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Is traveling to Japan dangerous due to radiation?

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vatstep

This poster pulses with an appeal so broad the typical restraints of our societies fall by the wayside.
With concerns like this, I'm surprised the OP even considers leaving his home at all.
 
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Aureon

Please do not let me serve on a jury. I am actually a crazy person.
Possible radiation damage is a thousandth of the pollution damage you'd get in any major city.
I guess you don't go anywhere near any motor vehicles, either.
 
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Fuu

Formerly Alaluef (not Aladuf)
troll attempt was convincing up until the "whatever country Chernobyl is in" line.
 
Ban Puncher

Ban Puncher

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watershed

Banned
OP sounds like the most ignorant kind of traveler. Imagine going to Japan and refusing to eat any fish. Well, that won't happen sonce they're not going in the first place.
 
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super-famicom

Member
It's fine. I was living there when the tsunami hit in 2011, and even did volunteer work in Fukushima. I went back to Japan two months ago for a wedding.

100% not going OP? Your loss.
 
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Randam

Member
OP, did you knw that the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant continued to produce power till the year 2000?

9000 kept working there.
in 2006 still 3000 People worked there in maintenance.
 
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Iksenpets

Banned
I can't make it to Japan anytime soon, but is there anyway I can import some of the deadly radioactive Japanese fish to eat? I like living on the edge, and I need that tingle of danger from .00001% risks of cancer!
 
Doug Heffernan

Doug Heffernan

Member
You'll need to make sure you grind out some levels beforehand and invest in the proper perks. Having the right set of power armor wouldn't hurt either.
 
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shounenka

Member
Lol OP's got jokes. One less gaijin with a big backpack on the Keiyo Line, I suppose?


Japan's a hotbed of earthquakes and active volcanos with missiles pointed at it by its closest neighbor, and this guy's worried about a sea cucumber turning him into Bruce Banner.
 
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Iksenpets

Banned
Korey said:
I don't understand why people are taking this so personally. Like they're personally offended that someone would dare question the safety of Japan. Is it just because it's Japan?

Like I doubt if I were asking if it was safe to visit whatever country Chernobyl is in, I'd be getting the same heated responses here.

Btw I just looked it up, and the Japan accident is on par with the Chernobyl incident. They're both the highest nuclear disaster rating possible:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucle...s_and_incidents#Nuclear_power_plant_accidents

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Nuclear_Event_Scale#Level_7:_Major_accident
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Oh god I just saw this part. You would totally be getting just as much shit for saying that you wouldn't go to Ukraine because Chernobyl happened there. You treat radiation like it's some sort of ancient unbreakable curse, that is also weirdly contained within political borders. Millions of people live in these places! I personally think you should visit Ukraine and take a Chernobyl tour just as a matter of facing your fears.

Also, I love that you link to an article to claim that Fukushima is equivalent to Chernobyl, when that article has an entire section labeled "Criticism" entirely about how the scale is unscientific and and wasn't designed to account for the sort of differences of scale that separate Fukushima from Chernobyl.
 
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Crayolan

Member
If you're actually worried about getting radiated you must be insanely paranoid. Japan is a much healthier country than the US.
 
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AtomskEater

Member
lupinko said:
You're joking, and if you aren't then that's just awful. But this isn't a laughing matter for me since I work and live with people who were directly affected by the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami.

Also you post with a JoJo avatar, Araki's hometown of Sendai was one of the main cities that took the brunt of that disaster.

I'm honestly sick and tired of people just spouting nonsense about this and gloss over you know the more important stories, the people and the places that were affected by that earthquake and tsunami.

I'm out of this thread.
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Like, dude, it was a Tokyo Ghoul reference to poke fun at OP's paranoia.
 
Dommel

Dommel

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watershed said:
OP sounds like the most ignorant kind of traveler. Imagine going to Japan and refusing to eat any fish. Well, that won't happen sonce they're not going in the first place.
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I went there twice and refused to eat any fish.

But then again I do that in every country because I don't like fish.
 
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xk0sm0sx

Member
Holy shit from the title to the content to the subsequent development of the thread.
Why did you even title the thread with a question mark if you have already convinced yourself?
 
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nabe_shogun

Member
shounenka said:
Lol OP's got jokes. One less gaijin with a big backpack on the Keiyo Line, I suppose?


Japan's a hotbed of earthquakes and active volcanos with missiles pointed at it by its closest neighbor, and this guy's worried about a sea cucumber turning him into Bruce Banner.
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lol, whats wrong with carrying a backpack around? Though I try not to take mine if I don't need it.

At least its better than when people are coming to and from the airport with loads of suitcases when they should have taken a taxi.
 
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Messofanego

Banned
Morrigan Stark said:
I don't know what's worse...

a) OP's staggering ignorance about how radiation works
b) That he wants to go to Japan for a fucking Disney park (really? REALLY?)
c) That he proudly mentions his ignorance about where Chernobyl is
d) That he compares Fukashima to Chernobyl when the levels of radiation were not the same
e) That he doesn't even know that despite that Chernobyl is still safe to visit and people do visit all the time
f) That his method for risk assessment is the most ludicrous ever
g) That he's "100% not going now" and refuses to even listen to the overwhelming evidence that he's wrong

(That took more bullet points than I thought, too.)

Glad to see there isn't a defense force for OP's ignorance and utter lack of critical thinking (yet), at least...
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Haha this just makes Korey look so bad. Although this is not surprising with his other backfire threads :p
 
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miller.skippins

Banned
I visited Tokyo on a work trip in 2015, visited Osaka and Kyoto last year for a vacation....

i haven't turn into spider-man or the hulk yet so i am disappointed.

Back to topic, c'mon OP........if you've already made your mind, then why bother opening a thread and ask about it?
 
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Meier

Member
No joke, this is one of the funniest posts I've ever seen. Absolutely rolling at this.

p.s. TDS is absolutely amazing.
 
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shounenka

Member
nabe_shogun said:
lol, whats wrong with carrying a backpack around? Though I try not to take mine if I don't need it.
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Hahah nothing wrong at all man. Just an image I have of the foreign (re: Western) tourist in Japan--that of the giant backpack.

If there's anything wrong with it, it's that many of them don't take them off, hold them in front of them, put them on the overhead rack, etc. when riding a packed train.
 
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muu

Member
I got friends around Fukushima who are doing just fine health-wise but they're hurting economically because of paranoia like this regarding whatever comes near the area. The ignorance isn't uncommon, and it definitely does hurt real people.
 
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DrROBschiz

Member
muu said:
I got friends around Fukushima who are doing just fine health-wise but they're hurting economically because of paranoia like this regarding whatever comes near the area. The ignorance isn't uncommon, and it definitely does hurt real people.
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I would argue that ignorance is the most dangerous threat to humanity on the planet right now
 
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TheBryanJZX90

Member
nabe_shogun said:
lol, whats wrong with carrying a backpack around? Though I try not to take mine if I don't need it.

At least its better than when people are coming to and from the airport with loads of suitcases when they should have taken a taxi.
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Take a dedicated airport-> hotel bus. Cheaper than taxis, run regularly from the airport, they handle loading and unloading your luggage. Called "limousine bus" for some reason.
 
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Dougald

Member
TheBryanJZX90 said:
Take a dedicated airport-> hotel bus. Cheaper than taxis, run regularly from the airport, they handle loading and unloading your luggage. Called "limousine bus" for some reason.
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This is great advice, we ended up doing this in Tokyo despite my preference for train travel because our flight was during rush hour. Takes slightly longer but you end up right where you needed to be, the buses are frequent and comfortable, and they'll load/unload your luggage for you
 
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Gai Murakumo

Member
Japan is a much better place environmentally than the U.S. You have nothing to worry about OP unless you are planning on going to the Fukushima plant.
 
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