this is something new to me

isn't Narita the biggest airport in Japan?

btw from my recent experience in KIX airport, at night the volume of people reduced by a lot.. almost becoming a dead airport, most shops ceased operating and fewer shops compare to the "grand" KLIA2

btw, to share my experience of solo backpack trip to Kyoto-Osaka

Touchdown at Kansai Airport late at night
Due to drowsiness and abit dizziness, I had no choice but had to have a nice sleep on the first night. At the very last minute decision, I stayed the first night in KIX Hotel Nikko, walked in straight without reservation, fortunately they still had a room at 18500 Yen, pricey of course, but considering it is a 4-star hotel, the price is actually not too far from similar hotels in KL.

Then on second day, took Haruka Ltd Express to Kyoto Station, stayed at Stella Higashiyama guest house there for 3 nights, the rooms were roughly RM90/night (solo room). It is a very clean guest house, furnitures all very new. Staffs are friendly and nice, and cute also .

On Osaka part, I stayed in Sunnystone Hotel. Rates were roughly RM 130/night. Despite being a 2-star hotel, the quality can match those of 3 stars and above in Malaysia.

throughout the 7 days trip, I managed to visit

Kyoto Tower along with the public bath within
Kiyomizu-dera temple
Sannen-zaka and Ninen-zaka
Maruyama-koen park
Shoren-in temple
Fushimi-Inari Taisha Shrine
Kyoto national museum
Arashiyama and the monkey park
Tenryu-ji temple
Bamboo forest
Nishiki market
Gion district
Tenmangu Shrine
Ginkaku-ji temple
Osaka Aquarium + ferry tour
Osaka Castle
Tennoji zoo
Umeda Sky building
Don Quijote discount store and Muji
brief tour in HEP Five
The Kamigata Ukiyoe museum
Tsutenkaku

and some random shopping districts in Osaka

it was an exhilirating journey for me. In Japan city area, with Google Map equipped, you can travel to virtually all hotspots by foot, buses, and trains. I think I walked a total of over 15km in that 7 days, I ate a lot but my bodyfat still dropped 2% when I came back.

This post has been edited by PhakFuhZai: Jun 22 2015, 09:29 PM

bro, I was there for only 7D6N

due to solo trip, I tend to wake up at 9am, ding dong here and there, then only go out from 10 onwards

some time were spent in window shopping and random encounter at the street as well, for me I would rather go lesser places so that can be more immersed in the zen temples in Kyoto. I spent longest time in Kiyomizu and Shoren-in, the woods there can really make one feel calm.

I told people before, Japan is not a place where you can get it all in one trip. Hence there's no rush for me, probably in two years time I will go there again, yes my first time to Japan... hehe people say go SG or HK more than one time will feel bored, but Japan go multiple times you will still get different excitement

This post has been edited by PhakFuhZai: Jun 22 2015, 09:43 PM

if i posted here ppl ll know who i am liao

bcoz i booked 6 months in advance via agoda

basically ALL shrines in Kyoto are worth visiting, because there are well maintained and clean, the souvenirs such as talisman are handcrafted and each temple have their own talisman

Tenmangu got 2 buffalo statues of which you can touch its horn, which people say can bring good luck to you

Kyoto

got buffalos one

maybe next year

if going tokyo then kenot go other areas liao, tokyo alone is very big

how many times have u been to japan btw?

This post has been edited by PhakFuhZai: Jun 22 2015, 10:48 PM