Thanks musha, PsyCHZZZ and tanoshi for your comments. I did not know that they throttle bandwidth but 300kbps should still be enough for me to do the things I need e.g. email, web, VoIP and Sling.

So get SIM, input APN/password and good to go, hopefully.

when it come to learning japanese, its the best and most practical to take a course (of course thats if you got free time)

my college is teaching me this subjects
so i need to have some revision from that webject

base from my exp.....
need tolearn practically with japanese stranger hahaha

depends on your accommodation, place of visit, food to consume, plan..

i can survive with rm6k for 10days inclusive flight ticket.
and i did it twice (shopping aside)

Hello, is there one famous Japanese cheese cookie product? My friend said it's round shape and it smell very good, any idea guys?

cookie sure is round shape......so many cheese cookie maker in Japan....no spec on brand how to find?

round shape, middle layer is cheese, in the middle got nut , package in small packet, any idea? =/

Tanoshi gift me a Softbank Ipad 3G Please!!! hahahaha

Man...I love this Sharp Aquos Shot 945SH so badly......damm but malaysia can used it? sure alot funtion cannot used!!! Shit!!!!

Reserved with cash lorrr

Currently bz...standby for my wife to deliver...wish me luck guys!
matta ne

Woo, good luck tanoshi and your wife!

This post has been edited by jayhan: May 31 2010, 09:25 AM

Good Luck man....Lucky lor your new born baby...sure got Japan 1st class Citizenship.

For your new born baby sucessful delivery....you need belanja us all minum. We go Tokyo find you. Cool Sake mali mali~~~~

Good luck and best wishes, tanoshi.

Just like Malaysia, Japanese citizenship can only be obtained, in this case, through blood relationship.

does japan sell fake burberry or not??i duno how to see ler...

i went to one of the departmental store in Shibuya...then there is one department selling wallets, scarf, handkerchief....then i came across burberry London wallet...selling like 18900 yen for the long type of wallet....where i went to the blue label...is like more exp than that.
then i ask the sales gal to take a new one.. it came with a box...but the zip is not sealed. im afraid is not genuine. dont know how to differentiate between real n fake one ler...how?? i almost bought it...but since im not confident..so i did not...

Never heard of this, sorry. If you want to find iconic Japanese confectioneries, the top 2 IMO are Meiji's Kinokoyama (shaped like mushroom) for chocolate and Bourbon's Rumando for cookies (wafer). Rumando has been around since Showa 49 (1975)!

Today Morning News

東京・八王子市の28歳教師、女子生徒を自宅に連れ込みわいせつ行為の疑いで逮捕
東京・八王子市の高校教師の男が、教え子の女子生徒を自宅に連れ込みわいせつな行為をしたとして、警視庁に逮捕された。
逮捕された八王子市の私立高校非常勤講師・冨山岳嗣容疑者(28)は5月8日、教え子の女子生徒(16)を神奈川県の自宅に連れ込み、わいせつな行為をした疑いが持たれている。
冨山容疑者は、女子生徒から相談を持ちかけられ、「自宅で相談に乗る」などと言って、犯行に及んでいたという。
調べに対して、冨山容疑者は「我慢できなかった」などと、容疑を認めている。
また学校によると、冨山容疑者は、ほかの女子生徒に対して、「彼氏と別れろ」とメールするなどしていたことが明らかになり、校内でも問題になっていたという。

Tanoshi izzit you? Or Firedauz? LOL


築地市場移転問題　都議会民主党、再整備案の一般公募に45件の応募があったと発表
築地市場の移転問題について、都議会の民主党は、築地再整備案を一般公募した結果、45件の応募があったことを明らかにした。
これは、都議会民主党が4月13日からおよそ1カ月、築地の再整備案をインターネットなどで一般公募していたもので、再整備のときの仮移転の場所として、隅田川にメガフロートを造る案や、現在の築地市場の上に仮移転先を建設する案など、設計事務所や市場関係者などから45件の応募があったという。
民主党では、これらの案を精査して、7月中に築地市場の豊洲への移転計画の代替案としてまとめ、議会などに提案していくことにしている。

Tsukiji Market please don't shift to new location!!!!

i'm planning to go to hakone on my 1st day in japan and spend 1 night there.if i arrived hakone around noon, is it possible to tour hakone in 1/2 day? got enough time to visit the museum, boat ride and cable car then go back to hotel at hakone yumoto?

can anyone here recommend a place to stay in hakone. not too expensive, pelase.
if i plan to stay in hakone, which part of hakone is the best / convenience to stay? hakoneyumoto, hakone machi or gora. as i browse the internet, most of hotels/ryokan in hakone located at these 3 places.

Hakone Area? you plan to Visit Mt Fuji ? 1/2 Day is not enough...the Cable Car enough take you one whole half day ( Start From Hakone Town > Ouwakudani Moutain [[for Mt Fuji full View taking picture]] >> Lake Ashi ) Whole Cable Car journey already take whole half of day

half Day even you at Ouwakudani Moutain also not enough time visit the Hot Sulfur Sping ...This is place you ''MUST'' visit in Hakone

If willing spent alot then Fujiya Hotel is the Best at Hakone ...build during Meiji Era plus is middle of town....walk to Train Station and walk to Museum...so near only....Not bad also with the Western and japan Mix architecture feeling. BTW I discover hakone is famous Hot Spring Area in Japan...better stay at ryokan more Syok!!!

''Hakone Free Pass'' can get at Tokyo Shinjuku Station .... Before Taking Odakyu Odawara Line from Shinjuku to Hakone.

This post has been edited by RegentCid: Jun 1 2010, 11:46 PM

Can you do Hakone in 1/2 day? If you arrive at Hakone (I'm assuming you mean Hakone-Yomoto station) around noon, sure, I do it all the time. People do daytrips to Hakone all the time from Tokyo, leaving at say 9am and getting back at say 8pm. You, on the other hand, are already in Hakone and from what it sounds like are staying in Hakone for the night.

I've been to Hakone more than a couple of times. Sometimes I just stay in Odawara and make the daytrip up to Hakone, just because it is more convenient to get back to Tokyo from Odawara. I've also stayed at Moto-Hakone (which is near the lake), in Gora, up in Togendai by the ropeway etc. Where you stay depends on what you want out of your trip. I like Togendai or Ubako or Gora because of the view (my room opens up to view of Mt Fuji) but in terms of access, not so good i.e. more trains to get there.

Conversely, you may want to stay in Hakone-Yomoto (or even Odawara) for easier return to Tokyo. If I'm asked, I would pick Hakone-Yumoto for the 1st time traveler. It is nicely in between Odawara and say, the apex of the Hakone mountains. From Hakone-Yumoto then you take the switchback train up the mountain to Gora and perhaps then the cable train up to Sounzan and then the ropeway to Lake Aishi. The switchback train takes perhaps 1.5 hours to Gora, the cable car is maybe like 30 minutes to the top (be prepared, people run to these cable trains pushing every one out of the way! so much for polite Japanese myth!) and the ropeway, maybe 30 minutes end to end.

You may want to stop at Owakudani on the repeway to see what a sulfuric volcano looks like. Skip the black eggs - they taste just like eggs (duh!)

Then onto Lake Aishi and the boat ride. Maybe 30 minutes. Then you maybe to the Tokugawa checkpoint* and then it is time to go back. You'll probably take the bus back to Hakone-Yumoto.

* the checkpoint is fascinating if you like history as I do. Checkpoints all over Japan were the primary way the Tokugawa shogunate maintained power over all the other daimyos (the other major reason was forcing all the Hans[clans] to maintain expensive Edo quarters) for so long.



Mt Fuji is not in Hakone. You can, however, get an amazing view of it, particularly on the Hakone Ropeway. Also the reflection Fujisan casts on Lake Aishi is very nice and famous view.

Yup...Mt Fuji is near to Shizouka & Yamanashi.......but my Mt Fuji Trip is go Hakone first then from Hakone to Mt Fuji by bus...hehe like 1 stone 2 bird

This post has been edited by RegentCid: Jun 2 2010, 01:30 PM