

Go ride on the Yurikamome

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Ah ye the rainbow bridge area might be nice in the dark

I can take the Rinkai kousoku tetsudo Rinkai line from here

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Ah ye

Walking along the sea in that park there is nice

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I'm stupid i need to go Osaki first

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Chris Osaka

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Yamanote line Gotanda - Osaki 19:58-19:59

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Rinkai kousoku tetsudo Rinkai line Osaki - Tokyo /tp 20:12+5-20:25+2

This is literally JR east rolling stock what is even happening?

JR pass is not valid on this

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No it's not

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I know

That's why it's stupid

The announcement for the rinkai line service also said thank you for travelling with JR east

Why is it called the rainbow bridge if both the bridge and the lights are white

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You can't avoid travelling with non-jr railway companies no matter how hard you can try

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I wasn't trying

Just bad communication

It's also behind JR gates

And it's not like they don't know because at Tokyo Teleport station there's a sign saying oopsie woopsie you did a fucky wucky like they know this is guaranteed to go wrong

You also can't omchecken, you have to exit and reenter through the gates

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Bad idea

Music festival ongoing

Or rather

It seems to have just finished

Two megaphone people here managing the crowds

Baka gaijin just got megaphone to the face because "don't stop" in English was too difficult

Yurikamome guided bus Daiba-Shimbashi 21:29+1-21:44+3

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Oh right

Sorry

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Tho the view was good

Just wished there were colours on the rainbow bridge

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Cool system

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If you are ingecheckt with suica it's no problem tho

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there are some places where you can omchecken with 1 act

but I dont understand this

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Yes this is cool

But then there's no option not to

Gotanda has this

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Well you can literally go from one company's station to another random one without ever checking out if you've checked in with an ic card, since the ic card is a valid ticket anywhere

But the moment you cross over into another JR company's area, (for example between JR east and JR Central) you can't use your ic card at all

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Arriva when open access

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So you can travel between any two stations on JR east, Tokyo metro, Toei Metro and all the private railways inter-running with it (Keikyu, Keisei, Odakyu, Keio, Tobu, Seibu, etc) without ever checking out

But you got to treat travelling to jr central land from Jr east land like travelling to a different country

But as long as you remember that single rule, travelling by ic card (suica/pasmo/icoca etc) is much simpler since you don't have to worry about if your ticket is valid or not

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Kintetsu line

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With the power of Kintetsu, you can travel between Nagoya and Himeji without ever leaving the system and also never having to use a JR train

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We got some random delay at Osaki

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I love how you’re saying this as if it shouldn’t be normal

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Yamanote Line Shimbashi - Gotanda 21:57-22:11

Still think it's wack that JR East has its own bank

Girls with price tag at Gotanda

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Affordable?

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They're all expensive

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Sad

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Anyway I've tried famichicky, Karaage-kun and whatever 7-11 was willing to sell me

Family mart by far the best chicken. Karaage-kun not so nice

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the lawson chicken can be quite good

but lawson chicken is rare to find

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Time to go to Nagoya

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Shinkansen Hikari 637 Tokyo - Nagoya, 9:33-11:14-1

They're out of reserved seats for another hour

Don't expect this to be a problem

Shinky time

Tokyo station is nice though less ornate than I expected

Train arrived at the platform empty. I wonder if they afrangeer every train after arrival

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Just saw a freight train

I feel like those are a bit rare

I'm gonna file a complaint with JRC we're 1 min early

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freight trains aren't rare at all on the Tokaido mainline

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Ah

Leaving my bag is way too much effort

Why are all the station lockers full?

I'm now at a karaoke place which has a storage locker place

Bro pulls out google translate "you need a online reservation sorry"

Like ye I managed but still

Just have enough lockers smh

Bro waiting in line behind me went for a stand up powernap

Booked the wrong karaoke place because the map is useless and these places are everywhere

Like honestly

I searched nagoya before which was my bad I guess

Anyway linimo time

Overengineered waiting infrastructure

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Linimo Fujigaoka - Yakusa 12:43-13:00

The autistenstoelen are both occupied

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lol nice I used some comparable service to dump my suitcase in an internet cafe once

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3 loud children just got on

Genuinely screaming

Oh Chinese

Figures

All the cool souvenirs are sold out :(

Managed to claim the autism seat

Linimo Yakusa - Fujigaoka 13:17-13:34

I wanna jump the gates so I can keep my ticket but there's guys

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Japanese children now

Dad is telling them to quiet down a bit

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if you ask nicely they might let you keep it

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You're a genius

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乗車記念 Jo-sha Kin-nen

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Cool words

She did not instantly get it

But i didn't have to say anything else

Got a cool stamp "invalid" but in Japanese

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nice

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Anyway I see that I forgot the train here

Higashiyama line Nagoya - Fujigaoka 12:03+1-12:30

Higashiyama line Fujigaoka - Nagoya 13:50-14:17

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you know every train here anyway :D

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Ye google maps told me to get the aonami line next and I was like oh yeah that one

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Also immediately after she used the verb I looked up to use

"あ、持ちたいですか。"
Ye that's the one you got it

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"持ち帰り" is probably what she said

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Maybe

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Mochi-Kaeri

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Boomer selectively shouting at people for standing places on the train

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Nagoya is not the most friendliest of places

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Nah this guy is just an asshole

Just told a guy who doesn't look a day under 80 to fuck off from the priority seats as well

Who then decided to ignore the insane guy

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entitled arsehole

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Delicious

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Why is it a genuine 10 minute walk from the metro station to the aonami station?

I didn't even remotely exit the station either

Aonami line Nagoya - Kinjofuto 14:30-14:54

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Nagoya also does train announcements in Portuguese and Chinese, where Tokyo only does Japanese and English

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Things that are false

The record is 603km/h held by the L0 not the weaksauce 581km/h of this thing

Because it's not a hyperloop that's why

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They have this written correctly elsewhere

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Aonami line Kinjofuto - Nagoya 15:59-16:24

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@crystal forge this is you

Hikari 517 Nagoya - Kyoto 17:03-17:37

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That's me

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Nice

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nice

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nice

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I'd planned to wake up early to skip the crowds but instead I slept in

Anyway I just barely made the breakfast buffet

Turns out all they have is white bread, strawberry jam, and instant noodles

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JR Miyakoji Rapid Kyoto - Nara 10:07-10:51

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JR Yamatoji Rapid Nara - Oji 11:00-11:15

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Now I understand why my travel advice was stupid btw

Japan doesn't do frequent trains outside of metro-like services

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When are you visiting all the book-offs

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I've visited one or two but it was more expensive than I expected

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I read nice finds are cheaper outside of touristy places like Tokyo

But yes still pricey

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People say ooh wow they have super cheap retro consoles and like it's on par with Marktplaats

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I did buy donkey kong for €40 which is like €60 brand new at the moment

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I was hoping to scam them out of a Switch lite

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Someone in the cursed WhatsApp groups once mentioned finding a switch lite for like €60, but a rare find

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But like €120 for a game + console

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Yikes

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Also Japan moment

+30, +16, +40 they say because of a bit of rain

Weaksauce country

JR Wakayama Line Oji - Hashimoto 12:07+3-13:19

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This green bitch is way too fancy

Nankai Tenku Hashimoto - Gokurakubashi 13:30-14:04

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Tenkū nice

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Ye people told me to go here

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Are you going to take the Kōyasan Cable?

This looks like a nice line

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Ye

The views are really good

It reminds me of the Schwarzwaldbahn

Along the valley through dense forests

The only other white people here are Dutch

Koyasan Cable Car 14:10-14:15

Nankai bus 41 Koyasan Station - Kondo-mae 14:20-14:34

Lots of boomers struggling with inchecken

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This is so good so many temples and shit

And barely any tourists

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wow

looks good

I heard from Dutch 🤢 people that Mt. Takao near Tokyo can be nice for a little trip, if the weather's good you might be able to see Mt. Fuji from the top too

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I've seen the big hill™ on all the souvenirs and photos and everything already

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fair

I'm owed to see it still

man I spent all this time and effort to get to that stupid pagoda only for there to be clouds

perchance I'll try again soon?

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You could, I have things I'd rather see and do tbf

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ye no prio, I hope to see it this winter maybe? too bad you're not allowed to climb it then

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A fool climbs mt. Fuji once, a word the Yanks don't like me saying climbs mt. Fuji more than once

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Genshin impact

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Yes Genshin Impact players climb mount Fuji more than once

Bus 41 Kondo-mae - Koyasan Station 16:04+2-16:23-7

Koyasan cable car Koyasan - Gokurakubashi 16:24-16:29

Nankai local Gokurakubashi - Hashimoto 16:33-17:14

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Koyasan was a very good tip

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Koyaaa saannnn

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Are you somewhere close to Wakayama or Osaka still now?

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Koya Hashimoto - Kawachi Nagano Shin-imamiya 17:25+5-18:07 17:51

Bought a drink at the conbini, needed cash to charge my suica when I get there, and then left the drink at the atm when I rushed back for the train

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I'm headed for Shin-imamiya once they decide to allow us to depart

Which is in Osaka

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Rip €0,70 and the very confused guy who uses the atm next

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I might be able to get to Shin imamiya or Namba area by 1900

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This train continues to Namba so whichever is more convenient for you

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Well you still probably have like an hour before I make it there so I'll DM you once I get close, is that good?

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Sure

You still need to eat by then?

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We can eat once I get there perhaps

If you don't mind waiting

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Sure

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LOOPLINE

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I'm on a Nankai service

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Shin Imamiya, ive been here many times

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Not currently on the loop line

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I was in the Osaka ghetto which is equivalent to the nicer parts of Almere/Lelystad

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We've been to the same Japan right?

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Yes

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All of it is a ghetto

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Which is equivalent to the nicer parts of Almere and Lelystad

Still shit

But couldve been Heerlen Noord typa shit

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Everything in Japan just works people when the vending machine spits out my 1k yen bill without explanation

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Zug fällt aus

Before vs after

Nankai Kawachi Nagano - Kitanoda 17:45+8 - 18:13

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This was amazing

We should explore the countless little karaoke bars and cafes in the outdoor shopping centre, where totally normal Japanese people where drinking every night

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There was a signal failure at Nankai Namba station today, Nankai is not doing great

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Nankai Kitanoda - Shin-imamiya 17:59+23-18:44

Just don't break

[crystal forge]

You'll probably arrive before I do still

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Japanese trains are so shit man it's like DB

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lol that bad

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no that can't be right Japan's trains are always on time

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Ill actually do this with you

@brittle remnant Imamiyaebisu is where rico hostel was

Like under that station

I was at like wialking distance from Imaike tram station

And max too believe

Max had like 1 street further than me (idk like 50 meters)

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I went into a random bar up a random flight of stairs in Kyoto and the bar was literally 6 bar stools long and only the owner was inside and it was amazing

yeah like 1.5 minutes from Imaike

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(photos on the polarsteps)

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Osaka MetronMidosuji Line Namba - Umeda 23:08-23:16

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Literal last train of the day to Kyoto time

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Did you make it then? On to the last train?

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It's not for 10 min

23:40

Just missed the second to last train

[crystal forge]

You still have one at 0000

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Oh nvm then

I thought

I shouldn't

Ah they're both from the other platform

[crystal forge]

But yeah that's the penultimate rapid, you wouldn't want to go on the slow train

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JR Kyoto Line Special Rapid Osaka - Kyoto 23:40-00:09

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Special rapid!!

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Very special

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Osaka looplinr

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Not this service

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You know Senso-ji kinda ruined my appetite for Kyoto because now I know what kinda crowds to expect

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JR Miyakoji Rapid Kyoto - Nara 9:37-10:21

Planning to escape the crowds again but I'm not sure how successful it's gonna be based on how busy this train is

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Girl with a face mask covering her entire face save from her eyes, Which she covered with sunglasses

Petting zoo

So many girls pretending to be Disney princesses

And then finding out animals are hard to work with

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The shrine complex at Nara is really nice

I only really knew about the deer before

The crowds are really not so bad here, expected it to be much worse

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Nara Kotsu 98 Kasuga Taisha - Nara Station 12:36-12:49

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JR Miyakoji Rapid Nara - Kyoto 13:07-13:51

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Nice

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Ramen place, they're using a vending machine for orders

Unfortunately, I am retarded

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Japan bus

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If you ever wondered where people go dressed in goth lolita outfit, it's the aquarium

Or gyaru, it turns out

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Aquarium closed, now what do

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Work

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It's too late to do that

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Lovely travel advice

The alternative is taking a bus

And interestingly I can pay using my credit card on the buses here but the payment then doesn't come in

Interestingly the bus isn't significantly faster

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nice

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it can take a few days for credit card paymetns to process

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Bad compnay

JR Nara Line Kyoto - Inari 19:39-19:45

I hear the Inari shrine at night is pretty, quiet and most importantly: open

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Shinto shrines are so good

Keihan main line sub express Fushimi Inari - Gionshijo 20:16-20:24

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I was just reminded there's no point in going to nice places in Kyoto

Everything is expensive and everyone else is here too

I'm almost starting to feel like going to Kyoto to begin with was a mistake

[last gulch]

i found kyoto had a few very nice temples quite far out, but yh its busy in most of it

Like this place in the northern end here

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Thanks, I'll consider it

Bus 206 Gion - Kyoto Station 20:56-?

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yes this one is good

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Waiting next to the bus depot

207 Kujo Shako-mae - Kiyomizu-michi 6:35-6:46

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Got here before the first bus. I suppose I've seen it on photos too much maybe; the main temple didn't see as cool as I thought it would

The busload of tourists make it seem more like a theme park

Google maps showing me where to go to get back. Down these steps and then through a cemetery

Bus 206 Gojozaka - Kyoto Station 7:53-8:08

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Laundry time

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It do be lekker draaiïng

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very nice

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Omg this is the busdepot that my bus randomly drove into

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Lol

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oh that's the bus depot I kept walking past a few weeks ago

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JR Kyoto Line Special Rapid Kyoto - Osaka 18:59-19:28

I think tomorrow I'm going to wake up early for Kinkaku-ji, and then do the Fushimi Inari climb

And then on Friday I will Osaka

@crystal forge what things should I go see in Osaka?

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Good

[crystal forge]

Things to see? Not much apart from things you already saw on Monday, but maybe Umeda area and the 1970 expo park? Kobe has Mount Rokko and the port area which is nice to walk around

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#1139526723743002685 message

https://maps.app.goo.gl/npnge2TmZpBRQP4Y6

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Was this the one where they livestreamed you and Robert eating?

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yes

I linked to the exact moment you see us

Doxxed 😎

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Yes I remember you doing this

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Kobe
Things to do in Osaka: Leave

I'll look into Kobe and the expo tho

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And the Osaka Expo right @sour sedge

the current one

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I looked into this

I don't understand exactly the appeal

This is just a beurs with a ¥7000 entry fee no?

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No, it's just a beurs with a ¥7000 entry fee and long queues

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Right

Ye

Fuck allat

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beurs

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beurs mentioned

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JR Kyoto Line Special Rapid Osaka - Kyoto 20:45-21:14

This one is gonna be very full

[sour sedge]

Biggest waste of time and money

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Lmao

[crystal forge]

This is one of places I would recommend if you are still doing sightseeing in Kyoto tomorrow:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/4Rix9EpActrTa4Df7

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JR Nara Line Kyoto - Inari 6:48-6:53

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I went the wrong way down from the viewpoint and now I am headed the wrong and long way around

Ended up in a fucking residential neighborhood

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Got this as a bonus tho

Tofukuji temple

JR Nara Line Tofukuji - Kyoto 9:06-9:08

How naive. I thought rush hour had ended already

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Okay so new plan is get to Kinkaku-ji by 16:00

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JR Nara line Kyoto - Tofukuji 11:30-11:32

Keihan Main line sub express Tofukuji - Iwashimizu-hachimangu 11:38-12:06

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Keihan Iwashimizu-hachimangu Cable Car Cable-hachimangu-guchi - Cable-hachimangu-sanjo 12:15-12:18

Noone else here, I might be getting a private ride

Although, of course, no-one includes the driver

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This is shrine #2 in Japan

Like 6-12 visitors

Keihan Iwashimizu-hachimangu Cable Car Cable-hachimangu-sanjo - Cable-hachimangu-guchi 13:00-13:03

Again private ride

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Keihan Main line sub express Iwashimizu-hachimangu - Chusojima 13:48-56

Even fewer people at the related shrine at the bottom

I saw 2 guys

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Keihan main line limited express Chusojima - Sanjo 14:01-14:14

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Bus 10 Sanjo Keihan-mae - Kitano-Tenmangu-mae 14:24-14:55

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Bus 205 Kinugasako-mae - Kinkaku-ji michi 15:43-15:47

People don't know how cash works so getting off took 4 minutes

It's not a big bus

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nice

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It is very crowded here

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you wouldn’t know by looking

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nice

it's cool how all buses in Japan are literally the same

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Yeah because I held my phone way above my head for this

Tbf it was good to come when I did

Because while any fence with a view of this thing was taken it wasn't that much more crowded

Everyone was so focused on getting a photo I wonder if anyone actually saw it

Had to take a second picture of an angle other than the one everyone else did. I really liked how the reflection of the sunlight on the water on the gold looked

Anyway

Bus 205 Kinkaku-ji michi - Kitaoji Bus terminal 16:31-16:43

Also pretty funny there was a white girl in a traditional Korean dress

Birb

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Chris anime kyoto filler episode

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Just you wait for the beach episode

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Oh hell no

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Oh hell yes

Kyoto Subway Kitaoji - Kyoto 16:46-16:59

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Hmm far

[crystal forge]

Just use the Kintetsu

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This is ¥5000 to save like 30 minutes

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I could also try and see if I can do even more of the 22 shrines closer to Kyoto

Maybe this would be more worth

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chris stopttreinen

are you mapping these

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Yes

[minor cave]

good

[versed nest]

I've thought about this, is it literally the same model or just a very strict standard?

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I mean I literally had a different looking bus back in Kanto

I've just been using buses a lot because I can't just Yamanote Line myself out of every situation

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No clue but I feel like just about every bus in the Osaka/Kyoto region is the same

I don't remember it too well in other places but I felt that they were very similar too

[versed nest]

I've seen pictures of buses like those in all places so I think it's all over Japan

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Bus 28 Shimogyoku Sogochosha-mae - Matsuo Taisha-mae 10:03-10:38

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Bus too full

Chinese tourists find the concept of keeping clear of the door to allow it to close hard

Driver doing announcements to the outside

Feels like there's more Flemish people here in Japan than Dutch people

Bus full of gaijin and they're all going somewhere else

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The other one nearby I could feed the fishy

bus 71 Uenomiya Taisha-mae - Kyoto Station 12:29-13:23

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JR Kyoto Line Special Rapid Kyoto - Osaka 14:00-14:28

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Osaka metro Midosuji Line Umeda - Honmachi 14:44-14:49

Osaka metro Chuo Line Honmachi - Osakako 14:53-15:05

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Osaka metro Chuo Line Osakako - Honmachi 19:14-19:26

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Are you extra careful as to not take the loop line or was it never the fastest route

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It just wasn't faster

Osaka metro Midosuji Line Honmachi - Umeda 19:32-19:36

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JR Joto line Osaka-Osakajokoen 21:47+7-21:57+6

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Osaka Metro Tanimachi Line Tanimachi 4-chome - Higashi-Umeda 23:40-23:47

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JR Kyoto Line Special Rapid Osaka - Kyoto 00:00+4-00:30

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JR Central Hikari 501 Kyoto - Himeji 9:43+1-10:33

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In line to buy a ticket for Himeji castle

This is the slowest line on Earth

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Dutch people are much easier to spot if they have an FNV bag

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Himeji castle has taken a lot longer than I expected

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Imma be honest the inside of the castle was underwhelming

The outside tho

[stable cloak]

When are you going to tekashi's castle

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I was a ter land ter zee and in de lucht kid

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JR Central Hikari 509 Himeji - Okayama 14:36-15:02

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I was thinking the planned 95% underground of the Chuo Shinkansen is a lot but the Sanyo Shinkansen isn't far off

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JR West Sakura 559 Okayama - Hiroshima 15:11+3-15:51

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I was seriously considering this

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Hiroshima tram 2 Hiroshima - Dobashi 15:58-16:20

Also pretty cool how there's a guy explaining how to pay for the tram (you only tap out at the driver when you leave)

Oh a conductor has spawned in in the rear to get off there

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I hate how much my feet hurt man

[formal quarry]

good

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Hiroshima tram 8 Dobashi - Yokogawa 8:28-8:38

The hotel wifi is very shit here

I can watch yt on it but somehow it really struggles with discord

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JR West Sanyo Line Yokogawa - Miyajimaguchi 8:50-9:12

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Just missed the fucking boat

JR West Miyajima Seaway 9:30-9:40

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Very long line for the shrine here

Fuck there's an entire herd of Dutch people

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Highest I've ever climbed

Waterfalls were nice

Being dead? Not so much

There was a Buddhist temple at the top

Stuck with Dutch people on the ropeway

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Rip

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Anyway this was cool

Whoops

Didn't see that one

JR West Miyajima Seaway 14:35-14:45

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it's the thing

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It is

JR West Sanyo Line Miyajimaguchi - Nishihiroshima 15:03-15:21

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Hiroshima tram 2 Nishihiroshima - Dobashi 15:28-15:38

[minor cave]

This looks good

[brazen mantle]

Audi tram

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As it turns out you need about 1,5-2 hours for the Hiroshima museum

I know this because I was chased out after entering an hour before closing time

And I was about halfway through

What a first half tho

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yeah its fucking mental

in like the big memorial building was a exhibition on childrens drawings of the bomb

that had me almost sobbing

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Not genuinely crying took a lot of energy

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Hiroshima tram 2 Dobashi - Hiroshima station 8:34-8:56+2

Only foto I took in the Hiroshima museum

Felt a bit disrespectful to take pictures in the hall with the stories about victims

And then there were two tourists taking so many pictures it was like they were intending to make a clone of the museum elsewhere

Took them almost longer to get a good photo than it took me to actually read the text instead

But both of them needed a good shot so they spent an unreasonable amount of time blocking stuff, and they were both very wide so you couldn't look around them very well

Anyway me and the boys

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JR West Sakura 545 Hiroshima - Hakata 9:30-10:36

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JR Kyushu Relay Kamome 21 Hakata - Takeo Onsen 10:53-11:55

Would be nice if they told us at the platform where the non-reserved cars were

Wack

Overhead luggage compartments but they're too small

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JR Kyushu Kamome 21 Takeo Onsen - Nagasaki 11:58-12:29

Nagasaki food recommendations seem to involve going to Chinatown

Reading the lore of why I had this transfer and imho it's pretty cringe

They basically finished the end of the line and the local governments at the start of the line are like "what's in it for us tho?"

Fuck capsule hotel check in is 17:00

Bad

Nagasaki Tram 1 Nagasaki station - Kankodori 12:44-12:54

All foreigners on here appear to be Dutch

Apparently it's one group

And they're all getting off at Dejima

Beautiful

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Got my luggage safely stored in a karaoke location

Bro behind the counter did not know they also stored luggage

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@formal quarry look I'm in China

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Ja dit is de soundtrack op straat

[formal quarry]

https://open.spotify.com/track/0hEWvzkgbI301JZj947gFz?si=88399d250ef14661 deze hoort er ook wel bij

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I'm wondering if doing the tatami mats wrong was original but none if the staff speaks English

Anyway 🇳🇱

[minor cave]

chrisrit nice

[cinder lichen]

thsi looks designwise like a bad copy of a TGV PSE lol

is that a ninja on that last post?

the guy with sword

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I guess so

He's the tour guide

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When I asked him a question he told me where the exit was

If you ever find yourself here

It is cool to see

I spent 3 hours reading everything because I had nothing better to do with my afternoon

I feel like there was a lot of repeating information

I feel like only two of the rooms were worth reading

And then you can spend the 2 hours you save going to see the nuke park or smth

I didn't intend to go here because I've been to the Hiroshima one, and I've been told it's not super worth if you've been to the Hiroshima one anyway

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Capsule hotel. Mattress is made of concrete

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enjoy your floor I guess

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I've spent a few nights like this

I've slept on the floor before

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Nagasaki tram 1 Kankodori - Nagasaki station 8:29-8:41

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I hate it when suica is empty

JR Kyushu Kamome 14 Nagasaki - Takeo Onsen 9:08-9:39

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JR Kyushu Relay Kamome 14 Takeo Onsen - Shin-tosu 9:42-10:17

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Fuck the Russians are also doing this transfer

JR West Sakura 548 Shin-tosu - Kokura 10:30-11:01

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JR Kyushu Sonic 15 Kokura - Beppu 11:09-12:25

These are not amazingly comfortable

The headrests are at upper back level which is just no bueno

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Me to Robert 7 minutes after I boast that my phone tells me I don’t have enough balance for the trip we’re about to take but we end up taking a slightly different route and I forgor to top up my Suica, having the gate slam in front of my face and the public shaming alarm going off in the station:

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Lmaoo

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The bell traumatises me

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I mostly get bus and tram drivers get mad at me

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@sour sedge my Suica experiences were always flawless right ⬜

[formal quarry]

I always top up on the bus or tram because that’s when I really don’t want to hold the whole vehicle up 💀

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There's shade but only for the bus, not for people waiting

Bus 41 Beppu Station - Kannawa 12:50-13:06+2

There must be something in the Geneva conventions about this

I have no idea why it thinks we'll be there by 6 past

Apparently the Suica I'd been given is the one local to this part of Japan

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Steam really do be coming out of the floor in Beppu

I think I spent most of my meals so far in otherwise mostly empty restaurants

But I prefer that over packed ones

[sour sedge]

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So this is where clouds are made

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Bus 16 Kannawa - Chinoike Jigoku Mae 15:34-15:40

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Bus 16 Chinoike Jigoku Mae - Beppu Station 16:23+6-16:58

The hells are cool

Now let's get the hell to my hotel and get my ass soft boiled

There's 2 of them on this bus

https://www.myinstants.com/en/instant/wah-wah-wah-i-dont-wanna-hear-it-90451/ €100 and I'll do it

Still not off the bus and they're STILL FUCKING GOING

So the offer still stands

[cinder lichen]

trenitalia moment.

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It's a bus

[rich hatch]

yeah but trenitalia is notorious for pulling this crap on trains

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Terrible

[cinder lichen]

also TI busses, like they do at qbuzz too.

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So I had hoped to go swimming at the beach

A week old review shows the stunning views of the entire beach covered in trash, something which according to the other reviews has been a constant for ages

I guess it's just an onsen filler episode then

Bus 20 Kitahama - Yubinkyoku Mae 15:24-15:35-5

Going to the arcade but the arcade is next to the beach so I can check how much of a waste it was to take off my swimming trunks

I'm not just eepy, I'm

Horrible

Worst I've ever seen

[brazen mantle]

like the amount of trash on the beach or

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Ye

Also plastic bags in the water

[brazen mantle]

nice

I guess some countries just do not care

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Bus 16 Yubinkyoku Mae - Kitahama 16:22-16:28

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Tiny

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Buses are not super big here

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yeah not much oversteek at the front

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Everyone has to get off at the front so this might be by design

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oh you pay at the end of your journey I guess then?

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Yes

You get a ticket with a number for where you get on

Unless you're somewhere with a flat fare

Like Kyoto and Hiroshima

Would probably take too long for the driver to type in the numbers

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where do you get the ticket

front also?

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No at the entrance in the back

Another bonus for this hotel is that there's a free tea machine in the hallway

Better than a few bags of tea and a water boiler

It has Matcha, Oolong and "Black" tea

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Miscommunication

This was not included in my hotel

And I did not bring any cash

Anyway time to bring my cash instead of my phone because I don't need to take this photo anymore

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It was way too hot for me

Didn't stay in long

Got dizzy, usually a sign to leave

[minor cave]

where are you now

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Beppu

Going Shikoku tomorrow

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GREAT

oh you went in the onsen

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Ye

My hotel also has two

Tried both

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GREAT

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Actually had 3 more but they're ¥500 and I have to book them

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Bus 50 Kitahama - Beppu Kotsu Centre 8:57-9:05

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There's a tiny arcade in the ferry terminal

Also saw some on the boat

Uwajima-Unju Ferries Beppu - Yawatahama 9:45+1-12:30

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I was looking at local cuisine in Ehime but I think I'm just gonna ask the waiter to recommend something instead

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Lots of jellyfish

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Decided to go for lunch here

Didn't realise this was gonna cost me a full hour because I'm gonna miss the bus

[formal quarry]

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1ZBVjXbJKXFgt7AFBFQlSn5Zx3to&hl=en_US&fbclid=IwdGRjcANTRkNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHn5lEy484-dYue5oEUJAGA-2pPR_Uv5qJoPthWpMk_03VAk-CWQ6ep_s3EFQ_aem_HHSi4Op9G-YyJNbipKivQQ&ll=0%2C0&z=6

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me whenever I decide to go for a small detour knowing fully well that I have a train to catch in the next hour

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I'm not very impressed

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JR Shikoku Uwakai 18 limited express Yawatahama - Matsuyama 14:20-15:19

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JR Shikiku Ishizuchi 24 Matsuyama - Takamatsu 15:28-17:57

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British ass looking train

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Not really

Their loading gauge sized boxes are way more loading gauge shaped

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JR Shikoku Shimanto 3 Takamatsu - Oboke 8:25-9:42

Random Japanese guy came up to me to I think ask something about football

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I did not have reception at all in Oboke

No idea when the buses went

Anyway so I just walked on the way there as the sign said 2 more hours for the next bus

JR Shikoku Nanpu 12 Oboke Kotohira 12:05-12:47

Bus 21(I think?) Michi-no-eki Oboke - Oboke station11:07-11:09

On the way back I saw a bus going in the right direction so I got on

It was something like this:
https://livedoor.blogimg.jp/ferry_mishima/imgs/d/6/d68cf271.jpg

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They really like slowpoke in this Prefecture

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Apparently they think the Japanese name sounds like Udon and they really like their Udon here

Floating coins

Mine did not float

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Massive bird

JR Shikoku Dosan line Kotohira - Sakaide 15:13-15:45

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Oh there's a festival at 21:00 at the shrine I just visited

Guess I'm going back after dinner

JR Shikoku Marine Liner 41 Sakaide - Takamatsu 15:51-16:05

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JR Shikoku Kotoku Line Takamatsu - Rikurinkoenkitaguchi 16:14+2-16:20

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A serene koi pond

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British train

[inner rover]

I thought that too

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The front isn't yellow

Anyway really nice park here

Kotoden Kotohira line Kawaramachi - Kotoden-Kotohira 18:04-19:02