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markle
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| Neongene wrote: |
| one question - I'm 5, 11" and I have an size 11 shoe, i'm going to be screwed in Japan? Should I bring lots of shoes? |
Screwed - no. Limited - yes. Bring a couple pairs one dress pair, one casual to tide you over. If you need any specialist shoes for things like sport, hiking etc also bring a pair. You will find shoes in that size but it may take awhile and your options will be limited |
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wintersweet
Joined: 18 Jan 2005
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Location: San Francisco Bay Area
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| Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 3:44 am Post subject: |
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| markle wrote: |
| Neongene wrote: |
| one question - I'm 5, 11" and I have an size 11 shoe, i'm going to be screwed in Japan? Should I bring lots of shoes? |
Screwed - no. Limited - yes. Bring a couple pairs one dress pair, one casual to tide you over. If you need any specialist shoes for things like sport, hiking etc also bring a pair. You will find shoes in that size but it may take awhile and your options will be limited |
Wouldn't that depend on whether Neongene is male or female? I wear a size 11 women's (I'm 5' 9") and I have never seen a pair of women's shoes that big in Taiwan or Japan. (I didn't spend much time searching in Japan, but whenever I passed by a shoe display that had large-looking shoes, I checked... In Taiwan, I had to get the largest pair of men's New Balances I could find. The "foreigner's ghetto" shops had some big women's shoes, but they weren't brands or styles I'd ever wear. Presumably there's more variety in Tokyo's foreigner-oriented shops, but ...) |
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marinboy
Joined: 23 Dec 2006
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Location: osaka
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| Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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| markle wrote: |
| Screwed - no. Limited - yes. Bring a couple pairs one dress pair, one casual to tide you over. If you need any specialist shoes for things like sport, hiking etc also bring a pair. You will find shoes in that size but it may take awhile and your options will be limited |
Only two or three pairs? I'm a bloke and was thinking of four or five or maybe more. Am I a sucker? |
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Neongene
Joined: 18 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 8:40 pm Post subject: |
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| wintersweet wrote: |
| markle wrote: |
| Neongene wrote: |
| one question - I'm 5, 11" and I have an size 11 shoe, i'm going to be screwed in Japan? Should I bring lots of shoes? |
Screwed - no. Limited - yes. Bring a couple pairs one dress pair, one casual to tide you over. If you need any specialist shoes for things like sport, hiking etc also bring a pair. You will find shoes in that size but it may take awhile and your options will be limited |
Wouldn't that depend on whether Neongene is male or female? |
*looks down pants* Yup, just checking.....I'm a dude.  |
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wintersweet
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| Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Oh, well then, you'll have better luck than I will, at least in terms of shoes. *G* |
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markle
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| Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:57 am Post subject: |
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| marinboy wrote: |
| Only two or three pairs? I'm a bloke and was thinking of four or five or maybe more. Am I a sucker? |
I don't know about sucker, Imelda, but in terms of basic necessity you'll only need 2-3. Unless you wear above average size shoes will finding shoes be an obstacle. |
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PrinceofZibo
Joined: 10 Jan 2004
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Location: Beautiful Quebec City
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| Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 2:53 am Post subject: |
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Here's my take on shoes... I don't think you should worry that much. You should not bring so many. I remember seeing 2 shoe stores entitled for people with sizes higher than 11-12... One was located downtown Shinjuku on Yasukuni Dori (the main street that leads to Kabukicho). If you wanna go to it, from Shinjuku Station, just walks toward Meiji-dori. Go straight and passed Meiji-dori, you should see it on the left.
As for mp3s and porn, people should not be afraid. They never ever asked to see my laptop nor external drive. I mean, security could look for it to see if you carry a bomb upon boarding, but customs are probably not even gonna notice you have a laptop. They'd need to look at your luggages, but what do they really care? They never searched me. |
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Quibby84
Joined: 10 Aug 2006
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Location: Japan
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| Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 12:30 pm Post subject: |
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| bring your favorite food!!!!!! We have been in Japan for a week and are dying for real sweets and good ol american food...bring as much of stuff as you can fit in your suitcase...that is what we have found. We are very glad that we loaded up on the nessessicites (sp?) of life and dont have to buy them very expensively. |
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bornslippy1981
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Quibby,
Glad to hear you finally made it.
Where are you located? |
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Quibby84
Joined: 10 Aug 2006
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Location: Japan
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| we are in ashikaga in tochigi (sp?) prefecture. We really like it here but are trying to adjust to the really cold weather and the fact that we dont have a car here. BUt the school is awesome and we couldnt have chosen better...it is very small and very personal..and that is good. We are just missing american food at this moment...lol. |
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sallycat
Joined: 11 Mar 2006
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Location: behind you. BOO!
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| Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:09 am Post subject: |
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| hmm. you should be able to order a lot of food from the foreign buyers club. (you'll have to google them -- i'm too lazy to do so myself). |
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Quibby84
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| Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:20 am Post subject: |
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| fbc is sooooooo expensive |
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sallycat
Joined: 11 Mar 2006
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Location: behind you. BOO!
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| Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:23 am Post subject: |
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| true. also, they once sent a friend of mine two bottles of cranberry sauce when what he had actually ordered was three boxes of condoms. i think some poor woman in tokyo had her thanksgiving dinner ruined. |
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JimDunlop2
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:46 am Post subject: |
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| i think some poor woman in tokyo had her thanksgiving dinner ruined. |
Not if she played her cards right!  |
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womblingfree
Joined: 04 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 7:38 am Post subject: |
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PaulH and Abufletcher back in a thread! I'll kill the fatted calf!
What not to bring to Japan? How about rice and your girlfriend?
EDIT:
Oh...this threads a year old, I suppose that means the boys are still missing.  |
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