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Simple, Mt Fuji and Hakone. Best day trip ever.
Start off at the main Tokyo Bus terminal, after they pick you up at your hotel. You go to a place called "Peace Park", which contains loads of buddhist and Hindu shrines donated by countries all over the world, beautiful landscaped gardens, and some of the most ornate koi ponds you will ever see.
Next you go up Mt Fuji, not to the tops, just to a bit with a nice view, some awful toilets, and the maddest gift shops on the face of the earth. Great little beer shop there as well.
Next you go for dinner at an enormous hotel, and I mean huge !!! The hotel is at the base of Mt Fuji, and when we went it appeared to be deserted, apart from the staff and our bus trip, but this is not the oddest thing about the place….it is also home to Thomas The Tank Engine World !!!!! Also, they served us a traditional English Sunday dinner, on TTTE plates and cutlery.
Finally, you go for a quiet cruise across lake Ashi at the base of Mt Hakone (Japans biggest active Volcano), in a fucking Pirate Ship!!! From there you go to a mental Japanese holiday camp, done in a Swiss style, with more gift shops and restaurants etc..., and a cable car to the top of Mt Hakone. At the top there is a run down tower, and a Shinto shrine. When you come back down you drive back to Tokyo through some rather pleasant and interesting countryside.
Highly recommended
http://www.japanican.com/tours/tourdetail.aspx?tc=GMT01TYOOF880
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Impressions of Fidelity by Gerald & Stewart pea coats?
Hi Shoreman, I got one last year (without realising it) when I bought the basic US Navy Peacoat from Silvermans in the UK. The wool seems very good, it's great value and I like the fit, but the stitching on the pockets and buttons leaves something to be desired on mine. I had to re-stitch the top button almost immediately, and the lining on the right hand pocket went where it's stitched to the wool. I know they do some more fashion/high street models though, so they could be better. All things considered though, for about £135 it's a great winter jacket.
I posted a few pics ages ago here:
http://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=241.msg122959#msg122959
M.
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Context clothing has them http://www.contextclothing.com/brand.php?brand=Five+Brother
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Hey guys, can anyone give an example of some hand agitation techniques? I plan on presoaking today and would like to try and get rid of a bunch of shrinkage. Plan on doing a very hot soak and just move the jeans around in the container for a bit. Is this enough? Or since they'll be folded, should I unfold, dip in the water, fold, etc..? I don't like using a tub to soak.
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I would use a tub and turn the knob on your water heater to the hottest it goes, the temp will be almost boiling. It will get rid of all shrinkage, in about 30 min, if you soak a long time all the starch will come out esspesially if you agitate, leaving you with softer jeans. Which to me is a bad thing, others may want that..
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I always do it the Haraki way:
The following is Haraki’s advice on how to treat your Ih-634SR before you wear them:
"This denim is not processed. It will shrink and skew. I have made this pattern "shrink to fit", after washing or soaking a couple of times it will shrink to tag-size
When you get your jeans, soak them in a bath tub of cold water overnight. Turn them inside out and then wash them in a washing machine at no hotter than 30 degrees C, you do not need washing powder or detergent
Don't spin too fast and don't put them in a tumble dryer, it is far better to allow them to air dry (still inside-out) in the sun, try to smooth all wrinkles in the fabric before the jeans get too dry
After the initial soak, the leg will shrink about 2", after the wash, there will be further shrinkage of about 1". So in total you will get about 3" shrinkage. Please bear this in mind if you are hemming before washing”On subsequent washes, always wash inside out and do not spin too fast or tumble dry.
