It was actually quite lovely, very intimate.
In Takamatsu (香川県) I had to couchsurf as there are no youth hostels, and she was one of the people I sent a couch request to. She couldn't take me, but she offered to guide me around town instead. I took up the offer and she drove me all around town; we had lots of laughs, went to karaoke, then went and watched the sunset where I cuddled up with her. The next day we met up again, went to dinner, then went to a park afterwards. We were sitting at a bench kissing, then she said she was cold and insisted we go back to her car. I don't need to say what happened next.
Obviously I didn't say it was my first time, just acted naturally.
Anyway, she was a complete sweetheart and I probably would have dated her had I the opportunity. In Tokyo I met up with a friend I made on SharedTalk for the first time and we really hit it off. She asked me to date her, so I'll be going out with her when I go back. Admittedly, there were lots of girls on the trip whom I had a thing for.

There are practically no Japanese people (in particular, cute girls) in Adelaide, which sucks. Also it just sucks being back in my old life.

I think I ended up spending around $5~6, 000AUD while I was there in the end. I was meant to WWOOF the last week I was there, but went travelling around Hokkaido instead, which ended up costing an extra $800 or so. Note that I also went out a lot (eating out, drinking, karaoke etc), and sightseeing a lot too, so that cost quite a bit (although my Japanese friends shouted me half of the time :p).
But yeah, I just stayed at youth hostels the whole way, always caught buses and never trains between cities, didn't buy any souvenirs, books, anything like that and just saved money where I could.

Like I said in my earlier posts, I WWOOFed for around half of the trip, which includes free accommodation and food, so that saved me a load of money. I also had some of my most enjoyable times WWOOFing, it provided an essential break from just constantly travelling.

I think you could get by on €3,000 for 2 months and still have a good time if you WWOOFed a bit.

What do you know, you and I have a mutual friend.

How did you meet Jadey?

Honestly I'm having a hard time meeting people via couch surf. Maybe I should set my city to Chicago instead of the shitty little suburb I live in.

^^ Got to be tricksy to get the hot chix to sleep on your couch haha

Ah I live with my dad, I meant like for when I go to Osaka at the end of this month. I want to meet people while I'm there. Nobody would want to stay at my house anyway lol.

fakewookie Wrote:What do you know, you and I have a mutual friend.

How did you meet Jadey?

I stayed at one of the Khaosan hostels, and as you might know they also run the 'Khaosan bar'. We met there one night, then I went along to some clubs in Shibuya with her afterwards. Where'd you meet her, Tasuichi? You might also know Reina as well?

I met her in Yoyogi Park once. She goes to my university.

Nah, I don't know anyone called Reina. :3

Ah okay, that sounds like Jadey, accosting people in the park :p
Reina worked at the Khaosan bar, but her and Jadey go out drinking every now and then, you should join them.

That Okinawan restaurant in the pictures looks great! Do you know the name?

http://ryukyu-shimauta.com/
It's in the basement of Osaka station building 3.

Looks like you've had a amazing trip. After I'm done school I might just take a 3 month visa and visit there. Definitely need to buy a digital camera (HD)　

thecite Wrote:http://ryukyu-shimauta.com/
It's in the basement of Osaka station building 3.

Nice, thanks. Shimauta, a nice cheezy name perfectly fitting an Okinawan restaurant (and, of course, reminds me of this song:

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Incidentally, my favorite restaurant in Japan is another Okinawan place in Osaka, but if I ever want a change I'll check out this one. Looks fun. I also know three pretty good Okinawan places in Kyoto that do live shows most nights.