Hey there, hi to everybody,
I've been a tynan.com distant follower for quite some time now, and knowing about his passion for Japan I thought I'd ask a couple of things here, even more so now that SETT is rolling steady and allows easy discussion between the site's followers, who I suppose are like-minded and share his same interests.
So, I'll be staying in Japan for a week and a half minimum starting on Saturday, in Yokohama, for work. I'll have weekends off and possibly an additional week after I complete my job there, so let's say at least 5 days for myself: what can I visit in such short time? This opportunity has come only yesterday so I never really had time to think about what to do and how to organize a decent trip in the country, I only know I'll be spending at least a couple of days in Tokyo and that's it.
But there's much more to visit I guess. Osaka? Sapporo? Fukush...erm, better skip that. Any special place (from any point of view: nature, history, fun)?
And my biggest concern: since I don't want to spend all my money, what precautions should I take when looking for a motel/hotel and public transportation?
Anything else is warmly welcome :D
Thanks in advance to whomever will help out, cheers!
Andrea
After a long day in the sun at the 2010 Crossfit Games in LA, I've flopped into my Aeron in the RV, which is parked near my old stomping grounds in Hollywood. I found an amazing parking spot right near the Farmer's Market that has no street cleaning and is always empty at night. You'd be surprised how important things like street cleaning become when you live in an RV. Anyway, I don't have enough energy left to pull myself out of my chair, so it's time to tally up the survey results from a couple weeks ago and share what I learned.
Life Nomadic
This one was totally unexpected. Around a third of the people who responded said that they want more Life Nomadic. To be totally honest, I didn't know people were that interested in it. The site, when it was separate, never developed the same sort of following this site has.
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I'm not a believer in "free lunch" and I don't think the universe vibrates things to you just by thinking about them. But the closest thing to a free lunch getting vibrated to you by the universe is writing things down as they happen.
Before I go any further, I need to give you one piece of advice - start small and build up, so you don't overwhelm yourself. This is just being pragmatic. You want to scale up gradually, as I wrote up in "The Evolution of My Time/Habit/Life Tracking." You want to build small wins, lock them so they become automatic, and then expand.
I'd have a hard time convincing you of the power of tracking, so I'll just show you. I fill this out every single day.
