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Japanese Ghost Town
« on: March 01, 2012, 01:49:21 PM »
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Re: Japanese Ghost Town
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2012, 02:00:15 PM »
Very, very interesting. I have always thought of Japan as such a high population density country that the thought of "ghost towns" never entered my mind as a possibility.
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Re: Japanese Ghost Town
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2012, 05:59:02 PM »
How awesome would that be, to take tours of Japanese people through that town at night, and a horde of wet greasy girls with black 8-ball contact lenses comes shuffling out of the buildings, like Samara from "The Ring"?

Fake a tour bus breakdown and a dead tour guide, maybe some cellphone jammers...

Then we all charge them for Karaoke at the end and sell them DVD's of their reactions.
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Re: Japanese Ghost Town
« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2012, 10:22:38 PM »
You could do that in places in the States.
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Re: Japanese Ghost Town
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2012, 12:23:46 AM »
Dangit!! When I first got to my ship I flew out and met it in Tomakomai which is about 7 hours driving time away from there. Why didn't you post this a year ago!? :'(
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Re: Japanese Ghost Town
« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2012, 01:46:09 AM »
My boat spent several weeks in Yokosuka in '85. Kind of a neat place but in hindsight I wish I'd spent more time playing tourist and less time playing sailor.
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Re: Japanese Ghost Town
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2012, 03:05:31 AM »
Sure it ain't built over a Geofront?
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