yeah...i'm wondering too....my hands are itchy, wanting to go change more but hubby stopped me liao 

That's a lot of JPY.... careful you may need to declare if too large amount

Sapporo starting to snow d since last night...so nice!

hmm...what news?

Good news for me too...hehe. Initially I thought to sleep in airport if miss the train. But, wow, airport hotels are so expensive!

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

JooSeng, I'm very excited jor...my backpack also packed d. 

I just realize, without the JR pass and according to my itinerary, i need to use at least RM1200.00 for trains! now i save RM350++

back to my earlier post , i decided to rent a car for 3 days in hokkaido , is it advisable to do that ? because i cant find any way to back from otaru to niseko at night ...

my itineary
Feb 7th 2015 ( saturday ) -9am reach chitose
chitose go to niseko - stay 2 night
saturday evening to otaru , then back to niseko from otaru at night
sunday ski whole day at niseko
monday early morning go to sapporo for snow festival ,
tuesday early morning go to chitose to depart to osaka

for my plan , rent a car is more cheap than using public transport right ?
2 person , and also timing more flexible , is it easy to drive in hokkaido ?

rental fees so far i had asked for 3 days is

Honda rent a car	Hond Fit hybrid	29160 yen = RM854
Toyota rent a car	Toyota Vitz / passo	22140 yen = RM648
Nippon rental	Honda Fit	24656 yen = RM722
Jr rent a car	Nissan Note	14800 yen = RM433

All price for 3 days and including CWD insurance

is Jr rental is a good and reputable choice ?

so far nippon customer service very fast responce and willking to give me assitance in english , they also can let me pre-book the car without making any deposit

hope u can help RegentCid

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mamasos
at first i thought the train is until night 10pm....
after i book the hotel at niseko for two night and one night at sapporo and already paid , only i realize the last train is 7pm T.T

at first is use bus from chitose to niseko , and train from niseko to otaru , and train to sapporo from niseko , and train from sapporo to chitose.

seems like now only solution is renting a car , to save all the time and hassle,

estimate first day reach niseko ski hotel 1pm check in lunch prepare etc
3pm go otaru , estimate 6pm reach and stay until 10pm and back to niseko

second day early morning ski whole day till evening , night have some rest and third day early morning go sapporo snow festival until night , have a stay at dome hotel and forth day early morning return car at chitose and flight 930am from chitose to osaka for the ongoing trip...

hmm...i'll be staying at niseko red ski house and dome hotel sapporo

by the way what is the time turning dark in hokkaido ? as in malaysia is 7pm

another question is if i take taxi from otaru to niseko around 10pm , how much will they charge me ?

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