sounds great. lemme summon Tiffany Hwang for possible meetup.

Summon thermaltake5 as well.

Guys, for Hakone, I don't think I will take Romancecar due to budget constraint. So I will take the normal Odakyu Line Express from Shinjuku and get down at Odawara. That's possible right? I saw Tokaido Line also goes to Odawara. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

I want to purchase the free pass but not sure if I should purchase from Shinjuku station or Odawara? http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2358_008.html This link shows Purchased inside the free area (e.g. Odawara Station) 4000 yen vs 5140 yen at Shinjuku station.

Your guidance is very much appreciated.

Kodama (slowest tokaido train) will stop at Odawara. If you are having JR pass, then you can board this for free.

If you purchase the Hakone Pass at Shinjuku St, then the fare is inclusive of the Odakyu railway.
If you use your JR pass for Kodama to Odawara, then get the Hakone Pass at Odawara.

This post has been edited by Human Nature: Jan 5 2015, 12:19 AM

> romance car is just 35mins faster and with seat... from tokyo
> if u wan seat on normal train, jus make sure u didnt go on weekend and peak hours
> odawara station is like 15mins distance from hakone-yomoto, so if u r from osaka... u no need goto all the way to tokyo... not sure how JR will reach odawara
> RC have deepavali special post on hakone, i advise u have a look
https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...&#entry71008219

Hi all,

I'm just wondering if I'm arriving at Haneda at 10:30pm, is one hour enough for me to get pass customs, collect luggage n buy new suica card n board a train by 11:30pm? I need to get to Shibuya Station.

As I've checked at hyperdia, I can still make it to Shibuya if I board a train at at 12am from Haneda to Shinigawa then to Osaki and then Shibuya but this is like my really final train which I really hope to avoid. Worst case I need to catch a taxi from Shinigawa to Shibuya.

Or should I just save the trouble (and the crazy woman look dragging the luggage to catch the trains) and just board the Airport Limousine directly?

Trying to figure out if I can save 1500Y (x2 pax) from taking the bus...

not sure how this will helps
1) Learn to buy suica card
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzh8zIggaVs

2) Exit from haneda to train station
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzh8zIggaVs

3) Worst case scenario... sleep at airport

4) Wait for RC... for details guide

This post has been edited by lucaswjk: Jan 5 2015, 01:11 AM

Yes, going through all 5 versions made me did a lot of homework before even asking my first question here. But no one here has mentioned anything about successfully catching the trains when arriving by AA at 10:30pm. Mostly just slept at the airport. I've already booked my accommodation at Shibuya, so I need to get there no matter what

haha correct... according to RC... oni him able to do it...
us... very hard

i oso planned to stay around tat area... mind to share where u stay?

Can consider limousine bus?

hey everyone, i was wondering if i were to travel to Tokyo on June.
would it be a good month?

based on pricing during that season(month) for accommodation and such.

what is the usual budget just to travel to Tokyo from KL without going with a tour and just walking about ourselves? more of a "backpack"-ish trip.

omg! i'm going this Thursday! Pray that the weather is better then

If you had googled around, you would have found out that June is a raining season. If you are ok with the rain, then should be no problem.

Actually I did manage to get the luggage (landed around 10:30 PM), check out customs, buy Suica card (even played around with the machine to get familiarised with it) and board the train at 11:30 PM as I already have a hotel booking at Akihabara. So sleeping at the airport is out of the question. During my time, the customs clearance was smooth even though the flight was full. This was in February 2014. Plan your train route using hyperdia to see if it's feasible to reach your destination.

Came back from Kyoto last week. Was a last minute trip and was lucky to get a hotel and also shinkansen, a very early shinkansen though as its full with ppl balik kampung.
Was lucky that I miss the snow storm. Went to Kyoto during the Holidays and it was really jam pack with tourist especially the buses. At Kyoto station, you can see lots of people quieing to take buses. It will be better to take train as well, cause roads were jam as well......took about 20mins just to leave the vincinity of Kyoto Station.

I'm going to Kyoto on 13th Jan, so really hope the weather will be ok. The crowd should be lesser on that week hor compare to yours...

hi . i want to ask , i staying at niseko and want to go otaru for light festival at night but my hotel is at niseko hirafu ,
i found no problem going there , but how to back ? im planning to back around 10pm , but seems like there is no more bus or train to back niseko =(=( any alternative ? pleaase help help

Niseko to Otaru quite a Journey. 10pm no more Transport. Have to overnight at Otaru.

If want back to Niseko. U have to leave Otaru at 6-7pm

ya i google a lot already .... 2 hours distance ... i reach chitose on saturday morning ( feb 7 ) and depart to red ski house niseko , i think ill reach around 3-4 pm , then go to otaru to see light festival , i think 6-7 reach T.T ...dont know how to back...earliest train is next day 6am T.T ... sunday ski at annupuri , and monday head to sapporo for snow festival and tuesday morning to chitose again and flight 930am on tuesday to osaka via peach airlines...

RegentCid should i rent a car for 3 days ? or should i only use public transport ... currently my plan route is chitose to niseko via bus, and the rest all via JR

there will be only 2 of us , me and my girlfriend

Got it! Thanks.

I'll be travelling from Tokyo and not Osaka.
Plan to go on Monday.
I will check out the post. Thanks.