On Jun 21, 9:04 pm, "John W." <worthj1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 21, 4:59 am, Declan Murphy <declan_mur...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Jun 21, 3:10 pm, chuckers <chucker...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > On Jun 21, 1:56 pm, Declan Murphy <declan_mur...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > On Jun 21, 10:34 am, "John W." <worthj1...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > > On Jun 20, 8:09 am, Declan Murphy <declan_mur...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > > > As an absolute minimum I'm expecting you to walk in with at least the
> > > > > > equivalent of a parrot on your shoulder...
>
> > > > > Is there a hotel near your bar or should I plan on drinking until
> > > > > first light? Still not sure if the wife and child are going to join
> > > > > me. I'm doing my best to make it sound like a dreary hell hole that
> > > > > they'd never want to visit.
>
> > > > There is a hotel about 300 metres awayhttp://www.ab-hotel.jp/okazaki/index.html
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> > > Doesn't look like they put you on the map of nearby shops (unless I am
> > > not looking
> > > in the right place.)
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> > >http://www.ab-hotel.jp/okazaki/img/okazaki_shop.pdf
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> > Map isn't to scale (doesn't include Yamasa or the on-campus shops, but
> > includes some places that doesn't exist anymore).
> > My place is about halfway between the hotel and the Okazaki Minami
> > Byouin.
>
> > What day are you planning to visit John?- Hide quoted text -
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> What day works best for you? We have been lazy with our planning so if
> you can give me a few days that work best for you I can probably
> arrange that. I am toying with doing part of the trip by bike; my
> brother in law works near Maibara (imagine that commute every day from
> his tiny local station near Himeji; takes forever) and I thought I
> could ride the train with him one morning if he can arrange a bike to
> be waiting for me in Maibara that he doesn't mind getting abused by a
> 60 mile ride. I ould use a Kansai Area JR pass or something.

I can't do July 16-18 (in Kyoto for Gion Festival), July 29th (in
Osaka), August 4-5 (babysitting Canadians) or August 8 (Okazaki
festival). I'm always in the bar Thursdays & Fridays with the except
of the dates listed above. And I'll open the bar just for you on any
other days.