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Has anybody been to Tokyo?

  • 08-01-2014 4:09pm
    #1
    theselongdays
    Registered Users Posts: 17 ✭


    Hi,

    Has anybody been to Tokyo?

    I have never been but I was considering going sometime this year. I wanted to know have you been and what did you think of Tokyo.

    Thank you for your help.


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  • #2
    theselongdays
    Registered Users Posts: 17 ✭theselongdays


    Hi,

    Has anybody been to Tokyo?

    I have never been but I was considering going sometime this year. I wanted to know have you been and what did you think of Tokyo.

    Thank you for your help.


  • #3
    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    theselongdays wrote: »
    Hi,

    Has anybody been to Tokyo?

    I have never been but I was considering going sometime this year. I wanted to know have you been and what did you think of Tokyo.

    Thank you for your help.

    Yeah.

    I was there in 03 for 2 nights. Stop over on my way from Heathrow to Perth.

    Very exciting city. Expensive though. I personally loved the local cuisine, but in saying that, don't assume it's only noodles, sushi and terriaki on offer, you're never far away from western food either.

    Japanese people were extremely friendly Imo, we were lucky enough to have been put up by a pal from home who showed us around around etc.

    Definitely one of the best cities I've been to. Weird at times, don't get me wrong, but great too.

    Actually that's a lie.

    Nope. Never been.


  • #4
    Kylo Ren
    Registered Users Posts: 10,364 ✭✭✭✭Kylo Ren


    Just watch out for Godzilla and you should be grand.

    Also, be careful of racial and cultural stereotyping.


  • #5
    dodderangler
    Registered Users Posts: 9,204 ✭✭✭dodderangler


    Drifted in it for while. Met some douche from the yakuza and bet him in a race around the mountain. Took his girlfriend too and met some baldy bloke in a muscle car aswell.
    He was pretty cool though


  • #6
    SV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,534 ✭✭✭SV


    Banjo String wrote: »
    Yeah.

    I was there in 03 for 2 nights. Stop over on my way from Heathrow to Perth.

    Very exciting city. Expensive though. I personally loved the local cuisine, but in saying that, don't assume it's only noodles, sushi and terriaki on offer, you're never far away from western food either.

    Japanese people were extremely friendly Imo, we were lucky enough to have been put up by a pal from home who showed us around around etc.

    Definitely one of the best cities I've been to. Weird at times, don't get me wrong, but great too.

    Actually that's a lie.

    Nope. Never been.
    Best post I've ever seen


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  • #7
    Wattle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,075 ✭✭✭Wattle


    It's an amazing city you should go. Just bring a lot of money with you.


  • #8
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    They drive on the same side of the road as us.


  • #9
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    My brother works in Tokyo occasionally.

    Me and him don't speak so I can't tell you anything about it, sorry.


  • #10
    Larianne
    Registered Users Posts: 35,954 ✭✭✭✭Larianne


    My ex boyfriend has.


  • #11
    Call Me Jimmy
    Registered Users Posts: 8,449 ✭✭✭Call Me Jimmy


    Banjo String wrote: »
    Yeah.

    I was there in 03 for 2 nights. Stop over on my way from Heathrow to Perth.

    Very exciting city. Expensive though. I personally loved the local cuisine, but in saying that, don't assume it's only noodles, sushi and terriaki on offer, you're never far away from western food either.

    Japanese people were extremely friendly Imo, we were lucky enough to have been put up by a pal from home who showed us around around etc.

    Definitely one of the best cities I've been to. Weird at times, don't get me wrong, but great too.

    Actually that's a lie.

    Nope. Never been.

    First time in my life I've been inspired to quote Dustin:

    WHE WHE WHE GOWAN YE GOOD THING!


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  • #12
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,130 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    Been there twice. Most exciting city in the world in my opinion!


  • #13
    Links234
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,944 ✭✭✭✭Links234


    It's incredible

    easily some of the best fun I've had, there's so much to see, so much to do, and you'll just have a truly amazing time.


  • #14
    darrcow
    Registered Users Posts: 272 ✭✭darrcow


    no


  • #15
    PizzamanIRL
    Registered Users Posts: 5,148 ✭✭✭PizzamanIRL


    Yes. I left my heart in Tokyo.


  • #16
    Larianne
    Registered Users Posts: 35,954 ✭✭✭✭Larianne


    PizzamanIRL wrote: »
    Yes. I left my heart in Tokyo.

    Maybe the OP will be nice and pick it up for ya?!


  • #17
    Ruu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,622 ✭✭✭Ruu


    Show some love for the other forums. Moved to Travel.


  • #18
    dj jarvis
    Registered Users Posts: 3,485 ✭✭✭dj jarvis


    they sing this a lot
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEmJ-VWPDM4


  • #19
    micar
    Registered Users Posts: 1,876 ✭✭✭micar


    was in Japan for 6 weeks in 2005.
    Was visiting my sister who was doing the Jet Program.

    Went all over place. From Morioka in the north to Nagasaki in the South and everywhere in between.

    Also got to climb Mt Fuji.

    Best holiday ever!!!!!


  • #20
    thegreatgonzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,623 ✭✭✭thegreatgonzo


    I was there for a week. It was grand except I was travelling with my Korean friend and her aunt who dragged us out of bed at 6 into the rush hour traffic of Tokyo which is kind of scary to race from one tourist site to another. Once we ditched the mad aunt it was ok but we had to pretend to have diarrhoea to do that.


  • #21
    Sarn
    Registered Users Posts: 3,059 ✭✭✭Sarn


    Fantastic place. The people there are lovely, very friendly. It's so different to what you'd be used to over here, a real experience.

    A lot of restaurants have the different food items in plastic form outside. As next to nobody speaks english you point at the pictures or models of the food and cross your fingers.

    Go to the Tsukiji fish market when it opens, you get to see people bidding thousands on tuna and all kinds of weird seafood.

    All night karaoke. We skipped our train home and decided to do karaoke and beers until they started up again in the morning.

    For shopping you've got Shinjuku, Akihabara and Shibuya. There was one skyscraper that had a five a side pitch on the roof near Shibuya. You can also see where they filmed that scene in Lost in Translation.

    For culture there's the Imperial palace, but I'd recommend taking the bullet train to Kyoto and then on down to Hiroshima.

    If you want to come back with a nice glow head up north of Tokyo for a while.


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  • #22
    JustAddWater
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,990 ✭✭✭JustAddWater


    Dyslexic people go to kyoto


  • #23
    crazygeryy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,065 ✭✭✭crazygeryy


    this thread may as well be in AH its full of smart arses.ffs will someone give the op a decent answer.


  • #24
    thegreatgonzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,623 ✭✭✭thegreatgonzo


    I thought this was AH! Sorry OP I got lost :-)


  • #25
    BuffyBot
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 24,924 Mod ✭✭✭✭BuffyBot


    Great city, well worth experiencing!


  • #26
    lc180
    Registered Users Posts: 1,998 ✭✭✭lc180


    There is a great thread from 2012 that is well worth a read!

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056696321

    I'm planning a trip myself for this Oct/Nov. Turkish Airlines and SAS seem to have some really good deals on flights.


  • #27
    Sheldons Brain
    Registered Users Posts: 1,394 ✭✭✭Sheldons Brain


    Good spot, I'd love to go back to Japan. Expensive, but not ridiculous.
    Only place where you can stand on the street and see 3 McDonalds at the same time


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