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jajdude
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brento1138
Joined: 17 Nov 2004
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 Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 7:23 am Post subject: Re: Interesting blog story about Osaka |
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http://roryrunsamok.blogspot.com/2004/10/osaka-and-back-again.html
It's a bit long with some cool pictures, from a guy when he did his visa run. |
Hmm, the pictures don't load anymore... but it was a nice lil read. Nice how he got the plane! |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:04 am Post subject: |
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| That's too bad, I looked again and the pictures all come in fine on my computer. |
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brento1138
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| Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 3:06 pm Post subject: |
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| jajdude wrote: |
| That's too bad, I looked again and the pictures all come in fine on my computer. |
Haha, tried again, pictures are working now.  |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 4:12 pm Post subject: |
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Osaka is cool. More expensive than Korea but not as expensive as Tokyo. I wouldn't want to live there in summer, however.
The coolest city in Japan, from my POV, is Sapporo. |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
The coolest city in Japan, from my POV, is Sapporo. |
Yes. It's cold though. Has an awesome snow festival though. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 5:47 pm Post subject: |
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| laogaiguk wrote: |
| mindmetoo wrote: |
The coolest city in Japan, from my POV, is Sapporo. |
Yes. It's cold though. Has an awesome snow festival though. |
Cold but not Canada cold I love the grid layout of the city. Everything is like playing a game of Battleship. A4! C3! And I found the women extreee beautiful compared to Tokyo/Osaka. But that's personal taste
Sapporo struck me as a city you might want to live in for a very long time, but tourist wise, there's not a lot to hold your interest for more than 4 days. |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
| laogaiguk wrote: |
| mindmetoo wrote: |
The coolest city in Japan, from my POV, is Sapporo. |
Yes. It's cold though. Has an awesome snow festival though. |
Cold but not Canada cold I love the grid layout of the city. Everything is like playing a game of Battleship. A4! C3! And I found the women extreee beautiful compared to Tokyo/Osaka. But that's personal taste
Sapporo struck me as a city you might want to live in for a very long time, but tourist wise, there's not a lot to hold your interest for more than 4 days. |
Again, I totally agree. The grid layout is great. And true to Japanese fashion and ice be damned, you can see massive high heels and short skirts everywhere, even in the dead of the winter. 
But for everyone else, even though I come from a pretty cold part of Canada, it's still cold. |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 11:44 pm Post subject: |
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The only thing I noticed to be quite expensive for a day or two visit was transportation: the subway system can be up to nearly ten times what you pay in Seoul. I guess living there would prove it overall a good bit more expensive than Seoul though. Rent is not cheap in either city. I suppose food costs a bit more in Japan too. I was pleased at the price of beer in convenience stores, about the same as Korea but better beer.
Hotels: a bit more expensive there usually. |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 1:35 am Post subject: |
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Funny tale well told.
I met Rory a few times at Bar Bumpin in Gangneung. Talented musician/songwriter & a good guy. |
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happeningthang
Joined: 26 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 2:37 am Post subject: |
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| schwa wrote: |
Funny tale well told.
I met Rory a few times at Bar Bumpin in Gangneung. Talented musician/songwriter & a good guy. |
Well, a good musician anyway. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 6:52 am Post subject: |
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| jajdude wrote: |
The only thing I noticed to be quite expensive for a day or two visit was transportation: the subway system can be up to nearly ten times what you pay in Seoul. I guess living there would prove it overall a good bit more expensive than Seoul though. Rent is not cheap in either city. I suppose food costs a bit more in Japan too. I was pleased at the price of beer in convenience stores, about the same as Korea but better beer.
Hotels: a bit more expensive there usually. |
The subway is hella expensive. About $2 or $3 a trip, if I recall. Yeah Seoul is a steal for transportation. |
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bucheon bum
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| Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:06 pm Post subject: |
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| expats are now using hella. yikes. |
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