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Old May 4, 2014, 4:59 am
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SUMMARY OF EVENTS Click links for details

Thursday 2 April
Welcome Drinks 19:00-20:00, Bar Fizz Grand Hyatt Fukuoka followed by Yatai food stalls, craft beer excursion, cherry blossom viewing
Late arrivals can meet at the GH reception at 21:00.

Friday 3 April
Half-day trip to Dazaifu (not organised)
Official Do Dinner - Yanagimachi Ikkokudō Haruyoshi-ten, 19:00-22:00

Saturday 4 April
Day Trip to Nagasaki Depart Hakata 07:54 (Kamome #7, Platform 4), Return Nagasaki 17:20 (Kamome #38) – arrive Hakata 19:14

Sunday-Monday 5-6 April
Post-do trip to Kurokawa Onsen
Lunch, day trip to Kumamoto, etc. for those still in Fukuoka

Planning to attend Welcome Drinks – Thursday, April 2, 7PM~8PM, Bar Fizz, Grand Hyatt Fukuoka
NewbieRunner
greendx
kpcs
kpc+1
Awesom Andy
JY1024 (arriving FUK @ 9:35PM, but will get to GH ASAP)
kirkwoodj (arr FUK 8pm)
lili (arriving FUK @ 9:35PM, GH)
BOB W (arriving FUK @ NH249 at 12:25 PM)
beckoa (arriving FUK @ NH249 at 12:25 PM)
ClaudiSTR (50% chance for 7 pm, but sure after arriving at 8:05pm at FUK)
DENchick
iris30
ParanoiaTX (arriving FUK 18:30 on OZ136)
ParanoiaTX+1 (arriving FUK 18:30 on OZ136)
Moomba
nme7
gvdIAD (arriving FUK @ 20:05 on NH2145)
nomadic.relief (arriving FUK @ 12:25 on NH249)
upup&away(arriving by train,Thursday, April 02 (16:39)
ZFW-ATC
Henwurst
The_Wrath_of_Khan - I'll be there as soon as the 1800 Hawks game is over.
Sykes (going to the Baseball game with The_Wrath_of_Khan, so will arrive at the end)
El_Duderito+1

Planning to trip to Dazaifu
(Unorganized - link up information)
Awesom Andy
restlessinRNO
JY1024
kirkwoodj
BOB W
beckoa
ClaudiSTR
pfbloom
lynnevt
DENchick
lili
iris30
Moomba
Sykes
violist got rained on too much this morning
nomadic.relief
upup&away
ZFW-ATC
nme7
O Sora
Henwurst
The_Wrath_of_Khan
El_Duderito+1

Do Dinner - Friday, April 3, 7:00PM
See post #3 for confirmed attendees.

Planning to join Day Trip to Nagasaki – Saturday, April 4, Depart Hakata 7:54AM
NewbieRunner
greendx
kpc
kpc+1
serfty
Awesom Andy
restlessinRNO
JY1024
kirkwoodj
lili
BOB W
beckoa
ClaudiSTR
DENchick
iris30
Moomba
Sykes (50/50 on going)
gvdIAD
nomadic.relief (assuming I'm capable of waking up early enough!)
upup&away
ZFW-ATC
El_Duderito+1
BigRedBears+1
nme7
O Sora
Henwurst


A summary of the events may be found in post #2.


This event also has a Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/JapanDo2015/ if you are interested in the event and enjoy a bit more social interaction with fellow attendees / organizers, feel free to join in.
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Old Jan 13, 2015, 7:40 am
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Holy cow, this DO almost slipped my mind as I start my travel planning for this year!

Will start looking at flights, hotels, etc. probably this weekend. Still too early to commit at this point, but would love to visit FUK. (Have visited TYO a few times and still want to go back, but probably time to start branching out a bit.)


Originally Posted by oliver2002
This evening my elder son mentions in conversation:
"So we are flying to Japan in the Easter vacation to eat sushi, right?"
Me: "Probably no, I'm starting a new job next month..."
"So what was it again that you are going to do?"
Me:"Going into purchasing"
"You know that....lets go to Japan!"
^ Your son is very wise for his years...
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Sometimes plans in life are changing involuntarily.

I will do the best of it and I'm really happy attending another Japan Do after 2014.

Count me in ^
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Old Jan 14, 2015, 10:57 pm
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I plan on staying at the Hilton Fukuoka. (I am not a Hyatt member.) I believe there will be other FTers at the Hilton too.
Guess that means I'd best book the room
YUP!!!
Just booked the 2-5 of April.
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Medical expenses?
Just got off of the phone with my Dr.'s office asking about anything I needed prior to the DO. According to them I need:

Japanese encephalitis vaccine $600
Rabies vaccine: $500

not billable through insurance.

Anyone know if this is accurate before I shell $$$?
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Old Jan 16, 2015, 5:37 pm
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Originally Posted by BOB W
Just got off of the phone with my Dr.'s office asking about anything I needed prior to the DO. According to them I need:

Japanese encephalitis vaccine $600
Rabies vaccine: $500

not billable through insurance.

Anyone know if this is accurate before I shell $$$?
I have had a rabies vaccine but not specifically related to living in Japan over the last 20 years. Japanese encephalitis-NO vaccine and I lived in semi-rural Japan (now in Tokyo).

There was an outbreak of Dengue in Tokyo area parks last year which I find more concerning.
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Old Jan 16, 2015, 5:56 pm
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Originally Posted by BOB W
Just got off of the phone with my Dr.'s office asking about anything I needed prior to the DO. According to them I need:

Japanese encephalitis vaccine $600
Rabies vaccine: $500

not billable through insurance.

Anyone know if this is accurate before I shell $$$?
Been in tropical Japan for 12 years and have had JEV (annual booster) only once. I'd not worry about it. As for rabies no worry.
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Originally Posted by BOB W
Just got off of the phone with my Dr.'s office asking about anything I needed prior to the DO. According to them I need:

Japanese encephalitis vaccine $600
Rabies vaccine: $500

not billable through insurance.

Anyone know if this is accurate before I shell $$$?


I do not like needles
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Old Jan 17, 2015, 6:14 pm
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Originally Posted by BOB W
Just got off of the phone with my Dr.'s office asking about anything I needed prior to the DO. According to them I need:

Japanese encephalitis vaccine $600
Rabies vaccine: $500

not billable through insurance.

Anyone know if this is accurate before I shell $$$?
Not necessary for a short stay (less than a month) in otherwise generally healthy people. Save your money.
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Old Jan 18, 2015, 3:04 am
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Despite global warming and all that it's highly unlikely you will find mosquitos in Fukuoka in early April. There were just 9 cases of Japanese encephalitis reported in Japan in 2013. There have been no reports of anyone contracting rabies in Japan in recent years.
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I had such a great time last year that I'm so tempted to book a flight and do it again. Costco run Beckoa?
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Originally Posted by JY1024
^ Your son is very wise for his years...
I suspect the father is worried his sons might refuse to eat frozen sushi from Aldi in future.

Originally Posted by wysiwyg
Costco run Beckoa?
Here's one closest to the Do.
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Old Jan 20, 2015, 3:31 am
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I had such a great time last year that I'm so tempted to book a flight and do it again. Costco run Beckoa?
Here's one closest to the Do.
Think I have a Post Do activity picked out now
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I'm definitely down to hit Costco!
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Old Jan 20, 2015, 4:40 pm
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Originally Posted by BOB W
Just got off of the phone with my Dr.'s office asking about anything I needed prior to the DO. According to them I need:

Japanese encephalitis vaccine $600
Rabies vaccine: $500

not billable through insurance.

Anyone know if this is accurate before I shell $$$?
Originally Posted by kirkwoodj
Not necessary for a short stay (less than a month) in otherwise generally healthy people. Save your money.
Left my Doctor's office a couple of hours ago and he said the same. If it were an extended stay, I should get the JEV, but not for a short trip like this.
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Old Jan 20, 2015, 4:57 pm
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Which area are all the events planning to take place? Last year, almost everyone stayed around Shinjuku so it made it convenient to walk everywhere. Is there a common location again this year?

Still looking at flights... Don't have the luxury of redeeming for a J reward this time around $1600 CDN via AC or $1200 on CE
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