i booked via tocoo oso... and the other one is ots

remember most of the online car rental is available in japanese only
the most preferably way to book is via email... and telephone call to confirm
ohh warning they have limited english capability, especially speaking

i done mostly via phone, coz i can call to 10 countrys for free

Tocoo is all in English la.

Because that's the end of the line? The train network I mean..haha

I used Toyota Rental is Hokkaido
I made the reservation by walking into their office near my hotel in Kyoto
The staff helped me call the reservation line
I check tocoo and got quoted around 25-26k for 3 days for a k-car
Toyota charged me about 28.5k for a ractis/spade/sienta category and with 4wd (though that's not really useful) because i get discount with a Hertz card

Nop...Toyama City still got alot of train Line. Within City got Tram. It got Toyama Private Line to Whole Toyama region including Tateyama Alphine Station.

It got JRLine to Kanazawa and Niigata. Toyama was like a T Juntion. West going Kanazawa. East going Niigata. South going Takayama + Nagoya

This post has been edited by RegentCid: Sep 15 2014, 11:03 PM

Hi guys, i need some advice on my itinerary, plan on taking my mom and 2 of her friends.
Estimate dates would be around 2nd/3rd week of April. (Hoping to avoid their major holidays but still able to see sakura)
The plan is to do sightseeing more than shopping.
Question :
1) would the plan be too rush?
2) would it be better if i add 1 more day each to kyoto and/or tokyo?
3) would the JR pass be sufficient?
Any recommendation are welcome too! Thanks!

To me it is definitely a rush. You can't see shit in Tokyo for that.

It definately too rush, i dun thing u can do it comfortably, travel with older and friend need to be slow, especially yr aim is to catch the sakura.

Try to cover Osaka and Kyoto only will be better idea, forget about Nagoya and Tokyo. U have miss out the Arashiyama in Kyoto, it can take at least haft day tour they.

Dun try to cover all those area and squeeze like running walkaton, i dare to say you not able to enjoy it.and yrs mom and uncle will complaint like hell. Do u see people come to enjoy the sakura by walk in walk out with pact schedule? Your plan look like" riding horse to see sakura".

Please bear in mind that sightseeing and shopping in Japan need alot of walking and stamina. You need to understand that bring the older for tour is to enjoy and relax, slowly to appreciate their culture, the sakura season, their temple. If you plan like that, with pact schedule like working in big city, it would be better stay home and working everyday.

please do some homework by study the geografic of each city, transport system. The way you plan will waste u alot money yet unable to enjoy the trip. Please read the travel japan guide also, alot of traveller have raise out this same plan/question over the year, and answer can be found they easily.

This post has been edited by youngman28: Sep 16 2014, 06:35 AM

Guys, is there any difference in access if I land in Narita instead of Haneda? This is due to the difference in flight departure and arrival time.

Narita is further away from Tokyo, while Haneda is still within the Greater Metropolitan Area of Tokyo.

Narita technically is the main international airport serving Kanto area (specifically Tokyo and its surroundings).

Haneda got upgraded over years and therefore now also serving some numbers of international flights.

Think of something like Haneda = Our old Subang Airport, Narita = KLIA.

Transportation to city area therefore will have different choices too. Haneda generally you do can get clearance in less time.

P/S: Haneda just got awarded 5 star airport last month.

Thanks, so I just checked that it usually takes 1.5 hours to reach central Tokyo from Narita, not bad actually.

I'm trying to detail out every single thing as I'll be going there without tour guide and by myself, for the first time

Keisei Skyliner will only take about 45 mins. But good and fast don't come cheap.

However, for Skyliner and Limousine Bus do have this Ticket + 3 days Subway Pass combo, which is very good.

That right. In Japan they call Narita Airport as ''New Tokyo Airport''

Thanks for the advice. I had a hunch that the plan was stupid, guess my homework wasn't enough. XD
Will definitely revise my plan. Thanks a lot.

Sifu...Can tell me my iphone will work in Japan ma? I saw website saying that japan uses different type of technology, then some GSM wont work in Japan. I am wondering if iphone how, then do they have nano-sim for iphone?

Nothing to do wth Phone model.. Anyway, if you have int roaming on for sure you can use your phone in Japan..minus the $$

You can't use the simcard there bcos diff system but you still can use your msian roaming number for sure

okok.thanks.i did some research more and realise their prepaid plan so damn expensive, 3k yen+ for 1 week, walao expensive lo, our prepaid rm5 can get already

In my opinion, it's a bit split up
Ginkakuji, Philosopher's Path and Kiyomizudera should probably in the same day (but there's be lots of walking)
You can do Ginkakuji->Philosopher's Path->Sanmon Gate+Aqueduct->Kiyomizudera->Yasaka Shrine->Gion

As for Fushimi, you can do it is quite near Kyoto Station actually

Why would you need a sim card where you can rent a portable wifi... unless you are working there, there's no reason to get a sim card for travel..

I'm going north.