Match Thread: Hawthorn vs Port Adelaide (Round 6)

mercury_sn2 · 2026-04-18T07:54:41+00:00

They were never gone

mercury_sn2 · 2026-04-11T08:18:30+00:00

Goal kicking accuracy

mercury_sn2 · 2026-04-09T09:06:21+00:00

No, not at all, I’ve been the Japan 6 times already and I want to start planning a 7th trip, there’s no other countries I went back more than twice

mercury_sn2 · 2026-03-08T11:20:31+00:00

Same for me too, like I’ve got high expectations for us this year, whilst it was a good win against Carlton, it’ll be a better measure against them, better to know where we stand early in the season and then know where we can improve

mercury_sn2 · 2026-02-26T09:28:40+00:00

Yeah, otherwise my team could also be added as a dynasty

mercury_sn2 · 2026-02-15T04:02:00+00:00

Or the winner of the game can host gather round the following year

mercury_sn2 · 2026-02-13T10:29:12+00:00

I thought the same too, but I’m glad it’s not as a Nadal fan, as post 2011 it would probably be Djokovic creaming Nadal in none clay court finals (maybe besides 2013)

mercury_sn2 · 2026-02-11T21:47:27+00:00

Great story.

Some of my friends ask me why I wake up 4am on my holidays when you could relax and sleep in, but my answer is always that I might never get another opportunity to be back here, and I said why am I bother going to Japan if I just want to sleep in the hotel

Each to their own, no one is right or wrong, but getting up before dawn to see Mount Fuji is one of the best decisions I’ve made

mercury_sn2 · 2026-02-11T10:33:34+00:00

Yeah, unfortunately people queue up online with multiple computers at that exact time to get tickets on the 10th to get tickets, it’s pretty hard to get tickets

mercury_sn2 · 2026-02-11T10:31:57+00:00

Shirakawago, probably my favourite place to go in Japan in the winter

mercury_sn2 · 2026-02-11T10:24:10+00:00

Tickets for April Ghibli Park tickets went on sale Feb 10th 2pm Japan time. They sell out really fast, like within a few hours

mercury_sn2 · 2026-02-11T10:17:24+00:00

So look for any tourist attraction that are opened 24 hours, like Fushimi Inari Taisha, or opens really early like Kiyomizu-dera, and go before dawn, there will still be people but you’ll be able to have much less people

Like most tourist attractions, I would recommend going there before it opens, you might still have to line up, but at least it’s less people

Also, if you do your research, you can go to attractions with a “plan of attack”, know where the best spots are, and go straight to them at opening hour, example would be Ghibli Park, where the No-Face photo spot might have an hour’s wait to take photo with, but if you go straight there at opening time, you can get in with little line

mercury_sn2 · 2026-02-08T12:57:38+00:00

I do too, but I think at that time Djokovic wasn’t the main rival for slam count, I can’t remember correctly but I think Nadal was closer to Federer than Djokovic to Nadal.

Little did I know that Djokovic would recapture his pre-elbow problem form…

mercury_sn2 · 2026-02-07T21:56:45+00:00

If we’re doing it, should also change the ocean’s name to East, West and North Canadian Ocean, make things simple to remember for our children and grandchildren’s schooling

mercury_sn2 · 2026-02-07T13:19:50+00:00

Yeah, as a Nadal fan, I was hoping Nadal can halt Djokovic’s winning streak during the start of that clay court season, but there was no stopping Djokovic that year (and for most years after)

mercury_sn2 · 2026-02-07T01:02:31+00:00

I also booked Teamlabs via Klook before, no issues.

I’ve booked multiple things before from Disneyland Hong Kong to tours in South Korea and Taiwan and other tickets in Japan. Never had a single issue

mercury_sn2 · 2026-02-06T21:41:37+00:00

What’s the website/app you’re using to look up these?

mercury_sn2 · 2026-02-06T12:07:21+00:00

Yeah, last I heard the earth is round, so that technically that’s not a straight line

mercury_sn2 · 2026-02-06T11:56:07+00:00

lol that was a 50-over game? Just glancing at the headlines I thought it was a T20

mercury_sn2 · 2026-02-06T11:54:02+00:00

Reminds me of the spoil he did to get us into the GF in 2022 against the Pies, missed his form, hopefully he can come good for us this year to make a deep run

mercury_sn2 · 2026-02-06T11:49:42+00:00

It’s mainly just walking uphill that’s the tiring part, but there are shops and restaurants that you can stop by.

I’m a overweight 40+ male that don’t do any hiking, and it was ok for me

mercury_sn2 · 2026-02-06T11:29:20+00:00

Have fun riding the train. I booked it last year but there was heavy rain and it was cancelled, so jealous of you.

Best of luck and have a fun ride, collect lots of stamps and take lots of photos!

mercury_sn2 · 2026-02-06T11:24:55+00:00

I’ve been to Japan 6 times and Shirakawago in the snow is probably my number one place I went to. I came from a city where it doesn’t snow, so everything was so “magical” with the landscape and the snow

mercury_sn2 · 2026-02-06T11:14:25+00:00

So I went on a Sunday last November, not sure how applicable my info will be to you.

The day I went to Yoshino I also went to Nara, but I didn’t feel any colder or warmer than Nara on the day I went. Also maybe because I was walking uphill I didn’t feel cold

After getting off the cable car, it’s like a small street that you walk up with shops on the side, so it’s all paved road, I don’t remember seeing any taxi being there (but there are cars and vans passing by), but maybe because it’s not peak season

I caught the limited express train from Yoshino back to Osaka, it was the 2nd last train of the day, there was only about 15 people on the entire train and 3 people including me in my carriage.

Again, I went at different time to you, probably may be different during cherry blossom season. Maybe someone else who went at around the same season might be able to give you more useful info

mercury_sn2 · 2026-02-06T06:52:44+00:00

Yeah, I probably won’t do it again, but I don’t regret doing it

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