Leaving on jet plane
Out of context: Reply #25
- Started
- Last post
- 36 Responses
- TheBlueOne0
Flight advice for the old flight to Tokyo:
Try to get an aisle seat. Watch lots of movies.
Try to sleep on the flight back as opposed to over there - at least that seems to nullify the jetlag for me..
Japan is one of the most awesomest places. SOme tips:
Don't eat in public. Public trashcans are essentially non existent. Be prepared to stand stupidly in front of subway train signs as you try and figure them out.
Learn how to say "Sumimasen." Alot.
Convert from Yen to dollars: roll back decimal point two places adn you are beasically there.
Things to ponder while there: Why do the english train announcments have british accents? How can people be so zoned out on a commuter train. Why are used 80's american rock t-shirts selling for $120? (harajuku)
Recognize foreign tourists: They will be the loud ones. Yourself included. One of the quitest countries I have ever been to.
Try coffee from a can at a vending machine. Eat at Moss Burger. Try to attend a Sumo wrestling match.
Be careful of taking pictures of buddhist monks looking for alms on the street. I got yelled at by one for taking his picture, which was oddly un-buddhist. However, later, other monks were cool. Even went to dinner with one monk, who drank whiskey shot for shot with me and introduced me to his girlfriend. Discovered how cool buddhism was.