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Offer HN: Room in Japan
I recently married and moved to Japan. We live in a small city called Tokushima in about 70 square meter apartment. Currently we have a free room that we haven't yet decided what to do with. If you've been wanting to experience Japan, this could be your chance. You would fly to Osaka airport, meet me (I don't mind visiting Osaka every now and then), maybe see Osaka first and then take a bus to Tokushima. You could stay in the room for two or three days and then continue your trip on your own. You can take a boat to Tokyo, for example.
If this sounds like fun, see my email in my profile. I thought this might be an interesting way for me to meet other developers, too.
- jason_tko 16y agoCool. I'm tentatively planning to to Hiroshima this weekend. I'm ok for a place to stay, if you'd like to catch up for a coffee around the area, that'd be great.
- jacquesm 16y agoHow I wished I was free to take you up on your offer :) And what a fantastic thing to do.
- jamesteow 16y agoWow, I'd love to take you up on this offer. I'm actually planning to fly from Tokyo after visiting Vietnam in December. I'd only stay for a few days.
- coryl 16y agoHow generous of you, now that's what a community is all about!
- zaidf 16y agoWow. Seems like HN has come the full circle with this whole "offer" thing!
- jacquesm 16y agoIf this goes on we may have to change the banner default from orange to red to indicate our new socialist leanings :) It's really great, one week and I've seen people offering work, books, advice, copy, design, lodging and all kinds of other stuff for free or for a smile. Makes you wonder where this will go, it definitely seems to knit the community tighter.
- SiVal 16y agoHe's freely donating his own room. That's not socialism. Socialism would be if a group of you got together and forced this guy to "donate" his room to one of your friends while forcing the guy to keep paying the rent, then crediting yourselves with generosity and accusing the guy you're ripping off of "greed".
- derrida 16y agoActually socialism is democratic control of the means of production, and is an economy without government control. What you are thinking about is what happened in the USSR and just because the USSR propaganda agency and the US propaganda both called what happened in the USSR socialism, doesn't make it true that it is socialism. You must remember, in the 1930's being Socialist was a trendy as being Green is today, so all sorts of folks wanted to co-opt that name into their own cause.
- d3b14n 16y agoThis has nothing to do with socialism. Socialism is totalitarism and we are talking here about sharing.
- Klonoar 16y agoHuh. How long is this offer good for, do you think?
- Hovertruck 16y agoWow, I was just about to email you to make sure you saw this.
- bemmu 16y agoNot sure, what date were you thinking about?
- Klonoar 16y agoIt honestly depends on whenever the hell my passport comes in. Mind if I just email you throughout the coming month as I know more?
- teye 16y agoAwesome! I'm heading to Japan over Thanksgiving. We talked about visiting Shikoku again, so if I'm in the area I'll drop you a line. Hope you meet lots of interesting people!
- bemmu 16y agoOkay, do email me if you happen to be around.
- zackattack 16y agocongratulations on the marriage dude
- taima 16y agoDon't forget that Tokushima has Awa Odori, one of the biggest festivals in Japan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awa_Dance_Festival http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awa_Dance_Festival
- geuis 16y agoI spent a week in Tokyo last year from Christmas to New Year's. What an amazing experience. I had originally planned to travel on to Kyoto about halfway through my week, but Tokyo had too much to offer to leave early. I really would love to spend a few days in a more normal (non-hotel, non-Shibuya) setting and travel around.
- barrydahlberg 16y agoPersonally I did not enjoy the concrete jungle that was Tokyo. If you are into the more natural and historical side of things I definately suggest going back for Kyoto.
- tallanvor 16y agoI was in Tokyo around that same time - it was an interesting experience to say the least! The strangest thing was their tradition of having KFC for xmas.
- kjell 16y agoI'm sure you know about couchsurfing.org. You might try hosting a few people. I've had some of the best experiences of my life in situations similar to what you're offering, some with friends or relatives but a lot with couchsurfers. It's a great deal.
- paulnelligan 16y agoagreed, I've been hosting for 1.5 years now in Ireland and have had mostly very positive experiences.
- bemmu 16y agoThanks, I'm aware of couchsurfing (and airbnb), but I'd rather host other hackers this time.
- PaulJoslin 16y agoWow, I'm almost tempted, I've always wanted to go to Japan and was sad I missed it out when I travelled around the world - I'll have to check the cost of flights out.
- mfalcon 16y agoIt's really great the thing you and many other folks in HN are doing for this community. It makes me really happy to see where HN is going, I really hope to offer something similar in the near future.
- w1ntermute 16y agoWill this offer still be valid next summer? With any luck, I'll be doing research for the summer at a university in Tokyo, and I'd love to visit Shikoku for a few days.
- phoenix24 16y agoI hope its open next summer :)
- sibilsalim 16y agoJust curious. How do i trust you? :) More importantly, Why many of the commenters trust bemmu?
- derrida 16y agoThis is very nice. Good on you!