- Robotics;Notes OP shows a space launch from Tanegashima Space Centre - might be something worth visiting?
Robotics;Notes OP on youtube
An 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
Tanegashima Space Center on wikipedia
Rough 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
Hiking in Hakkouda
The deep blue Towada Lake
Fed by the Oirase River
Mount Osore is a temple and miniature wasteland with interesting volcanic features
- 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
Haikyo - http://www.kirainet.com/english/vault-of-an-investment-bank-that-went-bankrupt-in-1997/
- Sakanaya (ăăăȘă), a sake place in Ikebukuro. Billboard has the name on in hiragana
- 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.
- Alex: "the ones in Shinjyuku tend to speak english. They'll seat you like a japanese place and have bar maids which are friendly"