Hokkaido alone can spent 7-10 days...
buying jr pass will b abit waste, better take flight

plan ur itinerary first (do homework, friendly advise b4 u got screw)~~!!

items with normal price tag... is still cheaper at duty free shop la
unless u say some items on sales... eg 30% discount... it is hard to beat

i tot all shop give discount... hehe
bought over rm1k of miniature... the discount do save a lots

fukushima

disney is places not area
---
tat y i didnt write daiichi
---
not alot of japanese chic hv naturally pretty face, they like to wear heavy makeup and fashionable
next time try taiwanese amoi ...

yup... we even have challenge to spot chubby at one time

too bad i oni found 1Filipino aunty with horizontal challenge
this is not a joke... really hard to find...

dont goto taiwan...
goto okinawa... it is flooded with taiwanese youngster

Spring and Autumn
Summer normally heat and rain

http://wikitravel.org/en/Nagoya

Winter
but summer... sometime typhoon

when u said pretty, r u refering to flower and landscape
ya autumn is the best, u can start to see the autumn foliage all over the mountain (yellowish)
spring normally cherry blossom
summer is the best as most flower r blooming at their peak... in hokkaido
---
normal meal... ¥700 to ¥1000 about RM30 per/meal

alternative... fly
http://www.flypeach.com

nice

i see most of your review is on onsen
if possible please include best shopping destination and duty free guide

when i in osaka, i bought ticket from namba to airport
i use the shortest route... actually wrong transit to airport

the guard allow us to hop to another train with warning la
>>he said i only allow this time, next time cannot

but actually the same thing happen x2 times b4 that, hehehe
i conclude standard reply for foreigner

AirAsia to re-enter Japan’s low cost carrier market

after experience japanese airline (aka low cost)...
how aa able to beat them...
excellent service, price, attitude, hygiene, and all those kawaii stewardess

1. ya public transport is not reliable, unless u wan to visit naha city only
2. not convenient to rent a car, language barrier...
3. u can book online or rent it when u touch down, they will fetch u from airport to their shop
4. can spent 2days oni ah?? waste money and time...
5. must see? not much, unless u really like sun and beach and u hv to fly to other island
6. MUST?? OK u asked for it >> blue cave and whale shark... i dive there
7. Aquarium half day? Ask u the same question, can u finish Ocean Park in half day??
u will miss a lot of show, and okinawa aquarium is really far... u will waste petrol and tol $$$ too

other
1. Okinawa have 1 premium factory outlet near airport... best for ladies
2. Naha market oso very big, bigger than petaling street... ladies can spent whole day there
3. Salt factory oso not bad, can buy sea salt and salt ice cream, the sea view is oso and it is near okinawa Aborigine castle, forget the name

ya bus can go anywhere, unlike hokkaido... some place cannot be access without car
fyi most of the website/forum recommend rent car for hokkaido/okinawa,
oni here are @LYN(RC) like to recommend bus and train
---
free and easy... mostly driving
in naha city i took train and taxi

warn u... i lost 1day in okinawa bcoz of typhoon
drive all the way to aquarium and they say typhoon hv close for the day

diving? around rm800 for blue cave and whale shark...
the dive center name is in japanese メールアドレス murunu-shi.com (i not mistaken dive guide called Ayumi)
warn u again, extremely hard to find dive shop offering blue cave + whale shark + english guide
i oso suffer coz i didnt do advance booking (guessed im too free n ez lol)

oh almost forget to say... okinawa is extreme famous for it church!!!
many HK, Korea and Japan romantic movie and travel documentary highlight the wedding hall
i went in the evening, the sunset+horizon sea behind the church is damn pretty
damn romantic, no wonder many ppl wan to get married there

1. According to google maps 1h 35mins, but i spent more than tat... after all, the advantage of car rental... we can stop at all the seaside and restaurance kekekek
2. I use email online booking... last minutes booking... something like i book @KLIA, confirm the services at Kansai, when i reach Naha, the staff already waiting for me there.... the service and respond is FIRST GRADE!!! and if u rent a car in okinawa, they have chinese speaker staff (many taiwanese, no joke )
Company: OTS Rent A Car Okinawa (after that i use the same company in Hokkaido)
i select normal car, they gv me better one at same price... hybrid in okinawa and awd in hokkaido
3. Price, u better check urself, lazy to spoonfeed
4. Yes the car come with english gps, but i have to warn u... the gps *result is in JAPANESE
5. I go during 1st week of Oct, coz my target is Hokkaido Autumn Foliage... and it is actually middle of autumn but the summer is extending, i change my ori plan and swap hokkaido with okinawa
6. Onna hv a lot of dive center and famous, tat y alwayz full... and as i told u... i wan blue cave + whale shark + eng guide... this three combination is suck for last minutes guyz like me
7. guarantee ws?? u better ask them, but i will say 90% yes
8. the church i spotted it accidentally, coz i didnt do a lot of research... we saw the backdrop scenery is really stunning and take alot of photo... after we come back oni we know it is very famous another car rental advantage... the fat lady singing to us
---
forget to add... typhoon in okinawa... another reason why most of the dive center closed for the day

This post has been edited by lucaswjk: Jul 3 2014, 02:54 PM

okinawa whale shark worst... they trapped it
u can search youtube~

ohh the chinese speaker is in naha city itself, the shop near airport hv oni japanese
u better email all the details b4 u go
or ask them to call other branch if u need other helps

ohh another thing u wan to know, they will fetch u to hotel/airport after u return the car

another place u might wan to go diving... Yonaguni, Okinawa so called ancient ruins

aquarium have 1 whale shark...
the one can dive one is open sea, they hv 3/4 ws under the gigantic net

they trap it coz fisherman accidentally catch it...
it will release it during the next ws migration season
or if still baby will put it into aquarium

u so bloated meh?

but as far as i know, the prefer destination for SUPER STAR WEDDING is at
1) Maldive
2) Bali
3) Cebu
4) and mayb Palau
yonaguni first time hear... learned something new today