/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Exploring Japan with street view is exceedingly righteous.
I always try to find school girls, so cute.

>>19504739
I once spent two hours strolling down the Akihabara like that. (After having a laugh at Detroit).

Just travel to japan and stroll around any residential area
Yesterday you said tomorrow, jusT DO IT

>>19504956
"Just travel"
Nigga, that's expensive as fuck.

>>19504956
I prefer to stay in the comfort of my bedroom, thank you.

>>19504956
japan is expensive

>>19505090
What's your idea of expensive? bc eating is cheap as fuck in regular restaurants and 7/11s. (As long as you dont go to a fucking top 5 sushi chef) There are plenty of cheap yet comfy hotels, and public transport is reasonable.

>>19504739
Wouldn't it just be easier to watch videos like:/
https://youtu.be/xt96bsPOups
or
https://youtu.be/2xXQj4Vf8u4
????

>>19505351
That's cosy and all, but you can only see small bits of Japan that way, instead of most of the country with streetview.

>>19505389
True, true. But with streetview you are just looking at images, you don't see actual life or movement. But hey, I do both, streetview and videos like above.

>>19505351
These videos give me an erection. How did they do this? Steady cam on their head? I tried looking in the street mirrors but can't see the rider.

>>19505351
I used to watch tons of walking videos kind of like this, never once thought of riding videos in Japan, think I've found my new fetish lol

>>19505315
>cheap as fuck
Unless you are from a poor country. Also, the cost of simply getting to Japan is high.

I'm in japan soon and this will become my daily life (at least for a year).
If you give me money I could even buy a camera and make high-quality walking videos.

>>19504739
I do the same with Google VR, except pretending

>>19505351
>>19506410
Too late ALT boyo.

>>19504739
Why are Japanese streets so narrow?

>>19509375
the main streets are pretty wide, that's just an alley

>>19506410
https://www.youtube.com/user/Rambalac/videos Thank me later

Also how did you manage to stay a year there? It sounds expensive as fuck.

>>19504956
I want to go to Japan but I'm afraid of long plane rides.
I can barely handle a couple of hours in one, if I had to be stuck inside a plane for 11 hours I'd probably find a way to kill myself in the bathroom.

>>19510600
ye maybe you shouldn't go to japan. sounds like you have a lot of issues to work out.

>>19510600

Get a boat.

>>19510641
I'm not claustrophobic but I'm tall enough to be really uncomfortable in plane seats. I also can feel every little bump and my brain tells me it's the plane falling out of the sky. Plus the idea of being stuck in the air with no way out gives me anxiety.
I've declined going on family vacations because of this.
/blog
>>19510645
would if I could.

>>19510574
It's not too expensive.
One can get a Working Holiday Visa, which allows one to stay for a year.
I saved up my NEETbux and sold some stuff, giving me around 650.000 yen which should be enough for at least half a year, if not more depending on how cheap of an apartment I can find.

This too expensive meme really needs to die, it’s the biggest lie about japan. I lived there pretty comfortably for 3 years on a really low English teacher salary. Much better than I could’ve lived in America for the same amount.

>>19511061
I hope it stays a meme so that dumb fucks from around the world don't come in droves.

Villages in mountain vallies are very cosy.

>>19510796
>$6.5k is enough for a year
Japan's cost of living is so weird. I guess it depends on the area, but I'm assuming you're going somewhere in Tokyo?

>>19509375
Why are all Americans so fat and dumb?

>>19505351
I legit sat and watched their whole walking/riding series and ate popcorn. Worlds of envy.

3 months searching for an idol's house.. Fukui is too big...

>>19512164
I found Miume's house and Kazumi from Nogi.

>>19512164
>Fukui
ganbatte and share your findings when achieved. Fukui girls are the prettiest!

>>19504739
>tfw exploring rural villages in hokkaido whose average age is probably like 85
>abandoned shinto shrines + vines growing all over tiny traditional wooden houses in foggy valleys like something out of spirited away

thank you internet

>>19511823
I will probably live in Kyoto, since I found some really dirt-cheap rooms there on elitz (around 15.000 yen a month, think tatami galaxy like 4.5 tatami rooms).
Apartments in the Tokyo-area (Saitama for example) can be cheap too (32.000 a month), but have always quite high initial costs, meaning in the first month you will pay like 100.000 yen.
Also traveling in Tokyo is pretty expensive.
The route from Kyoto to Osaka is cheaper than many Tokyo-greater area commutes with the Keihan Line just costing 480 yen.
Since food is cheap, I guess I will pay around 30.000 a month for basic food.
So food and rent is around 540.000 for the whole year.
Since I want to travel around the country too (and buy Otaku goods) I will probably spend quite a bit more, which is why I may try to find some job when I don't have enough money anymore.
This is why I estimate the 650.000 will last me around half a year at least, and probably longer.

>>19510600
Why? Do you have any medical issues? The planes meant for long hauls are comfy, with more space, films you can watch on your personal screen, you don't feel like you are flying at all (unlike budget airlines in Europe).

>>19510659
Treat your anxiety first by greater exposure. I'm serious. I had panic attacks and the way to get myself back to shape was to constantly challenge myself.
Plus a death in an air crash is painless - literally the perfect death.

>>19512248
I'm guessing you speak Japanese then? How would you get the visa without pre arranged employment? Anything around Kyoto you're going to do? Would be interested in following a NEET anon's blog if you'd like to write one as a hobby during your stay.

>>19513351
>I'm guessing you speak Japanese then?
Nope. This trip is for learning japanese too.

>Anything around Kyoto you're going to do?
Well, the usual. Hiking/Biking, Sightseeing.
For nightlife one would probably go to Osaka.
Osaka also has Den Den Town in Nipponbashi, a place with a lot of Otaku stores and such.
Trying to have conversations with people could be pretty a important thing for learning too.
An internship at a game company is something I thought about as well, since I'm into game-dev, and there is Platinum Games in Osaka and Nintendo in Kyoto.

>How would you get the visa without pre arranged employment?
Working Holiday Visa. Practically a one year vacation where you can also work to earn money if you want to.

>Would be interested in following a NEET anon's blog
I thought about doing a small one actually, just take a look at channel.moe/blog sometime in spetember (currently it links to a different site I have made, so don't be confused)

>>19504739
N-no, you're t-the only one doing that autistic shit haha!

>>19512548
>>19510659

>>19512572
I did a five hour ride once and it was pretty much torture but true the only way to get over it is to keep trying.
>an air crash is painless
But Ideally it doesn't crash at all.

>>19504956
I am afraid to go out and interact with people.

>>19505351
Thanks for the links

Can I get some coords for cute JKs? Been searching on random japanese roads for 5 minutes but couldn't find any.

>>19514117
>Working Holiday Visa
It's too bad those are only available in certain countries, otherwise the best you can do is the 90 day/work visas.

>>19521242
You can prolong your 90 day visa for another 90 days if you're lucky.
You request it in Japan, and if you meet some criteria then you can stay longer (my guess is if you've still got enough money), but they promise nothing.
So half a year is possible even without any special visa or work.
My guess is that finding some apartment this way will be bit harder.

>>19514117
I bookmarked it. Good luck, anon.

Is everyone on this fucking board a delusional weeaboo?

>>19504956
This. Just walking around a city is so exciting. I did it a lot when I was there.

>>19509375
Land is expensive.

>>19521367
Or practically impossible, as is moving to other countries you haven't lived in.

10 If you want to get an apartment, you need a bank account to pay from.
20 If you want to open a bank account to pay from, you need an address that can be verified you're living at, usually using a utility bill.
30 In order to have an apartment that you rent so you can prove your address, you need a bank account to pay from.
40 goto 20

If you're in Europe you can sometimes get away from the catch 22 loop by just giving your address abroad in another EU country because the bank system is practically unified so real estate agents sometimes accept that. But that doesn't work if you're moving to France as there you're required to give your local bank details so they can automatically withdraw, so you must use the absolutely retarded and out of date French system and you have to open an account as a foreigner. Fuck France and fuck their shitty language and their autistic screeches if you don't speak it. Spain's a lot more liberal and you can usually transfer to an IBAN number and they don't care.
Anyway, moving to another country usually always sucks, rant over.

>>19514117
do you plan on getting a partner while you are there and maybe even marrying said person so you could permanently stay there?

>>19504981
>>19505007
>>19505090
no excuses, even less if you're american or european. i'm from south america, make minimum wage (200 USD a month) and i still managed to save up and visit

>>19527220

Staying home is my excuse and you can't change it

>>19527442
This.
You don't have to interact with other humans or even go outside if you use streetview.

>>19527220
when you put it like this it sounds like some kind of holy pilgrimage, like islam and mecca

>>19504956
It's too expensive and I'm afraid to not being able to communicate with people. I tried to learn japanese and it's too hard. Speaking english to them would be impolite.

>>19504739
this channel is a gold mine
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAcsAE1tpLuP3y7UhxUoWpQ

>>19527210
Haha, well I would say if I would find a girl I love, I wouldn't say no to the chance.

>>19514117
Awfully ambitious here despite not even knowing japanese.