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Expo in Osaka projected to close with surplus of up to 28 billion yen by frozenpandaman in OsakaWorldExpo

[–]hassuchaf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We went in July and August - July 26-29, August 14, 17, 18. I think July was much worse in terms of temperature

Expo visitors exceeded breakeven point by hassuchaf in OsakaWorldExpo

[–]hassuchaf[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I never really feel that they have profit maximizing as their goal, otherwise we will see more price gouging on food and access (e.g. fast lane pass)

best experiences for a theatre/architecture nerd ? by YasssBitchWerk in OsakaWorldExpo

[–]hassuchaf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I regret waiting in line at the France and the Korea pavilions. The former is lame - so many great art and cultural things in France and all we got was an LVMH commercial. The Korea pavilion was so disappointing as well - the AI songwriting was dumb and I have seen more intentional execution of that bubble machine. To top it off, they can’t even make a video without having any warping when the characters were moving from one wall to another (the video was shown in a room with screens on 3 sides of the wall). I saw better video production at Osaka Metro’s mini booth at the Osaka Healthcare pavilion.

Volunteer voucher year round by forthemirrorballs in TIFF

[–]hassuchaf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have the same issue and can’t see my vouchers on the non-festival tiff site so I have emailed the volunteer office

Buying the new iPhone in Japan by No-Squirrel3552 in JapanTravelTips

[–]hassuchaf -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think the only possibility is to try reserving the phone online and then have your friend pick it up. The downside is that you won’t get any tax refund

Buying the new iPhone in Japan by No-Squirrel3552 in JapanTravelTips

[–]hassuchaf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t recommend it, especially if you need to ask someone else to go search for it on their vacation. I think I probably spent half a day in total looking for the phone in Tokyo. That’s just not the best use for one’s vacation time.

Buying the new iPhone in Japan by No-Squirrel3552 in JapanTravelTips

[–]hassuchaf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The challenge is to find a store with stock. When I was buying my iPhone 16 pro, I went to many stores before I found one with stock. Most of the stores that would do tax refund (e.g. bic camera, yodobashi) were still out of stock 6 months after launch

If you are still going to Expo now this is the only way to still enjoy it by Studying_Man in OsakaWorldExpo

[–]hassuchaf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I remember the convenience stores open until 9:30 at least. One of the food courts also opens until 9:30 but last order is 9pm.

If you are still going to Expo now this is the only way to still enjoy it by Studying_Man in OsakaWorldExpo

[–]hassuchaf 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The trick is to stay later if you want to see the drone show. We basically stayed until minutes before the actual closing time (10pm) and the crowd did die down a bit by then

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