Ok thanks

Wah U so good always volunteer even during the tsunami that time

Rain here totally different from KL. It doesnt pour an hour and the sun comes out but drizzle the whole day. And it really makes you moody.

I stay in an apartment so I dont have a garden to dig the snow. Reallymiss out all the fun. . Only can go to taman to make snow man.

My travel cost would be around 44,000 yen ...I was wondering whether I should take the JR Pass or not. Below is my itinerary

Day 1 (Osaka):

- Arrive Osaka midnight, stay at hotel near airport for the night


Day 2 (Osaka):

- Going to Rinku PO (wife insist we go )
- Going to city, check in accommodation for the next 2 nights

Day 3 (Osaka):

- Going to Nara Park, then back to city and walk around the city

Day 4 (Kyoto)

- Depart to Kyoto
- Plan to visit kiyomizudera and kinkakuji

Day 5 (Kyoto)

- Explore the city
- Plan to go to Arashiyama Bamboo Forest

Day 6 (Nagoya)

- Depart to Nagoya. Check in for 1 night
- Plan to go to Nagashima Spa Land and Nabana No Sato

Day 7 (Nagoya)

- Railway Museum (worth it? or anything else I should go and see while I'm here?)
- Take train to Tokyo

Day 8 (Tokyo)

Day 9 (Tokyo)

Day 10 (Fuji-san)

- Side trip to Lake Kawaguchi

Day 11 (Tokyo)
- Back in Tokyo

Day 12-Day 16 (Tokyo)

- Tsukiji
- DisneySea
- Odaiba
- Yokohama
- Akiba, Shinjuku, Shibuya, Asakusa, Gotemba
- any other if time permit


Any advice? take JR Pass or not?

This post has been edited by ciahcra: Feb 18 2014, 10:52 AM

Did I read it correctly??? 12 days, two person for 44,000yen??? Thats less than RM2000. Or this is just your transportation cose?

16 days, 1 person, 44,000 yen. I used hyperdia to estimate the ticket for trains and buses, including shinkansen. Too expensive?

44,000 is just transportation cost. Accommodation and food separate.

This post has been edited by ciahcra: Feb 18 2014, 11:13 AM

44000Yen for Transporation are far far far far far far far far far too excpensive.

Go Nagoya visit railway museum? Man....you need to do more homework man.......If go nagoya Visit stuff...there is one one stuff must visit. And that the only stuff worth visit.

This post has been edited by RegentCid: Feb 18 2014, 11:33 AM

Well not really intend to stop at nagoya anyway, just killing time while waiting for my brother to arrive from KL on that day....

what is it that I should visit?

if it's too expensive, mind suggesting what option do I have? I've picked the cheapest option available on hyperdia

This post has been edited by ciahcra: Feb 18 2014, 11:38 AM

Tips 1
Day 1 to 5 just need Kansai Thru Pass. 5 day means you need 2 because it last only 3 days.
So all Kansai transport included Bus are all solved. Except JR Line but you not going Universal Studios ...so no need care about JR .
Kansai Thru Pass all settle.

Tips 2
From Day 6 you only activated your 7 day JR Rail Pass at Kyoto Station. Used the JR Rail Pass to sit Shinkansen to Nagoya & Tokyo.
at Tokyo used your Jr Rail Pass sit Yamanote Line to visit all the location you wnat.
Jr Rail Pass for going Lake Kawaguchiko also. First take JR Chuo Line from Tokyo to reach Otsuki Station. Then from Otsuki Station take fujikyu Line to lake kawaguchiko in 1000 yen per way only

Tips3
Nagoya one thing must visit...that was Toyota Plant. See how they build the Toyota
How to go there just need JR Rail Pass only.
How to go?
Do the Homework.

The Rest just do the homework.

3 Tips ...you are fxxxk Luck already......normally I will Fxxx people first

This post has been edited by RegentCid: Feb 18 2014, 11:56 AM

Done my second Japan trip in 13 months.

completed 3 days Tokyo>3days Sapporo>3 days Hirafu > 3 days Osaka.

Regent bro,

Need some advise, would it be better to rent a car at Kawaguchiko and travel to Fuji Shibazakura & shiraito fall? Or should I take public transport? As i will be doing a day trip over there with 5 ppl, would renting a car be more saving and convenience than taking public transport ? As far as i know shuttle buses are not that often, and Shiraito fall doesn't have that much of buses travelling over there as well.

This post has been edited by shinchan99: Feb 18 2014, 02:27 PM

And Gotemba is like backtracking all the way... Perhaps consider visit it when you are on the way to Tokyo?

There are much more good stuffs in Tokyo. Many people always let-go Ikebukuro, but to me there has the best ramen (IMO, personal taste), and now finally the official Kit-kat shop in Seibu Ikebukuro.

This post has been edited by ZeroSP: Feb 18 2014, 07:25 PM

Amazing pics!

RT @jt_sayuridaimon: Here is how bad heavy snow is affecting many parts of Japan. Japan snowed in . . . as witnessed on social media | http://j.mp/1j7LzD0

If you got international license then rent a car. 5 people share the payment....very worth

when i was in akihabara there was a heavy downpour for about 30 minutes. in shibuya there was a slight drizzle which lasted awhile. same thing when i was in kyoto. didnt really experience a whole day drizzle for 12 days there.

guys, im in US now and planning to go Japan in May for about two weeks. i wanna ask, as long as im holding malaysia passport and doesnt matter i fly from US or Malaysia, i dun need visa right? and for travelling alone, staying in hostel, is suitcase convenient or backpack is better?

Malaysian Bio metric Passport (which have the chip symbol on the cover) holders only exempted for visa. Older passport still need visa.

You are really lucky then. Hate the raining season as getting to and fro for work is really a hassle. In the train a lot of people are wet or umbrealla dripping with water, hot, stuffy and pack!! Not to mention the walk to the subway. Thats why I alway try to schedule my meeting in the afternoon and go late for work to avoid being a sardine cramp into a can.

is this the chip symbol u mean?

Yup. Thats the one