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Nice one, Gary. Japan is on my bucket list, too.
My wife is terrible at geography, and generally gets very messed up with her words. She was talking to her boss a few years ago about his holiday. He couldn't understand why she was so enthusiastic about his trip to Torquay, until she told him she had always wanted to go to Japan...
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when I was six someone bought me a big 'Picture Atlas' for Christmas, in it was a full page photograph of the Empire State building. My father saw me looking at it and told me he had been up to the top of it.
Always fascinated me since and it was my number one thing to do but never thought I actually would get there but I did.
Have done all my list except for the Florida Keys which won't happen now. Pretty much all of them were somewhere in America.
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Why not? Never say never... One of the most amazing places we have been, we seriously thought about selling up and moving there after we visited, in 2006. Sunset from a bar in Key West one of the most amazing experiences of my life.Originally Posted by Macca
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I've been to 75 countries, some of them several times, but on my wish list would be to become a "centurion", that is one who has visited 100 countries.
Some of them are now sadly too dangerous to visit, whereas others which were 'off limits' are now opening up. In some places natural disasters have damaged or destroyed iconic features and structures - so go and see it all whilst you can.
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Thanks Barry,Spent a month in Japan in 2012. Fantastic place. Check out Tower Records in Tokyo whilst you're there.
Have a great time!
will be checking out some record stores yeah.
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And you have to go to Kenrick Sound
https://www.monoandstereo.com/visit-...ound-in-japan/
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Yeah, they look like fun.
I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in
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Those things are monsters!
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Just go to the Akihabara district in Tokyo - the place is full of audio shops! Very few of them are at street level, so you have to look up to see the name sign on a bracket outside the multistorey shop.
Whilst there is a bewildering array of legendary and rare audio goodies to be seen, they are not cheap. And the stores having limited floor space, usually cluttered up with the afore mentioned gear, do not offer an ideal environment with which to do any auditioning.
If you know exactly what you want, then stores at street level will have samples of all their stock on display. Some of them may be able to arrange shipping of large items, whereas for smaller items such as cartridges can be bought straight away and carried in your luggage.
Anyway do visit the record shops whilst you are there - IMO nothing in the UK can match those in Tokyo. I certainly came back from my visit there with a dozen or so CDs.
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Yeah,
Looking forward to having a rummage around Barry.
Any other 'must do's' you can suggest would be much appreciated.
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