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  1. bergmann

    Overtourism as of October 2023

    I was there a few weeks back, there were a couple of staff armed with a laminated card in English and other paraphernalia going up and down the platform pre-checking everyone had the right tickets before the train arrived.
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    Places when raining

    Pro-tip: when precipitation is predicted, many people elect to carry devices known as "umbrellas" which shield them from adverse effects of said precipitation, such as that which manifested itself today when I was perambulating between strategic locations in the vicinity of Ikebukuro station...
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    Japan Opening Up? From April 8, 2022 | Now October 11, 2022 - Normal Tourism.

    WTF!?
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    Here they come... the borders are opening back up. Sorta.

    They should just hurry up with the reconstruction of Dejima already.
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    Here they come... the borders are opening back up. Sorta.

    You never know, there might be some genki young students up for a round of double-entry bookkeeping.
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    Here they come... the borders are opening back up. Sorta.

    Recent report on reentry at Narita:
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    Yamanote Line - October 23-24, 2021 - Some sections suspended.

    C'mon, this kind of thing happens about once every blue moon and they rebuild like half the station over a weekend. If it was Europe it'd be six months of weekend closures in both directions and shitty bus replacement services which ends up taking 9 months, and in North America they'd be like...
  8. bergmann

    Positivity Thread

    Got myself a new bicycle (not one of those stupidly expensive ones, but also not the kind of cheap shit you can buy in Seiyu), rediscovered the joy of long cycle trips in random directions, the other weekend I ended up on the flood embankment of the Arakawa north of Tokyo, which rises up a fair...
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    Even After X amount of years in Japan I'll never get used to____

    Thanks for the tip!
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    Safe to visit?

    Subjectively I haven't become aware of any particular change, at least as it affects the Bergmann sphere of influence. Mind you a while back I walked between Asakusabashi and Akihabara and was bemused to see a bunch of foreign-looking people of all shades milling around outside what looked like...
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    Safe to visit?

    Hell yeah, how has mainland China survived without access to Japanese diapers and baby formula?
  12. bergmann

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

    Talking to people (usually cow-orkers) who ask me what it's like living in Japan/Tokyo and are disappointed to hear that I live next to a cabbage field (has other crops too) and do not spend my days fighting off ninja-samurai in some sort of robot-powered 24/7 anime sushi paradise.
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    Current Corona rules for tourists willing to visit?

    I hope that's the case as otherwise anyone who doesn't drive and doesn't have anyone who can pick them up is screwed.
  14. bergmann

    Daily WHO Reports for the Coronavirus Outbreak (Link)

    Get drunk, smoke then shoot yourself?
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    Daily WHO Reports for the Coronavirus Outbreak (Link)

    According to that mass LINE survey the other week, ca. 27,000 people are reporting a continuing fever. 全国約２万7000人「発熱続く」 厚労省とＬＩＮＥ調査
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    Daily WHO Reports for the Coronavirus Outbreak (Link)

    18 years ago I might just have got ADSL broadband, on the other hand I would have been cooped up with my ex-wife in a small apartment in one of those countries currently under hard lockdown. Anyone remember what we used to do in the days before universal internet? Gather around the piano and...
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    Daily WHO Reports for the Coronavirus Outbreak (Link)

    Queue (well-spaced) was out of the door of the local choki-choki shop at lunchtime.
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    Daily WHO Reports for the Coronavirus Outbreak (Link)

    Clearly he's TOFTH (Taking One For The Herd).
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    Daily WHO Reports for the Coronavirus Outbreak (Link)

    Let's hope they don't reduce it so much that those absolutely needing to use public transport for whatever reason end up packed in like sardines.
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    Daily WHO Reports for the Coronavirus Outbreak (Link)

    Well they'd then be able to requisition any property you own to repurpose into temporary medical facilities. And force you to get innoculations. I'm excited about the free face masks though, gives me something to look forward to. English source for the state-of-advisory-emergency thing...