Planning to travel to japan this weekend.

Current planned itinerary

28th morning flight reach narita, get a bullet train to Kyoto for 2 nights.

30th go to nara and stay 2 nights there

1st back to tokyo for 5 nights until 6th August.

What u guys think?

what's the best way to get internet access? No google guide me, how to travel around?

There's no prepaid sim card for internet connectivity? so just use pocket wifi with a powerbank?

And also any hotel recommended? budget not exceeding 200usd preferred.

This post has been edited by nles: Jul 24 2014, 07:06 AM

My cousin advise me to stay 2 nights day. I just decided to go yesterday so still researching.

I narrowed down my stay at tokyo to The prince sakura tower shinagawa or Shinjiku grandbell hotel. Grandbell is cheaper though

My cousin ask me to stay 1 night at ryokan hotel at osaka, now wanna search for hotel in osaka area.

My work nature, I only know my work schedule every end of the month, really hard to plan ahead.

yeah fully booked on my date as well. maybe rent a sim card for my phone or my pocket wifi.

There's also prepaid sim card in japan right? just wondering. Usually when I travel other country I just buy a prepaid card for data usage.

This post has been edited by nles: Jul 26 2014, 04:27 AM

Right now im going to do

Day 1-2 Osaka
Day 3-5 Kyoto
Day 6-10 Tokyo

Packing my stuff for tonight's flight.

Thanks. I'm staying at Ryokan at Gion. There's Gion summer festival but it's ending, think there's the closing service at eki shrine, anyone knows whats that about?

Ok will sure do, looks interesting.

Waiting for my overnight flight to Osaka.

For Osaka my plans are....

Day 1
Osaka Castle
Osaka Aquarium
Namba

Day 2
Universal Studio
Dotonburi

Day 3
Head to Kyoto

I'm worry about my luggage also. The problem is carrying to the airport.

Other countries that I travel, I just load up my stuff to the taxi from my hotel and arrive at airport, so boxes also no problem.

At Tokyo to Narita gotta take railway, how can I carry so many things. Is there service to send stuff to airport?

Hotel got 24 hours kuronekoyamato service but found out there's bus limousine to narita airport, cost 3100yen, compare to train doesn't cost that much different unless I take train/bus.

End up taking the bus limousine to airport then purchase the boxes to pack my things.

I got 2 box for 680yen, cheaper than buying another luggage.

Photo upload from iPhone always terbalik.


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Yea local custom really like to rip people, even I'm not flying to Malaysia. Indonesia customs are the same, they probably gonna chalked my luggages.

The last time i went back from Jakarta, once in LCCT with Batmobile, big box and LCCT tax me, I under valued it though, then I went through KLIA with the same item, the custom officer scan the box and said "kereta" then let me pass.

Just pass nothing happened a lot people from narita and Kansai.

The big box is my shoes and gunpla not heavy. The small box, help people bring cosmetic damn heavy!

Ya was good. Will upload some photos when I. Free, now back to work.

Anyway the most frustrating part. As I don't use credit card, I made quite a few transaction with my maybank ATM/debit card. I guess they are not familiar with it, they slot the card and it doesn't work, need to use the IC chip and voila, it works.

Now comes the nightmare, maybank said usually the transaction goes like this, there will be a preauth transaction deducting the amount, then refund back the amount, and another sales debit amount which goes. Deduct, refund, deduct.

But all my transaction don't get refunded so every transaction got deducted twice from my account. Have to make a dispute and wait for then to refund, which takes 2-4 weeks.

I'm not using ATM.

Is MasterCard debit, maybank said I can get my refund on 19th and 21st zzzz

My finished my ¥ haha, anyway I'm not using ATM withdrawal, I'm using my debit card. I used at Singapore, china, Thailand, Indonesia, Korea all no problem only japan.

This post has been edited by nles: Aug 9 2014, 04:44 PM