Based on my 600 trip to Japan experience.
China Holiday will make S.Korea , Japan , Europe into Chinatown. Full of China tourist.

2016 China National Day Holiday was Oct 1 - 9.

Hahahah i am not kidding, looks like i have to deal with them, i hope its the noob noob tourist who go mainstream places,

Hope they dont sapu my retail stocks that ive saved money to purchase in Japan.

2 months ago it was in Europe filled with chinese people, go the Louvre also get shouted for touching Venus de Milo, not that im ashame of them but man u know i know la.

Hmm, other than Vanilla Air and HK Express, any other flights that connect to HK from Tokyo? Too used to AA that requires additional top up on baggage, but I couldn't find details in the itinerary in both Vanilla Air and HK Express. Any idea how it works? Anyone travel from Tokyo to HK before? Thanks!

Jet Star Japan
Tokyo (Narita) > Hong Kong

Vanilla Air will including 20kg free checked in Luggage


HK Express system similar to Air Asia
First Choose Date , Departure + Destination > Choose Fare > Add Luggage (20Kg 3900 Yen) (25Kg 5400 Yen) (30Kg 5450 Yen)

This post has been edited by RegentCid: Aug 16 2016, 10:54 AM

Just a question,

Still looking of mode of transportation for the schedule(mid to mid-end Oct) below.

day 1 airport(8am) - biei,2ppl
day 2 biei/furano/akasihawa,2ppl
day 3 biei - sounkyo,2ppl
day 4 sounkyo - sapporo,2ppl
day 5 sapporo,3ppl
day 6 sapporo - otaru - sapporo,3ppl
day 7 sapporo - jozankei - sapporo,3ppl
day 8 sapporo - airport(8am),3ppl

Seems like driving is much more flexible for this kind of trip?
i have look for toyata rent a car & nippon rent a car, the rate is almost like 55k~70k for 7 days. excluding fuel/parking.

ur trip itinerary is almost similar to mine except for jozankei
it would be a solo trip for me n im i'll be taking train as usual

day 1 sapporo
day 2 biei
day 3 furano
day 4 kurodake
day 5 otaru
day 6 -7 sapporo

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so far b-mobile seems the best option for me

This post has been edited by idoblu: Aug 16 2016, 11:35 AM

Yeah, just that biei/furano/akashihawa/sounkyo that side seems like not that convenient if taking just JR alone. As well as Jozankei.
JR pass for 3 ppl 24000x2(7days) + 22000(5 days) = ~70kYen ad.
so, if car estimate P1 car around 55k~60k + fuel/toll/parking 15k = ~70~75k
mostly will go for car, any recommendation?

im buying this pass for JPY6,500 > http://www2.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/english/travel/
this will cover furano, biei and ashikawa

for otoru, i buy this pass for JPY1,700> http://www2.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/englis...ss/welcome.html

but for sounkyo no choice, hv to buy separate. to/fro asahikawa to sounkyo via kamikawa is about JPY4,000

http://www.j-cycle.com/takatsuji/en/cyclingMap/index.html

neone cycle around Kyoto b4?
certain area din show parking space (according to tat website).
n i know in japan, kenot simply park ur bicycle. iinm transit/metro doesnt allow bike in. n if so, how bout foldable bike?

Must follow this Rulez
http://www.japancycling.org/v2/info/rinko/rinko.shtml
Plus the famous line are full of people. If you bring bike inside, people will sound you badly. wasting alot of space.
Better don't. Not advised

Kyoto Bus system was so perfect. I prefer Bus than cycle Bike.

This post has been edited by RegentCid: Aug 16 2016, 01:03 PM

In Biei,
Hmm 6.5k per person, 2 person need 13k.
car rental also near 6.5k per day. So, i think i will go for car.

in otaru, i might consider this pass. 3 person x 1700 = 5100.

seems ok, but rmbr 6.5k is for 4days

yeah, but i'm in Biei/furano/akashihawa for 2 days only. BTW, is it passing 15 Oct that time.
and the sight seeing area quite far from the stations.

yeah, since u in group better rent a car.
can cover more area.

almost same like mine.

day 1 Asahikawa
day 2 Wakkanai
day 3 Abashiri/ bihoro, lake tofutsu, shiretoko
day 4 shiretoko
day 5 sounkyo
day 6 sounkyo
day 7 biei, shikotsu lake, otaru
day 8 cape kamui, kutchan, sapporo
day 9 sapporo
day 10 airport

cost rent car for 8 days is around 45k won from tocoo. honda fit/jazz and free pocket wifi.

Underestimated the pricing of the flight, I forgotten to add in the baggage. Die die die... Need to redo the plan!

Thanks. Based on what I find, I guess the IIJmio sim would be best if I can get the 1GB 30 days one. According to their website can get at Narita airport.

Edit: Just saw JTB Malaysia sells them as well. Maybe tomorrow go check out the JTB booth near my office.
http://jtbmalaysia.com/japantravelsim/


This post has been edited by munkeyflo: Aug 16 2016, 07:48 PM

1gb can catch how many pokemons? 😆

This bmobile also not really unlimited as claimed. They throttle you down once you are over 1gb but they renew every three days

For bmobile you can choose the starting date for online purchase. If you buy at retail stores, the time starts when the store activate for you on the spot. How about IIJmio?

Haha. I'll download offline map with wifi before using the data sim.

IIJmio is more straightforward data only. No throttle speed but 1GB finish then finish, can top up though. I'm quite sure it only starts when you activate it. It's slightly more expensive here in JTB compared to airport price, I'm sure BIC and Yodobashi will be cheaper that airport maybe. But nvm la.