Optional: Nihon Visit Rd.2

[Damicci]

So My Japanese friend I have been hanging out with recently for the past 2 or 3 months has decided she will go back to Japan in October for a month or 2. Well if given the OK by her parents, she has offered me the luxory of staying at her house for 2 weeks then I would come back by myself.
YATTAAAAAAAAAAAAA wait..... I don't know how comfortable this would be for either of us. I don't to feel like I am imposing but man would I love to go again. And stay for free but help out around the house. Stay with a full blown Japanese family should help my Japanese tremendously.

So what do you guys think. We have been friends for several months, I know about her and her family but she doesn't talk to me a whole lot about her personal life just stuff that relates to me. She has a boyfriend which I have never met. ☝ She should be buying her tickets near the end of August so I have time to think about it.

Also I wonder if she just offered her place b/c when I mentioned I wanted to go she said yeah you should go so we can hang out. Then I told her the hotels are expensive so I don't know If I could go.

She lives in Shizuoka, She said it is a small city and I might not like it. Anybody have any stories or thoughts on Shizuoka. Stuff to do I know she would know as it is her hometown but what about from a visitors point of view?

 

[Davey]

i know a ( most sexy japanese girl i know besides my own girl) girl who live there, i can give you her mail if you want ( dont **** around with her, or you will have problems with me LOL....

Google around!!!

it is for 2 weeks, not for months, so i think it wont be that bad,, but yeah... where would you rather stay, shizuoka or tokyo? goodluck with it micci

 

[Damicci]

I don't care too much where I am staying. I just want to go to Japan again. Plus I wouldn't mind visiting a smaller area. She knows where everything is so I think it might be fun. Just she doesn't think she knows anybody that speaks english so this would be an interesting development in my studies. I think she lives in Hamada.

 

[budd]

i been 3 times
yes. nobody speaks english
yes, there is NOTHING to do. pray for cable

also beware of rain

shizuoka does have fuji though. bring on them typhoons for the climbing...

 

[Damicci]

Well Now I am planning on going to Fukuoka. Lok slike I'll be buying my ticket this month. I was thinking of going through travelocity as they are currently @ 870 with tax. not bad at all. ANybody have other suggestions?
I am not worried about hotels as I am staying with my lovely lady friend. (YEAH BABY YEAH, RANDY!) ahem anyway. Yeah anyother suggestions to maybe getting a cheaper flight? round trip I am aiming for MArch 9th to the 21st.

 

[ArmandV]

Well Now I am planning on going to Fukuoka. Lok slike I'll be buying my ticket this month. I was thinking of going through travelocity as they are currently @ 870 with tax. not bad at all. ANybody have other suggestions?
I am not worried about hotels as I am staying with my lovely lady friend. (YEAH BABY YEAH, RANDY!) ahem anyway. Yeah anyother suggestions to maybe getting a cheaper flight? round trip I am aiming for MArch 9th to the 21st.

I found Priceline.com to have more reasonable prices than Travelocity for round trips to Japan. With tax and all, I paid $714 for my R.T. from Los Angeles to Tokyo last October. Too bad the $550 R.T. I had in 2001 still isn't around.

 

[Damicci]

Well looks like travelocity still has the lowest published price. I am not going to purchase until mid january maybe end of january.

 

[MeAndroo]

@Damicci

I'm not sure where you live, but if you've got a Japanese store, like a Marukai, nearby, you might want to see if they have an in-house travel agency. I got tickets to Japan just 2 months ago on Korean Air for about 575 including tax. You also might try inquiring within to see if anyone who works there knows of the cheapest company.

 

[Damicci]

Most places are run by koreans, but I can ask around my Fav Sushi joint. good Idea thx.