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James Ivings

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Digital Nomad for 8+ years, bootstrapping products around the world! 🌏

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I think whenever I do find any hidden gems then I'm gonna bloody well keep them hidden The world has an awful "TikTok tourism" problem right now (Japan especially) and I don't want to contribute to that πŸ˜…

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The rules in Airbnb's in Japan are on another level ❌ No shoes ❌ No smoking inside ❌ No smoking outside ❌ No loitering outside ❌ No loitering in the hallway ❌ No noise in the hallway ❌ Don't take the keys outside (???) ❌ Don't speak loudly ❌ Don't eat or drink in the

The rules in <a href="/Airbnb/">Airbnb</a>'s in Japan are on another level 

❌ No shoes
❌ No smoking inside
❌ No smoking outside
❌ No loitering outside
❌ No loitering in the hallway
❌ No noise in the hallway
❌ Don't take the keys outside (???)
❌ Don't speak loudly
❌ Don't eat or drink in the
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We're in Tokyo for Christmas day and due to a *very* successful advertising campaign in the 1970s, everyone orders KFC for Xmas dinner πŸ˜€ So when in Rome! Merry Christmas everyone! πŸ—πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅

We're in Tokyo for Christmas day and due to a *very* successful advertising campaign in the 1970s, everyone orders KFC for Xmas dinner πŸ˜€

So when in Rome! Merry Christmas everyone! πŸ—πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅
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The japanese seem passionately indifferent about queuing for things Reviews of a cafe will be like "I got the train for an hour to get here and queued for two hours - it was worth it for this slice of cheesecake" There's almost nothing in the world I would queue two hours for!

The japanese seem passionately indifferent about queuing for things

Reviews of a cafe will be like "I got the train for an hour to get here and queued for two hours - it was worth it for this slice of cheesecake"

There's almost nothing in the world I would queue two hours for!
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Another Japanese stan post incoming πŸ‘‡ We finally got the courage to go all the way north to Sapporo and find the snow we came here for πŸ€©β˜ƒοΈ It's -10Β°C right now which is 30 degrees colder than anything I've experienced for the last 10 years πŸ˜‚, but we're having a great time!

Another Japanese stan post incoming πŸ‘‡

We finally got the courage to go all the way north to Sapporo and find the snow we came here for πŸ€©β˜ƒοΈ

It's -10Β°C right now which is 30 degrees colder than anything I've experienced for the last 10 years πŸ˜‚, but we're having a great time!
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Japanese reviews on Google maps are BRUTAL A few days ago we stumbled across a place with a cute 80 year old lady making fish + rice plates on her own Read the reviews after - "the food is great but the fish is always facing the wrong way on the plate, 2 stars"