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Laura
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| Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 3:15 am Post subject: weather in Tokyo at the end of November? |
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I've got a chance to go to Tokyo at the end of November, and am wondering what the weather is usually like then. I checked out the records and averages at weather.com, but I was hoping maybe someone who lives there (hint hint) could give me a first-hand account.
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cocodrilo
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| Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 12:14 pm Post subject: |
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PERFECT about now! Bring clothing you can layer as it is pretty warm in the daytime but the temperatures drop at night. Very similar to San Francisco weather.
If you are heading to places for "koyo"(leaf viewing- GORGEOUS mid-November, especailly Kyoto!) make sure you have reservations for accomodation as places get booked up around now. |
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Laura
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| Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 3:25 pm Post subject: |
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| What about next month, at the end of November? I'm wondering if wet/rainy/foggy weather will be moving in or not. I guess I'm thinking about how nasty New York suddenly gets in late November. Even San Francisco starts getting windy and wet and rainy in late November -- but some days we have great weather too. Decisions, decisions!!!! |
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cocodrilo
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| Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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| It will be very similar to San Francisco. Rain is unpredictable here. Bring a small, folding umbrella for your trip to be on the safe side. And the layers of clothing, topping off with a warm coat, if you plan on being outside a lot. |
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Jonathan
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| Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Are you going to be going Laura? Just curious... |
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Laura
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| Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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| I was so torn...I love Tokyo, and my husband is going to be there for the week of Thanksgiving (and then going on to India for two weeks). But...I haven't been to my parents' house in New Hampshire in like two years. I thought about it for a while and my gut told me I should go to my parents', so that's what I'll be doing. It was a really tough decision, though. |
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Jonathan
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| Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm sure. Totally understandable though. |
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cocodrilo
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| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 3:29 am Post subject: |
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| Bit of rain in Tokyo these days(none here, heh heh!) but the weather has been extremely mild. Went to an outdoor sake tasting event last night and I didn't even need a jacket! |
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Laura
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| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 3:43 am Post subject: |
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| Oh man, I love sake. Had some great ones that one time I was in Tokyo. A friend of my husband's took us out to dinner and insisted on picking all the courses and the sakes. The entire meal was incredibly wonderful, and he told us all about the small-batch hand-made artisinal sakes he was choosing for us. You can't get sake like that in the US. |
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cocodrilo
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| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 5:46 am Post subject: |
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| November 1st was National Sake Day. It was also "Shochu Nouveau" day, where the first batches of the shochu of the season were released. (Shochu is a spirit similar to vodka but MUCH tastier that is made from things like sweet potatoes, carrot and burdock root. ) Funny, because the expression "sake" is the generic expression for "alcohol" in Japanese. "Sake" as it is known in the west is called "Nihon-shu" in Japanese(literally "Japanese liquor"). |
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Laura
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| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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| It's similar in China...they call sake "riben jiu" (Japan alcohol) in Mandarin. |
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cocodrilo
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| Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 12:14 am Post subject: |
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Laura wrote: It's similar in China...they call sake "riben jiu" (Japan alcohol) in Mandarin.
Do they call "Mao Tai-ju" Chinese alcohol? |
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Laura
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| Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 3:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes, they have something called "mao tai" that I believe is sourghum wiskey. It's very strong, and tastes vaguely of bananas and feet. I got quite drunk on it on a train going from Beijing to Xian once! |
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cocodrilo
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 1:56 am Post subject: |
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| The first time I had it I thought it reminded me of tequila! Love the stuff, but it's 50% alcohol and flammable. Funny you should have been offered that on a train in China(or did yuo buy it yourself?) as it's the equivalent of Dom Perrignon in China! Even in China a bottle sells for over $40! ($50 or more here in Japan!) I much prefer Shao Liu Shu. To me it tastes like shiitake mushroom juice, but it's delicious! it is drunk warm like Japanese sake, and some people even add a sugar cube to sweeten it! |
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Laura
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 2:05 am Post subject: |
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| One of the guys I was travelling with bought a bottle and brought it onboard for the whole group to share. The bottle was very fancy, all done up to look like the Temple of Heaven. |
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