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Re: Recommendations for Japan Travel

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Post by mantas »

amrocha wrote: post #295
mantas wrote: post #286

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The real US is the mix of both coasts and in-between. If you see the coasts only, then you don't experience real US. Only few cherry picked bits. It's like going to London and Paris and claiming you have seen „real“ Europe. No, it was just few cherry picked non-representative bits.

No it isn't. 40% of the US lives on the coast, which means well over 50% are within 100 miles of a coast. It would be like going to most of Europe, and then someone complaining you didn't see the "real" Europe because you skipped Portugal and Croatia.

There's a big difference between going to NYC and LA vs visiting small towns close to coast.

And visiting a one-sided 50% is still missing a big portion. That's like saying that if you visit Germany/France/UK, you've seen all the europe. Nordics and East be damned because it's less than 50% of population so who cares. But then you end up with very skewed view of what europe is.

Re: Recommendations for Japan Travel

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Post by barking_biscuit »

wingely wrote: post #54
ehnto wrote: post #45

This is somewhat adjacent for which I apologize, but being a Japan Fan of the travelling variety I have noticed a trend on HN toward Japan related articles. My understanding is HN has no user-specific algorithmic feed changes, so is this just a natural increase in interest toward Japan in general I'm seeing since the borders opened up? Most of the articles aren't even travel related, just about Japanese culture or pe…

Nerds love Japan

Can confirm.

Re: Recommendations for Japan Travel

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Post by amrocha »

mantas wrote: post #301
amrocha wrote: post #295

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No it isn't. 40% of the US lives on the coast, which means well over 50% are within 100 miles of a coast. It would be like going to most of Europe, and then someone complaining you didn't see the "real" Europe because you skipped Portugal and Croatia.

There's a big difference between going to NYC and LA vs visiting small towns close to coast. And visiting a one-sided 50% is still missing a big portion. That's like saying that if you visit Germany/France/UK, you've seen all the europe. Nordics and East be damned because it's less than 50% of population so who cares. But then you end up with very skewed view of what europe is.

It's not 50%, it's well over 50%. there's no hard numbers on this, but I would guess it's 70-80%.It's more than most people who live in the US have seen of it.

The ones with a skewed view of the US are the ones that think small towns are representative of the country in any major way.

Re: Recommendations for Japan Travel

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Post by greggman3 »

ranger_danger wrote: post #284
greggman3 wrote: post #209

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Tokyo's trains have some of the best signage in the world. Nearly all the ones in Tokyo and other major cities have English directions. All the stations have color coded numbers like G12 or N13 if Japanese names are hard for you. Signs on the tracks tell you what station you're at, what the previous station was and what the next station will be. Every exit has a number and signs on the walls and ceilings tell you whi…

>There is no exit from the JR lines that does not have clear signage to every other line Several times I have come across a station (like Shinjuku) where I can see the same sign for the same train line placed in 4 or 5 different areas (all visible at once) all pointing in different directions.

that's because both directions will get you to the train you're trying to get to. Example: From JR either west exit (then turn right) or the east exit (then turn left) will lead to the Marunouchi line. Pick one and follow the signs. That's no different than a subway with multiple exits on to the same street at both ends of the station

Similarly there's at least 3 perpendicular corridors connecting the JR tracks themselves so the exit to each corridor (of which there are 2 each so 6 exits) will all be labeled as leading to the other tracks because all of them actually do lead to the other tracks.

Re: Recommendations for Japan Travel

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Post by mantas »

amrocha wrote: post #303
mantas wrote: post #301

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's a big difference between going to NYC and LA vs visiting small towns close to coast. And visiting a one-sided 50% is still missing a big portion. That's like saying that if you visit Germany/France/UK, you've seen all the europe. Nordics and East be damned because it's less than 50% of population so who cares. But then you end up with very skewed view of what europe is.

It's not 50%, it's well over 50%. there's no hard numbers on this, but I would guess it's 70-80%.It's more than most people who live in the US have seen of it. The ones with a skewed view of the US are the ones that think small towns are representative of the country in any major way.

Small towns as in the rest of US but NYC and LA?

Sorry, but I hate this when people claim they „travelled europe“ but turns out they've seen the usual Paris/Rome/London/etc central areas. No, that means you visited those cities. Getting to know a region requires visiting diverse places.

Re: Recommendations for Japan Travel

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Post by ranger_danger »

greggman3 wrote: post #304
ranger_danger wrote: post #284

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>There is no exit from the JR lines that does not have clear signage to every other line Several times I have come across a station (like Shinjuku) where I can see the same sign for the same train line placed in 4 or 5 different areas (all visible at once) all pointing in different directions.

that's because both directions will get you to the train you're trying to get to. Example: From JR either west exit (then turn right) or the east exit (then turn left) will lead to the Marunouchi line. Pick one and follow the signs. That's no different than a subway with multiple exits on to the same street at both ends of the station Similarly there's at least 3 perpendicular corridors connecting the JR tracks thems…

Except when there's multiple of these as you follow the signs, it ends up just leading you in circles.

Re: Recommendations for Japan Travel

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Post by ldarcyftw »

diceduckmonk wrote: post #116
throwawaaarrgh wrote: post #110

Get change (coins) and try things from vending machines - particularly, the hot milk tea on a cold morning, but be prepared to carry your trash all day until you get back home. Try foods in supermarkets or convenience stores, especially weird candy. Bring Google Translate to use live translation mode. If you're not sure if your phone has the right bands for high speed internet, or how to get a sim card, you can rent…

> If you go to Hiroshima, do not miss… the cherry blossoms This is kind of inverted. I followed the cherry blossom bloom West to East across Japan over a span of 2 months. I wouldn’t put Hiroshima on the top 10 cherry blossom spots. Sure, if you’re already in Hiroshima at the right time, then why not, but if people are actively seeking out cherry blossoms, they’d work backwards from where they want to go, then time i…

Isn't it South to North as the weather is warming up?

Re: Recommendations for Japan Travel

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Post by huimang »

therealdrag0 wrote: post #249
teerak wrote: post #92

> the boom in tourism in Japan over the last decade or so has made the beaten path… less than wonderful It's not just Japan. I've been travelling a lot for many years, for work and pleasure, in Asia, Europe, and Latin America. In this time, the experience has become consistently much worse everywhere I go. I personally blame social media and camera phones for this. In the past, a place might be busy, but people were…

You mostly complained about other travelers. But what about the rest of it? What about the beaten path is worse besides the travelers?

You have to remember, phones = bad, instagram = bad, and taking pictures = very bad. Other people aren't enjoying their vacation precisely to the parent commenter's tastes, so they are bad people who do vacationing badly.
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