I am going to Japan next year. What do you think I should do while I’m there?

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Superglue your eyes shut, then you'll blend in. Make sure you don't talk to anyone because everyone is shy. The full weeb experience is to commit Suicide. Suicide is commonplace in Japan. They'll respect you for doing it. Also, make sure you're equipped to fit in a shoebox. Hotel rooms are small.

Yes, I been to Japan myself and yes, I will go there again.
 
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Nara is awesome. Though you will come to realize deer are fucking STUPID. Get the yakitori if you go, they kick ass at it.
I'd say target Kyoto over Tokyo because tbh like 95% of the tourist areas in Tokyo are just shitty sexpat sex districts when they aren't soulless shopping centers like Shibuya.
Maybe Akihabara is worth it for both the really cool electronics markets they have that make Kowloon Walled City look spacious and planned out, and because that's a local heavy metal scene. All sorts of really cool instrument and record shops in that neighborhood.
Hiroshima's nuke memorial is very powerful and worth a visit even if a lot of it is historical revisionism on how bad Imperial Japs actually were.
Onsens are horribly overrated and mostly a lot of ugly old people looking uncomfortable, would not attempt again
You are probably going to see some ancient Japanese couple change JR train cars if you deign to sit near them so be prepared for that.
OH and find a reason to get a haircut, Japanese barbers are something else, legit the best haircut experience I've ever had. TBH the shave was more amazing than the haircut, I've never had a better one, there wasn't a single hair south of my eyebrow by the time that lady was done with me.

EDIT: People also meme about the sushi in Tokyo's various train stations but I'm going to be honest, you could probably fetch something equally amazing, weird, and delicious at a random truck stop that borders the Sea of Japan for 1/5th the cost. Pretty sure the best sushi I had in the entire country was in Toyama.
 
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Absolutego said:
Hiroshima's nuke memorial is very powerful and worth a visit even if a lot of it is historical revisionism on how bad Imperial Japs actually were.
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I remember going there, seeing one of the remaining witnesses, visiting the museum and I gotta say, the time I went to bed at my hotel room in Osaka after the trip, I cried for the people who suffered there. But I also remember it was one day before the G7 summit took place there and I saw the preparations going on there.
 
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Odaiba is a must, see the 1/1 scale Unicorn Gundam and goto the mall there, was a really fun consoomer experience.

I stayed in Ginza last time and walked to Tsukiji for breakfast in the mornings, also recommend that if you like to eat random things.

Dont just goto 5/5 yelp review restaurants, eat where locals eat. Theres lots of chain ramen and chicken restaurants, as well as food courts. The food will usually be terrific regardless.

Skytree is a must, its incredible and worth the money to goto the top. Plan on going during a clear day so you can see Mount Fuji. Also dont skip the Skytree aquarium, it has a little cafe and you can sit next to the penguins drinking overpriced sodas.
 
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