Going to Tokyo next month, may be staying at the Park Hyatt
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Going to Tokyo next month, may be staying at the Park Hyatt
So I'm still thinking about whether to pay the USD 500+ a night admission charge. Will probably be watching LiT in the room haha...
I'll be reading related posts in the forum... does anyone want anything/ pictures of xyz, or have ideas what I should check out at the hotel?
I'll be reading related posts in the forum... does anyone want anything/ pictures of xyz, or have ideas what I should check out at the hotel?
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Cool! I wonder if you can get some kind of discount somehow? AAA?! I figure if I spend the $ to go all the way to Tokyo someday, I'm going to spend the $ to stay in that hotel for a couple days!!! Take pictures of everything! Especially the views out the window! Take a photo of the fax machine at 4:20!!! (AM or PM!!!)
Ok good ideas! I just paid online, it costs USD 478 a night including taxes. I wrote on the online order form that I'm staying there because of LiT. Maybe the concierge has something 'extra' to give me haha...
The hotel used to have a LiT package but not now... I'll also try to buy the owl if it's remotely possible... More ideas welcome...
The hotel used to have a LiT package but not now... I'll also try to buy the owl if it's remotely possible... More ideas welcome...
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Yeah! I've just uploaded some pics...
http://picasaweb.google.com/jeffreyyen/ ... directlink
Some videos, the first two are of some water activity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k2L3tHPRow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY6cslPymB0
The next are of walking from my room to the pool..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOr45AFmV7o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DT720nxgzM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XolaPwkFQg
Thanks sam, i'll keep that in mind. Japan has so many interesting places, I will return some day!
background: Dupont Odeon's An insider's look at the Tokyo Park Hyatt
http://www.weareawake.org/litforum/viewtopic.php?t=885
http://picasaweb.google.com/jeffreyyen/ ... directlink
Some videos, the first two are of some water activity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k2L3tHPRow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY6cslPymB0
The next are of walking from my room to the pool..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOr45AFmV7o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DT720nxgzM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XolaPwkFQg
Thanks sam, i'll keep that in mind. Japan has so many interesting places, I will return some day!
background: Dupont Odeon's An insider's look at the Tokyo Park Hyatt
http://www.weareawake.org/litforum/viewtopic.php?t=885
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If you don't mind me asking, are you going via the english teaching route or being sent there by your company? I've been considering moving out there for years but the eikaiwa industry seems to be in freefall these days...SaitamaSteve wrote:Oh man, I'm moving to Japan next week and these awesome photos really got the 'ol nostalgia juices flowing. Time to pop in the DVD with a glass of scotch.
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No problem at all. I'm going via the JET program, so a little more stable than eikaiwa, but still English teaching. I understand your anxiety about eikaiwa--they are a bit freefall and unreliable. However, a word of advice--if you're serious about moving over there and finding work, a lot of people simply use eikaiwa as a means of getting there with a salary and working visa, and then after a bit of integrating themselves in the country, quickly apply directly to a school board/board of education and find themselves with a more solid job in the same industry. A lot of job opportunities in Japan open up by simply being there, so that's something to consider.samwright8380 wrote:If you don't mind me asking, are you going via the english teaching route or being sent there by your company? I've been considering moving out there for years but the eikaiwa industry seems to be in freefall these days...SaitamaSteve wrote:Oh man, I'm moving to Japan next week and these awesome photos really got the 'ol nostalgia juices flowing. Time to pop in the DVD with a glass of scotch.
And man, knowing that I'll be there so soon has me wanting to watch the movie more and more.
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Congratulations! From what I've heard about the rising number of JET applications recently, it's no mean feat to get a place on the programme. I think your advice is sound on using eikaiwa as a stepping stone; I lived in Spain a few years back and I bagged a fairly good job through contacts that wouldn't have been available to me outside of the country. I've had the notion in my head of coming over for about four years and have managed to get myself out of the cycle of work and into university; but times change and in those last four years job prospects over there have gone from 'employ anyone with a pulse' to 100 applicants per sub 250k a year job. Right now trying to get into post grad teacher training and an international school is starting to appeal. Did they place you in the deep countryside? I know JET has a penchant for placing people in deepest darkest nowhere...SaitamaSteve wrote:No problem at all. I'm going via the JET program, so a little more stable than eikaiwa, but still English teaching. I understand your anxiety about eikaiwa--they are a bit freefall and unreliable. However, a word of advice--if you're serious about moving over there and finding work, a lot of people simply use eikaiwa as a means of getting there with a salary and working visa, and then after a bit of integrating themselves in the country, quickly apply directly to a school board/board of education and find themselves with a more solid job in the same industry. A lot of job opportunities in Japan open up by simply being there, so that's something to consider.samwright8380 wrote:If you don't mind me asking, are you going via the english teaching route or being sent there by your company? I've been considering moving out there for years but the eikaiwa industry seems to be in freefall these days...SaitamaSteve wrote:Oh man, I'm moving to Japan next week and these awesome photos really got the 'ol nostalgia juices flowing. Time to pop in the DVD with a glass of scotch.
And man, knowing that I'll be there so soon has me wanting to watch the movie more and more.
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Thanks! Yeah, juggling interests in getting education/certification and getting into the field of working can be tough. If you ever commit to heading over, I can name a few eikaiwa or at least job listing sites that are of more credible reputation. I'm not an expert by any means, but I've been exposed to them a little. As more my placement, I was rather surprised--I got placed in Shizuoka, so pretty much smack dab in the middle of Japan. I suppose I got pretty lucky, not being in the boonies.samwright8380 wrote:Congratulations! From what I've heard about the rising number of JET applications recently, it's no mean feat to get a place on the programme. I think your advice is sound on using eikaiwa as a stepping stone; I lived in Spain a few years back and I bagged a fairly good job through contacts that wouldn't have been available to me outside of the country. I've had the notion in my head of coming over for about four years and have managed to get myself out of the cycle of work and into university; but times change and in those last four years job prospects over there have gone from 'employ anyone with a pulse' to 100 applicants per sub 250k a year job. Right now trying to get into post grad teacher training and an international school is starting to appeal. Did they place you in the deep countryside? I know JET has a penchant for placing people in deepest darkest nowhere...SaitamaSteve wrote:No problem at all. I'm going via the JET program, so a little more stable than eikaiwa, but still English teaching. I understand your anxiety about eikaiwa--they are a bit freefall and unreliable. However, a word of advice--if you're serious about moving over there and finding work, a lot of people simply use eikaiwa as a means of getting there with a salary and working visa, and then after a bit of integrating themselves in the country, quickly apply directly to a school board/board of education and find themselves with a more solid job in the same industry. A lot of job opportunities in Japan open up by simply being there, so that's something to consider.samwright8380 wrote: If you don't mind me asking, are you going via the english teaching route or being sent there by your company? I've been considering moving out there for years but the eikaiwa industry seems to be in freefall these days...
And man, knowing that I'll be there so soon has me wanting to watch the movie more and more.
To tie it back to the thread, I'm not sure when I'll visit the place, but I'll definitely head to the Park Hyatt and post pics that I take--I know I always appreciate it when others do.