Oct. 16-26th 2009 - Japan Trip

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2009-10-22

Laundry
Apparently asking the front desk to do laundry means, "Hey, please make my clothes like I just bought them again." It wasn't dry cleaning, but costed over 50 bucks.

After I won the headphones.

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Good People

It seems like every day or every other people are approaching us just to say hello. Maybe practice their English and ask general questions: "Where are you from? /etc". Well, the other day at the arcade, I was trying to win a pair of Border-Break headphones out of a crane-game. I must have spent 6 dollars trying and got pretty close to knocking the ring off of the peg. Two older ladies saw how close I was and I reached in my pocket to find no more coins to try. They encouraged me to try again (in Japanese) and put a 100 yen coin in for me. I tried, and failed. They put in another coin, I failed again. They then said they will try and put in about 8 bucks worth. One of the ladies went and got an employee to readjust the game because it was near impossible the way we moved it. They tried again with about 5 dollars more, then I tried with 2 dollars and Yatta! I now own a special pair of Border-Break game headphones that are worth $2 to everyone else, but ~$30 for me.

Maybe it's the American mentality in me, but there's 3 times I remember where people approached us and I felt like I need to be on my guard because we may be getting scammed/duped. But, they were just being friendly. Example 1: Walking to Osaka Castle early in the morning, an elderly guy approaches and starts talking about the history of the Castle and for us to follow him. I'm thinking, this guy wants to tell us a short story then ask for money. Which would be the case in my experience in the US. Not only did he provide insight on the Castle, history, Samurai, battles, and other things I never knew about, he also walked us to the ticketing booth and provided advice on how to tour the rest. He said nice to meet you, and left. Obviously you need to be careful when traveling and find a middle ground between being trusting and knowing when to ditch so you don't get taken advantage of, but people so far have been great.

-Gregg

Fugu - Onegaishimasu?

Gregg:

"I tried Fugu for lunch today in the Shinshaibashi intersection (by the bridge). It was scary, but good. Fugu Sashimi. Andy decided to let me go solo on this one, so if I got tetrodotoxin poisoning, he could take me to the hospital/call 119.

All in all, I'm glad I tried it. It was a bit chewy, but solid."

Oct. 16-26th 2009 - Japan Trip - gregginjapan2

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