The Official Japan Thread 2.0 "Nani?"

I am down for some Hooters! Where is it opening up btw?

Also, it looks like I will be coming to FinalRoundbat again this coming weekend. I have a couple friends who may come too but im not 100% sure yet. Whats the list of people coming looking like this time?

on the FB event page, there’re 9 confirmed… im sure theres gonna be more, tokido is confirmed too(at least from what he told me), though i dont think itll be more than 20-25…

oh shit, AU has just announced theyre gonna have skype available for free on their smart phones! If the plans arnt redonculous this could be very good for me…

did anybody here participate in the anti-chinese rally in aki today?

Cool but don’t let that be the dealmaker for whichever phone you go with. SoftBank and NTT DoCoMo do this already. KDDI used to label Skype and anything else using data networks for voice calls a “prohibited app”. KDDI is hyping this, willing to take a revenue cut to get more customers but they’re kinda late to the game.

Now, depending on network usage, SoftBank and/or DoCoMo might change their mind but who’s to say au won’t do the same after enough time has gone by to have people ‘forget’ the hype.

In my opinion, the service you go with depends on:

Where you need coverage (Japan is small but there are still pockets of shit reception)
What features you want
What plan has those features
What phone has those features
How often you plan to upgrade your phone
Which company is most likely to have the phone you want in the future if you upgrade

well i already use AU thats why it got me a little excited lol.

but realistically i use the osaifu-keitai too much to change whatever phone i have to a smart phone.

Ah, sorry, I thought you didn’t have one and were shopping around. Looks like Sharp got around to making a smartphone with “j-features” (1-seg and Osaifu Keitai, etc.) the Sharp ISO3, coming out in November this year. That would be my next au phone. I use DoCoMo for business osaifu-keitai, etc. and SoftBank w/ pakehodai for personal - girlfriend (White Plan) and family (Google Voice). I’d rather have one phone with 2-in-1 (phone numbers) and have all the features instead of lugging around two cell phones all the time, so this au android phone is looking interesting…

http://au-is.jp/

sorry guys. i was gonna go to frb but my friends bands are having a live show in shinjuku at the same time and im gonna go support them instead. i wish i could do both but they dont play often. ill come to the next one for sure. have fun

OMG SEX!!! That osaifu-enabled smart phone is exactly what I was looking for! EDIT: apparently though suica is not yet ready till at least spring of next year :sad:

What also is sex is my new mechanical keyboard! typing has never been so much fun!

double edit: http://juggly.cn/archives/11332.html as usual DOCOMO seems to be ahead of the game though. wish i had gone with NTT from the beginning! ARG!

Got the word this morning, Going to study in Fukuoka for Spring Semester starting in January. Anyone here got recommendations on good spots for food/fun?

i believe fellow srker Aku is living in Fukuoka right now. Should find him out and ask him. cool dude.

some vids I took at the last Final Roundbat Japan 05.

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as you can see, hiropon didnt use seth j.hp(sims limbs) at all, this is because he didnt want to make it a habit to use a move that will no longer be available in the arcade edition.

Has anyone dealt with concert tickets and mixi? I have an extra concert ticket and I don’t want to sell the ticket, nor do I want to just give it away so I’m looking for the right person to accompany me. Is mixi usually safe for this kind of thing?

lol mixi… im not sure, depends on how well you know the person? going with stranger is a gamble.

you dont have people around you, friends etc that you can ask instead of mixi?

Well I moved from Kyoto to Saitama recently so most of the people I know live in Kansai, and the few I do know in Kanto can’t make it because it’s on a Monday. Since I don’t know many people here, I figured it might be a good way to meet someone with a similar interest in music as me.

I guess you could make a post @ the community for the artist? Not much more u can do I guess. And ask money if it’s a big gig/well known artist.

whats the concert?

Tenjin, Nagahama, Nakasu, Space World, Dazaifu, Futsukaichi onsen, etc.

You’re starting in January, hopefully you’re coming late December early January then you can check out Daizenji Tamataregu Shrine they have Oniyo (“Demon Night”) then, big bonfire festival.

July is the best time, for Gion festival.

YUI 4th Tour.

Lol, that’s the type of concert I would go to…

imagining Elvenshadow at that concert is actually kinda funny lol.