The Official Japan Thread 2.0 "Nani?"

Thanks a lot. I was thinking about a mansion but the value drop you’re talking about kinda scares me :frowning:

Maybe the drop won’t be that big if you buy a 3 to 5 year old mansion?

It seems like we don’t really have a choice because we want to live in the heart of Kyoto…

Is buying a mansion definitely better than just renting one?

Cpt. Munta: Enjoy Japan. I was the Bison u lost to in losers@The Netherlands :slight_smile:

Wow…that is the exact due date of my kid. So yep, can’t attend this one. :rofl:

Thanks, it does!

Right now I’m pretty much looking into mansions. I know about the drop in property value after a year, but I don’t care about that. My primary goal is to have a long-term place here in Japan. I may go back to America in 10 years (kid’s not going to middle school here, nope), but even if we do pack up and go I’d like to have a place here where we can always come back to and if the kid decides to live in Japan one day, say after college or so, she’ll have a place and won’t have to worry about finding somewhere to live. In the interim, we can always just rent out. But I’m not really thinking about resell, I just want to have the place long-term.

Will probably go talk to Shinsei/Mizuho sometime this week. I’ve seen some model rooms but I need to have a budget to know what my options are.

sooo…

kansai gathering anyone? It was fun hanging out with az and reno at NSB, we should hang out more anyways. Even if it doesn’t involve SF, we should at least meet up and get some food or something.

Yoyo! I’ll be visiting my better half in Tsukuba in 10 days time. Thanks to the very handy Tsukuba Express I can get to Akihabara in around 40-45 mins. Because she works, I will have to make my own fun during the afternoon (I will be there during the public holiday but that’s spent with herself).

So my question: Is anyone gonna be hanging out in Tokyo during the day and wants to hang out, play some games, etc? I’m good for anywhere in Tokyo really, so location is no issue. Cheers!

That’s right I remember now. I did really well the first round and then Lost to standing HK. Couldn’t find the thread which has the results of the tournament so don’t know how I placed. I lost to You and Doom after getting out of pools and won a couple of matches before facing you I think. Was an awesome tourney, looking forward to editing. Got some Choice quotes from th organisers on the way there :wink:

Drunken_Monkeyto I#d be keen but in Japan right now and leave in 3 days or so. Looking forward to getting vanilla schooled though during my stay though, my main isn’t even in it (Not that it would make much difference probably) ;D

yo random ass question for the people of color in this thread (no cism) but where do you dudes go to get a haircut/line up in japan? I’m figuring alot of you just go to the base or do that have a barbershop over there that can cut hair right?

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He SRK Crew,
What do you guys know about cell phone companies, which is the best in your opinion, why and what are you on?
I’m thinking about changing from SoftBank…

Regarding coverage it goes in this order Docomo-> AU -> Softbank

Regarding normal phones it goes Docomo-> Softbank -> AU

If you want a smartphone aka Iphone well then you get Softbank. Unless you have major dough you can get one of the hacked Iphones and then you can use it for whatever carrier. The Docomo smartphones dont look too bad though.

Regarding pricing I dont know. Im sure they are all pretty similar. Unless you go smartphone which I presume to have a lil higher plan.

I have AU want to switch to Docomo. AU phones suck ass compared to Docomo’s and Iphones.

I have no experience with AU so cant say much there.

But yeah, coverage Docomo > Softbank (the main reason i switched to docomo)

Softbank has that free calls/sms thingy - pretty convenient if 90% of the people you know is using softbank/iphones. In other words, softbank is cheaper.

Docomo Smartphones - Sony Xperia, Blackberry Bold 9700, and others

Softbank - iPhones and others.

oh and being a BB user, i wouldnt recommend it to people who are staying in Japan. Im thinkin of registerin to softbank again(not iphone though, my old cheap phone) just for the mobile site and the cheap/free calls/sms… wont really cost that much per month i think since i already got a softbank phone.

oh and docomo’s “normal” phones are pretty awesome too.

oh yeah i forgot about that softbank to softbank stuff free plan. if only they got better coverage…

check your page… i might have some free time tomorrow.

Sorry Scott, Flew out already, back home in New Zealand now. Got a chance to meet up with bull though, had a great chat to him and ate some great food and had a few laughs. Cheers for the offer though.

Thanks again for meeting up with me Bull, really appreciate it!

The angle you guys are going for with FRJ sounds really cool. Hopefully I get a chance to go back and cover the event. I’m going to start editing next week and will have a trailer out for the series in a month or so once I look back through all the footage. I’ll post a link for the trailer here.

Tokyo was awesome! I wish I had more time to spend there, sadly just a stop over this time.

sup guys. im staying in asakusa right now. ill be here for the next 2 weeks.
any suggestions on what to do here?

ill be hitting up the arcade just outside of the Takadanobaba station as many times as i possibly can. anyone in asakusa? i would love to get in some SSFIV console action!

FRJ05 next Sat!

I got info that Tokyo Game Night will have FPS/RST/Fighting game event on Nov12-14 in Inage Kaigan,?Chiba(it’s one station after Kaihin Makuhari on Keiyo line) anyone up for that? I can tell more detail @ FRJ

ooh ive never been to Chiba lol

Does anyone here have work experience on US military bases on contract, either now or in the past? I don’t really follow this thread, so if you could send me a PM me I’d really appreciate it.

Hooters will finally open in Tokyo on Oct 25! I wanna have SRK Japan gathering @ Hooters sometime soon. anyone up for that?

RE: Hooters

yes

ive never been to one, so yes too.