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10-02-2007, 11:06 PM
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Re: Japan trip report, with pics
1. A Hanshin Tigers home game (preferably against the Giants) is phenomenal. My friend, who's a MLB scout, who visited, said it was the best atmosphere he'd ever experienced at a baseball game - anywhere.
2. Mrs Weir was not being racist. Foreign words are transposed into Japanese using a 'restricted' set of phonetics. So the word 'chips' transposed into Japanese, then transposed back into English would read 'chippusu'. They are often abbreviated. See if you can guess what these are: 1. konbini 2. sekuhara 3. makudonarudo 4. rorikon 
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10-02-2007, 11:19 PM
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Re: Japan trip report, with pics
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1. A Hanshin Tigers home game (preferably against the Giants) is phenomenal. My friend, who's a MLB scout, who visited, said it was the best atmosphere he'd ever experienced at a baseball game - anywhere. 2. Mrs Weir was not being racist. Foreign words are transposed into Japanese using a 'restricted' set of phonetics. So the word 'chips' transposed into Japanese, then transposed back into English would read 'chippusu'. They are often abbreviated. See if you can guess what these are: 1. konbini 2. sekuhara 3. makudonarudo 4. rorikon [/ QUOTE ] We tried to get tickets to see the Tigers, but every Hanshin game -- home or away -- was completely sold out at least 6 weeks in advance. Same deal with the high school tournament at Koshien, which was going on while we were in the country. But yeah, I've heard Giants-Tigers rivals the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry and would love to see them some day. We both knew about phonetic transliteration, but white guilt took over when she had to put it into action. It took us a while to figure out "Makudonarudo," but we had a good laugh once we did.
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10-02-2007, 11:34 PM
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http://www.silverbeats.com/english/about.html#04 check out some of the nice engrish in the bios [/ QUOTE ] Oh my god: "He pees on demand."
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10-03-2007, 02:06 PM
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Re: Japan trip report, with pics
BW,
Japan is 1 of the 2 places on my list of "haven't been but must visit" destinations (Australia is the other). Hopefully I'll have a trip in the next year or two. This is an incredible trip report, thanks!
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10-03-2007, 09:10 PM
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Please post more trip report. How accessible is Japan for someone who only speaks English? How ridic awesome is the food? [/ QUOTE ] I found it pretty accessible for day-to-day sightseeing. The subways all have English translations, and most signs are also in English. Most Japanese know enough English so that you can get by ordering food, etc. through a combination of pointing, English, and ten or so basic Japanese phrases. Obviously, TV doesn't make much sense (not sure if it makes much more if you speak Japanese, honestly), and you're at a disadvantage in museums and places like that, but it's definitely do-able. I think it would be strange traveling alone; there aren't many people you can sit down and have a conversation with. In our 2 weeks there, Mrs. Weir and I had in-depth conversations (in English) with maybe 5 Japanese people. So there is something of a feeling of being a stranger in a strange land. It helps tremendously to have a good hotel concierge who can make reservations for you; communication was much, much harder over the phone than in person. I'll be posting some food stuff later. Short answer is that most of the food was either ridiculously great, or completely screwed up. Not much middle ground.
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