I'll be away most likely from the 24th Apr until around 9th May so if wanna meet BEFORE that date still okay I guess but judging from everyone's arrival time - I think it'll be hard to make it before the 24th... so, you guys enjoy ok?

eh? tanoshi buka restaurant in Tokyo??? Mesti pergi ni...

RM1.8k I think is the normal non-promo rate... with promotion, you should be able to find around RM1.3-1.5k prices.
So to answer your question - yes, RM1.8k is reasonable.

During peak seasons or last minute bookings; you'll be looking at around RM2.2k or more.

But... but... I would trade udon for a nice dish of hokkien mee with lots of sambal anyday!!!

I think you're covering a lot of cities in a short timespan so getting the JR-pass should be good for you. Just make sure that it's covered in all the cities that you want to visit. It'll definitely be cheaper compared to buying individual shinkansen tickets traveling to each city.

It really depends on what you want to do.
If you wish to cover Tokyo and Kyoto only... then for sure it's better to fly to Tokyo and you can travel to Kyoto via the shinkansen which takes around 2 1/2 hours only but if you wish to cover Tokyo-Kyoto-Osaka... then it's a different question and it'll depend on how many days you plan to stay in each city and what you plan for your itinerary.

RM10k including air ticket for 8-10 days travel I think should be sufficient to cover the basic food, transport and accommodation.

This post has been edited by PsyCHZZZ: Apr 6 2010, 12:25 PM

I think you're referring to the QR-code... it's basically like a barcode but usually contains text or web URL links that the phone can scan and then link to the site.

---

Added on April 6, 2010, 10:22 pmIt's not in kanji... it's in hiragana like tatsuyachiba said.
http://www.google.com/search?q=sukidayo

This post has been edited by PsyCHZZZ: Apr 6 2010, 10:22 PM

Did you even click on the link I sent you? Google has the words in hiragana already... all you need to do is to just copy it from there.

This post has been edited by PsyCHZZZ: Apr 7 2010, 09:15 AM

No problems... we're here to help but sometimes you just need to put in a little effort on your end.

Two words: body language.

The rest of the speculations I leave it to your imagination.

State of cherry blossoms in Yoyogi-koen today... 50/50 left and you can see the leaves sprouting already.
When the wind blows, it's nice to see the cherry blossoms petals falling...



This post has been edited by PsyCHZZZ: Apr 10 2010, 11:45 PM

yang tu i simpan kat saya punya private koleksi

1. It depends on your personal level of comfort but I think on average it'll be somewhere around 150k inclusive of accommodation and utilities.
Please follow this link and read the discussions that follows before/after that. It was a discussion we had in V2 about cost of living.

2. You can rent in Tokyo or slightly outskirts of Tokyo (places we known as sleepers city) but the problem is... are you comfortable with travelling 1-2 hours each day to work in a cramp-packed sardin train?

3. It's not a general consensus. It's just a matter of the people working in the company and of course your own attitude towards treating your colleagues and work.

---

Added on April 13, 2010, 12:29 pmThis week has been pretty windy and its raining... so the sakuras petals are falling fast. You should still be able to catch some in the larger parks eg Shinjuku Park, Ueno Park but they're definitely past the peak.



This post has been edited by PsyCHZZZ: Apr 13 2010, 12:29 PM

When you arrived at the airport/hotel/station, find any travel information counter and get the Tokyo Subway Map or you can print it out from here http://www.tokyometro.jp/global/en/service...routemap_en.pdf

I know it looks like it's super confusing but just focus on finding Shinjuku (somewhere on the middle left side) then you'll find a track that is alternating in black/white. That track is the JR Yamanote line. You hop on that line (in any directions is fine as it's a closed loop) and you'll get to Akihabara.

If I'm not mistaken, Shinjuku Park is on the other side of the Shinjuku station as compared to where your hotel is. You should also get one of those Tokyo tourist guide map (should be free at all Travel information counter) and look for the Shinjuku map. It's not exactly near but it's not too far also... the thing about traveling in Tokyo... you gotta be prepared to walk.

G'luck.

I think you're confusing yourself even further.
Chinese numbers are based on increments of base-10 system thus,

(1) one > (10x1) ten > (10x10) hundred > (10x10x10) thousand > (10x10x10x10) ten thousand > (10x10x10x10x10) hundred thousand > (10x10x10x10x10x10) one million etc...

So, we do NOT skip from thousand direct to million as you mentioned.

In any case, Ghuangzhou station might be more packed than Shinjuku (as per your claim but if you have a link to show some stats will be best); I think the definition of "busiest" means that the station served the most number of people in a day by means of counting the numbers of entries and exits. Not simply the matter of during peak season eg Chinese New Year.

I might have a business trip... but still not confirmed. Most probably won't be in Japan during Golden week.

Haha... the train announcements.

Anyway, this Saturday unfortunately I won't be free because some last minute plan came up.
Sorry yah...

Long gone.

Here's what I can suggest you look into for your list -
(1) Get the address of all the Hard Rock and then cross-reference the exact location using Google Maps. On Google Maps, you can then see the nearest train station to the HRC. After that, use http://www.hyperdia.com/en/ to plan your travels via train. But to get souvenirs from ALL Japan HRC in 6 days is "almost" impossible due to the traveling time required even with JRP. You can definitely cover the one in Tokyo (Ueno and Roppongi) and also Yokohama and possibly the one in Narita if you make a quick stop en-route to the airport.

(2) Best to join a tour for easy no-frills trip to Mt. Fuji - Check out :http://www.japanican.com/tours/tourdetail.aspx?tc=GMT01TYOOF800

(3) Definitely can't cover Tokyo in 2 days but if you list out the places you wish to go; we might be able to advice on how to group them together based on distance and easy of travel.

(4) If temple visit not a requirement; then you can skip places like Asakusa, Meiji-jingu in Tokyo etc...

(5) First place that comes to mind will be Roppongi but since I'm not really into live musics etc... you can check out http://www.frommers.com/destinations/tokyo/0085021118.html

---

Added on April 20, 2010, 10:52 amNice.

This post has been edited by PsyCHZZZ: Apr 20 2010, 10:52 AM

It's kinda strange that the e-mail has 3 consecutive fullstop but then it should still be possible to send it out as it doesn't break any e-mail naming convention. Aside from Hotmail, have you tried sending using GMail/Yahoo Mail? Perhaps it's only an issue with Hotmail?