Comments on: A Months Worth of Whinges In One http://www.frugalistajapan.com/2009/04/a-months-worth-of-whinges-in-one/ Money saving tips and ideas for foreigners in Japan! Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:32:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: jamie http://www.frugalistajapan.com/2009/04/a-months-worth-of-whinges-in-one/comment-page-1/#comment-118 jamie Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:25:37 +0000 http://www.frugalistajapan.com/?p=275#comment-118 Wow~ Thanks man! ...It appears my closest one is actually miles away though. My ward is the only one without a taikukan it seems~ doh. Wow~ Thanks man!

…It appears my closest one is actually miles away though. My ward is the only one without a taikukan it seems~ doh.

]]> By: Joe Jones http://www.frugalistajapan.com/2009/04/a-months-worth-of-whinges-in-one/comment-page-1/#comment-117 Joe Jones Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:59:34 +0000 http://www.frugalistajapan.com/?p=275#comment-117 You're in Kyoto, right? Here's their full list: http://www.city.kyoto.lg.jp/sogo/page/0000013467.html You can copy and paste the addresses to Google Maps if you want to see exactly where these places are. <abbr><em>Joe Jones’s latest blog post is...<a href="http://www.mutantfrog.com/2009/04/22/pick-a-caption-kissinger-at-kinkakuji/" rel="nofollow">Pick a caption: Kissinger at Kinkakuji</a></abbr></em> You’re in Kyoto, right? Here’s their full list:
http://www.city.kyoto.lg.jp/sogo/page/0000013467.html

You can copy and paste the addresses to Google Maps if you want to see exactly where these places are.

Joe Jones’s latest blog post is…Pick a caption: Kissinger at Kinkakuji

]]> By: jamie http://www.frugalistajapan.com/2009/04/a-months-worth-of-whinges-in-one/comment-page-1/#comment-115 jamie Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:40:33 +0000 http://www.frugalistajapan.com/?p=275#comment-115 Good point. Will be on the lookout, but havent seen a goverment one around my part of town. It is a very ghetto part of town though, so it'd be tough to tell it apart from the mountains of city housing.... Good point. Will be on the lookout, but havent seen a goverment one around my part of town. It is a very ghetto part of town though, so it’d be tough to tell it apart from the mountains of city housing….

]]> By: Joe Jones http://www.frugalistajapan.com/2009/04/a-months-worth-of-whinges-in-one/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Joe Jones Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:15:17 +0000 http://www.frugalistajapan.com/?p=275#comment-113 Sports clubs are not for the rational exerciser. Studies which I have just made up show that 99% of Japanese sports club users are just trying to hook up there. If you want a workout without spending a ton of money, find a public gymnasium (taiikukan) or martial arts hall (budokan) in your city/prefecture. They usually cost 200 - 500 yen per visit and have all the equipment you need. They look much more ghetto, which is why you shouldn't use them for nampa, but they will keep you in shape. <abbr><em>Joe Jones’s latest blog post is...<a href="http://www.mutantfrog.com/2009/04/21/what-the-kanji-kentei-scandal-says-about-japans-disfunctional-non-profit-corporations/" rel="nofollow">Horiemon was Right! The Kanji Kentei Scandal Considered</a></abbr></em> Sports clubs are not for the rational exerciser. Studies which I have just made up show that 99% of Japanese sports club users are just trying to hook up there.

If you want a workout without spending a ton of money, find a public gymnasium (taiikukan) or martial arts hall (budokan) in your city/prefecture. They usually cost 200 – 500 yen per visit and have all the equipment you need.

They look much more ghetto, which is why you shouldn’t use them for nampa, but they will keep you in shape.

Joe Jones’s latest blog post is…Horiemon was Right! The Kanji Kentei Scandal Considered

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