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I work for the Internet, at @stripe, mostly on accelerating startups. Opinions here are my own.

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    1. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 5 Dec 2019
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      Conversation I’ve had three times in San Francisco: “Where are you coming in from?” “Tokyo.” “Oh I just got back from Tokyo. Was there for two weeks!” “Cool!” “Yeah it’s such a beautiful city and the [trains/food/etc]” “I like that too!” “So how long were you there for?”

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    2. Bryce Mintie‏ @bkmintie 5 Dec 2019
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      I’m amazed by the sheer number of friends and coworkers over the last year that have asked for Tokyo/Japan recommendations… It felt like NO ONE was interested in traveling there ~2010 when I was living in Tokyo.

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      I think it went from being extremely off the beaten path to a plausible destination in the way that London is a plausible destination, largely due to Internet (especially mobile phones) making the language and logistical barriers feel less towering than they were previously.

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        2. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 5 Dec 2019
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          Also, at least in the software/tech world peer set, salaries go in only one direction but Tokyo stays practically the same price, so popping by for a week or two is less "Trip of a lifetime" and more "A bit of a nice thing to do this month."

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        3. Daniel HB‏ @DanielHoffmann_ 6 Dec 2019
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          Plus air travel got a lot cheaper and with more direct flights

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        1. Craig‏ @cromas 5 Dec 2019
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          Smartphones and much easier intl roaming make visiting japan 10x easier. Which is kind of a bummer because you miss the “well shit I am totally screwed unless I find a way to communicate with this person” moments that make travel so hard/special/serendipitous

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        1. Joshua Thayer‏ @milesmiles 6 Dec 2019
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          It’s amazing how much easier navigation and communication is (for a foreigner with basic Japanese) now vs when I lived in Tokyo in the late 80s. Smartphones / internet are clearly implicated, but I was shocked to see social changes, too, 1990 vs 2015ish

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        1. Aaron Wall‏ @aaronwall 6 Dec 2019
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          far less crime than many major cities too. https://www.numbeo.com/crime/in/Tokyo https://www.numbeo.com/crime/in/London 

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        1. ɹǝʞɹɐd ʍǝɹpuɐ‏ @andrewparker 6 Dec 2019
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          The work to ready the city for the Olympics made everything far easier for tourists who don't speak Japanese.

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