From: kcalder@blueyonder.co.uk   
      
   In message ,   
   alienthe@hotmail.com writes   
   >Kevin Calder  wrote in message   
   >news:...   
   >> I'm selling my flat and quitting my job!  Its great!   
      
   >> So I'm finally going to have the time and money to head off the Japan   
   >> for a month or so.  W00t!   
      
   >> Anyone else made the trip?   
      
   >Quite a few in this newsgroup from what I can remember. I went there   
   >too, worked there a couple of years, returned on a holiday a few years   
   >later. Definitely recommended, close to obligatory in this group.   
      
   I'd say.  I think its in the charter.   
      
   >> Any tips for what to do or where to go or how to do it cheap?   
      
   >If you plan on a lot of travelling within Japan you should get a   
   >railpass. This pass can only be bought outside Japan.   
      
   Check.  I'm looking forward to speeding around on the Shinkansen.   
      
   >If you need help it is best to ask a medium well dressed woman in   
   >the age bracket 25 - 35. Seriously.   
      
   Really?  How come?   
      
   >Depending on your academic background, which I do not know, you could   
   >apply for one of the many Japanese Fellowships that are available to   
   >foreign academics.   
      
   I'm a mere MA Hons. I'll try that line once i have my PHD!   
      
   >In addition to the standard places to see (Tokyo, Kyoto, Kamakura,   
   >Nara, Hiroshima, Miyashima, Nagasaki, Nikko, Okayama, Kanazawa and   
   >more) you might also want to check out the high tech in Akihabara   
      
   What kind of place is it?  A showcase place?   
      
   >in Tokyo, gizmos that only in the rarest cases will ever be exported   
   >from Japan.   
      
   >Will you be sending updates from your trip?   
      
   Not a bad idea, if Schwann doesn't mind me busting in on his travelogue   
   territory.   
      
   Maybe everyone in alt.cp should nominate one thing that they want me to   
   take digital still of and I'll post links as to the images as I go.   
      
   I'm planning on going hiking in Daisetsu-zan National park in Hokkaido   
   for about a week though, which may be of limited interest to the group   
   )   
      
   I'm going to try and spend two weeks or so in and around Tokyo & Osaka   
   though which might make for more interesting reading.  In Osaka I'm   
   going to try and track down Yoshimi and the Boredom's and make sweet   
   love to them.   
      
   well enough about me,   
   --   
   Kevin Calder   
      
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