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    Maxi and Jens (Chap) - Japan November 2024

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    • ZackBZ
      ZackB
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      Looks awesome, can’t wait to see more. And what an awesome experience for your son.

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      • ChapC
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        Luckily we had a nonstop night flight from Vienna to Haneda

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        Boarding in Ironheart 😁

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        Flying with ANA means Japanese beer and meals 😎

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        Breakfast

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        God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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        • ChapC
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          First things first: Tsukiji Market in Tokyo, Seafood haven

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          God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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          • ChapC
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            Very short stop at Shibuya Crossing, my first time in Tokyo and I of course needed to see Hachikō

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            Quite some people there...😉

            God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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            • Daniel SanD
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              great pictures 😃
              hope to get there some day …

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              • ChapC
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                Still in Shibuya, Meiji Jingū, Shintō Shrine

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                Chrysanthemum, royal flowers of the Japanese throne

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                God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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                • ChapC
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                  Any denim nerds here? 😆

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                  Maxi went for a pair of Lewis Leather Boots

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                  Lunch

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                  God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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                  • ChapC
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                    Some hotel room and Tokyo nightlife pics...

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                    God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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                    • KasiK
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                      Nice. Pictures 👍

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

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                      • NikN
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                        Looks great @Chap and makes me excited for my wife and my trip there in April. How are you finding getting around? Must be good to be with your son and his knowledge of the language?

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                        • ChapC
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                          @Nik said in Maxi and Jens (Chap) - Japan November 2024:

                          Looks great @Chap and makes me excited for my wife and my trip there in April. How are you finding getting around? Must be good to be with your son and his knowledge of the language?

                          Thanks @Nik getting around in Japan is quite easy. Public transport is fantastic you can get almost everywhere.
                          First thing you need is mobile Internet, you can get routers from provider at the arrival airport. Then you can use Google maps everywhere which also works perfect to plan your trip by trains and buses. Regarding payment for public transport, easiest thing is a payment app on your phone (Suica for example for Tokyo-Kantō, Kyoto and East Japan Railway) but doesn't work for the Shinkansen lines. Shinkansen tickets can be bought at the station. If you carry a lot of luggage with you and travel around, luggage transport can be very easily arranged (by hotels or agencies at airports and train stations, Yamato for example ).
                          What plans do have? Where are you going to?

                          God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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                          • ChapC
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                            Dinner in a Sushi restaurant in Tokyo. Those small (Omakase) restaurants can be found everywhere in Japan although they are sometimes quite hard to find (no signs, no menu) and difficult to book. They are very small, often only a couple of counter seats. You need to book them in advance often months before and also have to pay in advance. You can't just call them and ask for a reservation (at least as a non local). If you are in a hotel you can ask the concierge to book or use a booking platform. We had some very good experiences with booking via Pocket Concierge and Omakase.in. No disappointment so far. I love to sit at the counter and watch the awesome skills and precision of the sushi masters.

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                            God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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                            • todyT
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                              @Chap That looks incredibly delicious.

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                              • Tago MagoT
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                                @Chap amazing, thanks for sharing

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                                • NikN
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                                  @Chap Thanks that's helpful. Someone told me Shinkansen are the same price in advance or on the day, is that true? We will get Suica. In the second half of April we are spending a few days in Tokyo, then a ryokan in Hakone, then Osaka and Kyoto before returning to Tokyo for a few days.

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                                  • GilesG
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                                    No discounts on Shinkansens, but do try and book in advance, they sometimes get fearfully full. If you have large luggage try and book a seat with luggage space (end of a carriage).

                                    "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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                                    • ChapC
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                                      @Nik Sorry, we never prepaid/prebooked Shinkansen so I don't know. We always came to the station looked when the next one in our direction goes and bought tickets. There are Shinkansen between Tokyo and Kyoto/Osaka every 10 to 30 min and there are three lines. The fastest (and most expensive, although not that huge difference) is the Nozomi line it has only a few stops between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka. A little bit more than 2 hours as far as I remember. There are three different categories, regular, Green Car and Gran Class.

                                      God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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                                      • ChapC
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                                        @Giles said in Maxi and Jens (Chap) - Japan November 2024:

                                        No discounts on Shinkansens, but do try and book in advance, they sometimes get fearfully full. If you have large luggage try and book a seat with luggage space (end of a carriage).

                                        Good advice!

                                        God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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                                        • ChapC
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                                          ...and don't forget to get a Bento box before boarding 😉

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                                          God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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                                          • TwistlockT
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                                            One day i will visit Japan. Thanks for taking us along @Chap !

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