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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Jan 22, 2013 23:36:52 GMT -5
A lot of people mentioned Akihabara. While it is cool, be very careful. It has become a cesspool of muggings, and as a foreigner (especially if you go alone), you will stick out. Things are also hella expensive, so as fun as it is to blow cash, budget accordingly because you'll need money to go back to your hotel. Don't eat there- go a district or two over and have a much cheaper lunch (try Mosburger- I highly recommend it). Yeah forgot to mention that. Akihabara has been.....different ever since the Akihabara Massacre a few years ago, hell depending on who ask even a little bit before that. |
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Post by AwamoriRock on Jan 23, 2013 0:37:55 GMT -5
A lot of people are mentioning Akihabara...that's great, it can kill a good portion of a day if you have hobbies that synch up with everything there. I'm not really that big on it outside of the "hey hey look at wacky Japan" stuff that you will want to see for the first time.
I'm just going to assume you are sticking around Tokyo and don't have time/funds for a trip to some place like Kyoto, which is fine. My advice would be to see if you can make a closer side trip to some place like Yokohama (China town, small amusement park, nice bayside scenery and good eats/drinks) or Kichijouji (the strip of shops that leads up to the Ghibli museum and the park in front of it has a lot of good food, particularly a giant izakaya called Iseya--their gyoza is great).
Meiji Shrine, Shinjuku Gyoen Park, Yoyogi Park--these are all good places to just stroll around while actually seeing something.
What I can't recommend enough is going to a small, local izakaya. If you aren't a drinker, that's fine--it's just a good chance to grab good grub and maybe bump elbows with locals.
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Post by Kick Your Face on Jan 23, 2013 3:30:53 GMT -5
The Book Off shops will have a lot of Japanese wrestling DVDs if you are looking for them. They are in most large suburbs. I wanna go to a Book Off. Book Off is fantastic. I got Zen Nihon King of Souls for PS1, for just 115 yen. |
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Post by Andrew is Good on Jan 23, 2013 4:59:10 GMT -5
I'm putting this down on my notepad on my phone, thanks everyone. One big spot is the Ribera steak house, and I would feel wrong in buying a jacket as I'm not a wrestler, haha.
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Post by Andrew is Good on Jan 23, 2013 5:16:07 GMT -5
Oh and if you want to get laid, swing by the night clubs in the Roppongi district. I've heard the ladies that attend these establishments love Westerners, if you catch my drift.  This is tempting. During my many travels, I got f***ed out of some money from a seedy club, and I'm looking up some of the places there. As long as I don't go with anyone asking me and be really close with my money, it might be fine. |
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Post by AwamoriRock on Jan 23, 2013 5:40:22 GMT -5
Roppongi is a pretty easy place to get action (and other things if you aren't careful), but there are so many foreigners there now you don't really stand out all that much. Still, the major clubs aren't really seedy and you can meet some really cool people there.
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Post by greatmuta on Jan 24, 2013 12:44:00 GMT -5
I'm putting this down on my notepad on my phone, thanks everyone. One big spot is the Ribera steak house, and I would feel wrong in buying a jacket as I'm not a wrestler, haha. You can't get a jacket if you aren't a wrestler. You have to be involved in wrestling and have to know the owners to get one. Once you do all that, you have to pay $300 to get a jacket. It's not like it used to be at all because they have a name already. |
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Post by greatmuta on Jan 24, 2013 12:46:09 GMT -5
A lot of people mentioned Akihabara. While it is cool, be very careful. It has become a cesspool of muggings, and as a foreigner (especially if you go alone), you will stick out. Things are also hella expensive, so as fun as it is to blow cash, budget accordingly because you'll need money to go back to your hotel. Don't eat there- go a district or two over and have a much cheaper lunch (try Mosburger- I highly recommend it). Yeah forgot to mention that. Akihabara has been.....different ever since the Akihabara Massacre a few years ago, hell depending on who ask even a little bit before that. I've been there a million times and never had a problem in Akihabara. I went to Roppongi once though and would never return. That's the only place in Japan I don't feel safe. |
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Post by greatmuta on Jan 24, 2013 12:50:16 GMT -5
I hope my career eventually leads me to Japan. I'd love to interview my favorite idols and actresses over there. I would also like to be interviewed on a talk show. I'd try to out-weird the Japanese. It's a big task, but I'm up for it. Japan is a rough place if you are a foreigner. I don't know what your career is but anything with teaching English is a dead end job that makes McDonalds seem great. I'm getting a hint that you might be involved in media and that's not much better. They won't even let you apply without fluent Japanese skills, because if you can't write the language you can't do much in media. |
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