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 No.140993

Going to Japan this summer, and I really want to avoid sticking out as some obnoxious foreigner. I was wondering if there's any helpful tips for how to conduct oneself or what'd really stick out to wear around so I can avoid packing it. It seems like a country that's pretty tolerant so it's not like I'll get beat up for just being a normal tourist, but I also don't want to come off as some unkempt freak who gets judged everywhere I go. To maximize my enjoyment of the trip I've been looking to find out what is and isn't acceptable and what's social faux pas or things to avoid.

For example, I was reading up on Japanese law recently and learned that under Act No. 52 of 1999 it's actually illegal to buy JCs off the streets. Which is just an important reminder to /qajp/ that you should always check the laws of where you're going to!

 No.140994

What the fuck is wrong with you, you don't buy JC period, that's kimo, fricking' kimo freak.

 No.140995

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Take daily showers and don't be loud.

 No.140996

my most embarrassing moment in japan was trying to enter a train whose doors i thought would open up upon hitting me like they do here (they did not)
i only barely managed to get in and almost lost my backpack, and an old couple looked at me shocked that someone would do something as stupid as that
besides that, don't cross the street with a red light, don't take pics of geishas, don't litter, at a lot of restaurants you have to dispose of your own stuff, and generally do shizukally as >>140995 said
there's a metric fuckshitbuttloadton of signs telling you what you can and can't do and if you can read them they're easy to follow
you should be already practicing your spoken japanese as well, try finding a tutor for that

 No.141000

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I think Japanese people are well adjusted to tourists by now since they get like 500 billion of them a year lately so you don't have much to worry about if you practice some common sense. Are you sure you want to do it during summer when it's probably the most busy and hot? Are you used to heat and humidity? I hear summer Japan can get pretty bad, resembling my own area even and that's not something I'd wish on anyone. Maybe you can practice by running laps in a sauna.
Umm... what else. I don't know, I'm not good at interacting with people. I'll visit Japan when someone invents an invisibility cloak. Oh, I guess dress nicely and not as a slob with a 2D shirt? Show some respect for them as a culture that exists outside of anime I guess.

 No.141006

>>140995
DO NOT shower!!!! They will smell your fear and weakness, assert DOMINANCE with your gaijin stink!

 No.141008

If you're being serious then you just don't carry around american flags. As a foreigner they expect that you are a guest and should have the manners of one

 No.141009

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>>141000
The only bad advice here is not to wear a 2D shirt, you should absolutely wear a shirt with your waifu on it everyday to show that you have good taste in anime. If you don't they will all still assume you're a huge weeb anyway because you're a gaijin tourist, but they will assume by default that you're a filthy normalfag who only watches shit like one piece and naruto. If you wear an Ojamajo t-shirt or something they'll instantly respect you far more than the average tourist.

 No.141010

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>>141006
I will bathe. And I will bathe in their precious onsen to spread my gaijin particles all throughout corrupting it!

 No.141011

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>>141009
better to carry a memento mori
as tkmz said,
>猫は精神病の隠喩、犬は安息の隠喩で魚は死の隠喩です。

 No.141012

>>141009
I'm not sure if a One-Piece shirt would fly or not, because I wouldn't find it strange if a tourist was wearing a breaking bad shirt, but I would find it weird if they had a new star-wars shirt or something like Marvel

 No.141013

>>141012
you dont want to be accepted, you WANT to be FEARED

 No.141014

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Avoid visiting areas that are compromised by normals. Unfortunately this means the Tokyo-Osaka-Kyoto-Hiroshima path; being easily accessible via train tends to attract them, especially Shibuya Crossing and Kabukicho. I would recommend renting a car if you're able to do so and traveling outside of the shinkansen trap. My fondest memory of my last trip was driving from Tottori city to Izumo Taisha, stopping along the way whenever I saw something interesting - this photo was taken from https://www.mukibanda.jp/ facing west.

As for etiquette, simply displaying more (cultural) awareness than other people will go a long way. If you have any language skill that's already a huge start, then just be polite and respectful; display spatial awareness, etc. Have DeepL on your phone ready to use if the need arises but try to avoid using it unless necessary. Pretty much any information about specific practises you can find online but it's best to find them on English language Japanese websites rather than "Top 10 Things To See in Japan The Mysterious Land Of Anime, Ninjas and Robots".

In terms of general dress, don't wear cargo shorts and avoid carrying a backpack wherever possible, or anything else that screams that you're a tourist. If you're going in summer try to wear linen and be prepared for it to be blazing hot.

>>141009
I assume this is sature but I did this with some subculture clothing and recieved some compliments for it. They act as a if you know you know thing where a very specific type of imagery carries meaning that a random graphic tshirt doesn't.

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 No.141025

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>>141014
Any cool gunpla at Izumo Taisha?

 No.141028

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>>141015
I can't comment too much on Hokkaido I'm sorry. I've only visited once and only went to Sapporo, Otaru and Kushiro. You seem to have chosen a good spread however, including some locations I was looking at prior to my trip. Noboribetsu may be worth stopping at, but if you're choked for time it's no issue. Keep in mind that dropping a car at a different location than you collected it from will cost more but the convenience can sometimes be unavoidable. One issue I've found with traveling to Japan is that although the country is enormous, you always want more time in each place. I've also heard that Eastern Hokkaido is very interesting, with stunning landscapes and immense biodiversity, but it's quite difficult to access if you don't have a car.

>>141025
Does this count?

 No.141029

>>141028
Since it's also a summer trip I opted for the thought that the East is probably boring if there's no fall leaves or snow.
Though, I have a goal of taking pictures of some Ainu stuff and there are some nice museums to the East.

Not sure exactly where I'll stop, but it's a 7 day segment on the island. I think there's a lot of nice things along those lines I chose. I'm also going to take the Hokodate shinkansen into Tokyo for some other stuff.

 No.141035

>>141029
I don't think you'll be disappointed anywhere you go. Have a good time. 7 days is probably okay, if you were trying to do the whole island in 7 it would probably be a bit much. There's a small Ainu museum in the central city that I enjoyed visiting, but the better ones are further out. https://maps.app.goo.gl/5qVDDDkeM3gyyqDZ8

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>>141014
>don't wear cargo shorts and avoid carrying a backpack
The nips themselves wear shorts and backpacks. Trying to blend in as a foreign tourist in Japan is hopeless, so OP should really just focus on being a nice foreigner rather than an obnoxious one.

 No.141061

>>141048
Wear that gif on your shirt to show:
A. you have good taste in anime
B. you have good taste in girls
C. you have good taste in human body
D. you have good taste in love interests

 No.141115

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>>141009
>>141048
remember to wear 2d tshirt AND carry backpacks
it's mandatory to fit into japanese culture

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>>141115
It's a must if you want to take part in the Lucky Star festival.

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 No.141120

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>>141119
I regret not going to Mandarake when I was in Tokyo years ago. I'm definitely checking it out if I ever go to Japan again.

 No.141121

>>141115
John sama!

 No.141123

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I think I've just about scouted out everything I want to see on Hokkaido.
The region of Nibutani might be ethnically Ainu. Seems like it has a lot of effort put into showing the culture.
URLhttps://www.google.com/maps/place/Nibutani+Ainu+Culture+Museum/@42.6340815,142.1614121,1934m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m15!1m8!3m7!1s0x5f74f880b5eb8005:0xb79246d6fc58b703!2sNibutani,+Biratori,+Saru+District,+Hokkaido+055-0101,+Japan!3b1!8m2!3d42.6344332!4d142.1651791!16zL20vMGc0d3h6!3m5!1s0x5f74f8922df78cf3:0xf8d9c6772e893ec2!8m2!3d42.6369479!4d142.1566998!16s%2Fg%2F120r9fq4!5m1!1e4?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDMxOS4yIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

There's just some garden and other stuff around Furano
I think I might spend one and a half days in Akihabara, because I'm only in tokyo for the otaku stuff anyways.

 No.141128

Uhhhh.. do I need a special license to drive a car in Japan
Some websites are talking about me needing a certificate that applies to a certain Geneva convention that recognizes my ability to drive?
Also do i need insurance...

 No.141129

>>141119
it's a chain
i went to one in osaka and they didn't have any i was looking for, it looks like figgy stores mostly stock what's recent and popular
>>141128
you do need some paperwork for that, yes
we were told that when we saw go karts passing by, it's a requirement even for that

 No.141131

>>141129
Apparently it's a kind of standard thing yo have an international license.
I thought they could just do a lookup by calling the respective governments or getting access to their data

 No.141132

im from australia, when i went to america last year i got an international driver's license which is good for some years
not that anyone ever checked that i had it even when i hired my rental car

 No.141133

I see... Well I'll apply to get one. It's probably not required for reservations, but picking it up maybe...

Currently i could save like 80$ by reserving it for the 8th because for some reason it costs more 2 days later even if I request the same end date

 No.141134

It doesn't make sense!!! Why is the rental timeline and location that works worst for me the cheapest!!

 No.141136

Had to cut back on driving a scenic route because don't want to spend too much on car rental. Instead going to take a train from Chitose to shinkansen

 No.141137

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 No.141138

it's not a full thumbs up because a train reservation is still 120,00 yen. And Driving from Asashikawa to Hakodate is like 690,00 yen. Because the further you go from the dropoff point the more you end up paying. I can only imagine the price if I drove from Ashikawa to Tokyo outskirts

 No.141140

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What I'm doing is driving Asashikawa to Chitose for 300,00 and then I might reserve a train or wing it. https://puu.sh/KqvEV/74b13f1ddf.png

 No.141141

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They really stuck a ferris wheel on top of a shopping building... uh huh...

 No.141142

Thought that a weekend to Japan would be crazy expensive, but actually it's not that bad price-wise if you wanted to make a habit out of it.

https://www.zipair.net/en
Was looking at what it'd cost for a standard seat to Japan from a Vancouver airport and it's about 750-ish for a round trip. Vancouver because it's cheaper than flying out of the US, but if you wanted to avoid Canadian customs you'd probably be paying extra to do so. Or if you're not near Vancouver airport. But if you're in the US where I am, which is probably as far as you can get from there without being in Florida, round trip to Vancouver is ~300-400. So about 1100-1200 for the flight.
https://parkhoteltokyo.com/rooms/single/
Then about 150 for the room for a night, 4 star too so not bad. So probably with food an everything around $1500 per weekend in total. Not that bad, really. Definitely cheaper than what I'm doing.

>>141014
Thanks for the suggestion for clothing, was debating if I wanted to bring my nice cotton shirts or not but if it's going to be really humid and make them stick and they won't even be more 'normal', then I'll go and get some linen stuff. How's Hakone during the summer? I've got plans for doing a sunrise Mt Fuji climb up the Subashiri route and will be staying a night in one of the Ryokan there afterwards. Also if you've got any experience with it yourself what kind of gear and fitness would you recommend? I'm currently aiming to be in 2 mile run shape when I go for the climb, but not sure if that'll be enough for something that'll take me a good bit of hours. Also probably need some climbing practice on other mountains before that so I can get used to the altitude stuff more.

 No.141143

>>141142
>a weekend
What could you possibly do in just 2 days?

 No.141144

>>141143
I dunno, it's what Anonymous was talking about on IRC so I wanted to check. But probably the price doesn't really change too much from a weekend to 5 days or whatever, since most of the cost is in the airplane fee.

 No.141145

>>141144
I'm struggling to work out how to do Sapporo in half a day after flying in, a full day and a half day train out... Did you mean to say Tokyo

 No.141146

>>141145
Oh, I'm not planning anything for a weekend. Anonymous was just talking about the viability of a weekend to Japan monthly so I was looking into how cheap you could get it. Could probably save on hotel expenses too by going for cheaper.
>>>/chat/261344

 No.141147

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You should totally see if Aquaplus has one of those pop-up stores going on when you go. They hate money so those are the only places and times where you can get some stuff.

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 No.141149

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I'm kinda surprised by how many anons with a driver's license we have here.

 No.141150

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>>141148
But for serious talk, if there was a /qa/ meetup in Japan around comiket I'd consider going. I've kinda gotten over the idea that everyone I meet from here will kill me in broad daylight.

 No.141152

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>>141150
Frens don't kill each other, not in broad daylight at least.
Realistically I think a /qa/ meetup would be quite awkward judging from posts I've read about various 4chan meetups.

 No.141153

>>141152
Speaking from experience because I have had to be in multiple scenarios where I really did not want to talk with the people around me, I always find activities better where people don't need to speak but move towards a goal

 No.141161

visit cat island AND TAKE LOTS OF PICCIES

 No.141183

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Gonna go on a Bocchi pilgrimage instead

 No.141184

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Also I'd like to go to Oarai, but it's a little far off from downtown Tokyo to go just to see where the anime is based out of.

I think you can actually go from Tomakomai Hokkaido to Oarai via Ferry.
https://www.sunflower.co.jp/en/
But Shinkansen is more imporant

Gives me a reason to do another trip eventually

 No.141200

>>141161
That would be cool!
But isn't it supposed to be isolated and protected or something? Maybe I'm remembering it wrong.

 No.141201

>>141200
that's sentinel island

 No.141202

Apparently they sterilized all the cats too because the human population on the island dropped to about 2 after they ran out of fish populations

 No.141203

>>141202
arekusa, play komm susser tod...

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 No.141367

The hell did they do to the JR pass. $800 for 14 days with standard or $1100 VIP.
But individually:
A train of Tokyo to Kabukicho is $2, Kawakura 10$, Hakone $18... Like 5$ on average..
A VIP+reserved shinkansen from Hakodate-Tokyo is $317,
A VIP+Reserved train for shinchitose to hakodate is $150
A train from shinchitose to Asashikawa is $68
Like, I can budget the max cost of travel as: 585

There's no realm where this is ever affordable or convinient pricing.

 No.141368

>>141367
it's for rich people who don't want to think probably

 No.141369

>>141368
I guess. There might be a more local alternative to an RFID transportation card like we do in Montreal and probably the other high tax states. But it looks like you have to go through the ticket machines and hope they have good translations

 No.141370

Probably these suica(or equivalent) cards that vary by locality
https://www.japanstation.com/japans-prepaid-transportation-cards-ic-cards/

 No.141375

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>>141367
Sounds like some sort of super ticket thing?
Convenience and peace of mind. If there's one super ticket you can buy to ensure a safe, uneventful trip then I can see people jumping on it instead of dealing with a dozen different tickets with a dozen different points of failure in a country of strangers where there is very likely a language barrier. Vacations are luxuries after all, so removing a point of potentially mind-breaking stress is something I would personally buy if I ever found myself in such a position. Although I don't think people with that level of anxiety would travel, so who knows. Just convenience for retirees and stuff then?

 No.141380

>>141375
we're talking like 25k¥ vs 50k¥ though. The values I posted of 585$ were if I also included occasional VIP travel. I guess it's good to not have to use the machines though or figure that stuff out. I guess it's a cheaper alternative to having to work the ticket machines and hope they have an english language button(seems like most do)

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