eh guys ... if wanna ask about vacation instead of like living in Japan ... should post in the Travel to Japan thread instead of here?

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=545818

Hihi guys, help me critique my itinerary plan please? 5d4n in Tokyo:

Day1 (arrive narita 6.45, reach hotel 8.00):
Shinjuku, Meiji Shrine, Harajuku, Shibuya
Day2
Tsujiki Fish Market, Nihonbashi, Ginza, Tokyo Dome City, Imperial Palace East Gardens, Akihabara
Day3
Ameyoko, Sensoji Temple, Asakusa, Sengakuji Temple, Shinagawa, Tokyo Tower, Roppongi, Ikebukuro
Day4
Disneyland or Disneysea (which one better?)
Day5:
Can't really do anything cos 1:30pm flight so have to leave quite early

Too packed/Don't make sense cos things all over the place? I stay at a hotel in Toshima. Also ... feel like going to just one temple OK liao, which one to choose?

Time limit I think ... I don't think you can do both in one day right? If two days for both parks, only 2 days left to explore the rest of the city leh.


Good point, haha. Anyway Google tells me that access to the fish auction is now totally off limits to tourists for the time being (due to the earthquake & tsunami). is it still worth it to go at like 9am or so to look see look see and go omakase one of the sushi places there?

okok thanks, will go there for breakfast/brunch too I think. google tells me to go Sushi Dai for the omakase but ... 1-2 hour queue hmmmmmmmmmm.



OKOK, thanks. We're planning this itinerary as a guide, so if it turns out when we're there that it is too packed we might just cut out a few stops and spend more time at the others.

100k yen enough for mid-range eat, spend, shop for 4.5 days?

My single-entry visa had a 3-month validity.

[edit] So anyway I went to Tsukiji fish market - twice! Once for Sushi Dai and once for Daiwa Sushi. Frickin' awesome! Totally worth the 1.5-hour queue.


Daiwa Sushi - Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo by shuigao25, on Flickr

This post has been edited by deodorant: Sep 2 2011, 12:29 PM

We really should merge both Japan threads. End up people (myself included) double post in both threads cos dunno which one to post in.

@Riggo I did some research on this before going on my holiday. Technically M'sians don't need visa to enter Japan for short holiday. But at the immigration, you will be taken to a room for interview/questioning. Here you need to have all your documents available to prove that you don't intend to overstay; if the authorities suspect anything they will deny you entry and you're on the next flight back to KL.

Best is to just apply visa lah, it's free and very efficient one. Go there, drop off documents, come back 3 days later to pick up - done! Got nice visa sticker in your passport also.

Based on my very limited experience, should budget around rm400 per day for food/transport/attractions, not including shopping.

No no no no 100 times no. Do you know how Malaysia every shopping mall also at least got one money changer? Japan is not like that. Money changer is damn hard to find and if you do find it the rates are terrible.

Exchange everything you need here - Mid Valley's rates are good. If in Japan you run out of money then find a seven eleven and withdraw from their 7-bank ATMs (normal ATM won't read your cirrus/mastercard ATM card).

Bear in mind that electronic FX using debit/credit card can be quite brutal on the rates. Just FYI, last month I withdrew 20,000yen from local MY ATM @ 24.82 equals RM805.77 - that day's actual closing rate was 25.66, so I rugi almost 3.5% spread.

Just to share that my post on Tsukji Fish Market is up on the Yahoo! Travel Malaysia with IMasTravel website. Click picture if interested!

If you are a theme park lover I would say take two days to go both disneyland and disneysea.

Should be no problems. The visa on your passport tells the immigration officer in Japan that the embassy/consulate/whatever in your home country has already done all the necessary pre-screening and is satisfied that you don't pose an immigration risk.

try check with your current phone supplier whether they have roaming packages? having mobile internet on a smartphone while overseas is quite awesome. you can look up train/transport/transit directions on the fly, etc etc. my singtel line got unlimited data roaming in japan for $15 a day.

Enough. With that budget you also can eat at makan places/restaurants actually. e.g. Ramen can start from 500-600Yen, so 3 meals = within your budget.

Screw buses IMO, coverage probably sucks and when I was in Tokyo I hardly ever saw any of them. But there are 100+ subway/train lines and 800+ stations so I'd imagine you should be able to get pretty much anywhere just by train and a little walking.

Strictly speaking, no need. But you need to bring all your documents with you, then at the immigration in Japan you will be pulled aside to an interview room where an officer will interview you, go through your documents, and can easily decide not to grant you an entry permit.

Well, I was just going on what some other forumer posted recently where he forgot to apply for a visa and had to be interrogated at the Japan side immigration.

Guys, which city is best for Hanami ah? I google, no answers, every site seems to say everywhere also good

Impossible. not only for Japan but for practically everywhere you go, visa/mastercard & the bank will screw you on the credit card FX.

Give you one example the other day my colleague bought something about RM5,0000 in MY using SG credit card card, the effective rate he got was about 2.35. Reuters rate is hovering around 2.42-2.43!