ChiefKenji
Lord Cuts
@FreedMind How was your trip? Leaving tomorrow myself.
Brehs, I'm thinking about going to Tokyo. Anyone got insight/tips?
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Have yet to actually go.
Ended up going to Atlanta early December and LA for New Years. Got a 'real' job now that is pretty demanding, so it looks like international travel might not happen in the near future.
I'm actually in NYC right now tho, and I can't imagine Tokyo would be any crazier than this city lol.
Definitely tag me in any thread you make about Tokyo, pass any tips/insight my way too breh.
I’m going in October. I actually have my airline ticket. I would like the info you brehs we’re going pass on to @FreedMind . Someone mentioned earlier that locals don’t rent to foreigners. Does that mean AirBnB is out of the question? I arrive in Tokyo but plan on going to other places like Osaka, Nagoya, Mount Fuji, Kyoto, Nara, Hiroshima, Okinawa, Shirakawa-gō and Gokayam. I’ll be there for 10 days or so. What should I do at these locations for food, entertainment and genuine Japanese experience. I want to feel the good vibes everyone says exists in Japan. 
Legally of course.
I’ll definitely look into getting that green pass.
Legally of course.I’ll definitely look into getting that green pass.
ChiefKenji
Lord Cuts
Have yet to actually go.
Ended up going to Atlanta early December and LA for New Years. Got a 'real' job now that is pretty demanding, so it looks like international travel might not happen in the near future.
I'm actually in NYC right now tho, and I can't imagine Tokyo would be any crazier than this city lol.
Definitely tag me in any thread you make about Tokyo, pass any tips/insight my way too breh.
I gotchu
I’m going in October. I actually have my airline ticket. I would like the info you brehs we’re going pass on to @FreedMind . Someone mentioned earlier that locals don’t rent to foreigners. Does that mean AirBnB is out of the question? I arrive in Tokyo but plan on going to other places like Osaka, Nagoya, Mount Fuji, Kyoto, Nara, Hiroshima, Okinawa, Shirakawa-gō and Gokayam. I’ll be there for 10 days or so. What should I do at these locations for food, entertainment and genuine Japanese experience. I want to feel the good vibes everyone says exists in Japan.
I’ll definitely look into getting that green pass.
Same idea here b, im yearning for that outer body experience everybody talmbout walking around in the area's near mt Fuji etc. Suicide forest on the other hand
I will write down anything that catches my eye and legit enjoyed for this or a new thread.
BlackDiBiase
Superstar
do it i posted a video about being black in japan and they have barbers, hiphop community, etc. i was offered a chance to go to new york not long ago i turned it down because im shook (gun control how about no guns period like the resst of the world)
id move to a city like tokyo why not, i keep myself to myself i wont get much hate therefore not much trouble.
id move to a city like tokyo why not, i keep myself to myself i wont get much hate therefore not much trouble.
@BlackDiBiase new york is MAINEY bruh!! I was out there solo, sticking out like a mfer.
Not gonna lie, that's the first time I was in a city and sort of lost my sense of direction. Just so much to take in when you first get there.
But ain't not a single person fukkd with me or nothing. Went out to the bars, the girls was hella cool (mostly ran into transplants tho) and then chopped it up with some brehs from Harlem. My ass prolly got a lil more turnt than I should have, stayed out till 4AM.
If I can do it you'll be good breh.
Not gonna lie, that's the first time I was in a city and sort of lost my sense of direction. Just so much to take in when you first get there.
But ain't not a single person fukkd with me or nothing. Went out to the bars, the girls was hella cool (mostly ran into transplants tho) and then chopped it up with some brehs from Harlem. My ass prolly got a lil more turnt than I should have, stayed out till 4AM.
If I can do it you'll be good breh.
BlackDiBiase
Superstar
@BlackDiBiase new york is MAINEY bruh!! I was out there solo, sticking out like a mfer.
Not gonna lie, that's the first time I was in a city and sort of lost my sense of direction. Just so much to take in when you first get there.
But ain't not a single person fukkd with me or nothing. Went out to the bars, the girls was hella cool (mostly ran into transplants tho) and then chopped it up with some brehs from Harlem. My ass prolly got a lil more turnt than I should have, stayed out till 4AM.
If I can do it you'll be good breh.
im 5ft 10 with shoes
id be a light snack especially with a british accent.thinking theyd take me in as family be on the blocks talking bout 'yo there goes OE' (ole english) he from the UK
to be honest it was in an african district but i like to smoke from time to time and i love women so im not a tough guy, NYC looks like the greatest city on earth but as a black man im just trying to be real and the gun violence is too much.
if i was rich and could live somewhere safe but even still its like horror storys to us in the USA
I’m still here. Been out here since 2014. Definitely a great place to visit. Living here has its ups and downs tho. If you’re out here for a week, that’s plenty of time to see all of the tourist attractions and make it out to Osaka, Hiroshima, and Mt. Fuji.
Honestly, I wouldn’t worry too much about learning the language. I don’t speak that much Japanese, but I’ve got enough down to where we’ve gone to restaurants, gotten our cars fixed, asked for directions, etc.
As fukked up as America is, I've seriously considered staying out here after I retire
Honestly, I wouldn’t worry too much about learning the language. I don’t speak that much Japanese, but I’ve got enough down to where we’ve gone to restaurants, gotten our cars fixed, asked for directions, etc.
As fukked up as America is, I've seriously considered staying out here after I retire
I just graduated in July, got money saved up, and I'm seeing round trip I can get flights out there for approximately $600-700.
My biggest fears all stem from the fact that I don't know any Japanese, and I'd also be flying out by myself.
Any of y'all got any advice or tips for a brehito in my predicament? If I go, how easy would it be for me to maneuver around? Could I survive knowing virtually nothing about the country? Is there certain places I should check out?
Imma begin searching through other threads as well.
Don't go to Kyoto under any circumstance if you ever plan on returning.
The amount of cleanliness, manners, decency, mixture of ancient architecture with unbelievably perfect infastructure, an entire section of the city dedicated to traditional life, geishas all over the place (real ones,) and muthafukking Kyoto style pickled food. I fukking hate pickled food but kyoto got that shyt so good.
You will think Tokyo is trash is you have any level of culture.
Damn like THAT breh??
shytted on Tokyo
I said Tokyo is trash if you have any sense of culture and visit Kyoto.
It's like walking into a golden age society of absolute professionalism and pride. It's fukking night and day with Tokyo.
A lot of people could care less about cultural things. They want hoes and fried chicken. But if you want to go outside and feel blessed by the giant shinto shrine red arcs over the regular immaculately designed and maintained streets....
shyt is like living on another planet in Kyoto.
ChiefKenji
Lord Cuts
@FreedMind @You_Ugly_on_Skype aight brehs so im in Tokyo with wifey, shinjuku to be exact and man oh man. This place done slapped me in my face with culture from the start.
We arent even 24 hours here yet and I have already been helped by 3 different people who went out their way to help us. One guy just wanted to spark a conversation and one elder even sat next to us in the subway to tell us in poorly english when to hop off for the next train etc. I can feel that he felt some sort of satisfaction when I told him “thank you” in english. He replied with a “your welcome” as if he been waiting to scratch that off his bucket list
People in the thread were right about the africans (nigerians) at the club areas. They mostly work as a doorman (security guard) or discussing some shyt in a group infront of a club lol. If they try and talk to you they see you as a potentional target. Its a chin up, and stick your breast out when you walk type of thing so they know you not a goofy.
Enjoying the fudge outta this trip right about now. Everybody is overly polite and is trying to explain everything in english even if they dont speak it very well. Its like they know you are a black person who doesnt live here based on your looks and the energy your carrying.
We arent even 24 hours here yet and I have already been helped by 3 different people who went out their way to help us. One guy just wanted to spark a conversation and one elder even sat next to us in the subway to tell us in poorly english when to hop off for the next train etc. I can feel that he felt some sort of satisfaction when I told him “thank you” in english. He replied with a “your welcome” as if he been waiting to scratch that off his bucket list
People in the thread were right about the africans (nigerians) at the club areas. They mostly work as a doorman (security guard) or discussing some shyt in a group infront of a club lol. If they try and talk to you they see you as a potentional target. Its a chin up, and stick your breast out when you walk type of thing so they know you not a goofy.
Enjoying the fudge outta this trip right about now. Everybody is overly polite and is trying to explain everything in english even if they dont speak it very well. Its like they know you are a black person who doesnt live here based on your looks and the energy your carrying.
DeeezNuts
All Star
Brehs...Ill be spending the entire June in Japan...Touching down in Fukuoka May 31st...ill be there for a week...then off to Tokyo for another week...then off to Osaka for another week...Then back to Tokyo for a week....damn I miss this country...I can't wait
