First Please Closed it because it already have Japan thread.

JR Rail Pass can used on 90% of JR Rail Train. That another 10% of JR train cannot used this Pass such as Tokaido Shinkansen ''Nozomi'' Class & etc etc....

Local Railways as long was JR

Metro 100% no....In Japan non of Metro (Subway) belong to JR

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I bought iijmio SIM card.
https://t.iijmio.jp/en/index.html

thanks for the info RegentCid, as always

just wanna confirm that what Ive gathered from my research so far is right

I'll be traveling to Osaka ( 2 days there ) and then to Tokyo. I just need a 1 way shinkansen ticket to Tokyo and then travelling across the different areas in Tokyo, I'll just need to get a Suica card which I will reload it along the way. Looking to go to Mount Fuji on a day trip so I'll get a bus from Shinjuku to Kawaguchiko and then a shinkansen back to Tokyo.

Am I right so far in the sense that I do not need to get a JR pass or any other passes which I might have missed, which would save me on transportation costs..

If it is just a one-way trip of Shinkansen then it is difficult to break-even.
I just used Pasmo and bought Shinkansen ticket separately.

ah ok, thanks

yup I'll be buying the Shinkansen ticket separately, Osaka to Tokyo on a Nozomi train

Pasmo and Suica are about the same right, especially if I'm just using it to go around the popular areas..Akihabara, Odaiba etc, been reading up on it but so far as I can tell, theyre literally about the same

Yes, they are the same.

I took Tokyo to Osaka on Nozomi too.

cool..thanks fruitie !

hi guys, so many japan expert here.
i am going to tokyo from 4 May to 11 May 2015. after i bought my tix only i found out it is japanese golden week.

am i doomed?
i bought my tix and book hotels already. i dont think i can afford to cancel my holiday since almost everything paid for.

anyone got advice. thanks.

if u hv ur tix and hotel di, there shouldnt b any problem
jus dont go out of tokyo

7days in tokyo is jus nice, enjoy

As long you stay inside Tokyo City.
Hakone , Nikko , Lake Kawaguchiko all out of list.

How much in RM it cost?

currently in fukuoka.
found travel japan wifi brochure with premium code inside.
is it safe to use?

4000yen before tax. RM 135 like that.

During old time I went to Japan only with notebook and ball pen only. Writing everything down with very less picture but full of very very precision detail.

Last year 2014 I starter revisit all my journey again. Re-update those Info. Because I already got all the word infosince I written down. This time I take full of picture.

Now I got full full full of picture. Tips of the month going more and more picture

Already decided to stay in Chiyoda-Ku


anyone had the chance to visit Imperial Palace before?
Since the date i am visiting clash with 23 december and 2 jan and i read the inner part is open to the public?
haven't add them to the plan but would like to ask any peeps here experience it and have anything to say about it

Because it was Imperial King Birthday on 23Dec. And King New Year speech to people on Jan 2


Seriously alot people...so crowded.

This post has been edited by RegentCid: Mar 4 2015, 03:33 PM

Was it worth it though walking to the inner part?

i don't mind with the park alone but i suppose winter got nothing to see

im planning to go to tokyo disneyland 15 April 2015- 18April 2015..
any suggestion where should i live? couple with one infant

It just follow the line...you cannot stop taking picture. Because the line behind you was so crowded.
Full of police. You have no freedom walking around inside (inner part) except follow the Q.