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 

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...

Japan Railpass can only be bought outside of Japan. So you need to buy within 3months before you travel to Japan.

is it true that we must buy jr pass 3 month before travelling to japan?
im going to japan end of this march but havent bought it yet.
did u buy it from jtb? do they accept credit card?

is it true that we must buy jr pass 3 month before travelling to japan?
im going to japan end of this march but havent bought it yet.
did u buy it from jtb? do they accept credit card?

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.

Bro, I will be visiting again during April.

damn jus found out tsukiji market close on certain wednesday...
look like my itinerary 'cooler than water'

http://www.tsukiji-market.or.jp/etc/calendar/2015.html

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

do we need IDL for rent car in hokkaido ?
or can use domestic malaysia driving license ?

you didnt know? 
I also maybe not going there for breakfast jor....my hubby wanna photoshoot Mt Fuji early morning....so we need to get to Gotemba as early as possible.....

You really come to Japan quite often eh. Not coming this weekend for the Tokyo Auto Salon show?

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?

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.

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.

Deepavali Special

The way to Hakone.

First Buy Hakone Free Pass


Then top up another 890Yen for the Romance Car direct from Shinjuku Station to Hakone Yumoto Station
Inside This Picture you can see the Ticket start from shinjuku to destination Hakone Yumoto.
10 Am Train and reach destination at 11:24am
Train Model VSE Romance Car
Seat number


Romance Car Platform inside Shinjuku Station






Train Arrive Station