Disapointing Toursit Attraction isn't Disappointing.

Not as expected....

If Kogasauthor loves disappointing tourist attractions he should look at any one of the Ghost Towns in the United States. Word has it that they are BOOOOOOOOOORING.

RiderFan said:

Ghost Towns in the United States. Word has it that they are BOOOOOOOOOORING.

I *love* places like that. I don't find them boring at all. Love the atmosphere there.

If the disappointing tourist site is not disappointing, is that a bad luck or a good luck?

Astrojensen said:

I *love* places like that. I don't find them boring at all. Love the atmosphere there.

I think you missed the joke. Think of ghost in "Ghost Town" and boo in "boring".

For the curious, apparently there is no straight consensus on the "Three Most Disappointing Tourist Sites in Japan".

The top two are supposed to be the Clock Tower in Sapporo and the Harimaya Bridge in Kochi (yes, Mizuki-sensei's hometown!).

However, the last one isn't fixed; the most common candidate is the Holland Slope in Nagasaki, but others include the Nagoya TV Tower, Emperor Nintoku's Tomb in Osaka, the Tokyo Tower, and of course Shureimon.

As a side note, it seems that even foreign travel sites agree that Tokyo Tower is not a particularly good place to visit; there are places in the city which offer better views, and the tower is more impressive *as part of the Tokyo skyline, seen from a distance*.

Disappointed at not being disappointed. Well, I guess that makes for a good thing in the end, right? Let's leave it to the food offered in the area to decide. Food is a good way to judge an area, right?

For the poll, I'll take the ¥10,000 bill, because it's bigger.

RiderFan said:

If Kogasauthor loves disappointing tourist attractions he should look at any one of the Ghost Towns in the United States. Word has it that they are BOOOOOOOOOORING.

What about those tourist traps like "World's biggest ball of yarn" or that "Stand in 4 corners of 4 states at the same time" tourist trap?

Its status as a famously disappointing site comes from when there was nothing there but the Shureimon. By the time I went, they'd built a wonderful Shuri Castle, and it was a very nice place.

The weather was even clear! :-)

Reader-added tags include "Good weather's only at times like this, Kogasa-san", "Thank goodness it wasn't raining, for a change, Kogasa-san", and "The readers are disappointed it's not raining".

The survey asks what would seem to be an obvious question:

Which bill do you prefer?
• ¥500
• ¥1000
• ¥2000
• ¥5000
• ¥10,000

well 500 yen bills aren't there any more and I do have to go for 2000 ones as they are the most convenient (how often will you find yourself using a 10,000 yen or 100 dollar bill?).

IsaacWinds said:

well 500 yen bills aren't there any more and I do have to go for 2000 ones as they are the most convenient (how often will you find yourself using a 10,000 yen or 100 dollar bill?).

Um... Japan is a pretty cash based society and a lot of us get paid monthly. I don't like going to the ATM that much, so I use 10,000 yen bills all the time. As for 2000 yen notes, I've maybe seen two... The normal notes here are 1000, 5000, and 10000. Everything else are coins. (1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500)

There are really only two viable answers to the poll. If I am being given the bill I'd prefer the 10000. If I am giving the bill, I'd prefer the 500.