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hazard
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i hope trafalgar park gets a game lol
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Macsen
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Still don't quite understand why NZ are hosting this rather than Japan?
Let's not tap into the huge asian market at the very moment they are becoming a major force in the world of sports, let us instead give the WC to a sparsely populated island that's already had it once and now can't afford it. Genius.
And then it's going to England I hear. Wake me up in 2019...
Let's not tap into the huge asian market at the very moment they are becoming a major force in the world of sports, let us instead give the WC to a sparsely populated island that's already had it once and now can't afford it. Genius.
And then it's going to England I hear. Wake me up in 2019...
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nam97
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Yeah it is a joke, I am excited that I'll get to experience having the RWC in NZ but it doesn't do the Rugby World justice.
It should be in Japan for a number of reasons. One being it's tapping into a whole new, enormous Asian market. Two, their facilities are far superior to ours due to the amount of money they can get their hands on and we can barely afford to upgrade (yes upgrade, not build something new <_< ) our stadiums.
It will still be a good tournament but it's hard to think, even with 4 years in hand, a country like NZ can top what France did last year or even what AUS did in '03............. and possibly England in '99 :lol: .
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Prestwick
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My god, they've got frickin' pitches that FLOAT ON AIR!!! They have trains that travel faster than King Carlo's sleazy and spasticated yawns, they have toilets which BRING THE TOILET COVER UP FOR YOU WHEN YOU OPEN THE DAMN DOOR and have buttons replaying the SOUNDS OF FLUSHING if you have to make a really loud fart!
Their McDonalds and KFCs are spotlessly clean, they have no fake plants swimming in BBQ sauce. Their hotels are great and plentiful, their Ryokan are sumtuous in their luxury. Their people are waiting to say "konnichiwa!" and their technology and preparation is second to none.
...so why aren't we going there for a World Cup?! >_<
Their McDonalds and KFCs are spotlessly clean, they have no fake plants swimming in BBQ sauce. Their hotels are great and plentiful, their Ryokan are sumtuous in their luxury. Their people are waiting to say "konnichiwa!" and their technology and preparation is second to none.
...so why aren't we going there for a World Cup?! >_<
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jawmalawm24
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Yeah it's shocking how we got the RWC and its taken the NZRFU nearly 2 years just to decide if they're gonna build a new stadium or just upgrade Eden Park and I think they still haven't even started the bloody thing. They should of given it to Japan, it would of done the game of Rugby a whole heap of good rather than give it to a poor ass country like New Zealand.
Our country's gonna be going into recession soon so that doesn't really help and everyone's feeling the strain as it is so by the time the RWC comes around in another 3 years we'll probably have to pay $500-$1000 for seats.
Our country's gonna be going into recession soon so that doesn't really help and everyone's feeling the strain as it is so by the time the RWC comes around in another 3 years we'll probably have to pay $500-$1000 for seats.
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Haysie
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G'day mate,
have you been to Japan? It is the most confusing country to find your way around, especially with 4 languages and countless dialects.
Also Japanese people say what you want them to say, anything polite and flattering. Anything else they keep to themselves.
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Macsen
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Erm, would you prefer it if they were really rude? They sound like perfect hosts to me.
Japan is awsome, and not giving it to them would be an abomination unto the rugby gods. Rugby World Cup Japan 2015 Go Go!!!!!!! :bana:
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nam97
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Erm, would you prefer it if they were really rude? They sound like perfect hosts to me.
Japan is awsome, and not giving it to them would be an abomination unto the rugby gods. Rugby World Cup Japan 2015 Go Go!!!!!!! :bana:
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Yeah it is a great country. I went there for 3 nights when I was touring through China, which I suppose exacerbates my thoughts on them not getting it as it really is an awesome place.
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Bullitt
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*tehcnically, Wales hosted it.
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Charles
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G'day mate,
have you been to Japan? It is the most confusing country to find your way around, especially with 4 languages and countless dialects.
Also Japanese people say what you want them to say, anything polite and flattering. Anything else they keep to themselves.
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:blink: What are you talking about mate ? There's no 4 languages in Japan.
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Caledfwlch
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Also, the English players who were accused of the sex scandal could buy used schoolgirl underwear from the vending machines in Japan!
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Prestwick
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Good day to you too mate,
I have been to Japan and I had a superb time. Kyoto was great, the Japan alps, Nagasaki and Matsuyama were all fab thank you! The people were pleasant, polite and happy to help. Usually I was a ginea pig for them to try their english on. I really enjoyed my month there and I'm looking to go back again!
I think you're confusing Katakana, Hirigana and Kanji which the Japanese draw from to write with with languages. Dialects aren't really that much of a problem.
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Sir Speedy
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Japan 2015 sounds good. I'd love to experience Japanese culture while watching some rugby in their 1,000,000,000 seater stadiums that float in mid-air (thanks for the info, Prestwick). Question: what's Tokyo like? I've always wanted to go there - but nowhere else in Japan (partly because the only two cities I know apart from that are Nagasaki and Hiroshima <_< and partly because I can't be arsed to do any research.) Isn't Mt. <strike>Fiji</strike> Fuji in Tokyo?
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Sir Speedy
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That may have worked better if I accidentally used Mr. 
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Prestwick
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There are two things you must know about Tokyo before we start:
1) It is very, very big. Like so big that you'll go to the top of the Metropolitan Council towers and just see endless Tokyo in every direction.
2) Never, ever trust the Tokyo transport map. Observe:
Does that look easy to you? No, of course it doesn't. And don't even dare to think that because some of the lines connect with one another at certain stations that you can just get off a train, go up some stairs and find yourself at the next platform. Ooooh no, usually you just have to simply get off the train, find the exit, then find the correct exit, then find the sign telling you how far the down the road the line you want to get on is (usually 500 - 700m down the road) and then you make the journey and enter that station! I swear, the Tokyo Public Transport 'guide' is Japan's last ditch defense against invasion from China.
Apart from that, Tokyo is a nice city, in places. It is really several very large cities merged together. If you took a train from Ueno all the way to Harajuku or Shibuya, it'd stake you roughly 40 to 50 minutes. Some of my favourite parts weer Asakusa which houses the massive Asakusa Kannon (Bhuddist Temple not a massive Ork gun much to my dismay and shock), Akihabara home to 'Electric town' and basically anything you want regarding electronics, Japanese Anime and...er..porn. Its also home to the awesome "Maid Cafes" (for the lads) and 'Butler Cafes' (for the ladettes), if you had watched the Dancing video, you'll have seen him dancing in just such a cafe! On top of that you have dazzling shopping district Harajuku where Japan's fashion heart beats and can be quite amusing browsing through and if you want to party you have Shibuya or (or you want to feel like you're out on a stag night in Grimsby town center)...the crap-hole that is Roppongi!
Tokyo is usually so big, so loud, so bright and so brash that it can be really overwhelming. There are no noise pollution laws here and every shop seems to have a guy with a megaphone yelling out to attract customers. I do still reccomend it though! If you want to find out more, just search for Tokyo at wikitravel.org.
EDIT: To be honest, I'd definitely reccomend Kyoto, Osaka and Sapporo. In some cases Kyoto actually trumps Tokyo in some ways for having all that history sitting there along with all the usual Japanese mod-cons that you'd expect. Also, not being bombed to smithereens in the war goes in its favour as you can gaurantee that most if not all of its 'old' buildings are actually..er..old.
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Sir Speedy
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Interesting.There are two things you must know about Tokyo before we start:
1) It is very, very big. Like so big that you'll go to the top of the Metropolitan Council towers and just see endless Tokyo in every direction.
2) Never, ever trust the Tokyo transport map. Observe:
Does that look easy to you? No, of course it doesn't. And don't even dare to think that because some of the lines connect with one another at certain stations that you can just get off a train, go up some stairs and find yourself at the next platform. Ooooh no, usually you just have to simply get off the train, find the exit, then find the correct exit, then find the sign telling you how far the down the road the line you want to get on is (usually 500 - 700m down the road) and then you make the journey and enter that station! I swear, the Tokyo Public Transport 'guide' is Japan's last ditch defense against invasion from China.
Apart from that, Tokyo is a nice city, in places. It is really several very large cities merged together. If you took a train from Ueno all the way to Harajuku or Shibuya, it'd stake you roughly 40 to 50 minutes. Some of my favourite parts weer Asakusa which houses the massive Asakusa Kannon (Bhuddist Temple not a massive Ork gun much to my dismay and shock), Akihabara home to 'Electric town' and basically anything you want regarding electronics, Japanese Anime and...er..porn. Its also home to the awesome "Maid Cafes" (for the lads) and 'Butler Cafes' (for the ladettes), if you had watched the Dancing video, you'll have seen him dancing in just such a cafe! On top of that you have dazzling shopping district Harajuku where Japan's fashion heart beats and can be quite amusing browsing through and if you want to party you have Shibuya or (or you want to feel like you're out on a stag night in Grimsby town center)...the crap-hole that is Roppongi!
Tokyo is usually so big, so loud, so bright and so brash that it can be really overwhelming. There are no noise pollution laws here and every shop seems to have a guy with a megaphone yelling out to attract customers. I do still reccomend it though! If you want to find out more, just search for Tokyo at wikitravel.org.
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I've always heard Tokyo seems too big, but I'd go there just for the endless onslaught of neon lights and the culture. Although I'd love to visit the countryside there, aswell (that's assuming I find a way out of the city D
just to see some of those traditional Japanese homes (those ones with the elongated roofs (or rooves) one every floor of the homes), some temples and relaxing places.Thanks for the guide and the tips, btw. I'll be sure to come back to this thread in 7 years before I go.
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Prestwick
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Er..seriously, I know you, like myself, Mite, GOML, RC and every other patriotic male member of the various nations that inhabit the British Isles (including Ireland) love a bit of porn. We might like a lot of porn, but in Tokyo, every store seems to have to have at least seven floors. Porn stores are no exception and they house every kind of porn you could want...or not want...
Ground floor) Wehey! PWOARRR!
1st floor) Wehey! Ah-hahahaha! Look at those ***s!
2nd floor) hehehe, niice.
3rd floor) heh..er...
4th) .....
5th) Oh my god...jesus christ! O_O
6th) *commits suicide*
You get the idea. The countryside in Japan is interesting in that it is rather more obvious that Man has altered literally every facet and part of the landscape. In the mountain areas, mountains are reinforced with concrete to prevent landslides but are discreetly disguised with ivy and bushes. Along the lowlands, houses and golf ranges scar the land. Allot of it is simply one huge rice paddy to be honest. I do hear that the North and South of the main islands are far more remote and the national parks like the Japan Alps are far more plesant.
Ground floor) Wehey! PWOARRR!
1st floor) Wehey! Ah-hahahaha! Look at those ***s!
2nd floor) hehehe, niice.
3rd floor) heh..er...
4th) .....
5th) Oh my god...jesus christ! O_O
6th) *commits suicide*
You get the idea. The countryside in Japan is interesting in that it is rather more obvious that Man has altered literally every facet and part of the landscape. In the mountain areas, mountains are reinforced with concrete to prevent landslides but are discreetly disguised with ivy and bushes. Along the lowlands, houses and golf ranges scar the land. Allot of it is simply one huge rice paddy to be honest. I do hear that the North and South of the main islands are far more remote and the national parks like the Japan Alps are far more plesant.
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Sir Speedy
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Porn stores? O_O
I am so there!
To be honest, the Japanese countryside can't be as bad as ours, can it?
Wales - mountains mountains mountains mountains mountains mountains mountains mountains mountains mountains mountains mountains MUSHROOM, MUSHROOM.
England - flat and dull for the most part.
Scotland - never been there, but from what I've heard it's like Wales except: BIG mountains BIG mountains (lather, rinse).
Ireland - never hear anyone complain about Irish countryside, the impression is that it's lovely.
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Prestwick
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Seriously, you'll get so tired of porn after the 2nd floor that you'll never want to watch it ever again, thats how bad it is.
The countryside, I can't really describe it to be honest, its something you have to see for yourself. But if I could say something, it'd be that basically everything seems to have been subtly (in in some cases not so subtly) altered by man. The most hilarious one was going on a hike up one of the mountains in the Japan Alps. Upon reaching the first stage, I sat down amongst the clouds to sit and read a book I had been reading on the flight (the Great Gatsby). However, I suddenly noticed that in the background, I could hear a classical quartet cover of "We are the champions" and then "Let it be".
Basically, during the winter, the mountain doubles as a ski slope so all the way up almost to the peak there were speakers pumping cheesy muzak...hideous.
One of the nice things was that upon return to the Hostel (a lovely ski chalet, google "K's hostel Hakuba" to see it) I noticed the rushing sound of water. Basically, they had channelled all the water coming down from the mountains into these channels which ran down alongside the roads and were siphoned off into all the chalets. This meant you could have relaxing baths with fresh mountain water! Dough boy d-d-dough boy, fresh! Indeed!
The countryside, I can't really describe it to be honest, its something you have to see for yourself. But if I could say something, it'd be that basically everything seems to have been subtly (in in some cases not so subtly) altered by man. The most hilarious one was going on a hike up one of the mountains in the Japan Alps. Upon reaching the first stage, I sat down amongst the clouds to sit and read a book I had been reading on the flight (the Great Gatsby). However, I suddenly noticed that in the background, I could hear a classical quartet cover of "We are the champions" and then "Let it be".
Basically, during the winter, the mountain doubles as a ski slope so all the way up almost to the peak there were speakers pumping cheesy muzak...hideous.
One of the nice things was that upon return to the Hostel (a lovely ski chalet, google "K's hostel Hakuba" to see it) I noticed the rushing sound of water. Basically, they had channelled all the water coming down from the mountains into these channels which ran down alongside the roads and were siphoned off into all the chalets. This meant you could have relaxing baths with fresh mountain water! Dough boy d-d-dough boy, fresh! Indeed!
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