Comments | mycelia: Help! Need travel advice...

mycelia

Help! Need travel advice...

Oct 21, 2007 21:28

I'm going to Japan in December. With Nat. For about two weeks. He wants me to contribute to the planning. Fine. I'd like to go to a hot spring or two, I'd like to eat excellent Japanese food (including, of course, excellent sushi), I'd like to meet his friends, I'd like to see the newer parts of a city, I'd like to see older parts of a city, I'd ( Read more... )

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akbar56 October 22 2007, 14:46:19 UTC

I would say contact Billy. He just got back from a year there for his studies.

mycelia October 23 2007, 02:59:09 UTC

This is what I thought. As you can see... he's on top of it now!

mavenstone October 22 2007, 16:34:11 UTC

Hey Liz ( ... )

mavenstone October 22 2007, 20:36:39 UTC

Okay, now that I've actually read your post instead of sprinting to it so I could write a quick commment based on Zannie's suggestion ( ... )

mavenstone October 22 2007, 20:37:19 UTC

Amazing sushi: Well, it's hard to find bad sushi. Even the cheap-ass roundabout boat places are good by American standards. I have a recommendation for a standing-only, ultra-cheap, excellent place in Asakusabashi. It's operated by a company that runs both a very high-end restaurant and a sushi chef school, so the fish is the same quality as the restaurant but it was cut by the students. This means big sloppy pieces of stupendous fish for 75 - 400 yen (less than $0.75 - $4). Usually, not much selection (maybe 10-15 items) but who cares. I was such a regular, the guy that ran the joint would let me gorge until I was stuffed and charge me a flat 1000 yen (less than $10). Tell him I said "Yoroshiku." Asakusa Line, Asakusabashi Station, A3 exit ( ... )

Now you've done it! mycelia October 23 2007, 03:02:54 UTC

Billy, thank you so much for all of the very specific suggestions. I am so pleased, I'm almost speechless.... almost.

Now I'm got a jealous boyfriend! Can you believe it? He's jealous that you know more little hideaway areas in Japan than he does... I just can't win with him.

If you think of anything else, just drop me a note: littlebitnsea@yahoo.com or leave it here.

Oh, and I'll say hi and "yoroshiku" if I get a chance.

- Liz

Re: Now you've done it! mavenstone October 23 2007, 03:56:52 UTC

Woo-hoo! I win this round!

Seriously, if you want step-by-step instructions on any of those locations, I can do it. I can even Google Earth it all for ya. How fun would that be?

B