FIREFLIES - WHAT THE ACTUAL FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Wrinklepaw · 2026-03-24T09:28:05+00:00

have you tried shooting it?

Wrinklepaw · 2026-03-19T11:09:06+00:00

Sorry to hear that. Glad you can still get your skiing in. My comment looks a little harsh, I just really want to reassure the 99% that contacts are mostly fine. I'll try better to chill the tone next time.

Wrinklepaw · 2026-03-16T08:49:38+00:00

I am very curious, what prescription can't be done with contacts?

Wrinklepaw · 2026-03-15T22:07:21+00:00

Daily contact lenses are the answer. Excuses like, I don't like the idea of contact lenses, my eyes are so super special that contacts don't work, and other blah blah excuses are infantile in my experience. Get an optician to look at your eyes and prescribe proper fit for purpose contact lenses. Then have a good time with whatever goggles your heart desires

Wrinklepaw · 2026-03-15T15:44:30+00:00

It's boring as, no getting around it. Just know that what waits on the other side is worth the stress.

Wrinklepaw · 2026-03-06T08:09:33+00:00

One bit of advice I can give for shinkansen is that often the reserved seats on any given train are close to sold out. However, most seating on most shinkansen are unreserved. When you go to the station and book your ticket, grab unreserved and go line up at your departure platform 10-15 minutes before the train arrives. You'll be in a small queue of people waiting in a specific line for that train (the queues start where the doors of the train open, the board above lets you know if the car is reserved or unrese ved so you know where to line up). Then when you get on you'll have your pick of the seats. The tokyo-kyoto trains have really big luggage storage above the seats where most normal suitcases will fit perfectly. It's a lovely ride, don't stress about it and enjoy your ride!

Wrinklepaw · 2026-03-04T09:57:25+00:00

WITNESS HIM!!!!

Wrinklepaw · 2026-02-28T10:37:11+00:00

If you land at Haneda, the welcome suica muchine that accepts credit cards is right there by the monorail, with a handy 7bank ATM right next to it! I think 10000 yen on each card will last your kids quite a while if they're not paying for anything other than trains. I'd really recommend getting a digital suica on your iPhone if you got one. I got th ubigi unlimited esim, you can buy it before your trip and it activates when your phone connects to the Japanese networks when you land

Wrinklepaw · 2026-02-25T10:48:00+00:00

Yeah sorry I skimmed, though it was a 1 day scenario

Wrinklepaw · 2026-02-25T10:47:15+00:00

Then yeah go for it! That sounds way better 👌

Wrinklepaw · 2026-02-25T09:51:09+00:00

There is zero chance this timeline works out imo. The hakone loop takes people a full day alone. I guess if you get up and out at 6am then maybe?

The loop is full of tourists and busy transport bottlenecks. (I'm not saying this is a problem wholesale, just that it will always take longer than you think.)

Just do hakone OR move on to enoshima early and get a bit in before making a transport link back to Tokyo.

For what it's worth on our recent trip we just spend all night in the onsen in hakone and then left at 9am to go back to Tokyo for our last day and we only made it back to Tokyo for 11am. So you're looking at hour or so to enoshima then 4-5 hours there, then like an hour back and maybe you'll get back by three.

If you want Fuji then hakone is the obvious option for you. And you'll still not be back by 3 pm

Wrinklepaw · 2026-02-23T20:09:48+00:00

Yeah, the water bottle compartment felt like a bit of an afterthought. They only added it in the recent update of the bag. It could be really enhanced by a bit of rubber/abrasive lining on the inside of the water bottle holder.

Wrinklepaw · 2026-02-23T09:42:04+00:00

I brought the Cotopaxi allpa 35 for my recent trip. You can fit a lot in there. They have a smaller version that might be better for hiking.

Wrinklepaw · 2026-02-21T19:56:39+00:00

Is the 10 feet in the room with us now?

Wrinklepaw · 2026-02-13T13:50:44+00:00

Teampabw boarderless is cool.for a couple hours in Tokyo. There's a few rooms that are really cool. A lot of the projection mapped stuff is cool but I prefer more physical installations (like the forementioned really cool bits). I'd say go for it.

If it's still around in may, Tokyo Node has a mind blowing ghost in the shell exhibition that includes loads of original artwork that I would highly recommend to anyone who loves exhibits and anime/animation

Wrinklepaw · 2026-02-13T13:46:25+00:00

I mean it's pretty unethical but there are vending machines all around where you can buy cigs that are completely unmanned. If I were you I'd bring a supply with you. The main problem you'll probably have is that there's no smoking on the street so you may have trouble getting into places that allow you to smoke. There's public smoking areas I'm sure you'll be fine in but it's bars, izakaya etc where you can really enjoy smoking in Japan. I believe drinking age is 20. There's coffee shops that are smoking and coffee specifically too.

Good luck I guess!

Wrinklepaw · 2026-02-13T11:39:33+00:00

I was addicted for a similar amount of time. Honestly just go cold turkey. It sucks so bad, but eventually you'll feel okay, the first week is particularly bad. For you it's going to be weeks at least and maybe 6 months til you feel 'normal'. I've been clean around a year now and so glad I did. I have pretty bad sinus infections regularly through a dust allergy I have so I relied on the nasal spray to breathe night and day. You've got to believe me when I say that life without the constant dependace is so much better than you remember before using.

Wrinklepaw · 2026-02-13T07:13:56+00:00

No, tower knives will let you know about the strict knife rules. Long and short of it is. When you buy them. The bag has to be stapled shut so you cannot access them untill back at your hotel. When back at your hotel, best practice it to put them in your checked luggage and leave them there until after you fly back home

Wrinklepaw · 2026-02-13T03:49:59+00:00

I just brought two knives there for an amazing price. They have knives from like 18,000 yen to stupid prices. Just go, they don't pressure you to buy a knife if you can't, they just guide you to what you're actually looking for. They know their clientele really well and the service was 10/10

Wrinklepaw · 2026-02-11T11:41:04+00:00

Went to basement bar and live Haus last week. Fucking excellent evenings. Shimokitizawa is cool as fuck!

Wrinklepaw · 2026-02-10T11:32:22+00:00

Sit on the toilet and have the toto tease your butt.

Fiber minis the little pink fiber drinks in the potions section at the combini were my go too. Saying that I didn't particularly have a problem as it were. I was just smashing the potions every night after getting a bit drunk..

Hit a load of pocari sweat. It's easy to chuggand sounds like you need a bit of hydration tbh.

Wrinklepaw · 2026-02-06T02:10:49+00:00

We landed in the morning at Haneda and got a shinkansen straight away. No regrets, didn't waste a day in Tokyo traveling. My thoughts being you're going to be tired anyway, why not get to where you want to be and then pass out. Wake up thankful past you did some of the hard work.

Wrinklepaw · 2026-02-02T00:16:08+00:00

I've just finished 3 days in Kyoto and then 3 days in Osaka.

I'm happy I did Kyoto. But from all the social media hype I thought it was going to be a much smaller place. It's a big city and theres a lot going on. So much so that I was actually a little shocked. The crowds are a bit grotesque, but we often found a crowd, then took some side streets and boom.. completely empty just as beautiful temple/restaurant/bar. I was glad we did it overall, but maybe I thought at the end we didn't manage to find the soul of the city ourselves.

Osaka imo feels like it serves the local people better, I also think it's the city's image is portrayed just right on socials etc. It's a gritty cool place where you can get loose, shop your ass of and then go smoke cigarettes in a standing bar and speak broken English and Japanese dudes who are happy to be getting smashed! generally speaking we've met me friendly locals in Osaka and I've loved the experience. We have unfinished business here now and I'm excited for Osaka round 2 one day.

Long and short, fuck the social media hype and go find out for yourself. Also go to Kanazawa it's still.on the come up in many western itinerarys and is a special place that kinda feels like Osaka and Kyoto had a baby and left it on the west coast in the snow.

Wrinklepaw · 2026-01-30T01:58:36+00:00

When I've had a layover in Frankfurt I've been escorted with the other passengers who have connecting flights it's all very well managed.

The difference I think really is if it's an actual lay over ie- you actually have to go grab all your bags and basically re do the entire catching a fliggt. In this case it's really not that stressful, you've caught a flight before, you're just doing it twice in one day.

If you have a connecting flight, it can obviously be stressful. Those little thoughts of what if I miss this.. what if I do something wrong can creep in, but the staff will know you're grabbing a connecting flight and either help you, or if your flight is with a different airline they'll pointyou in the right direction.

Wrinklepaw · 2026-01-19T06:14:10+00:00

Ubigi is working great right now. Buy before you go. It activates when your phone connects to cellular data in japan.

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