# Japan Dopefest: the potential **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 13, 2002, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-dopefest-the-potential/98042 "2002-03-13T12:12:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-dopefest-the-potential/98042/41 "2002-05-15T04:28:30Z")
Yeah, but 12:30 AM? Who’s even gotten started by then? You might as well keep going until dawn when they start running again. 😃 :: shudders, still remembering 10,000 yen taxi rides :: ---
**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-dopefest-the-potential/98042/42 "2002-05-15T05:26:04Z")
You have actually taken 10,000 yen taxi rides?!? Good news, everyone! Dopefest Tokyo is on **Cerowyn!** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kuroashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9a140/32.png) [@kuroashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kuroashi)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-dopefest-the-potential/98042/43 "2002-05-15T05:34:00Z")
Don’t think I can make it on either of those dates. 6/29 is my b-day, and my woman is taking me away for the weekend. The next weekend is when I get my pedicure. ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-dopefest-the-potential/98042/44 "2002-05-15T06:25:15Z")
**Kyomara** , think expense account and a trip that included Azabu, Shinjuki (passenger pickup), Shibuya (24 hour bank machine) and somewhere in the eastern boonies (my boss’s apartment, where I was staying at the time). Now, if I could just figure out how to claim a Dopefest on my expenses… ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-dopefest-the-potential/98042/45 "2002-05-15T06:31:30Z")
Your pedicure, **kuroashi**? Sounds kind of like “Sorry, I’m busy tonight. I’m washing my hair.” Actually, now that I think about it, I sort of remember promising to visit the friend of a co-worker who lives in Sapporo. :: insert thoughtful smiley here :: ---
**Author:** ![Tsubaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@Tsubaki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tsubaki)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-dopefest-the-potential/98042/46 "2002-05-15T06:40:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Osakadave \* > \*\*So possibly a double dopefest in Japan - Shikoku and Kanto? Coool1 > cckerberos drop me a line at [osakadave@yahoo.com](mailto:osakadave@yahoo.com) please. \*\* Shikoku? I’m holding you to that, **Osakadave**! **scr4** , I would love to see you if you do Shimanami Kaido! So would my husband (since you are doing it on a bike). Give me a date and I’ll see what I can do at this end. ---
**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-dopefest-the-potential/98042/47 "2002-05-15T07:30:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cerowyn \* > \*\*Now, if I could just figure out how to claim a Dopefest on my expenses… \*\* No, no…never never ever write “dope” on your expense report. Trust me on this one. ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-dopefest-the-potential/98042/48 "2002-05-15T16:40:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kyomara \* > \*\*No, no…never never ever write “dope” on your expense report. Trust me on this one. \*\* That sort of goes without saying, which is why it was a conundrum trying to figure out how to get it on there. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tsubaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@Tsubaki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tsubaki)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2002, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-dopefest-the-potential/98042/49 "2002-05-29T23:55:57Z")
_bump_ **scr4** , do you have any firm dates yet? (and I don’t mean the edible ones). ---
**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-dopefest-the-potential/98042/50 "2002-05-30T03:58:42Z")
mmmm…edible firm ones. ---
**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-dopefest-the-potential/98042/51 "2002-05-30T04:00:44Z")
Aside from **Tsubaki’s** and **scr4’s** Matsuyama meeting, what’s the latest on everyone else meeting in Tokyo? ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-dopefest-the-potential/98042/52 "2002-05-30T05:17:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tsubaki \* > **scr4, do you have any firm dates yet?** Dates? I wish… Um, never mind. Anyway I have a manuscript deadline at the end of July and a conference August 22-28, so some time during the first 3 weeks of August would be good. Actually early June may be an option as well. How is **Osakadave** ’s schedule? I’d be up for a Tokyo meeting any time besides the above-mentioned conference and possibly a trip July 21-29. ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-dopefest-the-potential/98042/53 "2002-05-30T06:06:06Z")
My next trip is still likely to be June 22 through July 6! I’d be up for something during that period. ---
**Author:** ![Tsubaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@Tsubaki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tsubaki)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-dopefest-the-potential/98042/54 "2002-05-30T10:20:46Z")
See? I KNEW someone would come in and make a comment like that, regardless of whether I made mention of edible ones or not. And **Kyomara** , that sounds kinda erotic 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tsubaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@Tsubaki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tsubaki)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-dopefest-the-potential/98042/55 "2002-05-30T10:22:05Z")
Early August would be better for us. I think we have something on every weekend in June. Paging **Osakadave**. ---
**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2002, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-dopefest-the-potential/98042/56 "2002-05-31T00:55:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tsubaki \* > \*\*Kyomara, that sounds kinda erotic 😃 \*\* [evil villain]Then my dastardly plan has succeeded.[/evil villain] Actually, I was influenced by **FireUnderpantsBoobs’s** sig line: “Knock softly but firmly, 'cos I like firm, soft knockers.” ---
**Author:** ![Tsubaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@Tsubaki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tsubaki)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2002, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-dopefest-the-potential/98042/57 "2002-05-31T06:35:56Z")
Another question for the hunky **scr4**. Are you going to be riding your recumbant, or a MTB? ---
**Author:** ![tarokaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@tarokaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarokaja)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2002, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-dopefest-the-potential/98042/58 "2002-05-31T07:36:38Z")
And I thought Osakadave and I were the only ones in Kansai… anyway, if it’s a _zenkoku_ (nationwide) deal, maybe Tokyo (middle ground) would be best… how about a separate Dopefest in Kansai? ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2002, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-dopefest-the-potential/98042/59 "2002-06-01T12:07:32Z")
Hunky? You must be thinking of someone else… Anyway I’ll probably be using a recumbent bike. My trike is more comfortable but it’s probably too low to get a good view from the bridges. I don’t even know which route I’m taking. If I manage to take enough days off work, I want to take a ferry from Tokyo to Tokushima and ride across Shikoku to Matsuyama (about 200km, I believe). Any other nice routes and destinations around there? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-dopefest-the-potential/98042.md?page=2)