ANA also flies from NRT direct to Kansai (ITM, not KIX) leh. Just that possibly there are issues with pricing (more expensive) or timing.

Example ANA 816 (KUL-NRT) reach Tokyo 3pm
Then ANA 2177 (NRT-ITM) reach Osaka 6.15pm

Yea, most likely.

What I can say is GAC standard wifi I used it for 2 weeks in Tokyo and the Hokkaido mountains and every day it surely tahan lasak from early morning to late night without worrying about carrying extra power bank.

Both also I facepalm also.

In the first story, niaseng, go and do some part time job lar. Throughout my entire university days I do 20 hours a week part time during class season, and full time work during winter and summer breaks. But of course Malaysian student "kerja sambilan bukan budaya kita"

Second story also facepalm. If a university wants to make an international trip mandatory ... but only give rm5000 subsidy for 20 people (i.e. rm250/pax) ... seriously wtf?!?!?! also

Anyway I got to add some Japan info here, otherwise sure kena fucuk by daikor RC.

Tokyo itinerary:

4th Feb
Leave Nozawa Onsen late morning, reach Tokyo in the late afternoon.
Pierre Hermé Chocolate Bar
Shinjuku: Scramble Crossing & Hachiko & Shopping (cos I nv visit Hachiko before)
Dinner: Ichiran Ramen Shinjuku (cos I nv try before)

5th Feb
Hama Rikyu Tea Gardens
Water Bus to Hinode --> Asakusa
Lunch / Melonpan - Tempura @ Masaru
Kappabashi Street
Ueno Park / Ueno Zoo if there's time.
Sadaharu Aoki @ Tokyo Midtown

6th Feb
High Tea: Hidemi Sugino @ Ginza (queue by 10.30am)
Ikebukuro Owl Cafe
Afternoon / Evening - Stroll @ Ginza streets

7th Feb
Day Trip -- Odawara Castle & Plum Festival
Matsuda Cherry Blossom

8th Feb
Check out and put luggage in Tokyo station
Early Lunch - Tokyo station (Rokurinsha Tsukemen?)
Imperial East Gardens
High Tea - Echire cafe
3.30pm N-EX from Tokyo to Narita
Balik

Comments/Critique?

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuu forgot totally about that.
OK my asakusa day I will go eat there. Or some other day. Sifu recommend cannot don't go.

The adult mall one a bit ... cos waifu come along then I kenot browse as I like LOL.

Here

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Tokyo+weather+april

HHCC http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Closest+ski+resort+to+Tokyo+

Note: this year snowfall throughout Honshu is pathetic thanks to El Niño. Nozawa onsen (where I'm thinking of going in early Feb) normally has 600-700cm of snow by now, but this year cumulative snowfall barely 150cm lol.

Trip #1 (Tokyo only). That time haven't blog yet so no picture, just use imagination saja lol.

Day 1 harajuku, Meiji shrine, takeshitadori, by coincidence saw super yosakoi fest at omotesando, kabukicho, and then some random ramen at omoideyokocho

Day 2 tsukiji (market+sushi dai), odaiba (megaweb, gundam), akihabara (maid cafe, otaku culture), LaQua spa

Day 3 asakusa, sensojii temple, ameyokocho shopping street. Then namjatown for miracle fruit, gyoza stadium and cup ice museum (weird ice cream flavors like chicken wing)

Day 4 disneysea

Day 5 tsukiji (daiwa sushi) then balik KL liao

Trip 2 http://look-see-eat.blogspot.sg/2013/04/ja...e-days.html?m=1

Trip 3 http://look-see-eat.blogspot.sg/2015/10/th...n-path.html?m=1

Trip 4 short one saja. Day 1 and 2 nozawa onsen for skiing. Day 2 afternoon or day 3 morning detour to jigokudani for monkeys (depending on snow situation). Then terus travel to Tokyo for a few days n balik after that.

I oso kana con by hotel kinki good reviews. Go in the mattress hard macam batu, wake up time neck ache. Some more jauh gila from train station lol.

Even though unker stimix might be wrong to rage at hotel kinki, I will still boycott it cos LYN mod boycott means I also must boycott!! the mattress really hard and uncomfortable. I stay around 12 different place in Japan it's the worst, even compare to budget ryokan that sleep on the floor

This post has been edited by deodorant: Jan 19 2016, 07:07 PM

Sounds like cheong rate in KL Anyway why only the first few photo are nice size then the rest all like super small thumbnail? Can't see properly leh


You because you think it's cheap or because expensive?

Looking back at my notes, in 2011 I paid ¥ 3,900
2013 went again but didn't record price

Anyway it's accepted as one of the better value sushi in Tokyo. Cos if you go other famous top sushi place in town easily ¥20-30k+ lol. But on the flip side if go during wrong time the queue crazy long.

This post has been edited by deodorant: Jan 26 2016, 09:03 AM

Hmmm issit my computer problem?



From the kettle pic onwards all super small. Later I go use handphone see same or not.

Hi all sifu's

On Monday I'm taking this journey:



22min connection should be pretty reasonable. But ... am I right in assuming that there wouldn't be enough time to go hunt down an ekiben shop, choose a bento, pay for it, and still navigate to the shinkansen track on time?

Cos it's around dinner time, scared hungry leh. More realistic to just order something on the 2nd train?

This post has been edited by deodorant: Jan 27 2016, 08:35 AM

sacwoc thanks! I was thinking of hunting down ekiben-ya matsuri or daimaru cos Google say their ekiben is nice, but I guess trying to do that within a 20min time frame while dragging luggage along in an unfamiliar place isn't really feasible.

Good to know there are other shops along the way though, will just hantam a random one that looks nice 👍🏿

Reporting in from Nozawa Onsen!

Travel time was brutal - 6+ hr flight then 3 hr train then 30 min bus. And it's cold as hell up here in the hills. It's OK though, ski time!



Haven't touched a ski pole or a ski boot for I think 12 or 13 years, so consider not too bad lah.

It snowed today which was kind of cool and yet also annoying to get all the snow in your face when you're going down a slope.

Reporting in from Hama Rikyu gardens where a couple of (I guess) plum trees decided that spring is here & to bloom early ...

lucaswjk that's kind of impossible for ppl like us living in hot area who can only ski a couple of days a year lol.

Anyway the ski resort my favorite course was the rinkan one. Beginner level obviously. Double speed video cos it was 6km long and took me 15+ mins to complete. Skip to 1:10s ...

Reporting in from Odawara. Although the weather was "only" around 6-9deg, it ended up being COLD thanks to wind + long term exposure (wife and I spent I think 4-5 hours outdoors?).



By a rough estimation I think around 25% of the trees are decently blooming (like the pic) ... another 25% in various stages of bloom and the remaining 50% still buds only no flowers. Probably within next few weeks will be perfect.

Oh, also ... Odawara castle is under earthquake restoration until April ...

Paiseh, it's plum blossom. The Odawara ume matsuri (plum festival). Actually even for plum I was a bit surprised to see some trees almost full bloom liao.

First 3 days of our Nozawa Onsen video ...



This post has been edited by deodorant: Feb 9 2016, 06:51 PM

Random photo dump:

Shibuya -- Hachiko and Scramble Crossing (thanks to RegentCid for sharing this shooting angle)


Scramble


Hachiko

Trees on the pathway (almost 2km walk wtf) to jigokudani monkey park:


Trees