Hi all, may I know which month the best to visit Hokkaido for sakura? Thanks.

Hi, about the b-mobile visitor sim. If I select for delivery to hotel, is it means that they will deliver to the receptionist and I will have to collect it? Or they will deliver it to me? Can I select a delivery time before I check-in(on the same day)?

Do the Homework first

To the Hotel Receptionist.
Btw, you can buy this at any Major Airport. Unless you landed at Tokyo Haneda Airport which midnight then the shop was closed.

Other Airport then just buy at spot. no need buy online and delivery to hotel

This post has been edited by RegentCid: Dec 4 2014, 11:04 PM

Thanks. I will be arriving at Chubu Centrair Nagoya in the afternoon. Is it available there? If I buy it online, can I choose a delivery time before my check-in, but on the same day?

Nagoya. Buy online. Get it at Nagoya Airport Post Office

3rd Floor was Departure
2nd Floor was Arrrvals
1st Floor at Post Office <<<

This post has been edited by RegentCid: Dec 4 2014, 11:25 PM

So... I just finished my "Speedrun" of Japan: All major cities in the major regions covered in 10 days. Initial thoughts:

1. If you plan to do it this way, the 7-day Japan Rail Pass is absolutely necessary, and pays back for itself multiple times. The other passes not so much: I found getting myself a normal IC card (Icoca this time around coz I already have Suica) for normal intra-city travel is much more convenient and you don't really lose much vs city travel passes.

2. The rail timings will be tight. Like *real* tight, especially from Nagoya --> Sendai --> Sapporo, primarily because Hakkaido does not have a Sinkan system *yet* and relies on slower express trains. You also have to wake up in the wee hours of the morning more than a few times.

3. 10 days is enough (barely) if you know what to cover (this is already my 3rd time going to Japan, mostly Tokyo, so less to cover). For first timers however, 14 days is reccomended so that you can cover more stuff around Tokyo on the second week. You'll move around *a lot* though (maybe even up to the last city train) expect to rest only while travelling between cities, and when you're sleeping.

4. Japanese language skills, while *not* absolutely necessary, can be *very* helpful, especially when going to the less touristy parts of Japan. It also helps open doors to very interesting conversations.

5. The GAC LTE MIFI is totally worth it. It's fast and lasts for at least 3/4 of a full day. Coverage wise, the only trouble I've had was in tunnels (duh... but the Sanyo Shinkansen has a *lot* of tunnels... really) and in the more *ulu* parts of Hokkaido. Otherwise it works pretty perfect.

For a detailed breakdown, maybe later. For now, all I could say that it was a hectic 10 days, but great fun nonetheless.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Dec 5 2014, 12:10 AM

No way you can get from Nagoya to Sapporo on day 5. i try before. No way . Only reach Aomori
Day 5 you need change train at Tokyo. That waste time & reach Aomori already night. Day 5 you going Sendai also?

Then 100% cannot

Day 2 basically was wtf. Unless it was a train ride fun thing. If plus visiting the city. it will be not enough time to discover the city.

This post has been edited by RegentCid: Dec 5 2014, 12:14 AM

I did. From Nagoya wake up straight ride shinkansen. Arrive Sendai around 11am, take the Loople around Sendai. Around 1pm (ish) ride shinkansen again to Aomori. Arrive Sapporo around 10pm?

I have the tickets for it for reference. But it IS tight like heck, prolly the tightest part of the trip. That said it was actually the second last train from Aomori to Sapporo, the last one arrives as 11-ish PM - so I actually even had a back up plan if I missed the 1pm Sendai to Aomori shinkansen.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Dec 5 2014, 12:17 AM

you just miss alot thing in sendai. This kind of trip more was like Train fun trip. Check in check out.
For train lovers might ok. For Real travellers this was wasting money

Depends. My primary mission is to just finish the whole of Japan in 10 days so I'll get a primer of where else to focus on next time. In that context it feels that I've gotten my money's worth.

I already did 14 days in the Tokyo area last time. Now I just wanted to see how far I can get in 10 days. It was actually *decent* travelling - all things considered. I got to see *a lot* more than I initially thought I would.

That said, I do feel I could have used some more time around Sapporo and Matsuyama. Which also holds true for everywhere else, but Sapporo and Matsuyama for me more than anywhere else. Also, I missed going to Hida-Takayama, but I was already on my last legs budget wise so what to do.

But for *real* travelling, yeah, 20 days would have been better for this. Though costs wise it might be more of a problem: it would need twice the budget, for one thing.

It's always a problem of covering more ground, or more depth. In this case I chose to cover more ground - at the sake of depth of course. While it's not optimal, as a time-limited *primer* trip to what Japan has got in store, it works quite well IMHO.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Dec 5 2014, 12:49 AM

How many hours do I have to be at the nagoya airport before departure? My flight is at 9:35 am, I'm afraid that I have not enough time to travel from Sakae station to Nagoya station(by subway where the earliest is 5:37 am) and Nagoya station to airport(by meitetsu rapid). Is there any late night taxi available?

Wow, you are very geng wor....salute you

I wish I can do like what you did at least once in the future, haha.

I'm going to Tokyo in March next year for 6 days, solely Tokyo.

http://www.japan-guide.com/blog/sakura14/

late april-early may it seems.

Go Japan More
Can separate into section by section
7 days Kyushu , 7 Days Shikoku , 14 Days Honshu , 7 days Hokkaido

See my signature? It took me 11 years. 280 times trips to complete all ...every inch ....every culture ...every history.
Then become senpai

If you wiling to pay RM500 for the Taxi

This post has been edited by RegentCid: Dec 5 2014, 09:51 AM

Aiyoo...Why you spoon feed? This thread no spoon feed.

your co-operation will be grateful

bravo

at last someone able to profit from JR Pass

I did checked online before to lowyat as some blog stated end of May beginning of June.....

Thanks

http://sakura.weathermap.jp/