"Declan Murphy" <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:bt5vt1$3ko4p$1@ID-139419.news.uni-berlin.de...
> If cash is a problem then use the seishun-juuhachi-kippu. Mega cheap.
> You don't even need to know where you want to go - and with a few social
> and language skills its usually easy to talk to people on the train.
> Your journey could be your destination.

Ok, I did look at it.  But $100 is pricey for me, and it doesn't cover hotel
expenses.


> And whats with the
> foreigner-hating onsen BS? You seem to be a black hole of negativity. Go
> play in the snow somewhere. What do you want to do? What do you enjoy?

I do speak from experience, and I'm not comfortable getting naked around
other men.  I have been to Kyoto once by myself, though it was a thoroughly
boring experience in which I didn't talk to anyone for the whole trip.
I'm willing to give it another try if necessary, though do I really want to
keep repeating boring trips until something good happens?  Are there ways to
ensure there will be interesting social experiences?


> > Some people are under the impression that I do nothing but sit at the PC
all
> > day.  As a matter of fact, I have already been to all the obvious places
in
> > Tokyo, including the museums.  I just haven't found anything
interesting.
> Firstly - why wouldn't they be under that impression? You posted at 7:30
> this morning, again around 10, again from 1pm and again since five-ish.

Between 10-1, I went out to the gym and to get lunch.  Between 1-5, I went
mall walking in the underground mall of Tokyo station.  It's been a typical
day in that sense -- haven't talked to anyone all day.


> And secondly - you haven't actually given
> (despite several posters asking you specifically) any information about
> yourself that would help anyone imagine something that you would find
> "interesting". Apart from "meeting" some "Japanese girls" and zapping
> "slime" with a laser - what exactly would you find interesting?

I do like checkers, is there a checkers club in Tokyo?  Are there math
clubs?  I do like juggling.  Problem is, clubs like that are shut down for
the holiday seasons.


> Personally I think it is basically a tour of the latter. If you can
> speak the language sufficiently, or have a sense of adventure, then I
> would advise avoiding it and striking off on your own. I think the only
> reason people suggested it was because whether you are aware of it or
> not, in your posting style and persona you gave the impression of
> someone lacking the confidence to go and and try different things.

It's not so much unwilling to try new things, as it is that I've already
done them.  Theoretically, I suppose I could take a thousand trips to Kyoto
until one of them is interesting, though that seems expensive and boring.