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JNTO in action!
Something like 5 years ago, I sent an email to JNTO (Japan National Tourist Office) suggesting that if they wanted more people to visit Japan, they ought to lobby JR to have Nozomi shinkansen covered by the JR pass.
I never heard back. Until today. No, they didn't finally address my original email. They sent me the December issue of something called "Visit Japan Today! December Issue." It has articles telling me many useful facts, like how to take sushi home as a souvenir of a Japanese vacation (hint: the sushi is either wax or plastic models). But tips like that weren't the REAL reason for JNTO to suddenly re-discover my email. Here's the inside poop, straight from the JNTO horse's mouth: ■ Announcement of the holding of the Visit Japan Club Around next March a community site to be managed and operated by the Tourism Agency and the Japan National Tourism Organization will start. In this site, you can exchange views with worldwide people interested in Japan through blogs and bulletin boards, and obtain interesting goods through campaigns and photo contests. We await your positive participation together with your friends. We will inform you when the site will open once such details are decided. |
I'm glad to see that JNTO is coming out ahead on this before somebody else thinks of the same thing. Fingers crossed nobody scoops them between now and March!
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Well isn't that a wide variety of website doing the same thing already? E.g. Japan-guide.com .... |
Train Pass
I'd love to see a Japan rail pass that covers all the private railways as well as the JR system, including the Nozomi services on the Tokaido & Sanyo shinkansen.
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Terrific! Another on-line community we can contaminate!
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Originally Posted by ND76
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I'd love to see a Japan rail pass that covers all the private railways as well as the JR system, including the Nozomi services on the Tokaido & Sanyo shinkansen.
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Originally Posted by kcvt750
(Post 15520325)
Terrific! Another on-line community we can contaminate!
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Originally Posted by RichardInSF
(Post 15522531)
Indeed, it might be fun to decide on some "flash mob postings" here and then go off to the JNTO site when it opens and all post them. Too cruel? Hmmm......
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Originally Posted by kcvt750
(Post 15524474)
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Ikebukuro gets a bad rap sometimes, I personally never have a problem there.
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Originally Posted by acregal
(Post 15527371)
I've always thought (and my recent trip confirmed it) that Tijuana was much closer to about 90% of Rappongi and Kabukicho.
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Hey, Ikebukuro is where my source of miracle fruit-su is located! Anyway, it's more like a crowded version of Fresno than Tijuana.
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Originally Posted by railroadtycoon
(Post 15527576)
Ikebukuro gets a bad rap sometimes, I personally never have a problem there.
1. Gyoza Stadium 2. Toyota dealership 3. More ABC shoe stores than you can shake a stick at. |
Originally Posted by kcvt750
(Post 15535310)
Upsides of Ickybukuro:
1. Gyoza Stadium 2. Toyota dealership 3. More ABC shoe stores than you can shake a stick at. |
Originally Posted by Pickles
(Post 15544538)
Let's not forget Nekobukuro. Smidgen thinks is some kind of brothel, he has a blast everytime he's there.
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