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2020 - Giles and Paula go to Japan

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    Giles
    IHUK Crew
    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

    So there are two types of International Driving Permit.  The 1949 version and the 1968.  You cant apply for the 1968 version online, guess which version Japan requires  😃 😃 😃

    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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      Seul
      Joined: 24 Nov 2009

      They're making this far too easy on you…

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        Giles
        IHUK Crew
        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

        We're just going to have to front up at the car hire joint and play innocent.  I suspect though, Japan being Japan, we will be catching trains rather than driving…. ::)

        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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          Steffen
          Joined: 26 Jul 2017

          @Giles:

          We're just going to have to front up at the car hire joint and play innocent.  I suspect though, Japan being Japan, we will be catching trains rather than driving…. ::)

          They are in the End like we Germans, they like their rules and regulations and dont have any humor if you dont follow them  😃

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            Giles
            IHUK Crew
            Joined: 22 Sept 2009

            Plane is virtually empty…..

            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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              Kasi
              見習いボス
              Joined: 9 Oct 2014

              Have a safe journey. Keep in good health.

              Thanks [emoji4]
              M

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              The world's insane
              While you drink champagne
              And I'm livin' in black rain 4Q 🖕

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                the246guy
                Haraki san Prodigy
                Joined: 8 May 2016

                @Giles - Have a safe journey! Counting on you to deliver me the IH 526 LV - V2 jacket in size small! 😉

                IH-555N | IH-666S-21 | IH-777D | IH-666 XHS | IHG-035 | IHB-06 | IH-721-KHA
                IHSH-251 | IHSH-07 | IHSH-246 * 2

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                  Giles
                  IHUK Crew
                  Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                  The 19L jackets are western only (not stocked in Japan), so we still have to wait for production run to be completed I am afraid….

                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                    Giles
                    IHUK Crew
                    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                    The plane that @Chap was coming in on was cancelled anyway…..

                    @Madame Buttonfly doing her best to ward off Coronavirus….

                    On the subway to Shinagawa station to catch the Shinkansen…

                    And here comes the Nozomi to Shin Osaka…

                    When we landed in Haneda, I got in touch with @Sarina and she worked her magic with the car rental company - my 1949 International Driving Permit will be accepted….. 😎 😎

                    What would we do without her.....

                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                      Giles
                      IHUK Crew
                      Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                      Granted, not the most picturesque foreground  :D, but that is Fuji san there…...

                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                        Matty123
                        Raw and Unwashed
                        Joined: 4 Apr 2017

                        I’m betting @Chap isn’t the only one who got the bad news from his insurance company. Austria ain’t havin it.

                        Maybe so. Maybe not

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                          Giles
                          IHUK Crew
                          Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                          Got to Shin-Osaka, found the car rental joint and they did not even ask for the bloody International Driving Permit.  That was some magic that Sarina wove….

                          As we knew there was an SS20 viewing at the Osaka store, we went to pay a surprise visit to Haraski and Kenta....

                          Hanging out with the collection….

                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                            neph93
                            見習いボス
                            Joined: 18 Aug 2014

                            Size 10. Just saying.

                            Say hi to everyone for me. Especially Kenta-san, that Osaka tee is a prized posession.

                            “Some of those that work forces
                            Are the same that burn crosses”

                            • Virginia Woolf
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                              Kasi
                              見習いボス
                              Joined: 9 Oct 2014

                              Nice pictures have fun.  😉

                              The world's insane
                              While you drink champagne
                              And I'm livin' in black rain 4Q 🖕

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                                Anesthetist
                                見習いボス
                                Joined: 14 May 2011

                                Great pics, Paula is looking beautiful as always, and I love how Haraki-san is layering his primaloft. I would have never thought it could look so badass.

                                Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

                                IG: bluehandsslim

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                                  trail and arrow
                                  Joined: 7 Jul 2013

                                  @Giles:

                                  Granted, not the most picturesque foreground  :D, but that is Fuji san there…...

                                  @Giles this is a really great photo!

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                                    Giles
                                    IHUK Crew
                                    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                    Thank you.  Here is the original before I cropped….

                                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                      Giles
                                      IHUK Crew
                                      Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                      Last night in Kyoto.  Hit a craft beer and whisky bar.  It was on the first floor (that is one above the ground floor for you infidels who call the ground floor 1F …) and barely visible from the street as so many bars and restaurants are in Japan.

                                      I did not try this, but I guess it was some sort of London style beer…

                                      Asked the barman where we should get noodles and he sent us to:

                                      https://en.japantravel.com/kyoto/nagahama-ramen-miyoshi/12882

                                      What sold me was this sentence….."To spot Nagahama Ramen, all you have to do is spot the most rustic (read: shabbiest) establishment on Kiyamachi Street."

                                      I'll def be going back…...And when I do, I will try and get a photo of the broth stockpots, you could literally take a bath in them, they are so large...

                                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                        Giles
                                        IHUK Crew
                                        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                        Guy on the left is a vegetable farmer and a very good IH customer.  He told me he would like to come to Fish n Chips one year…..Gosport's influence has a surprisingly long reach..... 🙂 🙂 🙂

                                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                          Anesthetist
                                          見習いボス
                                          Joined: 14 May 2011

                                          I was admiring his IHV-36, he wears it well.

                                          Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

                                          IG: bluehandsslim

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