Current Events > I'm stranded in Japan for four hours and I need to vent

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At the time of this writing it's 12:20PM and I'm in a restaurant in one of the subway stations because i need to charge my phone. AirBnB won't let me check in until 4PM. I've had two hours of sleep. I'm currently on my own because something came up and the wife needed to delay coming for a few days.

I really don't like traveling in Japan. I dunno, tbh even Seoul wasn't this bad for my anxiety. And this is only Osaka, not even a big boy city like Tokyo. I can't explain what about this place does me in like this. >_> My wife? She's the traveler. She likes going places, and as long as she's leading the way, I don't mind following.

Me? I don't want to do a lot of traveling. I want to sit in a cafe and read books or write hacky fiction. But most importantly, in this moment, I want to fucking sleep lol. I want to get to my room, and go right the fuck to sleep. I don't want to wake up until 8AM tomorrow morning.

Travelling just exhausts me. You go around at a breakneck speed, checking everything off on a fucking list like you're buying groceries, like, are you even really enjoying the place at that point? That's not me. Maybe one or two big things, and let me spend the rest of the time chilling in the local area next to my hotel.

Luckily, that's what's happening now. We've got some errands to run that we can only run in Japan (long story), and after that errand, all i have to do is sit in my room with some weird Japanese TV show on in the background while i try to type up this story I've been working on.

But before any of that, I need to get to my room. And today has been absolutely exhausting, and I haven't even done anything. I guess what I'm trying to say is, I really hate traveling lol.
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I would be hella hype
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How much for expected travel expenses?

I'm going to ruin your night.

I have you tagged as "Calls people trolls for having different opinions".
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Go to one of those pod hotels where you just get a small pod for sleep.

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Visiting other places is awesome but getting to said places is brutal
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darkprince45 posted...

I would be hella hype

yeah me too
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Veggeta X posted...

I'm going to ruin your night.

AlisLandale posted...

At the time of this writing it's 12:20PM

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Osaka is a very large city. Sure Tokyo is bigger, but both are among the largest metro areas in the world (depending on how you measure them). Why not travel over to Kyoto so you can enjoy the more scenic part of Japan? I personally don't even think Osaka is worth visiting as a tourist.

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PowerOats posted...

How much for expected travel expenses?

We've been staying in Korea for the last couple of months, so the flight was actually really cheap. It was probably about 80-100 per person. The AirBnB? Allegedly, 20 bucks a night. I don't know, my wife set all this up.

Transit will probably cost me about 30 to 40 when all is said and done, but I don't plan on going many places.

Food? My first priority after I get some sleep is to find a grocery store and stock up on cheap ass food so I don't have to eat out much. Might grab a beef bowl here and there since those are less than five bucks and they give you a lot of food for the price.

The total? I don't want to think about the total. This is actually, an over-all very stressful chapter in my life, and the less I worry about the particulars, the better I'll be at getting through it, lol.
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Yes I do. Dude can't handle different opinions and can't reasonably argue with anything without throwing the first flame.
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I can't remember what I did to make Veggeta not like me. I do have a bad habit of getting kind of bitchy sometimes, I try to curtail my online use when I realize I'm using it as an outlet for how shitty I'm feeling.
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You got mad at me because I got pompous with a Capcom hater and then you brushed me off as a simple troll when I told you it's what I do and it's not a big deal.
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You should travel with a camera. Might actually help with your anxiety. Sounds dumb, but its helped me.
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Go get some sushi!

I think I've argued about TLJ with TC before but that's not a knock on him since I freely admit I can get annoying with my opinions sometimes.

Anyway more on topic, I feel your pain TC. I had a phase in my life where I traveled a ton and eventually you hit a certain point where you've been on the move all day and just feel like "fuck society. fuck everyone. i want to crawl into a comfy hotel bed and shut everything else out"

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You got mad at me because I got pompous with a Capcom hater and then you brushed me off as a simple troll when I told you it's what I do and it's not a big deal.

Oh, I actually do remember that exchange. Well whatever, we can bury the hatchet if you want. Sorry if I picked on you unfairly.

Smashingpmkns posted...

You should travel with a camera. Might actually help with your anxiety. Sounds dumb, but its helped me.

Ive got a phone >\> Ill try lol, thanks.

MudKip_Master posted...

Go get some sushi!

I used to love sushi when I started college, but somewhere along the way I really lost the taste for the dried seaweed. Will probably take my wife out though, she loves the stuff
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I hope things improve after you get that needed rest.
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I'm like the opposite of you. Major Fomo. But it has to be things I'm interested in. Some people have the list of "must sees" for places. I take them into account. But if it doesn't interest me too much I'm not going to go there just because people say I'm supposed to.

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AlisLandale posted...

Oh, I actually do remember that exchange. Well whatever, we can bury the hatchet if you want. Sorry if I picked on you unfairly.

Ive got a phone >\> Ill try lol, thanks.

I used to love sushi when I started college, but somewhere along the way I really lost the taste for the dried seaweed. Will probably take my wife out though, she loves the stuff

Oh and @Doom_Art, yeah, I remember going back and forth with you. I get pretty heated arguing nerd shit so sorry if I crossed any lines. None of that stuff is supposed to be taken personally. >_>

Baka! Sushi is fish over rice. No seaweed! Lol you can ignore me I'm drunk.

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AlisLandale posted...

Oh and @Doom_Art, yeah, I remember going back and forth with you. I get pretty heated arguing nerd shit so sorry if I crossed any lines. None of that stuff is supposed to be taken personally. >_>

you never crossed any lines bro and I don't take much personally so no worries ha ha. I just know I can get shitty when I argue sometimes lol.

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AlisLandale posted...

I used to love sushi when I started college, but somewhere along the way I really lost the taste for the dried seaweed. Will probably take my wife out though, she loves the stuff

Nigiri is far more common in Japan than maki. You don't need to eat seaweed with your sushi unless you seek it out.

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Veggeta X posted...

You got mad at me because I got pompous

Uh huh.
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