Alex and Giles do (what was supposed to be) a brief trip to Osaka and Kojima

[Dion]

I love these behind the scenes images. This is where the magic happens.

[Steffen]

Is it possible to travel Japan without speaking a bit Japanese ?

[dave28]

@Steffen:

Is it possible to travel Japan without speaking a bit Japanese ?

Highly advisable to learn the basics and have a translator device.
See the Top Gear episode where the lads are in Japan.

[Snowy]

@Steffen:

Is it possible to travel Japan without speaking a bit Japanese ?

Very much so. i don't speak a word and have been 7x.

[organisys]

Awesome thread, thanks.

[Jett129]

Really fantastic,loving the little videos.

[Dion]

I though the third video was showing the sanforization process first.

[Mustafa911]

Thanks Giles to share the making of the denim. Amazing !!

Love those white bulbs of yarn

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[RoxRocks86]

Thanks for sharing! Really cool to see a glimpse of the “beginnings” of the great things to come.

[Matty123]

@Giles you’re looking fit. ::insert jokes here::

[David_pll]

Really enjoying the photos, hope you both have a great trip.

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[Giles]

@dave28:

@Steffen:

Is it possible to travel Japan without speaking a bit Japanese ?

Highly advisable to learn the basics and have a translator device.
See the Top Gear episode where the lads are in Japan.

I have been coming here for 15 years.  Probably visited 30-40 times, My vocabulary consists of Awesome, Cute, I'm Fat, Thank You, Yes and not much else.  This is not something I am particularly proud of, but it is what it is.  However it does go to show that you can muddle along with not a lot .

Last night Alex and I found a Yakitori joint, that sat no more than 16 people.  Judging by the reaction when we stooped in, we were probably the first Gaijans that had ever crossed the threshold.  The menu was in Kanji and there were no pictures.  We ate amazingly, the cook getting more and more daring as he saw us eat everything he put in front of us.  One of the other diners got a friend who could speak English to come to the restaurant and help, in the end, most of the other diners were our new best friends…..

[Giles]

Flight home delayed 24 hours because of this….

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7166254/typhoon-jebi-japan-category-safe-to-travel/

[Giles]

Fluff, fluff everywhere….

[Giles]

Quills full of double twisted yarn for the weft of our 21oz selvedge denim…

[Giles]

It's offically bloody windy…..This just happened outside our hotel room....

[neph93]

Just reading about it now in the Sydney Morning Herald. Apparently it is the strongest typhoon to make landfall in Japan in 25 years.

[Giles]

Kenta and his family are being evacuated.

An oil tanker hit the Kansai Airport bridge just after we left.

It's wild…..

[Giles]

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20180904/p2g/00m/0dm/065000c

[neph93]

@Giles:

Kenta and his family are being evacuated.

An oil tanker hit the Kansai Airport bridge just after we left.

It's wild…..

I saw Kenta's IG post 

Hope the hotel bar is in the basement…