Eco card haven't heard. Is it like touch n go?
I think worst come to worst just purchase suica card and use like touch and go hahha

And at kyoto we plan to be on bike and bus. Bus will be using bus pass.

eco card is 1 day unlimited subway pass. 800 yen on weekdays, 600 yen on weekends. equivalent of suica is icoca.

which company do u guys get the mobile wi-fi from?

Refer post 1, there are some recommendations

Try Don Quixote in Osaka. They had Yamazaki limited edition 2015 and Nikka Taketsuru 17 years. Managed to get yamazaki 12 yrs at a small liquor shop in sapporo though.

If not, kansai airport should have hibiki 12 yrs.

Indeed have to take that, I checked out those tour packages and the price is nuts...

They used to offer Tokyo ---> Kyoto ---> Osaka rail pass but just discontinued~~

Oh, you also stays at Mystays Kyoto-Shijo this march? When you are going to Japan?

Word of caution for AirBnB. When searching for an apartment, the AirBnB map show this apartment as being in the left hand side red circle area (very near tsukiji).

After I book liao and got the address and directions, actually is 1.0km walk away in the right hand side red circle!!!



This post has been edited by deodorant: Dec 31 2015, 11:10 AM

Read here : http://www.2aussietravellers.com/osaka-ama...-it-good-value/
And you will understand how to make this pass worth it.

FYI, most of the subway fares per way in Osaka is 280yen. If you want pusing pusing in Osaka city only, make sure you take the subway at least 8 times per day + one entrance fee

This post has been edited by michlove: Dec 31 2015, 11:20 AM

Maybe you can try to check whether there is any airbnb advertised at the 1km address. I suspect they both belonged to the same host and he/she decided to give you the further one. I kinda suspect this happen to me for my booking in hiroshima but I got a nearer location so it is okay.

booked Vietnam airlines to Osaka for 1week getaway couple of months ago
Only now started reading and googling

planning to do 4D Kyoto, 3D Osaka + 1D Nara

Got a really good offer for Ibis osaka
haven't decided which place to stay at kyoto, i supposed nearby kyoto station is most convenient?

man, the railpass really got me into some headaches

This post has been edited by kucingfight: Dec 31 2015, 12:30 PM

No leh, this one was 'instant book' so I got the exact same unit (same photos and everything), just that the location was quite different

Anyway 15-20mins walk from tsukiji ... ok lah ... consider it as a morning exercise lol.


Try this one: http://www.shiraume-kyoto.jp/en/

Kyoto last time i stay at Kawaramachi area...
is a shopping street...

Hi everyone... Here's how I intend to use my 7 Days Rail Pass

DAY
1 TOKYO ---> OSAKA
2 OSAKA ---> KYOTO
3 KYOTO
4 KYOTO ---> NARA (DAY TRIP, IN CASE SEEN ALL IN KYOTO)
5 KYOTO ---> NAGOYA
6 NAGOYA ---> TOKYO
7 TOKYO ---> YOKOHAMA (DAY TRIP)

Quite well utilised right?

This post has been edited by Victor3010: Jan 2 2016, 12:01 AM

you spent a lot of travel time in this trip...

Icic... The remainder days i would just spend it in tokyo.... I will be there for 13 days 12 night ,activation of japan rail pass is on day 3....

So you are doing

1d Osaka
2d Kyoto
1d Nara
1d Nagoya
1d Yokohama

If you are OK with spending so much time on trains, and OK with touch & go Kansai area, then OK lor. Nara 1d memang enough but 3d Osaka+Kyoto is just skimming the surface.

1d Nagoya also seems like very touch & go but I haven't been there before so I dunno.

Anyway Happy New Year 2016 everyone and seeking some advice / tips!!

Last minute decided to take advantage of "cheap" (s$4xx) flight ticket to Japan, 1st-8th Feb (Yes, overflow into CNY )

Agenda: Nozawa Onsen for ski, then Jigokudani Monkey Park, then Tokyo -- agenda here is to rest & relax and just fill in the gaps of places which I haven't visited in previous trips.

1st Feb
Arrive NRT 2.55pm
JR East Pass ¥44,000 @ 2 pax
5.16pm-8.38pm N-Ex to Tokyo, Shinkansen to Iiyama then Nozawa Onsen Liner to Nozawa Onsen
--> dinner ekiben from Tokyo station ¥2,700
Check in at Fureai no Yado Yasuragi ¥12,000

2nd Feb
1.5 Days Ski+Gear Rental @ shirakaba8 ¥23,200
1.5 Days Ski Lift Pass ¥15,600
Fureai no Yado Yasuragi ¥12,000
Meals ¥6.000

3rd Feb
Morning: Ski
Afternoon: Jigokudani Monkey Park Tour ¥11.600
Fureai no Yado Yasuragi ¥12,000
Meals ¥6.000

(Are the Transport arrangements above the most efficient / effective liao? In particular I worry about jigokudani monkey park. Tour seems expensive, not sure if there are efficient ways to get there by bus?)

4th Feb - 8th Feb
Travel to Tokyo ¥1,200 + ¥400
AirBnB ~$120 / night
Transport ~¥1.200 / day
Meals ~¥6.000 / day

Haven't planned Tokyo itinerary - around 4 days available. Any tips/comments?

Places I've visited in Tokyo:



Ramblings:
- I am staying in AirBnB near Tsukiji Market
- This trip my budget isn't very high, so prefer not to do any 'pricey' stuff.
- I need to re-visit scramble crossing cos the last time I went I didn't get a good photo, plus I didn't see Hachiko
- I haven't been to Ginza. Maybe should spend 6th or 7th Feb afternoon window shopping.
- Tokyo water bus on the Sumida river seems interesting, go Asakusa eat melon pan then take the ferry down to hamarikyu gardens, relax a bit (winter time, might be cold)?
- Tokyo Tower?!?
- Maybe it's about time I explore Tokyo surroundings. Day trip to Kawaguchiko seems the obvious one, but transport is pricey @ ¥7,280 return. Maybe Kamakura instead?

8th Feb
6.25pm flight from NRT

This post has been edited by deodorant: Jan 2 2016, 10:34 AM

suggest to put more day on Kyoto, too many place to visit there.
nara, half day trip i think OK.

Never go nagoya before.
Maybe can try Himeiji castle? just open recently after a big renovation...

I have modified my itinerary... Now making Kyoto more of my base during the rail pass days, does it seem better?

1 KYOTO
2 KYOTO (DAY TRIP OSAKA)
3 KYOTO
4 KYOTO
5 KYOTO (DAY TRIP NAGOYA)
6 TOKYO
7 TOKYO (YOKOHAMA)

Noted...