Planning my trip!!
Dec. 8th, 2019 01:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fruittea_cheCurrently I'm planning a trip to Japan!
It's my reward for graduating haha...
Very lucky to have some help paying for it as a gift fro my parents.
Will be heading over there in February :3
It's been so hard to plan! There are a lot of things that I want to do that I just won't be able to.
For example I'm really interested in going to Ainu culture things because one of my best friends has some heritage and I really like the style of their traditional designs... but it is SO difficult to find museums and stores and information about Ainu that are accessible!! D:
The best places are too far in the countryside (ie the bus comes once a day...), or are just too far from my itinerary (8+hours one way by shinkansen)..... and the killer is that the ones that fit perfectly are closed for renovation but open just weeks after I leave xD AGH!!!
There are a few restaurants I can visit and a small part of museum but it's just not the same... I suppose it's also a symptom of Ainu culture generally not being well known and suppressed by Japan. Very sad! :( Hopefully one day I'll be able to come out here again in a different season.
I'd like to buy some art-pieces but I just don't think it's possible for me to go out there without a car and I am not renting a car.
I was really surprised even in Japan that Ainu people are not well known. I suppose that coming from an area where I was given a lot of education about the indigenous tribes in my area, somehow I must have stumbled onto a little bit of information on them? I honestly can't remember. It was before around 7th grade for me, because I remember playing Okami PS2 and thinking Kamui was a lot like Ainu stuff. I think it's cool Golden Kamuy has raised general interest in Ainu culture. I read a little bit of it, but only a few chapters. Basically enough to know what it is lol.
In general I'm super excited. I have 3 weeks there and then almost a week in Singapore, then it's back home~
I don't have much to do personally right now and searching for job has been hard ><
Also feeling some frustrations in my social life right now... feeling like I'm being ignored sucks. But the good news is that I also made up with someone else and I have plans to see some friends I haven't seen in forever! So incredible to retain friendships in far away places, thanks to the internet :3
It's my reward for graduating haha...
Very lucky to have some help paying for it as a gift fro my parents.
Will be heading over there in February :3
It's been so hard to plan! There are a lot of things that I want to do that I just won't be able to.
For example I'm really interested in going to Ainu culture things because one of my best friends has some heritage and I really like the style of their traditional designs... but it is SO difficult to find museums and stores and information about Ainu that are accessible!! D:
The best places are too far in the countryside (ie the bus comes once a day...), or are just too far from my itinerary (8+hours one way by shinkansen)..... and the killer is that the ones that fit perfectly are closed for renovation but open just weeks after I leave xD AGH!!!
There are a few restaurants I can visit and a small part of museum but it's just not the same... I suppose it's also a symptom of Ainu culture generally not being well known and suppressed by Japan. Very sad! :( Hopefully one day I'll be able to come out here again in a different season.
I'd like to buy some art-pieces but I just don't think it's possible for me to go out there without a car and I am not renting a car.
I was really surprised even in Japan that Ainu people are not well known. I suppose that coming from an area where I was given a lot of education about the indigenous tribes in my area, somehow I must have stumbled onto a little bit of information on them? I honestly can't remember. It was before around 7th grade for me, because I remember playing Okami PS2 and thinking Kamui was a lot like Ainu stuff. I think it's cool Golden Kamuy has raised general interest in Ainu culture. I read a little bit of it, but only a few chapters. Basically enough to know what it is lol.
In general I'm super excited. I have 3 weeks there and then almost a week in Singapore, then it's back home~
I don't have much to do personally right now and searching for job has been hard ><
Also feeling some frustrations in my social life right now... feeling like I'm being ignored sucks. But the good news is that I also made up with someone else and I have plans to see some friends I haven't seen in forever! So incredible to retain friendships in far away places, thanks to the internet :3
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Date: 2019-12-10 04:35 pm (UTC)stamps from shrines should still be available, just go to the counter and give them your book and pay (they usually cost between 300-500 yen, though some shrines don't hand them out). if you visit shrines make sure to donate some money and pray... yes I did that at all the shrines I visited why are you asking
these are my stamp book (left) and the bag I put it in (right), I bought them at Awata shrine. next to it is the stamp (red) I received, after they stamped it they wrote the black part in ink. was fun to watch. just click on the thumbnail for a bigger picture.
oh I see, I must have slept on that news. if you have the time (and energy) left, you should consider going there. well theres still time until February, there might be more things happening until then. oh and if you go to any cons, you should prepare and plan where to go
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Date: 2019-12-10 06:59 pm (UTC)Very pretty. I want to do that too TwT
I think it was announced fairly recently. I only found an announcement when I specifically looked for stamp rally information... Do you know what the booklets are called?
I have one booth I plan to visit at the con (if they end up going...)! I think I need to wait until they announce booth placements or something, but I might just wander around. If I end up nixing Asakusa or Harajuku (depends on my travel partners too) then I might be able to fit a Touken only, although I'm not too into the pairings they have during that month.
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Date: 2019-12-10 09:15 pm (UTC)you get the tkrb stamp rally sheet (don't think it's a booklet?) at the designated place(s), I just found info of it: website. yeah it's better to wait to see who will attend comitia. most people will only show/post their goods shortly before the event starts. when you line up for entry to a con, you can usually buy a catalogue with information like maps with circle positions. there's a tokyo fes and comic city (shizuoka) on 16th February as well btw.