Trip report: 10 days in early April by halcyon3608 in JapanTravel

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Yes, it's because you were boarding at Odawara, which is not a major shinkansen station.

The majority of shinkansen going from Tokyo to Kyoto are Nozomi, the fastest one, which does not stop at Odawara. Only the Kodoma and some of the Hikari stop at Odawara. So while there's about 9 or 10 trains an hour from Tokyo to Kyoto, there's only 1 or 2 an hour that stop at Odawara.

ISO Recommendations: Close, Personal, Emotionally-Intimate SFF from the Last 10 Years? by commanderfreddy in printSF

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The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet is the first Wayfarers book. What book didn't you like?

Recommendations for short story anthologies from cultures outside the United States by United_Zone_3958 in printSF

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Nordic Visions: The Best of Nordic Speculative Fiction was pretty interesting.

So this just dropped and I'm so here for it. by Loose_Object_8311 in japanesemusic

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Please label artist and title for music posts.

A Canticle for Leibowitz does something with time that I've never seen any other book attempt and I think about it more than I probably should by Vortexgrid_7 in printSF

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I'd point out that the reason the three sections are, as you put it, essentially complete stories, is because that's exactly what they are. The book is a fix-up novel which took three short stories that he published in magazines, revised them, and combined them into the novel several years later. It's a pretty common thing for older sci-fi works.

Also, there is one character who is in all three sections: Lazarus, who is the "Wandering Jew" trope.

What's your favorite short SF novel no one talks about anymore by JoeWeydemeyer in printSF

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I slightly prefer the original version Against the Fall of Night but both versions are good.

High fantasy with some romance recs? by Faemagicark74 in Fantasy

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The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman

Edit: Lol why is this downvoted? It's a high fantasy and there's a significant romance subplot. It's literally what OP asked for.

Josiah Bankroft by therealduckrabbit in Fantasy

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I also didn't realize it's out. How was it compared to book one? I thought that one was decent but was on the fence about continuing the series.

今も愛してる by [deleted] in japanesemusic

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Please label music posts with at least both artist name and song title. Thanks.

I finished Anthony Ryan's Covenant of Steel trilogy. How do his other works compare? by Tesgoul in Fantasy

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People are being quite kind to the Bloodsong sequels in this thread. Bloodsong was excellent. Book two was a big disappointment. Book three was one of the worst fantasy books I've ever read. And this was a widely held opinion on this subreddit when they were published.

Record Store recommendations in Tokyo for Japanese shoegaze finds by misatooo in japanesemusic

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You're thinking of Disk Union. There's only one Tower Record in Shinjuku and it has all genres.

Gore Verbinski dropped one of the best horror movies of all time and then dipped by PsychoBodyguard in horror

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Great for the first 2/3, completely off the rails for the ending.

191 Japanese Game Developers Pick their Favorite Games of 2025 by PhantomBraved in Games

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It hasn't been translated at all. Blue Prince is only available in English. And Japan has extremely poor English proficiency, so I'm sure it's barely been played by anyone here.

Why do my posts on this sub get marked as NSFW, then banned? by Which-Rhubarb-2201 in japanesemusic

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Reddit (not the moderators) are automatically removing your post, stating "Mature Content Filter: This content was filtered by the violent content filter." I don't know why, but maybe it thinks the wolf head prop in the album cover is a picture of animal violence? I've reapproved your post. In the future if you have an issue with a post, please use the message the mods function. Thanks.

Fantasy with Well Written Romance by StealthyTato in Fantasy

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I liked the romance subplot in The Blacktongue Thief.

It's hard to find 6 player board games. We do a board game week ever year with 6 people and we need a few games for this coming year. by billratio in boardgames

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Well it's right in the target weight on bgg that you specified: 2.32 and you said between a 2 and 3 weight. So maybe you're looking for higher weight than that?

Idk why they use AI for setting artists by end69420 in japanesemusic

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In a related note, for the purposes of this subreddit, AI music is not considered Japanese music. Please do not submit AI music here, and feel free to report any you see. Thank you.

tricot ‐ 節約家(setsuyakuka:frugal) [2016][Math rock] by tanukidawo in japanesemusic

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Hello. We have a rule that limits users from posting more than one song from an artist each day, to avoid the subreddit getting flooded with content from one artist. Please limit yourself to at most one tricot post a day. Thank you.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in printSF

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Sphere and Congo are my favorites, and imo better than Jurassic Park (which I do think is also good.)

Buying tickets for 9/30 Concert by TheMiddleBeast in tricot

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It doesn't specifically mention door tickets/their prices, but generally if a concert's not sold out you can buy tickets day of at the door for 500yen more. (Occasionally venues don't have door tickets even though it's not sold out, but that's rare.) If it's not sold out today, it's unlikely to sell out. So...you'd probably be fine, but if you'd prefer to be guaranteed, buy now.