Have a trip in August. I'll be sure to tell you then.

I think the mountains and forests are great.
The Tokyo shopping is great for otaku.
If you like skiing or just country side Japan with colonial influences Hokkaido is the place.
I could only tell you nothing about south japan such as Nagisaki

>>148040
Yeah, I went last summer with some friends I met through a /v/ group
Was pretty poorly planned, but a lot of fun. Went to bars, a maid cafe, some temples, some arcades and a lot of merch shops.
Just walking around Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto was really cool.
At one point I took this "hiking trail" path from a temple in Kyoto while alone, and kept walking on it thinking that it would eventually wrap back around to the temple. It didn't. I walked for over an hour and ended up in the suburbs. One of my peak memories.
Can't wait to go back again, probably next year. Just gotta plan it better next time.

I had a good time, but I won't return there until I get decent at Japanese to get the most out of it.

I live here. It's all right.

>>148045
￥spoiler
How was the gay orgy?

>>148059
Don't tell me you forgot, Anon-kun.
You said you'd treasure the moment forever....

>>148041
I visited Hokkaido during the winter and saw all the major locations, fucking beautiful place. Honestly Sapporo is probably my favourite city in Japan.

>>148063
Cool, I'm going there in Summer, but I've heard that they really go heavy on summer flowers there.

Going to be staying at
Hokkaido, Sapporo, Chuo-ku,Minami 4-jo, Nishi 4-1-1, Japan in a room that should be viewing the ferris wheel

>>148086
Alright I'll be there too.
Do you wanna be big spoon or little spoon?

>>148086
Oh I stayed right next to that place at the REI hotel. Good location since you can walk everywhere you need to, even a nice Mandarake store across the road at the ferris wheel. Check out the big arcade nearby, mt. moiwa and the the bus to otaru is right next to the old clocktower building

It's unlikely I'd ever visit, but if I did I'd probably be more interested in the rural areas that look quite beautiful. Tokyo is way too dense for me with people everywhere, I might have a heart attack. Places like Okinawa seem absolutely beautiful, but does it actually have better scenery than places I could find in America if I looked? I'm not sure.
Oh, and there's some amazing Japanese gardens I'd like to visit, that look extremely soothing to the soul. I'd like to experience those so I could try to recreate it here.
In general, though, as someone more interested in animals and plants than people I don't think a visit to Japan is really justifiable on my budget.

>>148197
> but does it actually have better scenery than places I could find in America if I looked?
America is so big and ecologically diverse you could find beautiful views everywhere. I mean just look at all the national parks we have.

>>148320
Aye, there's wonderous vistas anywhere in God's creation if you look. Alaska and Montana has no shortage of them, and the North Dekota badlands are a one of a kind place. For Japan, they have a very unique ecology as their country is spread across a wide latitude. Take the Japanese beauty mindset to architecture and landscaping and combine it with a land of mountains and water and you've also got some incredible sights. As a tangentially related bit of trivia I vaguely remember hearing, their range of climates allows sake breweries to have a large variety as certain "tastes" can only be obtained in specific climates, due to temperature and atmosphere affecting the biochemistry of the fermentation.

I would like to visit, but I don't have any friends, much less any that would be able to afford to go. I'm to scared to go alone.

>>148800
we can go together

>>148810
ok we'll go around christmas

>>148839
oh sorry, I'm busy then

>>148847
it's ok I understand

>>148040
i have been to Japan. i really enjoyed spending time in random cities in Tokyo, areas without tourists. simply experiencing the city like a normal Japanese person. the airBNB i had in Horikiri-Shobuen was so cute too.

>>148800
>I'm to scared to go alone.
Me too. I've never travelled abroad by myself. I also get the feeling that it would get very boring very quickly unless you're the social extrovert type.

Am there right now, last night.
Enjoyed Osaka the most, Tokyo is too dense and busy, like Istanbul.

Solo this time around.

>>148197
>Tokyo is way too dense for me with people everywhere
This is true in some places, but what has really surprised me the couple of times I've been is that it's entirely possible to find quiet streets and neighborhoods as little as 5 or 10 minutes walk from busy central Shibuya. I do agree that rural places are more interesting than cities, but both have something to offer depending on what you're into. You really do need a rental car for anything outside major cities unfortunately.

>>148800
In my experience, travelling with other people is only good if you're of the same mindset. I have travelled alot since I was very young and found that with my mother and cousins they're very easygoing, but when travelling with family friends there's a sort of pressure to spend time together at the cost of seeing the things you're interested in; it's not really worth it. If you've watched or read Yurucamp, it's comparable to Rin's solo camping. You can go anywhere and do whatever you like without being beholden to anyone.

When's the /qa/ meetup for Comiket 106?

>>149684
As always on the last day of comiket at 4 pm at the red saw.

i went back in 2018 with some mates, we visited tokyo, kyoto, osaka and hiroshima. i really wanna go back again!

I've been a year ago, and I am currently thinking about going again.
How is the weather in September? Is it still death heat or are things already getting more moderate? Especially out in the Kanazawa/Nagano direction.