Board 8 > finally reached new user status, ask me anything

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came out at work, my phone broke, i didn't get my wife evil robin in the last banner, and i just took a trip to fukuoka and nagasaki

that's the news
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how's island living
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NFUN posted...

how's island living

expensive...

i mean not really but I've taken a lot of trips lately so I'm kinda broke atm. I need to cool it and save some money this summer/fall.

it's just starting to heat up again, which means it's time for 8 months of summer. Oh and uh, I had a health scare recently that involved the JSDF evacuating me to mainland okinawa via helicopter >_>
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oh yeah!! Someone @'d me a couple weeks ago and I tried to respond, but I couldn't get into my account. Password recovery never sent the password, so I eventually gave up and made this new account. But that means I don't remember who did it!
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welp nevermind Luster DM'd me on discord, thanks for that luster

SantaRPidgey 4 weeks ago #68
I thought AKJ and gamerpanda met on the board?

@Applekidrose?

Also congrats! Be sure to name all your kids after famous board 8 usernames

Baby one should be Ultimaterializer obvs

we met in high school. I got her into this cause I was addicted back then. (she's now married btw)
@SantaRPidgey
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heading to tokyo for golden week for some good times with friends, and a long awaited date with a guy i met online
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NioraptH posted...

Have you been to Karuizawa, Kurashiki, Okayama, Kaga Onsen or Shirakawago?

If you have, thoughts and is it worth it to go there?

nope! I've been to various places where I live in Okinawa, and last year I went to Tokyo but stayed in the city, and last week I went to Fukuoka and Nagasaki

this golden week I'm checking out Hakone and some other stuff in the Tokyo area, but I'll still be in the city for the Pride parade
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NioraptH posted...

Okinawa/Fukuoka recommend places? Might swing by next year.

Fukuoka has cool castle ruins and adjacent park that's beautiful in spring. The art museum is also there but it's closed for TWO YEARS for renovations. It better look incredible when they're done.
If you're into shopping there's a pretty cool mall called Canal City with all kinds of stores. I even went to a Claire's there in honor of them shutting down in the US, haha.

Definitely take the train out to Dazaifu Shrine, about 30 minutes. Not only is it an awesome shrine, but it's next to the Kyushu National History Museum, which has some awesome artifacts. I was looking at 1200 year old books and stuff. So cool!

Fukuoka is a train ride from Nagasaki (about $100 round trip) and that's a beautiful city that's very tourist friendly. There are streetcars that go everywhere. Definitely recommend the Atomic Bomb Museum and adjacent Peace Park. You can also swing by Dejima, the old Dutch trading settlements from when this was the only point of contact to the West. It's kind of special to get a coffee at the place that introduced coffee to Japan, haha.

(It's also pretty dang cool that the Nagasaki International Club, a place for communicating with people from around the world hundreds of years ago, now has wifi so I can do the same thing!)

I was only in Nagasaki for a few hours but there's more to do there for sure. It has the 3rd best nightscape in the world according to some poll, and they're very proud of it, so you can ride up a nearby mountain and I'm told it's very beautiful and romantic.

as for Okinawa, it depends on what time of year. If you're coming in the late Summer, it'll be absolutely miserably hot, but there's also Eisa Festivals to attend! If you have time to go to an outer island you can do snorkeling and stuff, but that's not really my jam. In Naha, you have to go down Kokusai Doori (International Street) for some neat shopping and Okinawan food. Also check out Shuri Castle (close to Naha). It's super impressive.
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Awesome, I hope your trip is wonderful

I had a fun moment while heading to Dazaifu where a tourist from Taiwan asked me directions in English because he couldn't read the Japanese. Multicultural!
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wow purge is a lot more lenient now huh
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woah 4 days

but hey if you wanna keep the topic alive for sure you can always use the bump feature
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I'm not particularly attached to the topic. If people don't wanna post, then why keep it alive? I genuinely just posted today cause I was surprised it was still alive.
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Who is you?
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akr
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Underleveled posted...

Who is you?

i'm an old lady that had a touch of "board 8 popularity" a decade ago

my only "recent" claims to fame are occasional writeups in The Crew predictions during contests, a few appearances on The Show, and my every-few-months "ask me anything" topics that get a few posts then die.

Who is you?
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i think LINE told me it was your birthday a while ago

like twice
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Do you still play DDR?
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CelesMyUserName posted...

i think LINE told me it was your birthday a while ago

like twice

as much as I try to avoid it, it doesn't tend to come up in january every year

TomNook posted...

Do you still play DDR?

last time I played was a sweaty arcade in Akihabara last May... I just never see machines around! I play Taiko no Tatsujin much more often.
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oh yeah, what about you mister nook? you still play?

I watched that ddr documentary polygon made last year and it really made me want to, but I just can't...!
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