From: Alienthe@hotmail.com
Kevin Calder wrote:
> 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.
Sourcerer mentioned once he had been to Japan, not sure
which part of it though.
>>> 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.
I did. It worked really well. Only once have I experienced a
delay in Shinkansen. It was about 5 minutes but the loudspeakers
announced the humblest of apologies, sincerely too, until
the train arrived. Such is major news.
>> If you need help it is best to ask a medium well dressed woman in
>> the age bracket 25 - 35. Seriously.
>
> Really? How come?
Rather simplified: the exceptionally well dressed are what is
called "Office Ladies" (OL), secretaries in a way. The medium
well dressed ones are not; rather students or in their careers
and often having spent some time abroad (often Australia) and
speak English confidently. This is a common advice and it works
rather well. I passed this advice to a then colleague of mine
and it worked well. He even got married...
>> 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!
A PhD will work, a Masters degree might also work.
>> 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?
Akihabara Electric Town as it also is known as, has lots of
shops selling all kinds of high tech, much of which will
never be exported. You can even buy discrete electronic
components. I see Wikipedia has an article about it, and
mentions something about adult goods. I guess that would
be high tech goods.
There is also Tsukuba, the capital of science in Japan. The
city is a little sterile, not much to see.
>> Will you be sending updates from your trip?
>
> Not a bad idea, if Schwann doesn't mind me busting in on his travelogue
> territory.
Don't let that stop you. His writing doesn't worry me. Well at
times it kind of does but that is in a different way.
> 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 ;)
Isn't that PastoralPunk? Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou is a
bit like that.
> 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,
Two weeks is a short time. You can easily spend years.
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