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    Chicago- Travel Suggestions and Tips Appreciated!

    I went for the original: Pizzeria Uno. Also, it's a bit of a trek if you're staying downtown (I was in an AirBnB out that way), but Smoque BBQ, out in Irving Park, is really good.
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    Best Burger chain in Japan?

    Kua Aina. That is all.
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    Best Language School for my Goals?

    I'm back in Canada, now, so I don't have much opportunity to use it. I really should try to consume more Japanese content, than just subtitled anime and translated manga...
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    Best Language School for my Goals?

    I did the Beginner I level of ISI's Career Japanese course at the Shibuya campus last summer. I thought it was really good, and feel that my Japanese improved more in those 3 months than in the 5 years I'd been studying on my own before. In my particular class, Mainland Chinese was the most...
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    Lesbian experience in Tokyo?

    I know @Manami TMK does MFF dates with other independents. Not sure if she sees single women...
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    mid-time stay in Osaka - accommodation

    I used Oak House (https://oakhouse.jp) when I was in Yokohama for about 3 months last summer. I had an ~42 m^2 1K apartment for ¥152,000/month. Looks like they don't have any locations in Osaka, though. Only Kyoto and Kobe. Also, one thing to be aware of, Oak House's apartments don't include...
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    Which games are you currently playing?

    I've been watching a Let's Play of Medieval Dynasty, so I picked up Sengoku Dynasty on early access the other day. It claims I don't have enough VRAM, or just hangs on startup, though. I figured I'd be OK since even though it's older, my 1080 Ti 11 GB is still more powerful than the 1650 8GB...
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    Living in Tokyo

    As of the beginning of July, you had to go to a commuter pass office (I went to the Tobu office at Ikebukuro), and they'd only sell you a personalized card. You didn't have to buy a commuter pass on the spot.
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    Just a simple minded foreign monger

    It depends on the VPN. I have a free subscription to Privado from my Usenet provider, and the JP server works for Happy Hotel, but not City Heaven. At least as of a few months ago Proto VPN, even on the free tier, worked, though.
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    The Anything Goes Thread

    Except that's a computer-generated simulation.
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    Is there anything at all in Roppongi?

    The address is in Iidabashi, but the closest station is Suidobashi.
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    Accessing cityheaven.net in the states

    Good to know... I'd tried Privado, since I get it for free with my Usenet account. It works for Happy Hotel, but not City Heaven.
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    U.S. 2024 Presidential Election Season kicking off...so who are you betting on??

    "The major problem—one of the major problems, for there are several—one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them. To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who most want to...
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    Japan and (im)modesty

    It's what you were wearing when you were born.
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    Asian Hookers - coming to Tokyo early next year!

    I had a few girls in my program, albeit not at a top university, nor even in Japan. Only 1 of them was hot, though, and she dropped out after 1st semester, because she didn't think there'd be so much with computers. I don't know what she thought we'd do in Computer Science...
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