LOL

you working there mah,

boh bian loh..


You are most welcome,

in fact I have posted it a month ago..

This "disaster fund" is actually the consumption tax that they are going to raise it from 5% to 8% next year. So far I only pay income tax and also resident (municipal and prefecture) tax which varies according to where you stay. Both this adds up to 30% of my annual income. At least I get some services from the resident tax like free health care check in addition to the one given by the company, discount rate to the sports center. Besides that, if you have a baby you will also received one lump sum about 300,000yen. You will get this as long as you pay tax even if you are not Japanese.

Besides that, the whatever interest (about 0.003%) you earn in bank will also be tax! So might as well keep it under the pillow, which what most elderly people do here.

This post has been edited by sacwoc: Dec 9 2013, 05:04 PM

30%!!! so high

But at least they know and can see where the tax money going to. But over here

+1. Here..

Thats not the highest. Like Malaysia tax is base on your income. So I think some pay 50% as well

This post has been edited by sacwoc: Dec 9 2013, 08:17 PM

Which part of japan are you staying at?

I am in Tokyo itself

Nah. Just a job. Try to make as much here and then move on.

Hi guys . Wanted to make final confirmation . So I'm travelling to Japan this Christmas . I have a passport with the chip icon in front that expires Aug 2014

I'm good to go right ? No need additional documents and visa etc

Thanks

Good to go!!! Enjoy your trip!!! Just make sure to renew your passport when you are back.

Thanks bro for the confirmation and suggestion and wishes hehe.

Tokyo Sky Tree

Constructed only about one year ago, the new icon for Tokyo city has now been replaced by none other than the Tokyo Sky Tree which is located in the Asakusa region. It can be reached by foot from Sensoji Temple but I opted to take the train instead. There are 2 lines with 2 different stations at 2 opposite ends of the area (Oshiage & Sky Tree station) serving this place so it is quite accessible using public transport.



The Sky tree area can be divided into 2 places, the Tokyo Solamachi and the Tokyo Sky Tree itself. The layout is exactly the same like the Petronas Twin Towers where by Solamachi (or Suria KLCC) is the designated shopping mall with a huge variety of tenants and the entrance to go up the towers lies on another end. The shops were still closed (a lot of shops opens late and closes early in Tokyo, very annoying) when I got there at about 10 in the morning. The only restaurants available for food was McDonald's.



It is apparent that the management of the Tokyo Sky Tree had anticipated a huge amount of crowd. They have done a fantastic job of laying out amazingly long queue lines and have multiple elevators for guests to go up the observatory deck. The price to go up it's not cheap though at ¥2000 for the lower deck. You have to pay a bit more to go on a higher deck which deems to have more things to see and play around.





Fortunately the queue wasn't long and I need not wait for long before my turn to enter to lift. Having said that, there were quite a number of visitors at that time and the attraction had just opened on a weekday morning!




Unfortunately, as I stepped into the observatory deck I was only met with disappointment. The whole area of the deck was really quite small compared to the past towers that I've been too, namely Taipei 101, Namsan Tower in Seoul as well as our own KL Tower. Apart from the grand view outside (which was marred by heavy clouds on the day I went), there isn't simply much to do there. At other towers there was a lot of display panels for visitors to read about the history of the tower and it's construction, a decent cafe, souvenir shops and others. Here the souvenir shop was located at the base of the tower and they don't even provide chairs for their mini cafe. The food prices are equally expensive as well. =/







Perhaps they are better offers at the higher deck but when I am paying close to RM70 I was expecting more (Taipei 101 ~RM40, Seoul Namsan Tower ~RM30). I do apologise to any Japanese readers but I wouldn't recommend anybody visiting this place if they are dropping by Tokyo. There are just better alternatives out there in Tokyo and the money can be better spent elsewhere.

Thanks for your recommendation and beautiful photos. Much appreciated.

i think mori tower would hv better view.

Does haze occur every year in Japan?

Over what months?

Well Still cheaper than Shanghai Financial Centre Tower. That Shanghai Tower already cost RMB150/pax or RM80. With the depreciation of Yen, It's not really expensive compare to those Toursit attrations in China.

Anyway, agreed from your pic that the view from the top really bad.

This post has been edited by stimix: Dec 13 2013, 10:59 AM

Tokyo SkyTree got 2 Deck. 2000Yen just reach 350m only. Need top up another 1000Yen to reach 450m.

Total will be 3000 Yen // RM 93

Which is more expensive than Shanghai Financial Tower Observation fee

I will write about Osaka Floating garden later. i think that is so much more worth it

Anyway, from the photo taken by zstan, really damn lousy view. Probably the location is slightly far away from Shinjuku & surrounding highrises areas. I think Tokyo Tower & Ropponggi Tower probably still having the best view of Tokyo skyline

Even Sydney tower view having superb skyline view of the small city ..and yeah much cheaper bcos the A$63 ticket covered 4 other attrations i.e Sydney zoo, Aquariums (2) & Madam Taussud was museum