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Cool Teacher
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 Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:53 pm Post subject: Total Eclipse in Japan!! |
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Hi Folks! We've all hears the song "Total Eclipse of the Heart" well, there is soon a Total Eclipse in Japan!  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!!!! 
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Is anyone here going? 
CAn you tell me the best way to go?
Is it going to be mainly scientists or mainly hippies going there?
Remember, dont look directly at the sun and wear |
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cornishmuppet
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| Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 12:05 am Post subject: |
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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. |
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Cool Teacher
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| Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 12:07 am Post subject: |
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| cornishmuppet wrote: |
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. |
OMG!!!!!!  I didn7t think of that. Is it rainy season then? |
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Apsara
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| Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 12:32 am Post subject: |
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| 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. |
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Cool Teacher
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| Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 12:37 am Post subject: |
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| Apsara wrote: |
| 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. |
Whoah yeah!  Do you have a link to the travel sites, by any chance?  |
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Apsara
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| Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 1:07 am Post subject: |
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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. |
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Cool Teacher
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| Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 1:19 am Post subject: |
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Hay! Thanks Aspara! That's helpful |
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cornishmuppet
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| Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 2:44 am Post subject: |
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| Cool Teacher wrote: |
| cornishmuppet wrote: |
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. |
OMG!!!!!! I didn7t think of that. Is it rainy season then? |
You'll probably have better luck here than with the endless drizzle we get in England. I won't bother going to see this one, but its good to see it once in your life I suppose. I remember it was cool because you could see the darkness moving across the land and all the birds started chattering as though getting ready to roost. Couldn't see much of the sun and it was over in a few seconds. Pretty interesting though, would have obviously been much better on a really clear day. |
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Cool Teacher
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Hay, thanks Muppet! I think your right, its like a once in a lifetime chance!!! But if I cant go this time maybe I'll go next time.  Thanks for your stories, was there many wierdoes there because I am a little worried that eclipses are popular with wierdoes.  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? |
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Apsara
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| Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 3:16 am Post subject: |
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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? |
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Cool Teacher
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| Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 4:05 am Post subject: |
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| Apsara wrote: |
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? |
I dont know about the hippie scene but I am a bit worried about banging techno playing during the eclipse. I dont mind people dressing and looking different, some of my firends have some pretty interesting fashions I can tell you I wonder what the scene will be like though I know that some people will be carefully setting up telescopes and equipment and some people will be setting up josticks!!!  LOL! |
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natsume
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| Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 4:40 am Post subject: |
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| Apsara wrote: |
| Serious hippies can probably not afford the thousands of dollars needed to book a stay there during the eclipse. ? |
Being from Northern California, specifically the Bay Area, I had to laugh a bit at this. In Marin County, serious hippies definitely have that kind of cash. Now, as for the worldwide multitude of unserious hippies, yes, I would agree... |
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Cool Teacher
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| Whos getting excited? I have to watch it in Osaka but maybe it will still be fun! |
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Cool Teacher
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| My friend went to Amami though and he said there were lots of hippys on the boat One of them smoked a marijauna cigarrette! |
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Apsara
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| Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:08 am Post subject: |
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| natsume wrote: |
| Apsara wrote: |
| Serious hippies can probably not afford the thousands of dollars needed to book a stay there during the eclipse. ? |
Being from Northern California, specifically the Bay Area, I had to laugh a bit at this. In Marin County, serious hippies definitely have that kind of cash. Now, as for the worldwide multitude of unserious hippies, yes, I would agree... |
Hmm, the hippie scene in NZ must be quite different from that of the Bay Area then. In NZ "serious" hippies tend to live in travelling caravans or remote island communities without an electricity supply. They are often unemployed and living off the dole, hence my comment that serious hippies wouldn't be able to afford the trip to Japan for the eclipse. I don't know about Californian hippies, but obviously they have better sources of income than the NZ version... |
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