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Who has been to Japan?

Posted: June 29th, 2008, 3:45 am
by VegasMazza3
I have... mainly Tokyo.. I spent about a day in Kyoto.. I was there for about a week... Dec 06... got 120yen for a dollar!!! and DVDs were still $35.
I REALLY want to go again, but it is so ****ing expensive :C

Re: Who has been to Japan?

Posted: June 29th, 2008, 8:10 pm
by EricAnimeFreak
With the value of our american dollar going down due to inflatation, you would find it worse now....

1 U.S. dollar = 106.08954 Japanese yen

Had u invested $1000 american dolalrs in yen back then. Today if you were to turn that yen back into American money you would have an extra $131.12  ;D.......

Re: Who has been to Japan?

Posted: June 29th, 2008, 9:35 pm
by Tsurugi
I was there for about a week and a half in May... it was amazing. I got about 101 yen to the dollar after the processing fees, and that was better than mostly anyone else from the group got. Tokyo for three days, Kamakura on the way to Atami, Atami for a night, Hakone on the way to the Shinkansen station, Kyoto for three days, Hiroshima for one, Himeji on the way to Osaka, and Osaka for a night and part of the next day.

I put basically all of my pics up:
http://photobucket.com/paulsjapantrip

Re: Who has been to Japan?

Posted: June 30th, 2008, 9:00 pm
by Juansmarts
Tsurugi wrote: I was there for about a week and a half in May... it was amazing. I got about 101 yen to the dollar after the processing fees, and that was better than mostly anyone else from the group got. Tokyo for three days, Kamakura on the way to Atami, Atami for a night, Hakone on the way to the Shinkansen station, Kyoto for three days, Hiroshima for one, Himeji on the way to Osaka, and Osaka for a night and part of the next day.

I put basically all of my pics up:
http://photobucket.com/paulsjapantrip
You actually went to muscle park!?!?!? I've always wanted to go there! :o


I don't think this counts, but I remember going to Japan for only a day on my way to Florida. I was only five, so I don't really remember much.

Re: Who has been to Japan?

Posted: July 1st, 2008, 4:59 am
by AncientOtaku
I haven't been there yet, but I am going in October for 31 days, and I can't wait. I'm from Australia and our exchange rate is pretty much parity with the Yen (slightly in favour of AUD atm though)

Going to go through the three main islands for 21 days, then plan to base myself in Tokyo for 10 days.

Re: Who has been to Japan?

Posted: July 4th, 2008, 12:25 am
by cutepeipei
Me!!
I went there with my friend for 11 days...
I went to Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima, Ito (Atami)...
I want to go there again... if I have the time that is...

unfortunately, the stuff over there are very expensive...
transportation can be very complicated... and may become very expensive if you get lost.

Re: Who has been to Japan?

Posted: July 11th, 2008, 6:44 am
by Parcivale
I went to Kagoshima once for several months...

Re: Who has been to Japan?

Posted: July 26th, 2008, 10:42 pm
by whiteztearz
currently looking @ the world as it is right now esp in the States, i havent even got a penny to
spare for gas talk about flying across the world.
i would love to though. XD

Re: Who has been to Japan?

Posted: December 29th, 2008, 3:45 pm
by Escargotpudding
I go there almost every year.

Re: Who has been to Japan?

Posted: December 29th, 2008, 4:53 pm
by Sere
I went to Japan 3 times now.

1) 4 weeks in 2004 as an exchange hold by my sportsclub. 5days Tokyo, the rest in Iwate
2) March 2005 - February 2006 "Highschoolyear", lived in a hostfamily in Akishima, so prefecture Tokyo. Went to many places f.ex. Nikko, Kyouto, Yokohama, Kamakura, Ooze, Hamamura, Shimanami (From Hiroshima-ken to Shikoku)
3) August 2008, 3 weeks holiday, made trips to Fuji-san, Karuizawa and Kusatsu

Re: Who has been to Japan?

Posted: December 29th, 2008, 6:29 pm
by hetaera10
im so jealous of all of you!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i wanna go to japan too! i have to pass the board!!!!!!!!!!  :(

are there DC gashapon everywhere? and where can you see rows of sakura?  ???

Re: Who has been to Japan?

Posted: December 29th, 2008, 8:56 pm
by cocomonk22
I've been a couple times. Now might not be the best time to travel there, though.

Re: Who has been to Japan?

Posted: December 30th, 2008, 8:39 am
by hetaera10
cocomonk22 wrote: I've been a couple times. Now might not be the best time to travel there, though.
why?

just want to ask too..have you seen this in Japan? i want to have a picture with the statue in the future

http://www.edogawaconan.com/modules/about/index.php?pagenum=2

Re: Who has been to Japan?

Posted: January 11th, 2009, 9:47 am
by cdgal
I'll be going over using my own salary... which is I don't know when that will be  :'(

Re: Who has been to Japan?

Posted: January 26th, 2009, 7:24 pm
by Starscream
I have. It was actually kinda an accident because we were only meant to stop over for a few hours, but then snow postponed our flight so we went to Disneyland, which was really rushed because we wanted to make it back. When we got back we realised our flight was canceled and so got pissed off at the airport and went like, into Tokyo.

Apart from the epic language barrier Japan is one of my favourite countries.