[Amaya928]

So has anyone else gone to the new BL cafe website? (think I found the right one not 100% sure since it’s in japanese)

I have just finished stalking all the waiter’s twitter accounts haha They are lovely <3

http://www.blcafe.jp/pc/profile/index.html

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I’ve been thinking about the same thing. Usually I get mine by the last week of the month but this month was kind of in the middle so now I’m dreading getting it during onsen time. I would be extremly disapointed :(

Since I didnt have to worry about it on the last trip I kind of didnt pay attention (sorry I’m not help at all) but I do remember seeing trash bins in the restrooms so you will be able to dispose of liners/pads/tampons.

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I was just watching Death Parade today!!! I’ll join you in the hunt for that and Tokyo Ghoul <3
Have you seen the 2nd season of TG? I really don’t like it as much as the first :/

And right now I’m re-watching and re-reading Haikyuu!! so I really need to get me some merch for that. Also one of my recently favorite yaoi mangaka is Ogawa Chise so I’ll be in the look out for any of her stuff :3

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If you’re with Karina then that’s me :3 I totally missed the livestream! Are we LA roomblock buddies or roommates for the hotel in Tokyo or are they the same this time?

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I’ve been meaning to share this link:
https://www.memrise.com/

Memrise is a cool language website. They have lessons you can choose from and help out in memorising phrases in different languages. Just in case you’re interested :)

(p.s. I thought it funny how one of the first words they teach you in the japanese lesson is how to say beer lol )

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I did the duffel bag thing. It helps! I remember someone’s bag ended up weighing about 80lbs on the way back lol

Also, don’t be embarrased to wear clothes more than once if they are clean enough. Taking a pair of jeans that you can use 2 or 3 days will be lighter on your luggage than taking 3 pairs of jeans. I just took some plastic bags with me so I could separate things like socks and underwear that I won’t be
using again from the rest of my clothes.

Katya!! I didn’t know you were coming this time too! I was waiting for someone from the 2013 trip to show up :3 (this is Karina by the way)

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huh, that’s true.I see the Yakatabune Dinner listed as an additional option but not in the itinerary. If I’m not mistaken that usualy takes place during the Tokyo days.

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Hello there Eybelle and Tom! Welcome to the forum!

Zo I googled the restaurant. It does look crazy!!! I rembember seeing the weird chick-chair-robots on the back of a truck in the roads of Harajuku. Now it finally makes sense lol

I wouldn’t mind going to sneak a peek with you if it’s not a place that needs reservations or something :)

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Nice to meet you Talia! If your friend also lives in Houston then by my count, there are 5 Houstonians going on the trip. With Ashley that makes 6 Texans and if we say the tour is 30 people then us Texans make up 1/5th of the tour. Isn’t that cool? lol

I don’t know any Japanese either but on the last trip we were provied with a little handbook that gave restaurant suggestions, maps, and common phrases that were of great help so hopefully there’ll be something similar this time :)

If you want to see how the handbooked looked I can email you a pic. I tried posting it here and failed……

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I’m trying to remember, but I don’t think I really got any serious sunburn. I didnt use that much sun lotion either. I dislike the stuff so I can see why you’d rather powder.

My aches were mostly from all the walking and on my shoulders from the bags I was carrying by the end of the day. I suggest to bring a long one of those backpacks with padded shoulder straps to put daily buys in. The bag I brought along last time had really thin straps and it was hell on my shoulders.

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It was good weather in Tokyo. There were a few times when it sprinkled a little while we were out but no heavy rain.

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Hey Ashley! welcome, welcome!

I’m in Texas as well. Houston to be exact. This week has been pretty nice so far, hadn’t seen the sun in a while :) Zo….I feel for you…I’m a wimp and can’t stand the cold

I believe you are correct Zo. I did have difficulties falling asleep on the way from LA to Japan and didnt experience that much of a jet lag but most of us woke up around 5am that first day haha. But on the way from Japan to LA we got in the plane and I just zoned out and when I finally arrived home I slept thru 16hrs uninterrupted sleep lol The plane ride to Japan I believe was 13/14hrs

Ashley you are also correct, there is nothing better than being with a gang that will go crazy with you when you get to all the BL doujinshi ;) I dont know any Japanese but still had to buy me some doujinshi and some magazines just to look at them.

Funny story: we were at Narita airport heading back to LA and they were scanning our carry on luggage. Well I decided that if any of my luggage got lost I had to at least save my doujinshi and other souvenirs so all that was stuffed in my carry on to keep closer to me. One of my souvenirs was a Totoro thermos. When they passed my bag thru the scanner they saw it and thought it had liquid inside so they asked me to open my bag. And I was a lot mortified because if the lady would have moved some of the stationery on top she would have gotten a look at a Kuroko No Basket doujinshi I bought where the cover had Kuroko with a red thong splayed over a chair……and that’s how my inner perv was saved from public confrontation for another day (〃ﾉωﾉ)

On the contrary, it wasn’t as embarrasing buying them since the store I bought most of mine at had one whole floor solely for BL stuff. So you knew everyone on that floor was there for the same reason haha

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Yes!! Last time I couldnt afford the 2wk trip but I’ll stick around for it this time around :)
I’m looking forward to the onsen the most for the 2nd wk as well.

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I only got to go for the week in Tokyo and it was so much fun!

The festival was one of my favorite days, festival food is delicious~ The Ghibli Museum was the most amazing thing. If I could live there…. Only bad thing was they didnt allow pictures. And the show at Roppongi Kingyo was unforgettable! The costumes and choreography man, they were something else. I’m really looking forward to see how the show’s changed :)

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Nope. That’s not me…I actually don’t remember if I have a Disqus acct, if I do it’s probably this same username.

That’s incredible! Castles are amazing <3

I actually did get to go to the Teahouse 2013 trip and it was my first time both in a plane and traveling abroad so I’m super excited to go traveling again and feel that this experience will be even better than last time since now I know a bit more what to expect. Just four months left!!

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