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SKYWKR

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Hey ppl,

I'm off to Japan in a couple of weeks and I was just wanting to know who's been there before and whats worth checking out given the time frames I have to work with.

I'll be in Osaka for 4 days, Hakuba for 5 and Tokyo for 7.

Let me know where you've been (good or bad). Any advice would be much appreciated.

Cheers,

Steve

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llama_au

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When are you going?

There is the Tokyo Auto Salon in Jan. Around the 10th i think from memory.

15th - 17th of Jan which is when I'll be over there.

My two weeks in Japan on JDMST, post 60 onwards: http://forum.jdmstyletuning.com/showthread...1573&page=3

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Wheezy Mentor

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Make sure you have a JR pass for the two weeks, I used mine a freaking lot!

Don't stress about train systems, the private ones just get the cheapest ticket and pay the difference at the other end if you need to.

Also, if you are changing lines at a private station (metro etc) then make sure you dont put your ticket in an orange labeled machine (it will take it thinking you are leaving the station)

Pre book your shinkansen seats a day or two in advance so you can get a train at a decent time, however if you get on at a station at the start of the trip you can usually get a seat in a non reserved carriage.

Not all toilets in regional areas have western toilet bowls (makes an interesting event in the dunny)

Make sure you know what you want to do the day before hand, and dont be suprised if you cannot find the thing you are looking for.

People in Tokyo may say they dont speak english but a lot understand a little.

Try to work out the kanji for beed, pork, chicken, tempura, prawn etc. It helps a lot in restaurants!!!!!

Hope your single, the girls in Tokyo are f**king HAWTTTTT!

If you want to do car stuff try to get onto someone who is hooked up before you go, unless you speak the language and get a chance to stop and talk to someone who looks in the know you may be shit out of luck.

Dont be concearned with the feeling of xenophibia on the trains, Japanese dont really like having a whitie in their personal space. In restaurants they are fine serving you etc, but other than that I noticed a fair bit of racism. End of the day its their country, irony is the obsession with western culture :P

Tokyo for me was very different to the rest of the country, but Im not sure about Osaka.

Any other questions PM me.

Wheezy Mentor

Wheezy

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OH and dont expect to see alot of jap performance cars around.

You will see millions of taxis, little cars like micra, and european cars.

Most of the jap performance i was was out of the cities.

And...If you like Anime check out the Ghibli museum, freaking amazing!

Wheezy Mentor

Wheezy

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hm ok well as it appears your all going over there, who wants yo find me a low mount t67 kit for my rb25???? :P

From trust? No such thing, T67 comes in kits SR20 only. Can buy it separate and make a manifold, doubt it will fit, the comp cover is as big if not bigger than to T04S comp cover that comes with the GT30/35 series turbos from garrett. I managed to get a GT30 to just fit on mine, but I decided it was too close and went high mount.

Off topic sorry :D

33gtst Proficient

33gtst

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I have only ever found 1 low mount manifold which was on ebay from jps trading on ebay....sadly before i bought it the person I told about it bought it instead....then on sold it...and it wasnt to me no doubt for much more than the cheap price it was purchased for. The t67 I'm pretty sure did fit on it.

Thems the breaks though.

Still on the hunt for the same manifold...which I doubt ill ever find :P

more off topic...sorry

Ruffels Veteran

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a mate and i will be over there from the 6th of jan to the 27th of jan!

Tokyo Autosalon FTW!

who else will be over there... Wheezy, i think i;d like to hear more of your tips as this is my first time overseas and i feel it might be a bit of a shock when i get there.

Ricey Collaborator

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I was there in oct last year... had a absolute ball...

Tokyo - It's pretty overwhelming at first, just try and fully immerse yourself in the culture of it.. I regret not doing that, the girl I went with was too scared do so and buggered up that part of the trip.

If you get the chance go to Kyoto there are soooo many beautiful temples there and maybe try and take a day trip to Nara, where the biggest wooden temple in the world is and HEAP of cute little deers who will turn nasty and ear your clothes once you run out of biscuits to give them.

Golden Pavillion is a must see. And you might spot a few geishas down the back streets of Kyoto if your lucky. There were plenty of other "ladies of the night" there done up to the max to entertain the business men.

I hardly saw any modified cars around, I got excited every time I did see a skyline.

If you go to Harajuku make sure you go on the weekends. Thats when all the Harajuku girls are out.

I didn't find the Japanese racist at all. Some got a little irritated trying to explain things to me because I couldn't understand but in general I found them most accommodating and patient. it pays to know a few Japanese words, especially "thank you" and "excuse me". I think I used those the most.

Otherwise just go with no expectations and it will totally blow your mind! and the girls over there are STUNNING and so fashionable.

Have a awesome time!

adznight Newbie

adznight

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If you want to pick up some handy relevant Japanese easily try this -

http://www.earwormslearning.com/intro.html

http://www.earwormslearning.com/pdf/Booklet_Japanese.pdf

I've been using it and I find it works really well, I've remembered heaps of stuff and I'm pretty stupid :nyaanyaa:

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