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Hey!

I am planning on buyn my flight ticket in around a week or so for Japan.

Any tips!? Places to stay at a fair price. Dont care where i sleep but must be in a house or apartment or whatever.. Where is there the most Illegal drag's,street racing,drift etc.

How is the weather there ?

Cheers

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when i was in japan i stayed at business hotels. these are small, comfortable and very well maintained rooms for japanese business men. Stayed mainly at Toyoko Inn (or something like that). they have free internet, and alcoholic vending machines in the lobby 24hrs and are very reasonably priced.

My advice is to get a japanese rail pass. they are worth more than your passport (well nearly :() and allow you to travel basically anywhere in japan by rail. (including the bullet train).

get pissed where? :bonk:  

isn't the legal drinking age in Japan 20yo :D  

but you'll be right  heaps of vending machines around and they hardly check gaijin's ID at clubs ;)

ahhh shit.. some one told me they had the same laws as they do here in Aus..

Oh well thats it.. there go my chances of picking up any one.. :pissed: :bonk: lol

Actually wait.. Does that mean that when chicks/guys turn 20 over there they act like silly 18 year olds..? Or just more mature 18 year olds..? :nowigetit

Hey guys, i'm new to this forum. Although i don't drive a Skyline, i drive a Soarer TT.. i know i know, what the hell is a soarer doing on a skyline forum.. .hehehe, i find this thread very useful and you guys seem like a friendly bunch.

Look i'm going over to Japan to teach with Nova in April and honestly this forum is the only one which really has lots of info about japan. The pros and the cons.

I have been reading this forum for a while now and decided to might as well join up. so i look forward to more news from you guys and other things that are happening over there in Japland...

:D guys

Hey!

I am planning on buyn my flight ticket in around a week or so for Japan.

Any tips!? Places to stay at a fair price. Dont care where i sleep but must be in a house or apartment or whatever.. Where is there the most Illegal drag's,street racing,drift etc.

How is the weather there ?

Cheers

I heard that Japan passed legislation recently that Mines_Datsun was is not allowed to enter Japan in fear of him making up stories of crashing a GTR into a bus stop in Japan!!!!

So unfortunately you will have to stay in Australia :usuck:

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