Trip to Japan

[maziwanka]

just kidding about the topic summary....

We (as in ninjja and I) have decided to go to Japan in the middle of may to the first week of june (3 weeks). we are incredibly excited since this is our first trip out there and we both have an unhealthy obsession with the culture there.

i think our primary focus is to take in as much of traditional japan as possible. we are obviously not going to ignore tokyo and the like. in fact, our plane lands at narita and we'll be spending the first half of the trip around tokyo and places north of there. then i thought we would travel south to osaka and kyoto and visit places around there.

we're also going to take some courses at the japan society to learn some japanese for the trip. any and all help/advice/suggestions on places to go/things to eat/ppl to meet would be HUGELY appreciated! i think we're going to get a JR Pass for the trip so we should be pretty flexible to see anything that can be accessed by train.

on an awesome side note, we stopover in LA on the first day of E3. sadly, our stopover is only for 2 hours so i can't go to the convention. such a tease

 

[jmolayal]

Isn't Mr. Miagi from Okinawa? You should go there...

Wax on! Wax Off!

 

[Ninjja]

who are you? and why the hell are you coming on my trip to Japan with me!!@!!

 

[blackdogdeek]

hike mt fuji, but keep in mind you have to stay over night at one of the lodges.

 

[ribbon13]

A Samurai isn't a samurai unless he has a Daimyo.
Samurai literally means "to serve"

 

[Ninjja]

Originally posted by: ribbon13
A Samurai isn't a samurai unless he has a Daimyo.
Samurai literally means "to serve"

I am mazi's Daimyo

 

[tennisflip]

If you go to Tokyo there's this retaurant in Akasaka called Ninja where the waiters dress up like ninjas and the place is one big ninja-ish house. I recommend it.

 

[Doboji]

Originally posted by: ribbon13
A Samurai isn't a samurai unless he has a Daimyo.
Samurai literally means "to serve"

They would be Ronin..... which is actually kinda more interesting than being a regular Samurai....

I wish I could be a ronin too...

<===== Jealous

Have a great time guys.

-Max

 

[TheNinja]

Originally posted by: tennisflip
If you go to Tokyo there's this retaurant in Akasaka called Ninja where the waiters dress up like ninjas and the place is one big ninja-ish house. I recommend it.

I seriously just popped a 6 foot boner!

 

[amoeba]

Originally posted by: TheNinja

Originally posted by: tennisflip
If you go to Tokyo there's this retaurant in Akasaka called Ninja where the waiters dress up like ninjas and the place is one big ninja-ish house. I recommend it.

I seriously just popped a 6 foot boner!

don't put your eye out.

 

[Hammer]

is ninjja female or is this a gay tour of japan?

 

[ribbon13]

Ninja has some really nice Amida-Tong decoration too.

 

[maziwanka]

Originally posted by: Doboji

Originally posted by: ribbon13
A Samurai isn't a samurai unless he has a Daimyo.
Samurai literally means "to serve"

They would be Ronin..... which is actually kinda more interesting than being a regular Samurai....

I wish I could be a ronin too...

<===== Jealous

Have a great time guys.

-Max

thanks max.

i've also read about that ninja themed restaurant. i definitely want to go there. so much to do and see, but we have to keep to a budget (especially overnight stays and such). luckily, we've found ryokan in kyoto/tokyo for like 50 bucks a night. awesome.

 

[jmolayal]

Originally posted by: Hammer
is ninjja female or is this a gay tour of japan?

ROFLMFAO....

 

[Anonemous]

Originally posted by: TheNinja

Originally posted by: tennisflip
If you go to Tokyo there's this retaurant in Akasaka called Ninja where the waiters dress up like ninjas and the place is one big ninja-ish house. I recommend it.

I seriously just popped a 6 foot boner!

lol time to fly to Tokyo! I wonder if they got ninja training academies around there... (of course it should be clandestine).

 

[Atomicus]

Damn it Hammer, why'd you ruin the fantasy for us with that question?

 

[maziwanka]

Originally posted by: Hammer
is ninjja female or is this a gay tour of japan?

hahahahaha.

 

[amoeba]

Originally posted by: Anonemous

Originally posted by: TheNinja

Originally posted by: tennisflip
If you go to Tokyo there's this retaurant in Akasaka called Ninja where the waiters dress up like ninjas and the place is one big ninja-ish house. I recommend it.

I seriously just popped a 6 foot boner!

lol time to fly to Tokyo! I wonder if they got ninja training academies around there... (of course it should be clandestine).

if by ninja training academies you mean business schools, then yes.

 

[maziwanka]

no more thread jacking!

 

[Pepsei]

Don't forget to eat the octopuss balls and take a dip in hot springs with the monkeys in Hakkaido.

 

[liquidblue]

...

Make sure you bring back loads of those Japanese tv shows.

Ride the trains when they are extremely crowded with girls in skirts too...

Oh, and enjoy the trip. I'm jealous.

 

[Ninjja]

 

[Ninjja]

Originally posted by: Ninjja
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I just can't wait to go. We're going to hike Mt. Fuji. An attorney that I work with said they climbed at night in time to make it for sunrise, he has some absolutely amazing pictures.

 

[DougK62]

Originally posted by: blackdogdeek
hike mt fuji, but keep in mind you have to stay over night at one of the lodges.

No you don't - Fuji is an easy day hike.

 

[Pepsei]

Originally posted by: liquidblue
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Make sure you bring back loads of those Japanese tv shows.

Ride the trains when they are extremely crowded with girls in skirts too...

Oh, and enjoy the trip. I'm jealous.

you can watch butt loads of japanese shows on dishnetworks

there's Jet TV (remember matrix ping pong? same channel)
and Japan TV