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

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    • dave28D
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      @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.

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        @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.

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        • organisysO
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          Awesome thread, thanks.

          Pride of Japan :-)

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            Really fantastic,loving the little videos.

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

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              • M
                Mustafa911
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                Thanks Giles to share the making of the denim. Amazing !!

                Love those white bulbs of yarn

                Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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                • RoxRocks86R
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                  Thanks for sharing! Really cool to see a glimpse of the “beginnings” of the great things to come.

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                  • Matty123M
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                    @Giles you’re looking fit. ::insert jokes here::

                    Maybe so. Maybe not

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

                      Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

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                      • GilesG
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                        @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…..

                        "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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                        • GilesG
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                          Flight home delayed 24 hours because of this….

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

                          "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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                          • GilesG
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                            Fluff, fluff everywhere….

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

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

                                "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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                                • neph93N
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                                  Just reading about it now in the Sydney Morning Herald. Apparently it is the strongest typhoon to make landfall in Japan in 25 years.

                                  «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                                  We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                                  • GilesG
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                                    Kenta and his family are being evacuated.

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

                                    It's wild…..

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

                                      "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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                                      • neph93N
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                                        @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…

                                        «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                                        We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                                        • neph93N
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                                          @Giles:

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

                                          Shit, I take back what I said about basements. Stay safe.

                                          «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                                          We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                                          • GilesG
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                                            We've got to get over this thing tomorrow….

                                            https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20180904_24/

                                            "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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