ジェットで出るの

So many icons, and yet none that are appropriate for Japan. Well, have Neuschwanstein instead.

Heading out tomorrow morning for vacation. Like, an honest-to-god, picture-taking, sightseeing, hang-out-with-starlady38-and-kurayami_hime kind of trip. We’ll be hitting Kyoto, Fukuoka, and Nagasaki, and I will find out if I’ve buffed my Japanese language skills up to survival level or not (my guess: not), and it will all (I hope) be lovely.

. . . I don’t feel remotely ready. But as I’ve been telling various people, I think that’s because my brain’s baseline standard for international travel has become “London trip,” which is not a good comparison at all; by the time the fourth one of those rolled around, I could pretty much do it in my sleep. Last time I was in Japan was 2001, and it was for five days. Also I speak, like, 1/1000th of the language. So yeah, it looks less manageable. But I remind myself: so long as I have my passport and a credit card, most problems can be surmounted.

Back on the 18th. Until then, blogging will be sporadic at best, though I’ll do what I can. And there will be pictures afterward, oh yes, there most definitely will.

0 Responses to “ジェットで出るの”

  1. la_marquise_de_

    Have a wonderful time. I really loved my visit to Kyoto (we went when the worldcon was in Yokohama, and did travelling). Such an beautiful, historic city.

  2. mrissa

    I know the feeling from earlier this summer, when you’re going, “Vay–cay–shun? What book is that research for? Who’s getting married? I do not understand; is that word Spanish?” Have an awesome time figuring out the concept again.

  3. green_knight

    I didn’t speak any Japanese at all when I went over for Worldcon; and I backpacked on my own for a fortnight with minimal hassle. Most signposts have Romanji signs, and even Japanese people get confused on subways and trains and travel too far and have to backtrack. I found that very reassuring to observe 😉

    • kurayami_hime

      When a classmate of mine in Tokyo was recounting how he fell asleep on the subway and took the last train to the end of the line, our teacher responded “You’re just like a Japanese person now!”

  4. sartorias

    Have a great time!

  5. ckd

    I don’t have a Tokyo subway icon, so have a London Underground one instead! 🙂

    Enjoy. I’m jealous; I also went to Japan in 2001, and haven’t managed to make another trip since then despite really wanting to.

  6. shveta_thakrar

    Have an amazing time! I’m so glad you get to see Andrea. 🙂

  7. shui_long

    Have a great time.
    一路平安を祈る(ichiroheian o inoru)

    [statutory disclaimer: I know about three words of Nihongu]

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