We're installing one called Ringtone. My brother-in-law talked my wife into buying it on a shopping trip that I didn't go on. You can look up what the camera shows and is activated by movement on your cell phone which lets you know there's activity in front of the camera. Saw a preliminary example a few days ago and will see it installed in a day or two.
Thanks for the heads up. Yes I’ll be there for the Olympics covering basketball. Funny thing is I hate seafood. Other than some NW style fish and chips. I googled “what to eat in Japan if you don’t like seafood” That’s ok, I can afford to lose some pounds! Unfortunate thing about working in places like this, is we don’t get much time off to really see things. In Rio a few summers ago, I worked golf and only had 2 days off out of 21. I’d like to see some of those ancient temples way up in the mountains over looking the city! I swear I’ve seen pics of some!
eat katsu don…..pork over rice...it's everywhere. Don Buri is basically anything over rice in a bowl...beef, chicken, pork, shrimp and weird seafoods that'll creep you out like uni....seaurchin roe....you'll be fine...you'll find a lot of McDonald's for westerners who can't do sushi or don't like miso or seaweed. They also have a lot of grills there...Mongolian BBQ...etc
Totally agree. I think Delta is changing the PDX-NRT flight to go to Haneda instead. But if you do end up in Narita, take the Narita Express train into town. Faster and more convenient than bus or taxi. barfo
Limo bus wasn't to bad, it was very comfortable and it picked us up and dropped us off at our hotel. Narita was a mistake lol, after a 12 hr flight the last thing you want is a 2 hr bus ride. We also went in and out of LAX. I'd love to do the direct from PDX but they were $1600 round trip, we paid $450 out of LA. Funny thing is we could have done LAX-PDX-NRT for $475 which would have been the same flight that costs $1600 PDX-NRT direct.
If you have a good travel agent that speaks the language you can get a lot more than a plane ticket...hotel room first night...picked up at the airport and driven to the hotel...I once found it was the same price to buy a ticket to Hong Kong from Taipei by yourself and just get the ticket but my agent got me a rail pass...weekend in Kowloon at a hotel for the same price Sometimes you can fly to 3 countries in Asia for the same price it takes to fly to one of them booked on your own. I'll always use a travel agent these days to get the best deals...I only book a solo flight if there's no time to check around. I'm not sure these days but back in the day...I learned to not exchange money at the airport or anywhere near it. I use an international bank and exchange my money at their branch wherever I fly.
You do not need to eat seafood to eat well in Japan, although the seafood is outstanding. Riverman mentioned Katsu, which I love, there is also ramen and udon noodles, various curries, tempura, yakatori, dumplings, shabu-shabu, okonomiyaki, tepanyaki, gyoza, yakisoba and much more. Not to mention that the Japanese do many foreign foods as good or better than where they come from There are plenty of burgers, Italian, French, Korean and much more. They treat food in general like an art form. If you've never had Japanese style ramen go check out Afuri in downtown PDX, or Ryoma Ramen in Beaverton by Uwajimaya. There are others also but those are the only 2 I have tried. Dude, I love Ramen. It's some of the best comfort food ever.
You may want to consider a few extra days after your work then to see some stuff. Tokyo is really built up, Kyoto is where youll see the best old world stuff. Hike Mt Fuji or do a day trip to Nikko.
There are laws against it, but recent prosecutions suggest it is quite common. You can buy a scanner that finds cameras. What town is your rental in?
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I've had sea urchin roe. It was God awful. It was at a Korean restaurant in Vancouver, B.C. The owner greeted me and my wife and asked if we had any children. We said not yet and he practically forced us to eat the sea urchin roe because he said it would make us fertile. He gave it to us for free and good manners said I had to eat it. I wish I never heard of good manners at that time.
@barfo, I got to thinking...I'll claim weirdo if you claim drunk. Fair enough? BTW, I feel for your Niece and wish her well.....in jail https://www.kulr8.com/news/video-sh...cle_cfbfb80e-e240-11e9-b090-4fce33637ceb.html
Sure, but you know the famous Churchhill line: I may be drunk, but in the morning I'll be sober*, and you'll still be ugly. *briefly, in my case barfo
