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  1. Comment on Heading to Japan next month - must sees? in ~travel

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    I bought my Shinkansen tickets on https://smart-ex.jp/en/lp/app/ with credit card the sign up is kinda annoying but you only need to do it once and they let you link the tickets to the suica card....

    I bought my Shinkansen tickets on https://smart-ex.jp/en/lp/app/ with credit card

    the sign up is kinda annoying but you only need to do it once and they let you link the tickets to the suica card. On some tickets, if you buy early you get a discount... for our trip, I was able to find a discount on the green car (nicer seats) making it cheaper than regular car so we got that

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  2. Comment on Heading to Japan next month - must sees? in ~travel

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    The Suica card is sooo good, it works all over the country and even shopping in the subway station and in convenience stores. Remember to bring enough cash or just withdraw enough from an ATM so...

    The Suica card is sooo good, it works all over the country and even shopping in the subway station and in convenience stores. Remember to bring enough cash or just withdraw enough from an ATM so you can charge your Suica. If you are from US, Charles Schwab will reimburse international ATM fees

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  3. Comment on Heading to Japan next month - must sees? in ~travel

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    We got the lunch also. Would recommend because after lunch is the boat ride

    We got the lunch also. Would recommend because after lunch is the boat ride

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  4. Comment on Heading to Japan next month - must sees? in ~travel

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    Japan panoramic tours

    Japan panoramic tours

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  5. Comment on Heading to Japan next month - must sees? in ~travel

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    The Tori gates are so fun. They are very popular. But not everyone will walk the whole trail so the crowd thins out as you go up!! You’ll find some nice photo spots up there

    The Tori gates are so fun. They are very popular. But not everyone will walk the whole trail so the crowd thins out as you go up!! You’ll find some nice photo spots up there

  6. Comment on Heading to Japan next month - must sees? in ~travel

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    In Tokyo. We did a one day panoramic tour. I did it the first trip i went, but I decided on the second trip that I went with my SO, that we will definitely do it on the first day. So we get the...

    In Tokyo. We did a one day panoramic tour. I did it the first trip i went, but I decided on the second trip that I went with my SO, that we will definitely do it on the first day. So we get the lay of the land. Highly recommend. You will see lots more that way and you can go back to whatever area you want to see later.

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  7. Comment on Heading to Japan next month - must sees? in ~travel

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    In Tokyo the train stations are coded like JY01 JY02 etc because the Japanese names are so long. when you use google maps keep an eye out for that. There’s a learning curve but once you get it...

    In Tokyo the train stations are coded like JY01 JY02 etc because the Japanese names are so long. when you use google maps keep an eye out for that. There’s a learning curve but once you get it you’ll always take the train

    There are express trains when you go to and from the airport. Some of them you need to get extra tickets (besides the Suica card)

    If you have iPhone. Get the Suica card on the Apple wallet because it’s hard to charge physical cards with credit cards.

    Kyoto and Osaka you can take a regular train because they’re pretty close. if you have time go see the deer park in Nara as well as the temple with the big Buddha in it. It’s in the same park as the deers.

    We loved Osaka because it’s quieter than Tokyo. And still has a lot of shopping.
    In Kyoto, we did a green tea ceremony we found on trip advisor, they had all of us wear kimonos and we can take pictures… not bad because you don’t need to spend extra on kimono rentals and walk outside in those shoes! You get a bit of the culture stuff too cuz the very nice old lady will explain what she’s doing.

    Kyoto is famous for obanzai food which is home cooking style not very heavily seasoned dishes. Worth a try.

    Download google translate download Japanese and you can translate any Japanese words with the camera on.

    Try kura sushi (very popular no frills conveyor belt sushi). They get super busy around meal time. So when you get in pull up google translate and find the machine that gives you tickets.

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  8. Comment on Looking for beta testers for my Tildes.net iOS app! in ~tildes

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    I just wanna say thank you for making this app sooo quickly I love it

    I just wanna say thank you for making this app sooo quickly I love it

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