I have gotten few options to choose from to install AC/Furnace. https://imgur.com/a/MWLN5qA has details of the equipments.
Location - Illinois (Close to Chicago) Living space - 2650 sqft (~3000 with basement)
Does the below equipment and quotes good? How much of the difference would it be in electric/gas bill between these options? I am looking for long-term benefit. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Brand: Lennox Option_1: Price: $14k AC: - Variable capacity cooling - 4TON - upto 18 Seers Furnace: - 96% BTU 110K; 2-Stage
Includes - Humidifier, Lennox smart thermostat
Warranty - 15-years of parts and labor ------------------------------- Option_2: Price: $12,750 (~$13k) AC: - Variable capacity cooling - 4TON - upto 18 Seers Furnace: - 80% BTU 110K; 2-Stage
Includes - Humidifier, Lennox smart thermostat Warranty - 15-years of parts and labor for AC ; 18 parts and labor for furnace
------------------------------- Option_3: Price: $9500 (~$10k) AC: - Single Stage - 4TON - upto 14 Seers Furnace: - 80% BTU 110K; Single Stage Includes: Humidifier only
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I started this little Sunday morning racing club with 3 or 4 of us a few months ago on GTPlanet. A few weeks ago, I started a discord and it's grown to 73 members quite quickly. The premise was and still is simple - slower cars, generally smaller tracks, but with some full race experiences complete with pit stops, tire and fuel wear. Not something easy for those of us....less skilled.....to experience. We call it OWS (Old, Weird and Slow). We favor those cars that aren't often used. No Gr cars here, and no race cars except the occasional historic one.
We have events that suit a lot of different people -

• Saturday morning races (moved from Sunday) - the usual format is to do a few smaller races, then a main event of at least a half hour, complete with all the racing goodness using accelerated tire wear, fuel consumption and time.
  
  • Petit Gateaux - small cakes? Yes. This is designed as a teaching/learning set of races on Wednesday evening. All skill levels welcome, just be prepared to share your setup on our discord if you do well! Whether you want to get better, or feel you have some things you can help others with, this is a very fun set of races, and is quickly becoming the most popular series.

Time trials - we have 'peasant in a reasonably priced car', based on Top Gear's segment. Drive a bone stock car around a small track and compare times with discord friends. And we have another time trial for those of you who like to tune!
More content coming soon! We have a Kart racing series in the works, and often a room will be started if you just want to race. We're slowly building and having a blast doing it! Here's the discord link, come join us! https://discord.gg/39WuUfnX

UFC 289 Live: UFC 289 Live [email protected], Amanda Nunes vs. Irene Aldana Live Streaming on Crackstreams, Buffstreams, (PPV)(MMA) Fight Card and Main Card Fight Time. UFC 289 the Ultimate Fighting 2023 Live Streams Reddit free Championship that will take place on June 10, Saturday, 2023, at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Watch UFC 289 Live Streaming.
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Irene Aldana looks to become the latest Mexican-born fighter to shock the world and win gold at UFC 289 on June 10. To do so, she must get past the Brazilian double champion Amanda Nunes. Can “Robles” get the job done after being given the opportunity of a lifetime?
UFC 289 is inside Vancouver, British Columbia's Rogers Arena. The first UFC event in Canada since 2019, the event airs on ESPN+ PPV in the U.S.
The UFC has seen Brandon Moreno, Yair Rodriguez, and Alexa Grasso claim gold for their country. Grasso beat Nunes' rival and MMA great Valentina Shevchenko to win the UFC flyweight title at UFC 285. Shevchenko was the -1010 favorite, while Alexa Grasso was the +590 underdog.
Per Bet MGM, Nunes is the -350 favorite, while Aldana is the +275 underdog. Diego Lopes, Aldana's coach who cornered Grasso, believes Aldana can defy the odds.
“Amanda is a tough fight for anyone in the division,” Lopes stated via MMA Fighting’s Trocaçao Franca podcast. “We know she’s the best in the division, but I think our team is used to fighting that, like Alexa did with Valentina. Everybody saw Valentina as unbeatable, and we went there and did our job to win the fight… I think we can surprise Amanda like that. To go in there and show something Amanda hasn’t faced yet, which is the level of boxing Irene has, to surprise her and bring the second [UFC] belt to the team and the fourth to Mexico.”
Nunes beat Shevchenko twice. She was ready to face Julianna Pena, the one woman to end her reign at bantamweight, before Pena had to back out due to broken ribs. Before Pena, Nunes was undefeated in that division for six years. She is ready to start a new streak in Canada.
Here’s all you need to know about UFC 289, from time, channel, and card.
What time is UFC 289: Amanda Nunes vs. Irene Aldana? Date: Saturday, June 10 FIGHT PASS Prelims: 6 p.m. ET 3 p.m. PT Prelims: 8 p.m. ET 5 p.m. PT Main card: 10 p.m. ET 7 p.m. PT Main event: 12:15 a.m. ET 9:15 p.m. PT (approx.)
USA/Canada: UFC 289 takes place on June 10. The early prelims start at 6 p.m. ET, followed by the prelims at 8 p.m. ET. The UFC 289 main card will begin at 10 p.m. ET. Nunes and Aldana should make their way to the octagon around 12:15 a.m. ET, depending on how long the undercard fights last.
UK: The early prelims for UFC 289 start at 11 p.m. BST, with the main card starting at 3 a.m. BST. Nunes vs. Aldana should begin about 5:15 a.m. BST.
Australia: The early prelims begin at 8 a.m. AEST on Sunday, June 11. The main card gets underway at 12 p.m. AEST, and the main event will begin about 2:15 p.m. AEST.
How to watch UFC 289: Amanda Nunes vs. Irene Aldana Country Date Channel + Live Stream (main card) United States Sat. June 10 ESPN+, ESPN PPV Canada Sat. June 10 BELL, Rogers, Shaw, SaskTel, Videotron, Telus, Eastlink, UFC PPV on UFC Fight Pass United Kingdom Sun. June 11 BT Sport Australia Sun. June 11 Main Event, Kayo Sports, Fetch TV, UFC PPV on UFC Fight Pass
The main card for UFC 289 is available in the U.S. and Mexico on the ESPN+ subscription streaming service for a pay-per-view cost. Earlier fights are viewable live on ESPN+.
In Canada, the main card pay-per-view is available on BELL, Rogers, Shaw, SaskTel, Videotron, Telus, Eastlink, and UFC PPV on UFC Fight Pass
In the United Kingdom, the main card will be available on BT Sport, with the prelims available on UFC Fight Pass.
In Australia, the main card will be on Main Event, Kayo Sports, Fetch TV, and UFC PPV on UFC Fight Pass.
Amanda Nunes vs. Irene Aldana PPV price: How much does UFC 289 cost? $79.99 (current ESPN+ subscribers) $124.98 (new subscribers)
In the U.S., the UFC 289 main card is available via pay-per-view on ESPN+, which also requires a subscription. The PPV price for UFC 289 is $79.99 for current subscribers. New subscribers can pay a bundle price of $124.98 for the UFC 289 pay-per-view and an ESPN+ annual subscription, which offers savings of more than 30 percent.
UFC 289 fight card
Main card
Amanda Nunes (c) vs. Irene Aldana for the UFC bantamweight title Charles Oliveira vs. Beneil Dariush; Lightweights Mike Malott vs. Adam Fugitt; Welterweights Dan Ige vs. Nate Landwehr; Featherweights Marc-Andre Barriault vs. Eryk Anders; Middleweights
Prelims
Nassourdine Imavov vs. Chris Curtis; Middleweights Miranda Maverick vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius; Flyweights Aiemann Zahabi vs. Aoriqileng; Bantamweights Kyle Nelson vs. Blake Bilder; Featherweights

I am looking to replace a convection oven and my budget is $2000. Not a whole lot, but it is what I have to work with. I found this for a pretty good price and I am wondering if anyone has ever used this oven and if they have had any issue with it?
https://acesignsupply.com/products/Main_Street_Equipment_CG1-N_Single_Deck_Full_Size_Natural_Gas_Convection_Oven_with_Legs_-_54%2C000_BTU.html
Any input would be appreciated, thanks chefs.

I today I was screwed over by StubHub on Stanley cup finals tickets.
I was scrolling StubHub for tickets to the Stanley cup finals game 4 in Florida when a ticket popped up. Now I was looking for a pair to bring a friend, not seriously looking because tickets with fees are way out of my price range. The ticket that popped up was a single game ticket in the club section for $114. I thought to my self no way this is real since the club section at the time was minimum $850 but might as well try to buy it and see what happens. And it worked. I got the ticket!
Now when I received the ticket from the seller it made a lot more sense, it was a parking pass. Yet that wasn’t the description it clearly stated game ticket. So I reached out to StubHub and person couldn’t have been more helpful. They said well it was posted as a game ticket and that is a mistake by us so yes you will receive a game ticket of equal or greater value so I returned the parking pass and waiting for the alternative ticket email to come through. Finally it did and I was ready to select my ticket for the game. Yet there was not a single ticket to chose. I called back and the woman wasn’t able to tell me why I wasn’t able to select a ticket. I finally asked to speak to a manager and after talking with her the truth came out.
She stated that since I only payed $114 for the ticket and the next cheapest ticket was $350 they would not be able to honor the ticket guarantee. Even though it was a mistake on their part allowing the ticket to be uploaded the difference of about $230 was to much for StubHub as a company to cover and that the only thing they could do is reimburse me my $114.
Now I think this is bullshit, if you mess up as a company that had a revenue of $9.8 BILLION in 2022 you should fess up. I purchased a ticket that was on your website and I feel like I should get a ticket to the game.
Last I heard is that if ticket prices fall to around what I payed (never going to happen) I will be given the opportunity to select a ticket for the game.
Safe to say I will never use StubHub again. Gametime is a better ticket app anyways.

I today I was screwed over by StubHub on Stanley cup finals tickets.
I was scrolling StubHub for tickets to the Stanley cup finals game 4 in Florida when a ticket popped up. Now I was looking for a pair to bring a friend, not seriously looking because tickets with fees are way out of my price range. The ticket that popped up was a single game ticket in the club section for $114. I thought to my self no way this is real since the club section at the time was minimum $850 but might as well try to buy it and see what happens. And it worked. I got the ticket!
Now when I received the ticket from the seller it made a lot more sense, it was a parking pass. Yet that wasn’t the description it clearly stated game ticket. So I reached out to StubHub and person couldn’t have been more helpful. They said well it was posted as a game ticket and that is a mistake by us so yes you will receive a game ticket of equal or greater value so I returned the parking pass and waiting for the alternative ticket email to come through. Finally it did and I was ready to select my ticket for the game. Yet there was not a single ticket to chose. I called back and the woman wasn’t able to tell me why I wasn’t able to select a ticket. I finally asked to speak to a manager and after talking with her the truth came out.
She stated that since I only payed $114 for the ticket and the next cheapest ticket was $350 they would not be able to honor the ticket guarantee. Even though it was a mistake on their part allowing the ticket to be uploaded the difference of about $230 was to much for StubHub as a company to cover and that the only thing they could do is reimburse me my $114.
Now I think this is bullshit, if you mess up as a company that had a revenue of $9.8 BILLION in 2022 you should fess up. I purchased a ticket that was on your website and I feel like I should get a ticket to the game.
Last I heard is that if ticket prices fall to around what I payed (never going to happen) I will be given the opportunity to select a ticket for the game.
Safe to say I will never use StubHub again. Gametime is a better ticket app anyways.

Timestamp: https://imgur.com/gallery/gcyhvKI
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I today I was screwed over by StubHub on Stanley cup finals tickets.
I was scrolling StubHub for tickets to the Stanley cup finals game 4 in Florida when a ticket popped up. Now I was looking for a pair to bring a friend, not seriously looking because tickets with fees are way out of my price range. The ticket that popped up was a single game ticket in the club section for $114. I thought to my self no way this is real since the club section at the time was minimum $850 but might as well try to buy it and see what happens. And it worked. I got the ticket!
Now when I received the ticket from the seller it made a lot more sense, it was a parking pass. Yet that wasn’t the description it clearly stated game ticket. So I reached out to StubHub and person couldn’t have been more helpful. They said well it was posted as a game ticket and that is a mistake by us so yes you will receive a game ticket of equal or greater value so I returned the parking pass and waiting for the alternative ticket email to come through. Finally it did and I was ready to select my ticket for the game. Yet there was not a single ticket to chose. I called back and the woman wasn’t able to tell me why I wasn’t able to select a ticket. I finally asked to speak to a manager and after talking with her the truth came out.
She stated that since I only payed $114 for the ticket and the next cheapest ticket was $350 they would not be able to honor the ticket guarantee. Even though it was a mistake on their part allowing the ticket to be uploaded the difference of about $230 was to much for StubHub as a company to cover and that the only thing they could do is reimburse me my $114.
Now I think this is bullshit, if you mess up as a company that had a revenue of $9.8 BILLION in 2022 you should fess up. I purchased a ticket that was on your website and I feel like I should get a ticket to the game.
Last I heard is that if ticket prices fall to around what I payed (never going to happen) I will be given the opportunity to select a ticket for the game.
Safe to say I will never use StubHub again. Gametime is a better ticket app anyways.

Ideally looking for two new cards - one for me and one for my partner. We share finances and would be AUs on each card. Would like to get a combo to maximize rewards/cashback based on highest spending categories.
CREDIT PROFILE

• Me - Discover IT $3300 limit, since 2016
• Partner - Chase freedom unlimited, $2000 limit, since 2015
• Partner - Bank of America Travel Rewards, $?? limit, since 2018
• Both Transunion FICO scores ~ 760+
• Combined annual income ~$150,000
• OK with category-specific cards?: YES
• OK with rotating category cards?: YES - but would prefer keeping discoverIT as rotating category card and not necessarily adding another

CATEGORIES

• Approximate monthly spend
  • Dining $200
  • Groceries $300
  • Costco $100
  • Gas $175 - usually Costco
  • Travel $50 - average 2 domestic flights/yeaperson; generally to visit family so no hotels/airbnb/car rentals
    • We are interested in traveling more so spending may increase
  • Can you pay rent by credit card? Yes - $2000 with 2.5% service fee

MEMBERSHIPS & SUBSCRIPTIONS

• Hulu $15, HBO $15,Spotify $10
• Amazon Prime Member
• Costco Member
• Current member of Costco or Sam's Club? Costco
• Current Member at Chase bank
• Are you open to Business Cards?: No

PURPOSE

• Purpose - Max rewards on biggest spending - gas/groceries. Travel rewards would be a good bonus.
• Cards I have been looking at:
  • Wells Fargo Autograph
  • Blue Cash Preferred Card
  • SavorOne Rewards
  • Chase Sapphire Preferred

I live in a market with well over 20 stores, I’m lucky on a good day to get 3 decent orders. Yesterday I did hit 3 (usually get 2 orders that are ok) I start at 7am. Today i did just the same and haven’t gotten a single order nothing, not a Sam clubs just a blank screen since 7am. What’s happening and yes my on.

I bought a used 90s Weber Genesis Silver B about 6 years ago and restored it. I replaced the grates, the flavorizer bars, gave it a thorough cleaning, and it's been an excellent grill. But the drip pan is starting to rust out, and the flavorizer bars that I bought have rusted out as well at this point. I'm thinking for how much it's going to cost to restore it again, it may be time for a new gas grill.
The new Weber's are great, but the Napoleon Prestige grills and the Broil King Regal grills are also supposed to be excellent, and they come with the option of getting infrared burners and better warranties at a similar price point. So they're tempting.
I wanted to get a discussion going here: why would you choose the new Weber Genesis over these competitors?
Edit: I should have clarified, I know I could keep the Silver B going for cheaper than replacing the whole grill, but I also want something bigger. So it's between the new Weber Genesis whatever bells and whistles, the Napoleon Prestige line and the Broil King Regal line, each with 4+ burners

I have been to every major nightclub in Shibuya a couple times at this point and I thought it would be fun to put together a "tier list" of subjective quality based on my experiences! If you've been to any of these clubs, chime in with your thoughts.
My experiences will probably be tinted by my identity: I'm 23 years old, American, and female.
S tier (Unbelievable):

• Ageha - ...I couldn't resist... I know Ageha has closed down but that was the most fun place ever. Absolutely huge, with so many different rooms with different moods, like a thousand people there every weekend, the shuttle buses... ahhh... nothing else is truly like it.

A tier (Great):

• Atom - Cream of the crop of clubs. Great dancefloor, great music and DJs, good gender ratio, quiet places to abscond to for a moment, fairly-priced and tasty drinks. Very Japanese, not the best if you don't speak it.
  
• TK - A club that's very similar to Atom in many ways including its good music, size, and Japanesey-ness. I slightly prefer Atom in many ways but both are similar enough in their quality to warrant an A tier placement.
  
• WOMB - Different from Atom and TK, WOMB is a massive dance club that plays house music. People are here to enjoy the music. It's pretty pristine and the DJs are top notch. WOMB would be the choice for people who are less interesting in boozing and meeting new people, opting to catch a smaller buzz and rock out with the "scene" instead. That being said, there's still people stumbling around and feeling each other up, and is very fun. Foreigner friendly when compared to the other A tiers.
  

B tier (Good):

• club asia - Foreigner-friendly establishment with cheap drinks and good music. Kinda dead on weekdays, but pulls a decent crowd on weekends. Seems to attract a late 20s-early 30s crowd if that's your thing. Very very open and friendly atmosphere.
  
• Ce La Vi - Gorgeous club atop a highrise. Strictest dress code of every club on this list, though it basically just means no open-toed shoes and men have to wear collared shirts. Both rules are frequently broken. Ce La Vi earns its B tier solely through its atmosphere. The music consists of American top 40s hits from the year 2011. The drinks are nothing special. The crowd is full of dorky dudes with their eyes glued to their phones.
  

C tier (Alright):

• Club Camelot - This one feels like an echo of Atom and TK. It is similar in style and size. However, I have noticed this place gets packed with almost all dudes. The performers are frequently scantily-clad ladies in bunny suits. A lot of salarymen. Just not really my vibe, plus it's far from the station, but I still think it's a safe choice.
  
• Harlem - The only club I've ever been turned away from. I'm a white woman of above-average looks which is usually a kind of "free ticket" in many situations. Harlem ain't having it. Still, I've had good nights here and it reminds me of club asia but smaller and cliquish, lacking that open and friendly vibe of club asia.. It is of course a hip hop club that plays popular rap music.
  
• Neverland - Straddling the line of nightclub and DJ bar. Place is small and doesn't pull huge crowds. The music is good and the drinks are cheap. Would like to go more, and it seems like a good place to go early in the night before hopping to the nearby WOMB or Atom.
  

D tier (Lacking):

• Jumanji 33 - It hurts my heart to put this in D tier because it is actually a fun place. It's mostly college students and other 20-23 year olds. Very cheap drinks. Very sloppy. Floors are just a marshland of beer. Lots of public displays of affection. You'll know right away whether it's the place for you or not. I would recommend going early in the night and bouncing out around midnight.
  
• Baia - Cool light system! Unfortunately this place is always dead, almost to an eerie extent, considering it's not actually that small (unlikely Neverland which is just a smaller venue). Gender ratio is abysmal. Catch a good event here and it'll be fun. Otherwise it's your run-of-the-mill Camelot-like club.
  

F tier (Bad):

• GASPANIC - ...I couldn't resist... like Ageha this place no longer exists, but it was truly an awful venue with no dance floor, bad music, watered down drinks, and everyone looked lost and confused.

Mitsuki, note, and Oath are honorable mentions worth checking out but I left them off the list because they are much more like DJ bars than clubs, despite their branding.
Let me know your thoughts! Hope this was helpful to someone!

This sub helped me out a lot so thought I'd share my experience in Japan. Hope I can bring a bit of a different perspective because unlike most of the people that seem to post here, we are definitively not early risers and rarely left the hotel before 1pm every day. Still had a great time and crowds were only an issue in a few places.
We're an early 30s Asian-American couple traveling from Germany, so we're coming at this from a bit of an in-between of Western and Eastern perspective. I have been to Japan when I was 15 with family, but remember basically nothing. It was my wife's first time. We had an absolutely wonderful time and both thought it was the best vacation we've had in years.
The trip was pretty last minute (for my standards at least). I started planning the trip from scratch (no flights, hotels or anything booked) in early April and our trip was May 18-30. We spent 5 days in Tokyo including DisneySea, 2 nights in Hakone, 3 nights in Kyoto including day trip to Nara, and 1 night in Osaka. We flew in to Tokyo Narita and flew out of Osaka Itami. We decided to fly from Osaka to Tokyo instead of bullet train back to Tokyo so we didn't have to buy JR rail pass and worry about luggage.
Tokyo

• We stayed in Ginza, which was significantly cheaper than similar hotels in Shibuya or Shinjuku. Maybe it was because I was planning such last minute, but I enjoyed the area just fine. Lots of restaurants and close to Tokyo Station which was convenient.
• Shout out to Star Club in Shinjuku. Had a wonderful Saturday night there drinking til 4am, chatting with other patrons and the super friendly bartender. Mix of locals and tourists.
• T's Tantan Ramen in Tokyo Station was one of my favorite ramen places of the trip (tied with the Michelin star one from Kyoto, but minus the wait). The bowl had a good variety of vegetable ingredients (which didn't seem that common in Japan, most ramen was just noodles and meat) which I really appreciated. Small queue but didn't wait more than 10m.
• The only restaurant reservation we made all trip was at Bon. Vegetarian multi-coursed meal. I would recommend, it was very nice, though sometimes a tad under salted for my taste. My wife loved it though. You get your own little private room to eat, even for two people, which was unexpected and very lovely.
• Asakusa has a tourist center with air conditioning, bathrooms, and an 8th floor view. Nice place for a rest
• Akihabara did nothing for us, as we're not really into anime or games. Pretty skippable if you are similar.
• I thought Ameyoko Shopping District was a disappointment. More like a flea market, it was similar to many Taiwan street/night markets that we've been to before. We also had probably our worst meal in Japan here, at a hole-in-the-wall Chinese restaurant where the food was extremely mediocre. I would have skipped this place altogether and go to Ueno Park or something instead.
• Character Street in Tokyo Station was very fun to explore, we did a lot of shopping there. Nice place to visit before taking the Shinkansen.
• We enjoyed Takeshita Street in Harajuku. As mentioned before we went at around 8pm and it wasn't too crowded.
• When planning I had thought about skipping Shibuya Scramble but I'm really glad I didn't. Something about witnessing the sheer number of people bustling about was so epic and grand. Reminded me of Saturday midnight at EDC (Electric Daisy Carnival) when the atmosphere is electric and everyone is moving from one main stage to another.
• Golden Gai was interesting to look at, but way too claustrophobic for us. Very small alleys and very small bars.
• I enjoyed Tsukiji Market a lot. This is one of the places I would agree with people here and advise you get there early. Take advantage of jet lag and get here before 7am, and it is literally a buffet of delicious fresh foods. (not much choice for vegetarians though sadly). By 8am it was starting to get REALLY crowded. I prefer picking out my sashimi this way as opposed to a restaurant tbh, you can look at many options and pick whatever looks freshest. First time eating Wagyu here, had it on a stick. Delicious. Not the cheapest, but I figured if I ate it at a restaurant I'd also be paying for table service and atmosphere. I'm not big on the "restaurant experience", I'd rather just eat my food and be on my way.
• I thought Hamarikyu Gardens was wonderful. I love city parks where there is green, peaceful nature in the fore ground, contrasted by enormous skyscrapers towering in the background. Hamarikyu Gardens fits that perfectly. Got there right when they opened after visiting Tsukiji Market and it was a perfect way to walk off the big hearty breakfast. ~1 hour at a moderate pace should do it.
• Ginza Corridor after work was very interesting to see around 5-7pm or so. Simply packed to the brim with business folks wearing suits and having a good time after their work day

DisneySea

• We checked the weather and specifically went on a rainy weekday. I highly recommend, it was not crowded at all. Almost all the rides are indoors anyway and most of the queueing is either inside or covered. We got to the park at 2pm and basically rode everything we wanted before the park closed at 9pm with time to spare.
• Popular rides still had 40m-1hour wait, but we used premier pass for Center of the Earth and Soaring. Most we ever waited was 20m for Finding Nemo (similar to Star Tours, all in Japanese but very fun). I checked the app the next day when it was sunny and saw the wait times for each attraction were 3-4x longer.
• Another thing I think the rain helped with was that the premier passes did not sell out. We were able to buy them as late as 6pm to Journey to the Center of the Earth. (Fun ride, but I can't imagine waiting 1.5 hours for it)
• I think Soaring is pretty meh, I'd probably skip it next time. I've been to the one in CA ages ago and remember thinking it was just okay too, but we had extra time so decided to try it here.
• Sinbad was excellent, the ride that most exceeded expectations. It's basically "It's A Small World" but way better animatronics and story telling.
• Indiana Jones is worse than in the one in California (less exciting, no fire effects), but the line was nonexistent so we went on it twice.
• It stopped raining at night too so we were able to catch the Believe show with no issues. It's a good show but it is very long, about 40m. Much longer than I thought. After show is over, there's only about ~1 hour before the park closes, so good time to catch a last ride at one of the popular attractions while the locals are heading home.
• I love how every restaurant has a display in front that shows you what the food will look like. They were all extremely accurate and not at all misleading!
• (not a tip but a rant, is it really necessary to have 10 thousand parking spots when the vast majority of people are going to arrive on Tokyo's world-class public transit system?)

Hakone

• Open Air Museum was really nice on a pleasant day. It's mostly outdoors. We spent a leisurely two hours there, but you could probably do it in one hour at a brisk pace.
• We left our Ryokan at 1pm to do the Hakone Loop and still completed it comfortably with plenty of time spent on shopping.
• Speaking of shopping, Cat Goods near Gora station was a wonderful little store full of cat stuff!! Our shopping list in Japan was basically to buy as much cat-themed home goods at possible, and we went crazy here. They also do tax-free! Recommend this place if cat-themed goods sounds interesting to you, the shop people were super nice!
• We stayed 2 nights 3 days in a Ryokan. I purchased Hakone free pass for 3 days, which was maybe not worth it. The first and last day we only took transport to leave Hakone to Odawara station, so I think it would have been cheaper to use the IC card to pay for it ad-hoc instead of an entire extra "free pass" day. Might be worth looking in to.
• If you have the Freepass, don't tag IC card at the stations. Show your Freepass to the attendant instead. It can't be a screenshot, they need to see the day
• Google Maps was great everywhere except Hakone. For some reason it was especially unreliable here, it led us stray a few times.
• Busses are faster for getting around, but have very little space for luggage and seemed packed with locals. If time is not an issue, I'd ride the Hakonetozan Line with your luggage, much more comfortable and more space.
• If you can spare the money, getting a private onsen was really really nice. Plus you can drink while you chill!

Kyoto

• Had an excellent time at Gion Bar M16, favorite bar experience we went to in Japan. The owner was super friendly and welcoming, and was himself a very interesting person that has lived a full life and travelled all over the world. Very interesting to talk to. He was also very knowledgeable about whiskey and drank whiskey with us while letting us try some different whiskeys and giving recs about what to buy and bring home. Also gave us lots of delicious and interesting snacks while we got drunk together. We also met a friend of the owner there who is a foreigner that has been living in Japan for 8 years, and gave us some recs.
• One of his recs was Eikan-do Temple as a less-crowded temple option. Good rec! We really enjoyed this place a lot. Probably our favorite temple out of the 5 or so we visited. They have this really extensive "shoes-off" wooden walkway on support beams. It felt like exploring a big tree house, because the wooden part went up the cliff as well. The insides areas were also very extravagant and intricate. Not so many tourists, even Sunday middle of the day. I really recommend as well!
• Another of his recs was Men-ya Inoichi (has a Michelin star). You line up when the shop opens to get a ticket, and then come back at a designated time, though there's still a wait before you actually eat. We probably waited ~50m in total, 20m at the beginning and 30m when we returned. Even then, thought it wasn't worth the time. Don't get me wrong it was very good, but IMO not significantly better than other ramen places.
• Kodai-ji Temple was a miss for us, especially after Eikan-do. Thought it wasn't that interesting, would have skipped.
• Kiyomizu-dera was indeed very nice, but very very crowded. Another place I would actually either going early or late for.
• The shopping street in front of Kiyomizu-dera was super fun to browse, but also very crowded.
• Had lunch at this tucked away Soba restaurant in an alley that was very nice, one of my favorite meals in Japan. Owner was friendly and spoke in Japanese to a translator that replayed his words in English. Noodles nice and chewy. Good experience, felt very personal!
• We visited Yasaka-jinja Shrine and Maruyama Park both in the evening and during the day, and much much prefer it when it's dark. Less crowded and there are cute little lamps that are lit up and make the whole place look magical.

Nara

• Arrived in Nara station at ~2:30pm and left at 7pm. Felt like we saw plenty.
• Nothing new to add, the bowing deer are fun to visit and feed, though they can be quite aggressive. We went on Saturday and there was large crowds of children in their school uniforms, but we didn't really mind it too much.
• Isuien Garden and Yoshikien Garden are both very nice gardens, good place to get away from crowds for some peace and quiet.

Osaka

• Didn't spend much time in Osaka, but Dontonburi was fun to walk through and shop.
• Ate at a very nice Okonomiyaki restaurant. It was our first time eating it so can't compare it to anywhere else, but the staff was super friendly and bubbly and we had an excellent time there. They also have a little dice game you can play to "gamble" on getting a drink for free, or "lose" and get the drink double sized and also pay 2x the price
• Shout out to our hotel, Hotel Royal Classic Osaka. We were only there for one night, but my god this hotel was so convenient. Directly connected to the subway station via an elevator, and also has a 24-hour FamilyMart you can enter from the lobby. It was also only 3m walking away from a airport limousine bus, which made going to the airport super easy. If we ever visit Osaka for a longer stay, we would definitely book this hotel again.

Random Tips

• The flipside to getting to a popular tourist spot early, is to get there very late. We visited Takeshita Street in Harajuku at 8pm at night and it was very comfortably not crowded. Also noticed other tourists spots tended to clear up near closing time, like Senso-Ji in Asakusa.
• As everyone says, toilets are generally as clean as you can reasonably expect, everywhere from parks to gardens to subway stations. Nastiest toilet I saw was in Don Quixote at 1am, trash everywhere.
• 7/11 seemed to have English featured more prominently on their products labels compared to other convenience store chains. All the convenience store food options seemed very similar, so I started to favor 7/11 for the language convenience. (FamilyMart had English in super tiny letters on the side of the label lol)
• In one of those small counter seating type restaurants, I saw someone take the wrong backpack when they left (didn't know it was the wrong backpack at the time ). A few minutes later, the person who's backpack was taken got up to leave, and was very confused trying to find his backpack. He spent a long 10m talking to the restaurants folks (in Japanese), before the original guy came back super apologetic. Anyway keep an eye on your stuff. I know Japan is a safe country, but accidents do happen.
• One trick we had was to tie a little charm or hair tie to the handle of our umbrella, making it less likely someone would accidentally take yours from the sea of indistinguishable white plastic umbrellas.
• Yes there's a lot of walking. My feet tend to get damp if I'm out all day and foot powder works wonders, highly recommend it. Picked up this trick while attending music festivals.
• No issues with tax refunds and customs. We packed some of our stuff in carry-on in case they inspected, but nothing happened.
• Used Ubigi esim and it was perfect. I bought 10gb and used 7gb over our trip, doing most of the navigation and planning. My wife bought 1gb and used about 700mb with just random internet surfing. I will 100% be using this service for travel to other countries in the future, not just Japan, it was so damn convenient.

Transportation

• Definitely leave extra time for navigating subway stations, those things are like enormous underground malls.
• Shinkansen app didn't work for our iphone country (Germany), but I was able to use the mobile web browser pretty easily. Great for free, last-minute rescheduling of Shinkansen tickets when we inevitably take too long shopping.
• Apple Wallet Suica / IC card worked like a charm (with AMEX and Mastercard). One thing though it that it can sometimes take up to 1 minute for the money to load onto the account, so don't wait until the very last minute and accidentally hold up the bus.
• Taxis are green when someone is in it and red when they are free (at least in Tokyo?). Confused the hell out of drunk me at 4am in the morning. I think in Kyoto it is orange instead when someone is in them, and the orange/red difference is quite hard to spot from far away.
• On that note, I had sorta assumed the metro runs all night in Tokyo, but this is definitely not the case. They stop service from about midnight to 5am, so keep an eye on the last train if you do intend to catch it. Otherwise you'll have to take a more-expensive-than-usual taxi (captive markets), but not a big deal. We thought it was typically priced in comparison to most other US and European cities.
• We had a choice between a 1 hour or 3 hour layover in Tokyo NRT and we chose 3 hour because we weren't sure how long it would take to transfer from Terminal 3 to Terminal 1 in NRT. In actuality it took less than 30m, so the 1 hour would have probably been fine. We didn't mind the extra buffer time to relax though.- Absolutely enormous plane flying between Osaka and Tokyo. Like literally it was the size of a transatlantic plane, with 10 seats in each row, for a sub 1 hour flight, completely full with business travelers (judging by their suits and brief cases).

Food

• We aren't big foodies; we like Japanese food a lot but food isn't really a top priority for us while traveling. Some of our favorite meals were from 7/11 (kelp & bonito flavoured tofu stick, sukiyaki beef over rice, fish flavored cheese snacks, grilled squid. Yum!)
• Most meals were good, if a bit straightforward. At least the places we ate at, main courses seemed to be carb heavy, with a side of meat, and little else. I know we could have gotten side dishes, but the portion sizes were too big for us to order more.
• Very few vegetables in general, and if there were some they were pickled. (Guess it makes sense for an island country). I usually bring fiber pills with me when traveling and do recommend it for Japan too.
• Wife is vegetarian, I am not. Japan is not particularly vegetarian friendly if you don't like tofu, which fortunately my wife does. Most places did have at least one tofu option, so it worked out okay for us. She doesn't follow it super strictly though. A few times she would order a dish and I would just pick out the meat from her bowl.
• Portion sizes were a LOT bigger than I thought they would be. I think maybe we are just small eaters. US and European portions are a little bit bigger I suppose, but Japanese portion sizes were too big even for us. Especially ramen! It was crazy to see folks wolf down an giant bowl of ramen, then ask for an extra helping of noodles with their remaining soup, and finish that up too.
• We only made one reservation beforehand and waited in line over 10m once. Worked out fine for us.
• Restaurants tend to do last call an hour or more before closing, so don't get there too late. Happened to us twice before we learned our lesson, got to a restaurant about one hour before the listed closing hours and they turned us away.
• The Japanese palette seems to be much more subtle than typical western palette, and notably less salty. We often find Asian food at US/German restaurants too salty or saucy. Even then, some of the food we ate was bordering on the minimum range of my taste buds to almost be bland. Just my opinion, most of it was good but sometimes the lack of salt was pretty noticeable to me. My wife tends to like things less salty than me though and she thoroughly enjoyed all of those meals no problem. Soup noodle places like ramen and udon are excluded from this, those were usually perfectly salted to my taste.
• Walking while eating seemed fine. I saw at least 3 different instances of Japanese people doing it.
• Apparently there are no laws banning public drinking in Japan. You can drink alcohol on the street no problem, but I rarely saw people doing that (unlike here in Germany where people seem to take full advantage of it and also leave trash everywhere). I did see a few groups of Japanese people doing it at night in Tokyo, usually near bus stops, and the next morning saw the empty bottles and cans. Guess there are litterers everywhere. We had a beer in the park at night, weren't loud about it and took our trash with us. That was very pleasant.

Hotels

• Hotels always have liquid or foam hand soap! I hate the bar soaps that most Western hotels provide in the room, so I usually bring my own liquid hand soap. Was totally not necessary for this trip.
• Lots of people on this sub have mentioned check-in time being very precise, as in you rarely can check in before the designated time. We didn't experience this first hand. But on the flip side, we did find out that check out time is very precise too! They start calling your room about 15-20m after your check out time. This is in contrast to most American/European hotels that we've stayed at, which are in my experience very lax about their check out times. We can often get away with leaving the room at 1-2 hours after the stated check out time (we're late risers). Not so in Japan.
• Agree with other people's advice that booking a hotel close to a big subway station is probably the most important factor. It sucks having to walk 10m to the station every single day, and it is amazing when it is close. Also being close to a 24/7 convenience store was also very nice for late night munchies.

Language

• We only knew sumimasen, konichiwa, and arigato gozaimasu and got alone just fine (lots of hand gestures!). We do know a bit of Mandarin Chinese though so that was helpful with reading signs.Some places knew Mandarin better than English and would switch to that if they thought we could speak it. Chinese tourism seems like big business (we saw a ton of Chinese tourists everywhere) so I guess it makes sense for people in tourism industry to cater towards that. Announcements (like over train stations) always went Japanese, English, often Chinese, then sometimes Korean.

Luggage Forwarding * I thought it was kind of expensive, but it does make things easier.- ○ Tokyo -> Hakone: 2310 yen- ○ Hakone to Kyoto: 2630 yen- ○ Kyoto -> Osaka: 1940 yen. * I feel like for that price you could take a taxi to and from your hotels to the train station and it wouldn't be much more work. There was plenty of space on the Shinkansen to put smaller checked luggage overhead. Then you don't have to prepack things the day before. * For the first leg Tokyo -> Hakone, we shipped two checked luggage which was about ~32 euros. After that we only shipped one, not two. * The middle ground we found was to designate one suitcase as souvenirs and dirty laundry and forwarded it every time. We would then travel with two carry-ons and one checked luggage. YMMV depending on your number of luggage and ease of carrying them.

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Apple	60%4	NA
Amazon.ca	50%	50%
Amazon.co.uk	50%	50%
Amazon.com	70%	55%
Amazon.de	50%	50%
Amazon.es	50%	50%
Amazon.fr	50%	50%
Amazon.it	50%	50%
Amazon.jp	30%	30%
Arrow Films	65%	60%
Barnes & Noble	50%	50%
Baskin Robbins	60%	60%
Best Buy	60%	60%
BJ's (not BJ's restaurant)4	60%	NA
Bloomingdales	50%	50%
Burger King4	60%	NA
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Dell4	60%	NA
Delta gift cards4	65%	NA
Delta Sky Miles4	PM me	NA
Delta Vouchers4	65%	NA
Dicks Sporting Goods 4	PM me	NA
Disney Plus	PM me	PM me
DoorDash	70%6	NA
Dunkin Donuts4	60%	NA
eBay	70%	70%
Fandango4	10%	NA
Five Guys4	60%	NA
Gamestop	60%	60%
Gas Station Cards4	PM me	NA
Grub Hub	70%6	NA
Gyft	70%	70%
Half Price Books	50%	50%
HBO4	70%	NA
iTunes4	60%	NA
J crew	40%	40%
JCPenney	25%	25%
Jersey Mike Subs4	60%	NA
KFC4	60%	NA
Khols	30%	30%
Macys	35%	35%
Magazines.com	40%	40%
McDonald's 4	60%	NA
Microsoft6	60%	NA
Moe’s Southwestern Grill4	60%	NA
Nintendo Eshop6	70%	NA
Nordstrom	50%	50%
Panera bread4	60%	NA
PSN6	60	NA
PSN Plus 12 month4	NA	NA
Saks Fifth Avenue	50%	50%
Sears	50%	50%
Sephora	50%	50%
Speedway4	80%	NA
Starbucks	55%	55%
Steam6	60%	NA
Subway 4	PM me	NA
Taco Bell	60%	NA
Target	50%	50%
Uber6	70%	NA
Urban Outfitters	50%	50%
Vudu4	50%	NA
Walmart	60%	60%
Wendys4	60%	NA
Xbox (gift cards)6	60%	NA
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What I don’t buy:

• Amazon.au
• Bass Pro Shop
• buffalo wild wing
• Canadian tire
• Cold Stone
• Dairy Queen
• Fanatics
• Google Play
• Hilton Honors
• Hot Topic
• iTunes from anywhere but the US
• Krispy Kreme
• old navy/gap/banana republic
• Patxi's pizza
• PSN Canada or UK
• publix
• Raceway
• Scheels
• Shell Gas Stations
• Spotify
• Tractor supply
• Xbox Canada or UK
• Xbox live gold

Any fees are built into the price.

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I only have Steam as a substitute for cash payments in gift card trades.

Want ↓	Cash or a Gift Card ↓	BTC ↓
Apple	60%4	NA
Amazon.ca	50%	50%
Amazon.co.uk	50%	50%
Amazon.com	70%	55%
Amazon.de	50%	50%
Amazon.es	50%	50%
Amazon.fr	50%	50%
Amazon.it	50%	50%
Amazon.jp	30%	30%
Arrow Films	65%	60%
Barnes & Noble	50%	50%
Baskin Robbins	60%	60%
Best Buy	60%	60%
BJ's (not BJ's restaurant)4	60%	NA
Bloomingdales	50%	50%
Burger King4	60%	NA
Clothing Shops (Small Boutique)	contact me	contact me
Dell4	60%	NA
Delta gift cards4	65%	NA
Delta Sky Miles4	PM me	NA
Delta Vouchers4	65%	NA
Dicks Sporting Goods 4	PM me	NA
Disney Plus	PM me	PM me
DoorDash	70%6	NA
Dunkin Donuts4	60%	NA
eBay	70%	70%
Fandango4	10%	NA
Five Guys4	60%	NA
Gamestop	60%	60%
Gas Station Cards4	PM me	NA
Grub Hub	70%6	NA
Gyft	70%	70%
Half Price Books	50%	50%
HBO4	70%	NA
iTunes4	60%	NA
J crew	40%	40%
JCPenney	25%	25%
Jersey Mike Subs4	60%	NA
KFC4	60%	NA
Khols	30%	30%
Macys	35%	35%
Magazines.com	40%	40%
McDonald's 4	60%	NA
Microsoft6	60%	NA
Moe’s Southwestern Grill4	60%	NA
Nintendo Eshop6	70%	NA
Nordstrom	50%	50%
Panera bread4	60%	NA
PSN6	60	NA
PSN Plus 12 month4	NA	NA
Saks Fifth Avenue	50%	50%
Sears	50%	50%
Sephora	50%	50%
Speedway4	80%	NA
Starbucks	55%	55%
Steam6	60%	NA
Subway 4	PM me	NA
Taco Bell	60%	NA
Target	50%	50%
Uber6	70%	NA
Urban Outfitters	50%	50%
Vudu4	50%	NA
Walmart	60%	60%
Wendys4	60%	NA
Xbox (gift cards)6	60%	NA
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate (12 month/6 month/3 month/1 month)6	PM me	NA
Other Clothing Stores, Gas Stations, Grocery Stores, Restaurant, & Fast Food gift cards	PM me

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• Bass Pro Shop
• buffalo wild wing
• Canadian tire
• Cold Stone
• Dairy Queen
• Fanatics
• Google Play
• Hilton Honors
• Hot Topic
• iTunes from anywhere but the US
• Krispy Kreme
• old navy/gap/banana republic
• Patxi's pizza
• PSN Canada or UK
• publix
• Raceway
• Scheels
• Shell Gas Stations
• Spotify
• Tractor supply
• Xbox Canada or UK
• Xbox live gold

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Hey there fellow adventurers! I'm Marco from Norway, and I want to share my amazing journey in Tallinn, Estonia. My friends and I decided to explore strip clubs, and we had high expectations. Let's dive into this thrilling adventure!

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Website: https://www.thescore.ee/

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Overall, ENVYme Club & Golden Time stood out for its exceptional service and unique features. The Score offered a stylish atmosphere, and the Step Up Performance Club had a tantalizing Jacuzzi room. Each club had its own charm, catering to different preferences. It was an exciting journey into Tallinn's striptease scene, leaving us with unforgettable memories.