Finalized my bookings. All that left is for looking for a cheap place to stay for 2 days in Osaka from 7/9 to 9/9. Mostly a theme park oriented trip. Party of 4 until the 6th, then party of 2.

1/9 - Fly off from KL to Haneda. Reaching Haneda at night so will just probably sleep at the airport benches.
2/9 - Renting the shower room in Haneda to freshen up. Taking a bus from Haneda to Fuji-Q at 6+ am, reaching about 930 for the haunted hospital thingy. Will probably be there until 2 or so before coming back to Tokyo. Check in that go for a walkabout, probably around Shibuya or so as we're staying in an apartment near there.
3/9 - Tokyo Disneysea
4/9 - Tokyo Disneyland
5/9 - Free day in Tokyo, no real idea yet where we're going. Meiji Castle, Shinjuku, Harajuku, Roppongi most likely.
6/9 - Morning flight via Peach to Osaka. Free day in Osaka. Maybe going Dotonbori and the likes. No real idea on what to in Osaka to be honest. Probably sightseeing.
7/9 - Another free day in Osaka without any real plans yet. 2 friends leaving on the evening flight back to KL, 2 of us still staying.
8/9 - Universal Studios Japan
9/9 - Loiter around Osaka before leaving back to KL in the evening.

Staying in houses booked thru on AirBNB throughout our stay in Tokyo and for the 6th in Osaka. Looking for another apartment to stay in Osaka for 2 for the last 2 days.

Judging by our travels, there's really no daily train pass or something like that to suits us right? I would assume it's better to just get the PASMO or ICOCA? Any suggestions on where we should probably go in Osaka to fill up the time?

anyone going to Tokyo in 2 weeks time? ill be there for 2 weeks.

apparently its freakin hot!

So, you plan to go Fuji Q theme park with all luggage?

I am in Tokyo and its really damn hot......

Camping bags and a small bag for food. That's the plan. I actually just called them ad the person on the phone mentioned that there's a luggage storage area at the entrance for 500 yen. Person spoke limited English though so going to send them an email just to be sure. My other option was going to Shinjuku from the airport and getting a bus there to Fuji Q. Being a bus terminal I was sort of assuming that they will have luggage storing areas. Any other way you would suggest? We will actually be staying in an apartment near Shibuya.

Was also exploring the option of going to Gotemba from the theme park but not entirely sure yet how convenient that is going to be.

I just booked a hotel at chuo ward 2 single room(RM2.3k for 7 days)

Pretty damn expensive

This post has been edited by testkindtest: Aug 1 2014, 07:35 PM

You can always do day trip or half day trip to Kobe or Nara or Kyoto

Anyone going to climb mount fuji?

Tayhaithian just climbed it last coule of weeks.

Quick question. Since I have the afternoon to night part of Sunday free and the morning up to say noon part free on Tuesday, is it worth the trouble to go to say Kyoto on the Sunday and Kobe on the Tuesday? Research shows it's a short train trip so was thinking of just going and loitering about. Haven't really checked on what exactly to see in Kyoto/Kobe yet. Should I consider Nara instead?

Saw the Kitkat green tea flavour in one of the supermarkets lately. Can't recall which one liao.

You can find it in certain local shopping mall that sell Japanese food. I ve seen it before last year. But the price is almost triple. kitkat green tea is the most famous among the flavor.

Here's a shot I took of Kamikochi recently.



And another:

nice one lowyatter....especially the 2nd pic.
the river looks crystal clear :0

The water in Kamikochi is unbelievably clean. Same with the air, so fresh and sweet, really a good antidote to hazy Malaysian air...

yeah....n this will sure b in my itinerary during my autumn trip to japan
thanks man,

go in summer of course hot lo
on the bright side summer = peach season so go buy and eat a lot of peaches, they gooding.


For me, Kyoto not worth considering u only have 4d3n (i.e. 3 actual days), 1 of which is taken up by USJ. Might as well spend the whole time in Osaka. Kobe or Nara can be an OK side trip if you absolutely can't find anything in osaka that you're interested in visiting.

This post has been edited by youngman28: Aug 4 2014, 12:38 PM

I like to see the countryside, the kampung. Will probably travel alone if no one wants to join me.

First time abroad + backpacking alone = scary!

And I need to plan fast if I want to avoid the winter. >__<! Else, wait after it.

This post has been edited by notoriousfiq: Aug 4 2014, 04:37 PM

ur travelling alone, hence u need balls more than u need a plan
joking only...come pls share ur itinerary