Sorry to pour cold water, but are you sure it is absolutely safe to (ever) go to Japan?
Radioactivity.
If one can recall what we have learnt in Physics, some readioactive substances will take many years, some decades, to reach their half life.  Even at their half lives, they still emit radioactive substances.  And the Fukushima incident happened only a few years ago.
Many would say that Tokyo is far from Fukushima/Sendai area, but one should know how radioactive substances spread.  E=mc2.
Some foodstuffs may already been contaminated, and probably unknown to be so.

Having said all that, 'exposure' to such situations may probably be all right if one are only exposed for a day or two.

If one really wants to visit Japan, perhaps going south to Fukuoka or Hiroshima, or thereabout may be safer.  Of course, these cities are not as cosmopolitan and fashionable as Tokyo.

Come on, there is a reason for visa waiver.

Come on lah, stop being a tight arse, you've probably been in Japan so long where things that others enjoy won't please you anymore.

+1 to your comment
Yala, we all here not as good as he do..I havent been to Hakone, Japan before and i dont knw how is their accomodation, transport, onsen package n etc like..That's reason we come to this tread and seeking opinion...

Hi guys, I need some advice. I'll be going to Japan for 2 months and I'm wondering about money. As in, am I better carrying cash or is it better for me to use credit cards? Or should I just buy a prepaid card, top it up with money and use it in Japan?

Go hakone but stay at Hotel?  means you not do enough Homework.  Please do it again
This mean you going Japan without doing much homework yet.

Come on lah, stop being a tight arse, you've probably been in Japan so long where things that others enjoy won't please you anymore.

+1 to your comment
Yala, we all here not as good as he do..I havent been to Hakone, Japan before and i dont knw how is their accomodation, transport, onsen package n etc like..That's reason we come to this tread and seeking opinion...

+1 to your comment
Yala, we all here not as good as he do..I havent been to Hakone, Japan before and i dont knw how is their accomodation, transport, onsen package n etc like..That's reason we come to this tread and seeking opinion...

What has staying in a hotel in hakone have to do with not doing homework?
I paid good money and I enjoyed it very much.

any nice ryokan at hokone recommended ?

You have to do more homework first.  If you want my advice.    Show me you have done homework first.

Better to have both. Make advanced payment to your credit card since you'll be there for 2 months. Which parts of Japan by the way?
Use your card whenever the merchant accepts so that you won't have to be carrying so much cash everywhere.
What has staying in a hotel in hakone have to do with not doing homework?
I paid good money and I enjoyed it very much.
That's right, before my trip I browsed through this forum and collected bits of info to prepare for my trip and now it's time to give back to the community. It may not be useful to some people, but it takes time and effort to share my experience as a Malaysian visiting Japan.

I'm sure climacool & aeradyl would share their experience and tips they've picked up along the way when they come back. Right guys? 

I've been to Hakone ( bought Hakone pass ) before and stayed at Kawaguchiko - which by the way is more cheaper if you stay at a Backpackers' Hostel. ( around Y3000 per person per night )

All those Hakone sight seeing you are able to complete in less than half a day, and can then take a bus to Kawaguchiko Station. Plenty of affordable accomodation dan place to eat are available here.

In Kawaguchiko you can also buy a retro bus pass and check out a lot of nice places like the ice and wind cave : http://www.fujikyu.co.jp/en/leisure/leisure10.html

Here are a few blogs that I used to get more info before by trip there :

http://www.thejapanguy.com/my-first-time-a...one-japan-2011/

http://freeze-mythoughts.blogspot.com/2010...nding-fuji.html

http://chriskong57.blogspot.com/2012/06/da...awaguchiko.html

You can also want to try and experience onsen in Kawaguchiko area at this link : http://www.onsenexpress.com/site/display/d...3&onsenregion=0

I've been to Hakone ( bought Hakone pass ) before and stayed at Kawaguchiko - which by the way is more cheaper if you stay at a Backpackers' Hostel. ( around Y3000 per person per night )

You can also want to try and experience onsen in Kawaguchiko area at this link : http://www.onsenexpress.com/site/display/d...3&onsenregion=0

Definitely..share is care !
I will share my experiences after my trip. Mayb new comer or existing members use my plan as a guideline so that you wont pay extra, save time n more visit

What you guys share to me, will absorb and re-share back here..

I've been to Hakone ( bought Hakone pass ) before and stayed at Kawaguchiko - which by the way is more cheaper if you stay at a Backpackers' Hostel. ( around Y3000 per person per night )

All those Hakone sight seeing you are able to complete in less than half a day, and can then take a bus to Kawaguchiko Station. Plenty of affordable accomodation dan place to eat are available here.

In Kawaguchiko you can also buy a retro bus pass and check out a lot of nice places like the ice and wind cave : http://www.fujikyu.co.jp/en/leisure/leisure10.html

Here are a few blogs that I used to get more info before by trip there :

http://www.thejapanguy.com/my-first-time-a...one-japan-2011/

http://freeze-mythoughts.blogspot.com/2010...nding-fuji.html

http://chriskong57.blogspot.com/2012/06/da...awaguchiko.html

You can also want to try and experience onsen in Kawaguchiko area at this link : http://www.onsenexpress.com/site/display/d...3&onsenregion=0

Definitely..share is care !
I will share my experiences after my trip. Mayb new comer or existing members use my plan as a guideline so that you wont pay extra, save time n more visit

What you guys share to me, will absorb and re-share back here..

If you no do well homework enough...what u share out just rubbish.  If might cause longer journey / wasting more money to destination.  Or miss out more thing to feel & see in that place. 

Some people will follow up like ur plan...then another victim.   
In here I very strict.  Travel are causing alot money here...no bullshit in here.

Are you basing this fearmongering on some actual data or are you just talking out your ass based on a non existent understanding of physics and radioactivity?

http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/03/...r-risk-increase

WHO says that "people living nearest to the nuclear power plant (will have) a slightly elevated risk of cancer in the coming years. However, the disaster will have no ‘observable' impact in the rest of Japan or other parts of the world ... (WHO) also expects no increases in miscarriages, stillbirths or physical and mental disorders in babies born after the accident"

I believe most of us here spend less than a month a year in Japan, and even then mostly in the 'touristy' areas away from fukushima. I see no reason for worry.

Think Bhopal, think Chernobyl.
I am just reminding people as effects of radioactivity... bla bla some nonsense.

Think Bhopal, think Chernobyl.
I am just reminding people as effects of radioactivity do not show up till years later.  More so for those who plans to have kids.
Exposure to radioactivity is not solely by air only.  Imagine you eat a piece of sushi where the rice and fish are slightly contaminated.
It is foolish to think that the effects can only be contained within Fukushima.

Its your health, you take the risk.

Seriously, GTFO out of this thread. Nobody here is going to travel to Fukushima, let alone spend time near the Reactor.

Sure. Now we understand why Msian's average lifespan and rate of mortality is lower than many nations.  Good luck to you guys.