Conversation Between Mr Cat Dog and Esper
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  1. Esper
    April 7th, 2012 10:17 AM
    Esper
    Yes, it was. And you should go even if there is no English!
  2. Mr Cat Dog
    April 7th, 2012 3:23 AM
    Mr Cat Dog
    Was it you that suggested I go to Mister Donut? Because there's one right next to my hotel and it looks tempting, but nothing seems to be in English!
  3. Mr Cat Dog
    March 13th, 2012 1:36 PM
    Mr Cat Dog
    Ahhhhh! Well, I'm going to the Ghibli Museum (booked my tickets and everything) so it looks like I'll be doing all of your Tokyo suggestions. Yay! :D
  4. Esper
    March 13th, 2012 1:33 PM
    Esper
    Inokashira is kind of on the edge of Tokyo so it would take some getting to. It's a park in the city of Mitaka and in the middle of the park is the Studio Ghibli Museum.
  5. Mr Cat Dog
    March 13th, 2012 1:17 PM
    Mr Cat Dog
    Erm... Kabukicho was cheap, and I imagine it'll be 'interesting' if nothing else! That was pretty much is. And Inokashira is also unfamiliar; what sort of stuff is there?
  6. Esper
    March 13th, 2012 1:13 PM
    Esper
    Argh. Inokashira. I always spell that one wrong. Dx
  7. Esper
    March 13th, 2012 1:12 PM
    Esper
    Wait. Inogashira isn't on the Yamanote line. Oops. Got my geography messed up there.

    And woooah, Kabukicho. Is there some reason in particular you picked that area hint hint. Be careful you don't run into any Yakuza there.
  8. Mr Cat Dog
    March 13th, 2012 12:55 PM
    Mr Cat Dog
    Re: Tokyo, I'm probably going to do most of those. (My Tokyo hotel is in Kabukicho and my ryokan is in Asakusa.) Inogashira is the only unfamiliar name from that list. But thanks for the other suggestions. :D
  9. Esper
    March 13th, 2012 12:38 PM
    Esper
    Okay, so you're already going to a festival. That's good. You can see some dancing, take pictures, eat takoyaki. I've only been to, like, two parts of Osaka: the castle, and the shopping area, Namba.

    In Tokyo I could suggest you go around the Yamanote train line to all the different 'areas' like Shinjuku, Harajuku, Akihabara, Ikebukuro, Inogashira, etc. etc. but I don't really know what you want to do with your time there so I don't know if you would really care to see all the gothic lolitas in Harajuku or the maid cafes in Akihabara.

    Kyoto has temples galore. If you want to see a famous area there is one called Gion, slightly out of the way from the city center, which has some temples and old things. Sometimes you can see maiko (geisha in training) rushing around looking annoyed that people are taking pictures of them. Kyoto has some very famous temples, Ginkakuji and Kinkakuji, but I haven't been to see those so I can't say much on them.
  10. Esper
    March 13th, 2012 7:13 AM
    Esper
    Consider me held.
  11. Mr Cat Dog
    March 13th, 2012 7:03 AM
    Mr Cat Dog
    I'll hold you to that! :P
  12. Esper
    March 13th, 2012 7:00 AM
    Esper
    Darn you. You preempted my Japan survival guide blog post with this question. Dx

    Give me a little bit and I'll get back to you.
  13. Mr Cat Dog
    March 12th, 2012 3:09 PM
    Mr Cat Dog
    OK. I'll be off to Japan soon, and I need stuff to do. (Turns out that I'm staying in a capsule hotel, a ryokan, a hostel and a regular hotel during my time... yay?) Suggestions of things to do in Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka? I'll also be going to the Takayama Festival, but that's about it, I think.
  14. Esper
    January 28th, 2012 10:45 AM
    Esper
    If you listen to it again you might be surprised to find it gets stuck in your brain.
  15. Mr Cat Dog
    January 27th, 2012 2:34 PM
    Mr Cat Dog
    I've read about that, but I'm not sure of what direction it would alter my opinion of the character. I think the general shock of him rapping was enough to sour me on him, to be honest. For me, anything with '80s Robot was a highlight: especially the modem noise and New Coke!