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Cool Teacher · Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:53 pm Post subject: Total Eclipse in Japan!!

Hi Folks! We've all hears the song "Total Eclipse of the Heart" well, there is soon a Total Eclipse in Japan! Cool

A fiend of mine told me he was going to Amami Oshima to watch it and says that it is a bit cheaper if you make your own plans and not going with a tour group because the tour groups take so much money when they plan it for you!!!! Evil or Very Mad

Questions:

Is anyone here going? Very Happy

CAn you tell me the best way to go? Very Happy

Is it going to be mainly scientists or mainly hippies going there? Very Happy

Remember, dont look directly at the sun and wear Cool

cornishmuppet · Joined: 27 Mar 2004 Posts: 642 Location: Nagano, Japan

Good luck for the weather!

I saw one a few years ago back home in Cornwall, England. The whole area went mad for it, arranging parties, renting out private houses to tourists, etc. Then on the actual day it clouded over. The sun popped out for a couple of seconds around the time of total moon cover but it was still pretty lame. I remember getting ridiculously drunk afterwards, though. That was kind of fun.

Cool Teacher · Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 12:07 am Post subject:

Apsara · Joined: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 2142 Location: Tokyo, Japan

Good luck finding accommodation in the area at the time. I saw posts on Japan travel sites from eclipse enthusiasts who had already planned and booked everything two years ago- I think you will find that any accommodation, and possibly also transport, was long since booked out, by both Japanese and overseas visitors.

Cool Teacher · Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 12:37 am Post subject:

Apsara · Joined: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 2142 Location: Tokyo, Japan

Here's one: http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2266.html

In the question forum on that site someone first mentioned the eclipse at least two years ago IIRC.

Cool Teacher · Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 1:19 am Post subject:

cornishmuppet · Joined: 27 Mar 2004 Posts: 642 Location: Nagano, Japan

Cool Teacher · Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 2:58 am Post subject:

Hay, thanks Muppet! Very Happy

I think your right, its like a once in a lifetime chance!!! Very Happy

But if I cant go this time maybe I'll go next time. Confused

Thanks for your stories, was there many wierdoes there because I am a little worried that eclipses are popular with wierdoes. Smile

I prefer the science to the New Age but of course I am happy for hippies to have fun. But what about the parties are they a bit noisy and what kind fo music is it? Shocked

Apsara · Joined: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 2142 Location: Tokyo, Japan

Serious hippies can probably not afford the thousands of dollars needed to book a stay there during the eclipse. Anyway, if you want to travel and see the world, surely you can put up with people who dress differently to you and listen to different music for a little while?

Another question- are there any real hippies around still in 2009?

Cool Teacher · Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 4:05 am Post subject:

natsume · Joined: 24 Apr 2006 Posts: 409 Location: Chongqing, China

Cool Teacher · Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 1:00 am Post subject:

Whos getting excited? Very Happy

I have to watch it in Osaka but maybe it will still be fun! Cool

Cool Teacher · Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 1:03 am Post subject:

My friend went to Amami though and he said there were lots of hippys on the boat Very Happy

One of them smoked a marijauna cigarrette! Cool

Apsara · Joined: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 2142 Location: Tokyo, Japan