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  1. Rusty Trombone

    Japan Opening Up? From April 8, 2022 | Now October 11, 2022 - Normal Tourism.

    Having to work like a dog to cope with all the enquiries looking for "self-guided" tours. Forgot how difficult some people can be to deal with. You send out a template response to most enquiries, and you wouldn't believe the number of people who don't read the details and come back with a...
  2. Rusty Trombone

    Japan Opening Up? From April 8, 2022 | Now October 11, 2022 - Normal Tourism.

    I've talked to a few dudes at prefectural level govt tourism offices. They won't commit to anything but their thoughts are. 1. Japan is not going to open while it accounts for over a third of the global Covid numbers 2. Goto Travel will need to run a few months before they open the borders 3...
  3. Rusty Trombone

    Japan Opening Up? From April 8, 2022 | Now October 11, 2022 - Normal Tourism.

    Govt issued guidelines yesterday. Stupid F##king Shite Policy. https://www.mlit.go.jp/kankocho/content/001485023.pdf Get the feeling that the JTBs and KNTs have had a hand in this and are looking to make serious coin short term. Hopefully common sense will prevail after the upper house election...
  4. Rusty Trombone

    Japan Opening Up? From April 8, 2022 | Now October 11, 2022 - Normal Tourism.

    I think the point is that there is massive domestic transmission in Japan, yet they still think it is an outside disease. IMHO, People testing either on arrival, or pre departure pose a way less risk than standard community transmission within Japan, where health boards won’t even test close...
  5. Rusty Trombone

    Japan Opening Up? From April 8, 2022 | Now October 11, 2022 - Normal Tourism.

    I may have written this somewhere on TAG before (memory is not what it use to be), but I fail to see the correlation between a spike in case numbers in Japan following the Golden Week vacation, and opening the borders. Pretty sure I read somewhere that the Japanese authorities were considering...
  6. Rusty Trombone

    Please recommend a good lawyer for a PR

    First thing my 真面目friend, you don’t need a lawyer 弁護士for this. A 行政書士 scrivener is more tha. Good enough for this . Line most things in Japan there are set criteria for things and if you have the paperwork in order the. It is difficult for them to reject you. The only things in business and...
  7. Rusty Trombone

    Covid-19 border closing, until when?

    If a girl asked me what kind of anime I liked, she’d be on the short list for a dine and dash!
  8. Rusty Trombone

    Here they come... the borders are opening back up. Sorta.

    Holy hell! 2 weeks in a Toyoko Inn. They'd need a suicide watch also. Luckily the windows only open a crack.
  9. Rusty Trombone

    Here they come... the borders are opening back up. Sorta.

    They also don't seem to share info across borders either. Not like the US / Canada or Australia / NZ seem to do.
  10. Rusty Trombone

    Here they come... the borders are opening back up. Sorta.

    Just to weigh in on this, and believe me, I'm a card carrying gaijin from way back (it's tucked into a "secret" pocket on my iphone). The problem is in Japan, they judge nationality by appearance. If you don't look Japanese, you are the dreaded foreigner. In what other G7 nation do they do this...
  11. Rusty Trombone

    Here they come... the borders are opening back up. Sorta.

    Swings and Roundabouts!! How many times have you been racially profiled by a hot Japanese girl who wants to test drive a foreigner? Never ever hear many complaints about that. Bit off topic, and we've discussed this before, but now when I check into a hotel and if they ask for a Zairyu card, I...
  12. Rusty Trombone

    Even After X amount of years in Japan I'll never get used to____

    You're not teacher of the year!! You're dentist of the year! You just keep drilling for a nerve!!:p
  13. Rusty Trombone

    Even After X amount of years in Japan I'll never get used to____

    Ah the RWC! One of the best times I’ve had in Japan. Would get blotto with mates at the game. Party in Tokyo, then wind up back at my favorite ever SB place in Ginza. She’d patch me up, bathe me, make sure I drank lots of water. I’d wake up, she’d be gone to work and her dogs would be licking my...
  14. Rusty Trombone

    Here they come... the borders are opening back up. Sorta.

    Stop being so damned sensible. It has no place in Japan.
  15. Rusty Trombone

    Here they come... the borders are opening back up. Sorta.

    The paperwork to get these people into the country is a major headache. Even when the visa application is approved, the Japanese business/ school has to submit all sorts of documents and get approval. Once you get the run around from many government departments , a lot will give up and just wait...
  16. Rusty Trombone

    Even After X amount of years in Japan I'll never get used to____

    Anyone notice that the non-Japanese get stared at a lot more since Covid. I’m too blind to notice but one of my staff pointed it out during a stay at a hotel earlier this week. she picked up that a lot of the guests noticed a gaijin in the room. Takes me back to the early 90s! or it could just...
  17. Rusty Trombone

    Got scam at Shinjuku

    Learn the lesson, but don't let it play with your mind. It's done and dusted. Move on.
  18. Rusty Trombone

    Safe to visit?

    I shit you not but on the news the other day, and this is national , they did a report on a lady who was arrested for not picking up her dogs poop!
  19. Rusty Trombone

    Safe to visit?

    Yep! I reckon about the same. We've been getting a lot of inquiries recently for this winter, but most are dreaming. People don't really understand bilateral relationships, and think as soon as their country makes a move to open, the rest of the world will follow suit. Biggest hope for this...
  20. Rusty Trombone

    Age of consent

    Yeah...But that's not reason to punish us now!:p But c'mon guys! Why is this such a big deal? Who wants to sleep with super young chicks anyway. While I'm never gonna berate a girl on the train like our friend @Keihan did, I'm also never gonna go for someone that would even question if they...