Originally Posted by
Fluff Ermine
The euro is below parity, the won is almost 1400 to the dollar, and Latin America is in shambles. Arguably almost any country outside of the US is ripe for pickings. It's fine if you're desperate to get into Japan because you like it a ton / are a weeb (lol), but it's not as if there aren't many other attractive countries right now for visiting.
I don't care about the euro or the won though. I have a long history in Japan, lived there for a decade, have lots of friends I haven't been to an izakaya with in a couple years. I spent decades of my life learning the language. It's in important part of my life. $144 is a drop in the bucket.
I'm sitting here right now sharing some 25 year old Okinawan koshu and Hibiki 21 with the most important friends in my life. Japan obviously means something to me.
