tuna auction can't be 'seen from the side,' it's in an enclosed place so you need to queue for it if you wanna see. Wholesale market, tourists only supposed to go in after 9am (but I recall seeing a lot of gaijin no fucuk given and go in earlier anyway. dunno if the guards will escort them out or not). if you don't feel like waking up at 4am to go see auction then just watch video lol

This one please

can't understand what you want, you already said you wanna go during sakura season, so ... that's the best time to go lor.

or are you asking what is the best date to go? Different places different date, so go refer to japan guide. http://www.japan-guide.com/blog/sakura13/

note that the weather leading up to the season will depend when exactly the season hits. sometimes late sometimes early by few weeks, so if you bought your tickets way in advance then depends on your luck also.

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu liddat no siok liao.

nobody knows what you like or don't like, so giving you itinerary that is tailored to our own particular likes / dislikes is a waste of time. not to mention the regulars here been asked the same questions over and over for months and years. Go to http://www.japan-guide.com/ and shortlist what seems interesting to you, then come up with a draft itinerary then the sifu will comment.

Well ... yes lol. The viewing area is just a small corridor and is damn crowded with the 50 or whatever tourists that are allowed for each session, so you can't wander around, just stand/squat there and watch. And the security ushers you out after 10 minutes or so.

So uhhhhhhhhhh whether it's worth it or not depends on what you want/like lor.

Honestly, if you're a KL guy and have taken LRT/Komuter before, Tokyo train network isn't all that different. Yes, there's a few hundred more stations and lines, and perhaps some less touristy / smaller stations might not have romajii station names, but as long as you have experience taking subway/metro in other cities you shouldn't have that much trouble in Tokyo

Most stopover you will only sightsee the airport. Unless it's like at least maybe 6 hours or more (mostly you will arrange 1-3hr stopover which is not enough to get out to town then come back in).

Don't take Cathay. My personal experience is they use old, OLD planes for their KL-HK-Japan route, with IFE that isn't even on demand (unacceptable for 2014).

Honestly how often will you be in your hotel room? Go back at night shower, sleep, then next morning go out liao. Point is in my humble opinion the hotel + or - a bit oso doesn't really matter, unless you are those princess type who must have 5 star mattress only can sleep

My opinion, get some sort of data (whether roaming, rent sim card, pocket wifi etc) and use Google maps. Having data much easier since Japan hardly got any free wifi hot spots.

I still don't see the point in caching offline google maps for holidaying in Japan. The main navigation you would use smartphone for is subway directions, train schedules, prices, etc which all need data. If no data and just have a map, you go nearest subway station might not be correct cos that particular line not directly going to another station that you wanna go, etc, no?

Disneysea is already a very 'grown up' version of Disney. Lucky you never went Disneyland, then you lagi facepalm. Want totally grown up theme park need to go Six Flags, Universal Studios franchises

Haha wut. Best Disney in Asia and Europe, maybe. Anyways USJ got a lot of repeat rides with USS so if you've visited USS recently then feels too deja vu when visitign USJ. But the cool weather (depend on season also lah) makes it SO much more pleasant than in SG.


must go visit narisawa liao, best restoran in asia http://www.theworlds50best.com/asia/en/asi...estaurants.html


RegentCid female tag leh

This is like asking 'guys I wanna buy a car but haven't decided. Will 40k be enough to buy the car I want?'

How do we know whether 40k is enough if we don't know what cat you want?

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2410.html

For subway/metro in tokyo/osaka, google maps app works perfectly as long as you have data. shows you what station to walk to, how many stops, etc etc.
For bus service in kyoto a bit spotty cos the bus stop info somehow perhaps not that accurate.

If you have no data and pre-download, then it's almost worthless cos navigation needs data.

NATAS (SG travel fair) promotions, MAS got return ticket to Osaka/Tokyo at barely over sgd500, must travel by June. Tempted to go again in May ... ...

from SG machiam surely more expensive leh. Some more I last minute tired of work wanna go holiday kind of thing lol. Surveying mid march prices ...
MAS $530
Scoot (SIA LCC) $750
AA normal $560

I think most japan taxis only take 4 passengers.
When I went last, a ~5km taxi trip from the hotel was 4500yen
The day that I went, 4.25am already all spaces for the session taken up.

gila ka tokyo hokkaido kansai in 8 days like this half your trip is just travelling to touch and go from place to place.
IMO 8 days AT MOST tokyo area + kansai area only.

This post has been edited by deodorant: Mar 5 2014, 10:36 AM