Pictures of Japan

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post pictures of Japan, taken by you or others

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Kinda ded.

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It'll pick up, give it time.

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You sure?

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>>41440140
Well, no, especially when people instead post in /aizu/ stuff that belongs in here...

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Breakfast of champions

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>>41454108
I prefer 9% highball but otherwise quite solid

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>>41454108
It's up-side down so you can consume it faster.

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>>41455753
>It's up-side down so you can consume it faster.
Nah bro, it only looks upside down because I took the pic when the Shinkansen was doing a wicked loop at Mach 3.

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When will the government literally say that masks aren't needed.

Cause japanese are just gonna keep wearing them until someone talks.

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>>41463814
>Cause japanese are just gonna keep wearing them
Yep, they are.

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>>41454108
I'm going to japan next year for work, where do you recommend to stay (work is WFH)

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>>41463814
Japs wear mask even before covid.

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>>41471497
You do know what I mean right, then why reply like this

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This seems like a good thread to ask: If I wanted to visit Japan but go outside the beaten path, how much jap would I need to know to go around without needing a guide by my side 24/7? I do not expect anyone to know any foreign languages but I'm also not willing to become fluent in jap if I won't be living there.

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>>41471864
Google Translate will take you quite far, as long as people willing to tolerate you using it.

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Soon...

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lads, whats a good wallpaper website

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You mean besides /w/ and /wg/?

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>>41463814
>When will the government literally say that masks aren't needed.
Actually they literally said this about a week ago.
Or at least, they said masks aren’t required outdoors. Mostly because they just opened for foreign tourists and they know foreigners wouldn’t have worn them outside anyway.
However I doubt it will make a difference, even though the government “officially” said it.
Japanese don’t necessarily blindly follow the national government. Rather they blindly follow other Japanese.

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Basically what >>41473787 said; machine translation for Japanese has come far enough that even someone in a rural area will at least understand what you’re trying to express, though the translation itself might sound retarded.

Random Dotonbori pic unrelated.

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Oh man,this thread is back,words can't express how happy I am,I thought it was done for.

Are you the guy who usually makes the general OP?

Did you go somewhere?

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>>41443214
That looks like paradise,buildings so tall you can't see the sky.

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>>41478313
Actually,this is the best, I take it back, I could tolerate rural living if the climate is cold enough. I hate living in the US South climate wise, our summers are humid and sticky,it's hot as shit.

We basically only have 2 seasons,with very short transitions.

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>>41453256
Now that looks impressive. Where is that? Hakone?

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>>41487663
>our summers are humid and sticky,it's hot as shit.
Which is exactly the case in parts of Japan, too.
I was in Kyoto in 2018, we had almost 90% humidity and more then 36 degrees Celsius in August.

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>>41487663
>I hate living in the US South climate wise, our summers are humid and sticky,it's hot as shit.
I hate to break it to you, anon, but the vast majority of Japan has weather comparable to (parts) of the American south unless you’re talking way northern Japan.
And far less air conditioning.
Osaka and Tokyo basically feel like Tennessee; hot/humid as fuck in the summer, and winters that fall somewhere between cold and fuck-you-cold depending on year.

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>>41478313
Extremely cozy. Can't wait for the snow.

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>>41443214
I don't think that people actually live there, just commuting in every day

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>>41462252
Kek that's a new one

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>>41463814
Japs do what other japs do. My favorite thing I've noticed lately is them all taking their masks off to work out in the gym and then putting them back on when they go outside.

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Nightmare

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Holy shit bros I love chuhai and onigiri so fucking much.

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What's the best konbini food

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>>41500517
There are residences within a 5-minute walk of those buildings.

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>>41512612
Best “general” konbini food for me is tuna-mayo onigiri.
Best “specific” konbini food for me can only be Famichiki.

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Are there active picture-takers here?

Can we get a shot of the outside of Tsuta please?

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thank god this thread is back

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time 2 bump

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>>41443196
Those trees look perfect. I guess they don't get many ice storms.

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>>41517009
Tokyo doesn't get it that bad.
It gets some snow every year, but it only sticks around for a day or so.

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I'll go next year and probably post here.

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>>41520838
Same!
I plan on going from March to May, I'll make sure to take plenty of Sakura photos.

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>>41520838
same gonna go next winter. and i'll definitely post here

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We'll probably find each other lol

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>>41463814
I never expected to find this kind of comment here on /jp/ out of all boards
Where the fuck you people are coming from

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>>41522184
What do you mean, I've been here since 2009.

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/jp/ meetup?

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need more pics of snow covered cities desu

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>>41522349
One of my personal favorites

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I like the onsen town atmosphere

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Truly thank you anon,this soothes my cold vampire tastes.
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Surely Sapporo would be awesome, the biggest city on the island,and much colder to boot,it may be the best place on Earth.

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>>41525480
Sapporo gets cold as fuck in the winter but can still be warm otherwise. Great city though and Hokkaido is absolutely gorgeous (arguably best seafood in the world too)
If you want tons of snow, check out Aomori. It’s actually south of Hokkaido but is the snowiest city on earth. Pic related.

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Girls with Yoshi things on their heads.
(This is the train line that goes to/from USJ)

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>>41525682
How warm though?

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>>41525682
Average summer high in the 70’s or so (like 21-25C).
Quite comfortable, but definitely not “cold”.

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Meant for >>41531880
my bad

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>>41488172
>I was in Kyoto in 2018, we had almost 90% humidity and more then 36 degrees Celsius in August.
Sounds like my type of place, by the 8 gorillion gods I love southern livin'

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>>41532930
>I love southern livin'
Lived there for a number of years. Made peace with the heat/humidity but can’t say I ever liked say I ever enjoyed it. (Loved the south, just not the weather).
It did train me to live in Osaka though.
The seasons feel about the same as they did in TN but slower transitions. You don’t have the t-shirt weather one day with frost on the ground the next day.

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>>41536261
>see a location you’ve never been to
>somehow makes you feel nostalgic anyway
It’s so beautiful and comfy..

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>>41535399
The loudest brap.

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Behold!
The glorious 50/50 Cup Noodle

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>>41540127
The inner sanctum

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Im the OG guy,and I like parts of the South too, the fact that trannies and libs get mocked is nice,but I can't say I like the weather,the bugs,and ...other stuff.

What did you like about the South Kyoto Anon?

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>>41441717
This one picture always never felt real. Is this an actual place?

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>>41540900
What's so unbelievable about it?

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>>41541098
Dunno. Might just be that there are no other visible buildings in the picture, so it seems like it's in the middle of nowhere. Gives off the vibe of those ghibli-type drawings.

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>>41540741
Osaka anon here, but I’ll answer anyway.
As for me, I liked the people and the food. I was born in a coastal shithole and when I moved to the south with work, I really liked how the people were somehow both more laid back and more hard working. “Work hard, play hard”, I guess. Plus genuinely nicer.
And the whole “white trash” stereotype is a meme; you can find tons of trailer parks full of poor alcoholic/druggie retards in any state. The only difference is accent.
In fact it’s why Osaka appeals to me so much. The people are uniquely laid back and friendly/outgoing compared to the rest of Japan, and the food is more “fried” compared to the rest of Japan.

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>>41541199
Nta, but if you go to rural parts of Japan you’ll see all sorts of scenes like this.

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>>41467647
>need to travel for work
>work from home
ok retard but why you lying

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>>41541215
Are you the 8 gorillion gods guy?

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>>41542509
Nope, I’m >>41533073

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>>41525682
Yeah,but they don't have the snow festival where a bunch of people carve anime characters into snow walls for fun in a park do they?
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Oh,you're they guy way up the thread who mentioned Tennesee aren't you.

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>>41540143
wow theyre way better than the ones sold here

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Why is Japan so fucking kino?

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>>41542983
Nah but Sapporo is just 5hrs by train from Aomori so not that bad, and Aomori is better connected to the rest of Japan.
Hokkaido is awesome though, and if you ever visit you’ve got to try the bear curry.
And yeah I am.

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>>41547861
Sapporo is also home to maybe my favorite ramen joint, period.
If not my favorite, at least top 3.

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Ramen Sora?

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Yup.
It’s a (fairly small) chain, but that one in Sapporo is the OG place and by far the best.
The others are good, except avoid the one at New Chitose airport In Hokkaido.

Ironically, the 2nd best Ramen Sora I’ve ever eaten at is the one they opened in the “Chinatown” area of Las Vegas.
https://www.ramensoralasvegas.com/

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>>41522195
Going by the post that you made, you have not.

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Glorious Japanese technology.
The cap is also a sake cup.

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>>41552049
Only brand I'm truly desperate to try is tedorigawa

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Nice thread. I gotta go back at some point
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Osaka is such a great place to stay. A short trip away from Kyoto and Nara and the perfect place to hang out in he evening. Dotonbori was one of my favourite parts.
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Kek those girls really harass you trying yo get you into their establishment.

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>>41552975
Well the stuff in that pic was just a cheap grab from a train station convenience store.
Wasn’t bad though.

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Bumping with food from the izakaya I practically live at.
Avocado tempura. Delicious as fuck.
I was kind of surprised at how popular avocado is in Japan.

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>>41560650
Always a pleasure to see your pics, bro.
I’m making it a point to check out some of those locations next time I spend a weekend in Tokyo.

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Maid cafes?

At least they aren't those gorillas hanging around Roppongi and rip-off bars.

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nta, but I’ve never seen the “flyer girls” for maid cafes get overly aggressive.
Especially toward foreigners; except for Maidreamin and @home, most of them don’t have any staff who can even somewhat speak English, let alone any other western language.
If you aren’t Japanese and you’re being solicited by a “maid cafe” that isn’t universally well known, it’s definitely some scam shit.

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>>41562911
>Especially toward foreigners
One time I actually tried to get one of their flyers from a maid actively handing them out (because it looked cute) and she refused.

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>>41560650
>skytree
I shold actually visit it next time.
Last time I didn't go cause it was expensive and I already viewed the city from the Tokyo metro gov building.
On a related note, has anybody been to this kaiten sushi near Skytree?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9bdRzOOHxw

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>>41562955
Holy fuck bros I love Famima so much it isn’t even funny.
I believe at this point I would die if I had to go long enough without lemon chuhai and Famichiki
https://youtu.be/1Dv48o6GWXE

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>>41562942
Yup, as far as maid cafes go, foreigners are pretty much limited to Maidreamin and @Home, unless your Japanese is really good.

Also I’d have to say pic is my favorite flyer I’ve ever been handed. Unfortunately the cafe didn’t survive coof, so Osaka is now without chubby maids.

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>>41565968
>If you must go to a specialty store you will lose
O-okay..?

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>>41565968
Pre-coof street sign for the cafe.
They had regular dance battles.

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>>41552049
With all of the cool/innovative alcohol vessel designs combined with just how many interesting beverages there are over there, I feel like I'd become even more of an alcoholic if I travelled there. Too bad sake selection in the US where I live is kinda lacking

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>>41567457
>I feel like I'd become even more of an alcoholic if I travelled there
most Americans tend to pretty much stay drunk when they visit, including myself the first time I came here.
It’s a combination of the insane variety of delicious alcoholic drinks you can get at any convenience store (and many vending machines) and the fact that you can basically drink almost anywhere in public, which is a surreal novelty to most Americans.
>holy shit, I’m standing outside a convenience store and drinking a whiskey highball
>holy shit I’m standing on a train platform and drinking a beer
It takes a bit of time for that to become “normal”; for a good while it feels exciting, like you’re doing something illegal and getting away with it.

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There is nothing
and I mean NOTHING
as comfy and enjoyable as chuhai + chiitara + cheeza.

It’s a shame my favorite chuhai stopped making this “concentrate”. I only have one bottle left.

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>>41481353
This is really cute

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Revolting.
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I still think Tokyo Tower has the most aesthetics,kills me we havent gotten a skytree in Godzilla though.

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>>41567457
Is this in Fukushima? Why is the road washed out?

Also, FFS don't let the thread 404 before autosage, I already had to bump it from page 10 once.

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Interior of the shrine I got married in

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>>41574328
Bumping with exterior shot.

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what do i need to do to move permanently to japan?

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>>41576372
-find a job in Japan who will sponsor your work visa
-marry a Japanese woman
-open a business in Japan
-have a (any) degree and take an English teaching job and keep renewing contract

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>>41576544
-find a job in Japan who will sponsor your work visa
I currently work at Apple part-time. also in my final semester of my accounting degree but i don't want to pursue it as a job so i will keep working at Apple and go full time. maybe if i learn enough japanese i could transfer to a location in japan

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I could never marry a shintoist,good for you though anon.

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>>41576631
I'd like to live in Gunma,espcially near all the hot springs.

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>>41576897
>I could never marry a shintoist
Mind if I ask why?

Also, you gotta remember that religion/tradition don't have much separation in Japan.
She isn’t a practicing Shintoist. But she wanted a traditional Japanese wedding. Getting married at a shrine is no more overtly “Shinto” than giving a Christmas gift is “Christian”.

Same thing with most Japanese who visit shrines; they’ll visit shrines for cultural/traditional reasons, not as a matter of genuine religious faith. They’ll get the good luck charms and whatnot, but wouldn’t be able to tell you which Kami supposedly blessed the charm if asked.

I enjoyed the experience though, and the history nerd in me digs that I got married at a shrine that was established ~600ad

Pic is the small Inari shrine next to the main one.

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>>41577158
Because I'm not shinto, I'm Protestant. I'm well aware most Japanese just do things like this by rule of cool,but I'd like to marry a Japanese Christian,since they're like 1% of the population they're hopefully serious about it.

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>by rule of cool
I don’t think I’d reduce respecting one’s ancient culture to “following trend”.
It’s difficult for us westerners to wrap our head around religion being inseparable from cultural tradition, but ya gotta try.
In any case, if you want to convert a Japanese woman, it’s not terribly difficult. Because they’re predominantly “no religion” (not atheist in the western sense, just no strong beliefs), otherwise they’re Shinto, Buddhist, or a combo of those.
And neither Shinto nor Buddhism have an edict of “this belief is the only belief and you’ll go to hell for believing anything else”.

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>>41577158
I married my wife Tamurahime at her shrine.

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>>41577922
I just meant the way Japanese people usually-or at least girls-want Christian weddings to wear the white dress,and they both wear crucifixes for swagger.

>In any case, if you want to convert a Japanese woman, it’s not terribly difficult. Because they’re predominantly “no religion” (not atheist in the western sense, just no strong beliefs), otherwise they’re Shinto, Buddhist, or a combo of those.
And neither Shinto nor Buddhism have an edict of “this belief is the only belief and you’ll go to hell for believing anything else”.

That's true, I'd really like to marry a virgin though.

Also, my laptop's about to die,but how bout some pictures of Coco Curry or Mos Burger. Which do you guys think is better.

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>>41578017
>I just meant the way Japanese people usually-or at least girls-want Christian weddings to wear the white dress
True. That’s part of why I was happy to see my wife want to respect her cultural tradition.

Anyway, CoCo Ichi is delicious. MosBurger is okay. Frankly, Japanese Wendy’s is better than MosBurger.
One is a curry joint and one is a burger joint so you can’t really compare directly.
Pic is a MosBurger menu though.
What makes MosBurger interesting as opposed to western chains in Japan is that the western chains insist on using 100% beef, as they do in the west. Whereas MosBurger makes their burgers with 50/50 beef/pork, which is much more common to find in Japanese grocery stores as opposed to pure ground beef.

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>>41578121
I'd love to try those Mospremium burgers,especially the actual kobe beef one.

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>>41577158
>Getting married at a shrine is no more overtly “Shinto” than giving a Christmas gift is “Christian”
I agree with the tradition part but don't compare tradition to a capitalistic holiday made by the industry of aluminium just to make money.

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>>41578364
Take your meds schizo.

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>>41578121
You ever eat the rice burger?

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>>41578364
He was comparing tradition to tradition.

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>>41580385
Not at Mos, but I’ve had rice “buns” at some local place before.
It’s basically just compressed rice with some oil added. So it’s really dense.
It’s kinda like a bun made out of onigiri.

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>>41578121
Partial Japanese Wendy’s menu for comparison

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>>41584880
And then you go to order at the kiosk, and end up holding up the line as expected of a stupid gaijin because the menu didn’t mention they had a ton of flavors of fries.

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>>41583899
>found the Tanuki

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>>41584880
Sorry,too many bad experiences at USA Wendy's,could never go there by choice.

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>>41585001
Is that Sansho the stuff in Szechuan sauce?

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>>41589665
It isn’t exactly a sichuan pepper, but it’s a close relative.
I’m more impressed at the “steamed potato butter flavor potato”. Somehow those crafty Japanese learned to flavor a potato like potato.

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>>41584880
>actual fucking restaraunt
>not "fast food" like in US

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>>41594641
It’s Wendy’s, bro.

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>>41594714
The finest god damn establishment on the planet

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>>41594729
For me, it’s the Samurai Mac.

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>>41594641
A Wendy’s burger is a Wendy’s burger.

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>>41595883
why is it that wendys is obsessed with putting cum all over their burgers now? Not even a small amount of mayo. Like enough to make a tuna sandwich with unless you tell them not to.

Remember a time when Wendy's didn't put mayo on everything.

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>>41595883
This,Wendys/First Kitchen/Fakkin sucks,I don't care where you are. Five guys is where it's at.

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>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhjVqpYdijQ
>Dude constantly whines and ruins the context;
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE4zbAE5prw
>Restaurant has 7 seats

And that's why I'll never believe a gaijin bitching about Japan, the first guy was wasting time trying to piss and talk when the restaurant only has 7 seats and the line is queuing up for like 3 hours.

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Yeah,Mosburger is winning this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daD3odGKvKY

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Don't take it so easy we fall of the board!!!

If you don't have personal pics,just get some high resolution ones that look really good,cities at night are a huge plus.

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>>41597855
Mosburger burgers are smaller than you expect.
They are at least well made, though.

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>>41597855
Still haven’t tried an Mos Premium place, just regular MosBurger.
No shortage of good burger places on Japan. I especially love when the signs reassure you that the burger is indeed good.

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>>41603715
>Though
>BEST STEAK
>can be eaten here,
>It isn’t NECESSARY to eat
>A HAMBURGER at some other place Intentionally

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>>41417226
WHERE IS THE FUCKING WENDY'S IN THIS GOD FORSAKEN STERILE PLACE?

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That's interesting, I wouldnt think Japan would have lots of burger places.

Also, I'm obsessed with an actual A5 wagyu beef patty. I want it so bad.

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>>41603787
Are you in Japan?

Can you find an arcade and take pictures of Gundam Senjou no Kizuna 2 cabinets?

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>>41604857
Dude Japan loves burgers.
They have MosBurger, Lotteria (a Korean chain), McDonalds, Wendy’s, Burger King, and tons of local burger joints.
>I'm obsessed with an actual A5 wagyu beef patty
It isn’t overly difficult to find. An A5 cow is still a cow, so not all of it is going to be steak cuts. There will always be bits and trimmings best for grinding.
But you won’t often see it labeled/sold as “A5 ground beef”, because grinding sort of defeats the purpose of the marbling anyway. You’ll much more commonly just see it called “wagyu” or “Kobe” (if it applies) to burgers.
Pic related, “Onigiri Burger” in Osaka, which sadly did not survive coof.

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>>41604992
WHERE IS THE FUCKING WENDY's ONIGIRI BURGER?

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>>41604889
Looks like the only arcade near me which has it is Taito Station in Nipponbashi (pic) according to their website.
Next time I’m in the area I’ll try to remember.

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I don’t believe I know this meme.

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>>41605241
Can you link me the list?

Also,thanks a ton, Would like as many as you can get, maybe even a webm inside the cockpit.

I miss the days of wacky cabinets,things like boonga-boonga and that one table flip game....does Japan even make games like those anymore?

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If some Japanese billionaire liked this, do you think he could have 3 or 4 pods inside his house to play anytime he wants?

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>>41511186
God damn I miss Strong Zero
The perfect hangover

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>>41605717
This link should work. It’s basically a list of games/machines and it will give the locations it can be found at.
https://www.taito.co.jp/arc?p=0

>does Japan even make games like those anymore?
Well it seems the current trend for complex cabinets is for making insane “simulator” experiences right now with linked/online play with other cabs and locations. Arcade games in general are trending to linked play; pic related - you’ll often see a ton of linked cabinets of something popular all in one place.

But I’m just happy to see awesome arcades packed with new games.

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>>41606682
>do you think he could have 3 or 4 pods inside his house
I highly doubt the manufacturer would say “no, we won’t let you buy our insanely expensive product”.

But half the fun of playing arcade games is playing them at an arcade. Plus he’d probably have to go to an arcade anyway if he wanted to play in any official ranked tournaments.

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>>41606973
>>41607046
Interesting,what sort of simulator experiences? I think it's cool they have arcade multiplayer. Here have a segway pic.
>>41604992
What do you think is the best restaurant in Tokyo for wagyu? What about the best in Japan?

I know about Kobe beef,Yonezawa beef,Omi Beef; I know about the matsuzaka thatt's made from virgin females;I know about the wagyu made from Cows that get fed pressed olives,how much have you had?

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>>41606973
>FGO
Blech. I wish they would make an SAO arcade game, and a really good one. One where you simply couldn't replicate the experience at home on a console.

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I just want more shup arcades...

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>>41607113
>what sort of simulator experiences?
All sorts. Here’s a pic from that same Taito arcade; it’s a Densha De Go cab that’s basically a small room with full train control setup.
Driving games are also popular; Initial D arcade cabs get regular updates with new content and contests regularly. The updates are called “seasons”.

>What do you think is the best restaurant in Tokyo for wagyu? What about the best in Japan?
Couldn’t tell ya, sorry. I don’t have wagyu often, plus I live in Osaka and have only been to Tokyo a handful of times. It’s like ¥15k each way for me, and about 4hrs, so it makes for a short/expensive day-trip unless I also want to get a hotel.
But the people I know who eat it a lot (usually on a corporate expense acct) are a lot more particular about the origin of the beef itself than they are about the restaurant. Kobe is basically the “gold standard”. I had Yonezawa once as sukiyaki and it was incredible, but I’m not sure it was “more incredible” than Kobe enough for the increased price. But I’m sure a rich person would disagree.
I’d love to try the olive wagyu sometime, but it’s just so damn expensive.
The island where it comes from is also where they make the best onions sauce in Japan (imo).

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>>41607232
>onions sauce
Fucking word filter holy shit

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>>41607232
>>41607134
Yeah, I just checked that website you told me, had about 8 pages of machines, Densha de go for adults looks fun,and of course taiko tatsujin,that game is immortal,but those 3 were all that looked really fun, got me a little worried aboutt he health of the arcade scene in Japan.
>food stuff

Ah,well Im the same, wagyu is all about the ingredients, the chef is like a medium,unless theyre a complete retard, it'll be good.Yeah I want to eventually eat all the best farms meat there is. I want to eat a Rubia Galicia,but they probably don't even know about those in the US.

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>>41604992
>Burger King
Pretty limited to around Tokyo area. Couple seem to have opened in Miyagi recently, after I fucking moved back to Fukushima.

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>>41607329
>got me a little worried aboutt he health of the arcade scene in Japan.
I wouldn’t worry.
That’s just one arcade chain, and they rotate games pretty regularly. Tons of smaller ones, plus vintage arcades and whatnot.
Plus you have to remember that Japan was in maximum coof-mode for like 3yrs and is just now coming out of it. Arcade game development would not have been a priority for software companies.

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>>41471497
I did too, not many people are educated about air pollution, especially if you live in the city

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>>41597855
God I Miss Moss Burger! I used to get them in Niza Saitama near the Hibarigaoka station.

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There's a small burger joint I'm starting to visit in Aizu.

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>>41606973
Making autistically complicated cabinets is the only way I see arcade games feasibly surviving beyond being a novelty. Are there many games outside anime, like a battleship simulator?

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>>41611497
>Are there many games outside anime
Sure, like train driving sims and some insane horse-racing games. And by insane, I mean fucking insane.
Here’s a still from a video I took at an arcade in akiba. The “cabinet” is a huge physical track with animatronic horses that race around it in real time matching what’s happening on the screens.

But of course, anime sells. An Initial D arcade game is going to do better than some generic racing game.
What’s also super popular now are “trading card” arcade games, where you collect cards that are rfid or barcode or whatever and use them with the game. Though by “popular” I should specify “popular with women”. Like you’ll see middle-aged women sitting at these games with literal binders full of cards, and you’ll always find card shops near arcades.

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>>41611497
>like a battleship simulator?
Closest thing I know of is Kantai Collecton (pic) lol.
But hey, it does have a ship’s wheel and “telegraph” for controls.

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>>41612982
>>41612999
As long as I’m spamming pics, here’s a smallish vintage arcade, literally underground on a shopping street in Osaka.
Absolute maximum comfy and nostalgic.

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>>41613085
I love these classic “sit-down” cabinets (candy cabs) so much.

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>>41613099
They also have a few “versus city” cabinets.
For anyone who isn’t familiar with them, it’s basically a double-cabinet, with a 2nd screen and control surface on the other side. So the 2 players can fight without being in each others personal space.

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>>41613085
>>41613099
>>41613126
Shopping street where this arcade is located.

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>>41613155
Glorious beer/sake/chuhai vending machine located just outside the arcade

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>>41613159
And of course a second vending machine right next to the first one. Because alcohol.

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>>41613168
Oh, and a lot of those prices look retarded because still image, and the price displays had sort of an animated thing going on.

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my only goal in life is to travel around japan
currently learning jap and will probably be N1 within the next year
only problem is I'm a NEET with no money

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>>41616108
>only problem is I'm a NEET with no money
That would, unfortunately, present a problem.

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>>41613126
>>41613099
>>41613085
>>41611497
I'm the guy who asked about the Gundam Senjou no Kizuna 2 cabinets,and these are cool.

I still want anon to snap some pictures, but after looking more, I find out they got rid of the unique pod design that made it feel like you were stepping into a cockpit,lame.

Now it's just a tri-monitor huddled around the chair and controls,hardly different than a fancy PC,or at least it feels that way to me.

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>>41618161
Well those pods have been around for like 16 years, so their native hardware probably can’t run the newest Gundam arcade games.
Plus I’d imagine an arcade can buy several of the “new” cabs for what a pod would cost, and with the current emphasis on broad multiplayer, it would make sense from a business standpoint.

But hey, here’s 4 pods for $13kUSD (plus shipping from Japan, plus online software subscription) if you have an extra 13 grand laying around.
https://www.arcade-game-sales.com/arcade-machines/simulators/gundam-pod-4-player-set/17360-1.html

Joking aside, if you’re in the US, I do know there are some Dave & Busters locations that have imported Gundam pods

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>>41613159
>>41613168
Post more vending machines anon

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>>41622138
Here’s some more alcohol

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>>41613159
>>41622515
I bought one of those tiny Asahi‘s a while back. Here it is next to an iPhone (max) for size comparison.

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>>41622515
Ice cream

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>>41622555
A lot of these touchscreen vending machines are just normal, but this one is a “smart” vending machine.
It’s an interesting gimmick; it will analyze you with a camera and make recommendations.
It could tell I was sweating, and it suggested I either get water or the Kirin sports drink

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>>41622661
Single shots of kinda-booze. The ones with the green and black labels are 29%alc.
weirdly, it isn’t classified as alcohol because it’s supposedly medicinal. It’s classified as a “health drink”.

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>>41540127
Finally, half cup, half noodle. Truly balanced

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>>41622515
>>41622555
imagine having to adjust the prices on all these when the economy gets fucked up

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>>41623496
There are a gazillion vending machines everywhere (literally 3 within 100ft of my apartment) and I swear only once or twice have I ever seen someone actually refilling any machine anywhere.
So clearly it is done by an elite team of shinobi, and they can probably change all the prices in seconds.

Though I’m fairly sure the ones with “digital” prices like pic and >>41613168 (which most are going to) can be adjusted remotely, as they have cellular data connections. They can also automatically send a message to the police with location info if sensors detect someone is trying to tamper or break into it.

But seriously, even if I’m out walking around all night, I never see these things being refilled.

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The first skyscraper in Japan, found in Asakusa. Anyone else got any pre-WW2 photographs of Japan?

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>>41624275
No, but here’s a couple neat restored/colorized videos

1913-1915 Tokyo
https://youtu.be/MQAmZ_kR8S8

1940’s Japan
https://youtu.be/608E8UHlitw

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>>41562974
this one's great

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>>41624275
It was crazy to build a 12-story brick building in earthquake-prone Japan.

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>>41624105
>But seriously, even if I’m out walking around all night, I never see these things being refilled.
They get refilled during the day.

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>>41574328
is your wife kawaii or busu

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>>41631452
Kawaii normally.
Fucking kowai if I piss her off when she’s drunk.

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>>41631452
>kawaii or busu
these are not mutually exclusive, you know

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>>41574328
How did you meet your wife?

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>>41633062
We were paired up by a “language exchange” app we both signed up for like on the same day because I wanted to improve my Japanese and she wanted to improve her English.
Within a couple days we realized we’re both retards, as messages we were getting from other people made it clear nobody actually used the thing for language, and more like an international dating app. So we both quit using it but continued to talk on LINE.

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>>41633409

That's so true, I've used those apps and it's just better Tinder.
Were you already in Japan?

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>>41633431
Nope, was in Murrica. But we seriously hit it off talking on LINE and 10mos later or so I went to Japan to spend a few weeks with her and see if we clicked as well in person.

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>>41633478
Since it’s a pic thread, here’s the main entrance to the shrine in >>41576211

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>>41633478

I've been learning japanese for 2 years but I seriously need to output, I pretty much only read.
It'd be nice to meet a native.

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>>41633630
Yeah that’s one thing that sucks about trying to learn Japanese.
Outside Japan, unless you’re taking actual lessons from a native instructor or happen to have a native friend, there's almost zero opportunity for actual conversation practice.

Pic unrelated. But for some reason Denny’s gatcha makes me laugh.

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Hello, maybe someone could help me
A couple of years ago I wernt to japan for the first time with my friend and we wanted to try pachinko
We went to a parlour and had no idea wtf we were doing, we basically mashes all the buttons trying to get it to work and eventually a big warning sign came up on the screen, a red light on top started flashing and a fucking SIREN started sounding. We ran away.
Does anyone know what the fuck we did to cause that? I assume it was some kind of warning about damaging the machines but all we were doing it pressing the buttons that were there, we weren;'t shaking it or anything
Maybe we were about to win the jackpot or something

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>>41634404
>We went to a parlour and had no idea wtf we were doing, we basically mashes all the buttons trying to get it to work and eventually a big warning sign came up on the screen, a red light on top started flashing and a fucking SIREN started sounding
>Does anyone know what the fuck we did to cause that?
Most likely the machine thought that it had an error, and was trying to summon staff to check it out.
*Especially* if you didn’t get any balls and put them in the machine, and you didn’t mention balls, only mashing buttons.
The machine would think either you added balls and it isn’t detecting them, so an error, or you just need balls, so it’s calling someone.

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>>41633042
They are.
>>41632061
>>41631452
Does she have big honking oppai?

If not does she at least have a very nice caboose?

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>>41635084
No and somewhat. She isn’t an anime character or JAV actress. She’s petite to the point that when we’re in the US I sometimes get death stares like I’m “robbing the cradle” even though we’re literally only 6 months apart in age.

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>>41624275
Reminds me of Rozen Maiden 0. Cool image.

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just got back from Dotonburi Halloween.

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>>41635291
Good for you then I guess.

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>>41635436
Nice! How was it?
I’m guessing you live in Osaka?

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>>41636268
I'm on vacation. It's interesting to see just how lively everyone gets during the celebration compared to how everything normally is. Can't complain about seeing all the cute little Japanese girls dressed in slutty outfits either.

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>>41636293
Yeah it’s a weird exception to the norm.

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>>41635436
It's insane to what happened in South Korea, a crowd just like that killed 151 people.

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>>41636743
>a crowd just like that
Nah bro, that pic is what any weekend night in Dotonbori looked like pre-coof.

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>>41636801
Sounds awful. What do you even do in a crowd like that? Whenever I see videos of events like that it's just people shuffling around aimlessly.

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>>41513796
Absolutely beautiful, anon. It looks like in a dream.

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>>41639538
Well Halloween is definitely a bit bigger.
Here’s a typical day in Dotonbori pre-coof. A decent bit busier at night.
But you have to keep in mind, this area is basically Osaka nightlife central. Everything is alcohol and delicious food, karaoke, comedy clubs, more alcohol, more food, etc.
>What do you even do in a crowd like that?
Have fun with the friends you went there with or met up with there, eat, and drink.
>events like that it's just people shuffling around aimlessly.
Well yeah, it’s Halloween. So the “event” is seeing people in costumes, which means everyone will be milling about outside and drinking.

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>>41643014
More pre-coof Dotonbori.
Pretty sure I took these in 2019

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>>41643040
For comparison, Dotonbori just a few months ago, still coof-mode.

I also took >>41479793 the same day, and looks like I took it from roughly the same spot as >>41635436

So Halloween was probably a big deal for the locals. Dotonbori is a big part of the “soul” of Osaka, and it was fucked over big time by coof. Historical restaurants went out of business, important things disappeared. So the Halloween event would have been the first time Dotonbori felt “normal” in like 3 years.

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>>41643118
Did that place with the giant crab-I'm assuming its a crab seafood place-go out of business?

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>>41645226
Nope, they’re still good to go.
But Zuboraya (pic), a literal Osaka landmark, had to close.
Even more sad, it was their 100th year in business.
The owner was bro as fuck. When he realized his restaurant couldn’t weather the closure, he cancelled fucking everything; utilities and whatnot. He put every bit of the remaining operating budget into payroll, and gave all of his staff full pay for 5 months after the closure.
Instead of just cutting his losses, he financially kamikaze’d that shit into the ground to take care of the employees who had been so loyal to him while they tried to find new jobs.

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>>41645518
Pic is the fugu set I had the last time I went to Zuboraya.

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any pics of Hokkaido/ rural Hokkaido and rural Northern Honshu?

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>>41645897
Do they count if they are from Jashin-chan?

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>>41645549
>>41645518
Fugu,you need a special license for that right? Was that their specialty? Damn, what a bro way to go out.

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>>41646371
>Fugu,you need a special license for that right?
Yes, it’s hard to get and maintain. Which is why a fugu restaurant couldn’t just stay closed for all of coof and keep staff. Licensed fugu chefs aren’t cheap.
>Was that their specialty?
Fugu. They were a fugu restaurant.
They bought all of their fish live and didn’t kill a fish until immediately before it was prepared. So everything was insanely fresh and perfectly made.
But basically everything there was fugu-related.
Pic is a menu page from them. The ¥3000 set in the middle is what I posted in >>41645549

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rural japan

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bump

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I like interesting gatcha.
I got a kick out of the delinquent cats I saw at a train station.

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take me back

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>>41646617
Sad, at least maybe their are still fugu restaurants in Tokyo and Kyoto right?

What's that thing in the black box on bottom? Why does it look like premium wagyu shabu-shabu?

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>>41651582
I like how in Japan a deliquent is someone who hangs out around convenience stores squatting and talking with friends,like oh no,the horror.

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>>41653509
Sure, there’s a good number of fugu places. This one just happened to be a local landmark.
>What's that thing in the black box on bottom? Why does it look like premium wagyu shabu-shabu?
because it basically is that, plus other stuff.
Like most specialty restaurants, they knew their specialty wasn’t for everyone.
And fugu is sort of a “special occasion” tning. So mostly they have families/groups coming together.
And of course there’s always going to be that one person who doesn’t like what the restaurant is all about.
So that section is basically the same as how nice steakhouses will still have chicken dishes.

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street cats

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>>41531370
why upside-down?

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japanese birds dancing in asakusa

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>>41661021
More than you could say for western cultureless “countries”. No crime dprees and weed proselytizing are not “culture” and niggers rightly shoot these dumbasses for saying stupid shit like weed can regenerate severed limbs.

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>>41661275
.. you okay, anon?

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>>41661674
Any Japan anons,please snap a pic of a crab vending machine.

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>>41661275
Thanks for the laugh

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>>41663953
>crab vending machine
Can’t say I’ve ever seen one. Google makes it look like they’re a Chinese thing.

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>>41664314
Ah, I see now you're right. Can't blame me for thinking it would be Japanese though....
>>41664297
Is this a shrine? I think that would be the best style if you were going to build a modern mansion house in Japan.

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>>41664398
nta, but I’m willing to say yeah, that’s definitely a shrine.
>best style if you were going to build a modern mansion house
You’d probably have people trying to pray at your house. Or some weird looks at the very least.
Whereas something like pic is awesome traditional architecture without saying “shrine”.

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>>41665207
Maybe you're right, but I mean something styled after like.....the kabuki-za in Ginza,or something like the Takaragawa Onsen sized.....but private. Also, I love the splashes of red on the building.

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>>41577158
>genuine religious faith

The adherence to some religious beliefs in Japan looks different than in Christian countries. The question of "genuine religious faith" brought to the islands by Christians is inadequate to the Japanese religious consciousness. This issue is not solved in the same way as in the West.
At the level of self-awareness, a person considers himself an unbeliever (in the Western / Christian sense). At the level of behavior and for an external observer, he certainly shows adherence to Shinto-Buddhist ritual traditions.

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>>41664398
You mean these kind of houses?. They are a bitch to clean lol

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>>41665465
It was my post you quoted, and it seems like we’re both saying the same thing.
>genuine religious faith
I was trying to delineate between a “practicing believer” and “follower of tradition” in a way that would make sense to someone who doesn’t understand the concept of religion and cultural tradition being inseparable.
Hence the Christmas gift analogy.
There are people who visit a shrine for new year (practically everyone). And then there are people who attend every ritual their local shrine performs, and keep a Kamidana in their house with daily offerings.
Same as how there are people who will occasionally buy some incense at a temple and burn it for good luck, and then there are those who will pray at home every day with beads while chanting sutras.

So I think we actually agree; Sorry if I was unclear, I was simply trying to explain that a “Shinto” wedding isn’t “Shinto” in the overtly religious sense, it’s simply a “Japanese wedding”.

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>>41665630
All wood? Nah. I just mean the funny tiles gabled roofs,the interior paper screen doors somewhat. I want the foundations to be steel and concrete.

>>41665707
>tfw Japan always make your religion the bad guys even though there's a way nastier religion no one wants to name.

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>>41665775
>I want the foundations to be steel and concrete.
concrete i understand, but steel?, first i was thinking of those samurai residences from the edo period, but steel is not something you would see in these kind of constructions.
Maybe something like this?

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>>41665707
>religion and cultural tradition being inseparable
Yeah, I agree.
>“Shinto” in the overtly religious sense
But it is worth adding that with the concept of "Shinto" not everything is so smooth. The word "Shinto" gained its widest circulation only after the Meiji Restoration - when the formation and cultivation of Shinto was (partly) a measure of upholding local ideological forms during the initial Westernization of Japan - as opposed to the influence of Christianity.
After this word was compromised by the nationalist ideologists of the 30s and 40s, it began to be gradually forced out of everyday use in post-war Japan.

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>>41665954
Well, let me explain, if I was an ultra-billionaire, I'd want 2 Japanese residences, one in the mountains near nature, with a huge fuck onsen/rotenburo,like 250-300 tatami matts big. Also, a massive dojo for storing Kendo gear and sparring.

I'd want a house in Tokyo too,but not really a house,something like this:
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antilia_(building)

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>>41665966
Well sure, that’s all very true, but you also need to “speak to your audience”, and my post was in response to someone saying “I could never marry a Shintoist”.

If you asked my wife if she’s Shintoist, she’d say “No, my family is Buddhist”.
She does “Shinto things” as a matter of tradition, such as our wedding and visiting shrines on new years.
But she does “Buddhist things” with a much deeper level of actual ‘faith’, for lack of a better term. When we visit/clean her family grave (where her father is), and light candles/incense, and she prays holding her beads, it isn’t going through a motion as a matter of tradition. She is speaking to her father from the bottom of her heart.

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Someone wanna make a new thread?
This one seems to have entered self-destruct mode.

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>>41666080
do it when it hits page 10