* Robotics;Notes OP shows a space launch from Tanegashima Space Centre - might be something worth visiting?
  * http://roboticsnotes.jp/flash/
  * Robotics;Notes [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhgunRon9qE| OP on youtube]]
  * An [[WP:H-IIA| HII-A Launch vehicle]] is shown, F17 (flight 17) specifically
   * F17 was a "202" configuration - 2 stages, 0 Liquid Rocket Boosters, 2 Solid Rocket Boosters
  * [[WP:Tanegashima_Space_Center| Tanegashima Space Center]] on wikipedia
  * Rough [[https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Kukinaga,+Minamitane,+Kagoshima+Prefecture,+Japan&hl=en&ll=30.388832,130.94274&spn=0.005275,0.010504&sll=30.41996,130.950165&sspn=0.168754,0.336113&oq=kukinaga&hnear=Kukinaga,+Minamitane,+Kumage+District,+Kagoshima+Prefecture,+Japan&t=h&z=17| location on google maps]] of the space museum
  * EN homepage: http://www.jaxa.jp/visit/tanegashima/index_e.html
   * Unclear whether launches are viewable or not
  * Tanegashima is a small island near Kagoshima, off the far south-west end of the main island of Japan
  * Not crazy-far like Okinawa, more like 50km from the mainland
 * [[http://wikitravel.org/en/Aomori_%28prefecture%29| Aomori]]
  * Hiking in [[WP:Hakkoda_Mountains| Hakkouda]]
  * The deep blue [[WP:Lake_Towada| Towada Lake]]
  * Fed by the [[WP:Oirase_River| Oirase River]]
  * [[http://wikitravel.org/en/Mount_Osore| Mount Osore]] is a temple and miniature wasteland with interesting volcanic features
 * [[WP:Enoshima]]
  * Setting for Tsuritama and Taritari
 * Aokigahara - the "suicide forest" near Mt Fuji
 * And and all of these ruins: http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/ruins-gallery/
 * A long bridge to the end of the world (search danbooru for that piece of K-On art)
 * Fukushima
  * http://www.dannychoo.com/post/en/26585/Fukushima+Exclusion+Zone+Photos.html
  * Dosimeters may be a good idea
   * http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nuclear-Radiation-Detector-Digital-LCD-Geiger-Dosimeter-Survey-Dose-Gamma-Count-/170879663101?pt=BI_Security_Fire_Protection&hash=item27c938bbfd
   * http://www.anythingradioactive.com/geiger.htm
 * Haikyo - http://www.kirainet.com/english/vault-of-an-investment-bank-that-went-bankrupt-in-1997/
 * Visit [[WP:Shimane_Prefecture| Shimane]], the setting for the film [[WP:Railways_(film)| Railways]]

 * Sakanaya (さかなや), a sake place in Ikebukuro.  Billboard has the name on in hiragana
  * http://goo.gl/maps/1oDz   
  * Alex: "it is my absolute favourite place but their english is about as good as that of a kitten. The boss man knows my name so if you say Mr. Sayle (or Mr. Alex  for that matter) sent you, you may get away with murder."
 * HUB - the japanese version of an irish pub.
  * http://goo.gl/maps/PKcn
  * Alex: "the ones in Shinjyuku tend to speak english. They'll seat you like a japanese place and have bar maids which are friendly"
 * Yanaka Ginza
 * Heaven's Door Bar in Shimokitazawa