Roppogi hill..is a shopping right..no time to go wo..

Ueno park during later january/early of February got any flower to see?no sakura right

This post has been edited by BlackPen: Jan 5 2014, 12:40 AM

Add in ueno park and ameyoko street for affordable shopping. Don't forget nearby ichiran ramen too. Depending on when you are going, could be a pain in the @ss squeezing in sensoji and skytree

If you are planning to queue for tuna auction at tsukiji, then day 4 seems damn packed. To queue for tuna auction you need to wake up at like 3am, then auction, then (presumably) queue for sushi dai / daiwa, by that time you already awake for 9-10 hours, surely damn tired d.

I am going to Tokyo on April 18 till 25.

I am leading my friends around... But then well, good hotel sure expensive.

Last year May I stayed in Hotel Metropolitan, it is super darn convenient, close to everything one can ask for like JR/Tokyo Metro (3 mins), McD/Mos/7-11/Family Mart just at left and right (1 minute of walk from hotel entrance)

Some questions on kuroneko yamato luggage forwarding service.

Do I need to inform my hotel (destination) about this arrangement? And is it really reliable and safe?

Thanks

This post has been edited by Human Nature: Jan 5 2014, 12:25 PM

I'm not going to queue for tuna auction..just go there have breakfast around 9am..isn't long queue for the food at tsujiki outside market?

1230 - 330 at sensoji and 330 - 7.00 at skytree..is the time peak season maybe will shorten the time

Yup its shopping area with some art museum as well. You can go up to the top floor to have a nice view of tokyo. I think u need to pay 1000yen to go up. I can go up for free though so i am not sure of the exact amount. Lunch set up there is also 1000yen but need to be a bit early cause it can get fully book pretty quickly.

Sakura is late march or early april. It depends very much on the weather

I honestly don't see the point in going then. Unless you wanna queue for tuna auction or queue for sushi dai / daiwa sushi, or maybe if your hotel is super near. Otherwise no reason to go.

Isn't there have quite a lot of sushi shop other than sushi dai / daiwa sushi? And also visit the wet market will do I not interested to visit the tuna auction

This post has been edited by BlackPen: Jan 5 2014, 02:34 PM

Can also recommend other places to stay that are that convenient? Would be cool if they're less than RM200 a night.

I booked hotel at ikebukuro around RM100+ per person..Walk to station around 5min

This post has been edited by BlackPen: Jan 5 2014, 04:02 PM

Yes, just inform the hotel and they will arrange the delivery.

I used it to delivery my luggages to Tokyo when in Osaka because going to stop in Hakone before heading to Tokyo.
Much more convenient without bringing the luggages

Wah.. whats the name of the hotel? I thought only hostels will be that cheap.

actually there almost like backpacking place..but also have 2 person per room anyway as long as cheap it's ok just a place to rest

I found this site, https://www.airbnb.com/, that lets you rent a room and stay with the locals. Looks like a really fun experience and its also cheap. Anyone tried something like this before? I might just give it a go.

I tried it when i went to Europe. A bit of hit and miss there. Got a very nice place in london and the owner was really nice enough to pay for my cab to the train station. As for Paris i did not do a better research and ended up in a not so nice surrounding. The apartment was really nice but just that outside....

Japan are very strict on 2 person per room.

Yup..want sleep 1 more person..add another bed pay extra $$

This post has been edited by BlackPen: Jan 5 2014, 09:44 PM

Whats the best data plan to use in Tokyo? Was planning to use Digi which is RM50+ per day. I might be relying a lot on Google map.