Wow, I am so unprepared for this. I’ve only recently started to make plans. Worse trip planner ever.
Mom used some crazy amount of airline miles to get her, me, and my friend Marcy tickets to Japan (Tokyo) in December. We’re going to be out there some 3-weeks or so roughly from the 18th of December all the way until the 4th or 6th of January. We are so unprepared. LOL, even though I’ve received amazing help and tips from friends I’m only now starting to feel like this trip is going to actually happen and to start some sort of planing.
We’re going be in Tokyo during Comiket 75 so we’re trying to figure out all the stuff we have to do to attend it. I believe it’s too late to even try and sell there so I’m not too worried about that. Marcy wants to be there super early… I think I’ll need to make sure to pack a warm coat if we’re going to wait in line for a few hours.
Actually I think I’ll need all kind of warm winter clothing as I don’t have much of that anyway. I live in Texas after all.
It’s also been about 8 years since I was actively taking Japanese in school… I’m going to be sooo rusty. So far, the things I remember how to say are “please repeat”, “where is the toilet?”, “how expensive?”, Sailor Moon’s attack spiel (sigh, once a dork, always a dork), and “My name is Diana Sprinkle.”
Does anyone out there have suggestions and stuff for Japan? I’m sort of flying by the seat of my pants on this and I have no idea on the whole hotel, sightseeing, train pass, food places, comic shop stuff that I probably should. Any tips?
Anyone actually in Japan right now?
If you are going to be there for 3 weeks, the cash for a Japan Rail pass is completely worth it. At least it is really worth it if you do not plan on just sightseeing in Tokyo.
If you plan on hitting up Kyoto (lovely city, hard to believe there are shrines and temples in the middle of a metropolitan area) or Nara (close to Osaka, has a very nice Deer park and I think there was one of the bigger Buddhist Shrines there), then a Rail pass will really help. You just flash the pass to the conductor at the gate and just make sure to stay on the line that the pass is for. But man, I am soo jealous, wish I could go to Comiket :(. I hope you are able to get in there.
I only spent a few days in Tokyo when I was there 7 years ago but there is a shop called Mandrake which I think should still have a shop in Tokyo or Osaka or both. Very large store, awesome selections of manga/anime stuff