Anyone have experience driving in Japan pls pm me got few question wanna ask

kinda silly question, but just need confirmation, scared kena bash

pm-ed you

pm-ed you

i wanna ask bout International driving permit, so i pmed the previous forumers already

i assume u have ur own japanese license already rite?

thx

This post has been edited by AeronBabe: Dec 20 2015, 06:34 PM

Sifu, would u recommend driving to Yuzawa from Tokyo? or just take train.

Good morning from Fuji ,good weather today, but really cold.

For kawaguchiko, i rented airbnb @RM320 / night, with 5 guests. Stayed only 1 night, n below is the view. its the 2nd building on the beside the train station so its really convenient

if this is in ur budget i can intro u

this view is literally just open my living room door

hory sheet, i went there after the tuna auction, arrived 6.15, only ate at 11.30am, that 5 hours wait was really an experience of a lifetime

This post has been edited by AeronBabe: Feb 6 2016, 02:23 PM

lol ya , actually the queue didnt look that bad when we arrived, i predicted 2-3 hours max. dono what happen until we got served quite late.
probably because we were in a group of 5, and they keep ushering single diners to eat first, even when they are behind us during queue

our feets so sore + body aches, until we scrap all the plans after market n go home rest

our timeline that morning,

04:00 arrived the market
04:05 received our vest, we were around number 70+ , so we got assigned to the 2nd tour of the auction session, 1st tour 5.25am, 2nd tour 5.45am
05:45 after waiting for almost 2 hours we finally head for the tuna auction halls
05:55 arrived the auction hall,waited for 5minutes for it to start, man yells for 3 mins, and it ended
06:05 made our way to sushi dai
06:15 arrived sushi dai and got in queue, already got 2 rows there when we arrived
11:30 got in and ate
11:55 finished, and went home

it was 3 degrees in the morning when we queue, sun came up around 7:30, and the temperature increased a little to around 9-10 degrees(thank god).
our breakfast became lunch went to buy some onigiri nearby, and hot drinks from vending machine while waiting in line.

4,000 yen for Omakase course, 10 sushi + 1 of your choice, + 1 sushi roll, + 1 tamago + 1 miso soup + 1 hot green tea.

my friend joke and said, sushi dai's trick is to make everyone tired and hungry, once u enter with hungry stomach and eat theirs, it will taste like heaven

MY experience: the tuna auction is a waste of time, maybe have to go extra early to take the 1st session instead, coz we barely see anything

so if you wanna go to sushi dai, pls go direct there b4 it opens, so ur max waiting time also 1 hour only. I hesitated a very long time whether to see the tuna auction, but since its going to relocate end of the year, might as well see it for the last time in Tsukiji

This post has been edited by AeronBabe: Feb 7 2016, 04:46 PM

End of the year, now only begining of the year la haha. Nov 2016 relocate last i read.

The tour is just wearing their safety vest n they escort you to the auction area. Then you go in a tiny corridor ,and watch the people auction tuna right infront of you. My session lasted very short,they auctioned quite fast. So we felt it was a waste of time.

We took a cab , stayed about 25minutes WALK away, charged us less than 1500yen per cab. Divide divide lah . I downloaded a tokyo taxi app 5minutes before we left ,because we thought we were going to walk there, ended up very lazy after waking up hhaha. U just need to pinpoint where u are on the map, cab come in 5minutes. Charges u 400 yen extra

Disneyland , i went 1 day, completed 85% of the park.. u sure u need so long?

imo think 2 days is enough unless you take disneysea in account too

opps..i thought golden week is the week after that date GL at Disneyland then.

now i recalled, when i went, it was drizzling abit, but still got crowd . Freezing n wet..

This post has been edited by AeronBabe: Feb 26 2016, 05:54 PM

both location not far apart, but for me i prefer palace studio shinjuku parkside, because of the subway near it. Easier to get to tourist spots with less transfers..

It was difficult for me to understand the location and transportation before i went japan, but after staying there 1 month, i understand more , and next trip should be easier to plan stuff .

RC was rite, 1st time travel to Japan take it as regret trip. Then plan better for next one

Just wanna share my experience in Jan that day.

Went to skii resort at Yuzawa prince hotel. Upon arrival, me n my (5) friends walked to the lobby,then was admiring the paintings on da wall, while my friend checked us in. Then my gf saw under my shoe got some paper, when i lifted, it was a stack of japanese yen. 10,000 yen x7 pcs. I asked all my friends whether they dropped their money, none said
yes. Completely didnt do any thinking, we directly go to receptionist n return the 70k yen. after we go in our room, think think. feel abit regret or not. No regret not human

Next day we checked to see anyone claimed the money, they say a bus driver came to claim it last night shortly after we returned it.

5 days after that we went to Fuji Q highlands, my gf lost her iphone6s in the park. (we actually didnt knew it was left in the park, because we went alot places after that only realize
her phone missing). After searching all the places, only go back to the themepark, as it was our first destination at Fuji. Luckily the information center said they found it. We still had to verify that is her phone.


I guess i now believe in karma

*edit: next morning, my friend found 12k yen in his rented trouser pocket when we went to rent gears for skiing for the day. this time he belanja us makan lunch with it, hotel food expensive

This post has been edited by AeronBabe: Feb 28 2016, 01:16 AM

u guys need cut some slack,

we are not raised japanese, so i cant judge our moral as japanese ppl. (eventho we returned the 70k)

if found stack of ringgit on road in malaysia, i wonder how many will return to balai

i first time go Japan, 26 days. I wanted to do Osaka - Tokyo - Hokkaido, but too cramp, n in d end threw Hokkaido. (really thank god I threw that away)

you mention u booked ur tix to KIX already, return or 1 way? If return then I strongly suggest u put Tokyo for another trip, unless you dont plan to come back Japan again.

i like Osaka more compared to Tokyo. do ur homework n see if anything in TOkyo attracts u to go there. I 4 days Kyoto also not enuf

wah first time see Rc talk so polite after shoot ppl
but u are right on the bolded part. really thankful i read from v1 page 1 till v8 pg 2x bfore i flew, took me almost 1 month to finish all version, as in every single reply i also read, on every page. 95% of my itinerary constructed from scratch based on this thread

but i learnt one big lesson of flying with AA, next time i wont use AA..
that time Mas was RM1,500(all in;luggage 30kg,insurance,tax) for return ticket.

and AA was
KL > Osaka (RM399)
Haneda > KL (RM399)

But considered the extras I paid :
KL > Osaka (Total extra 173)
-Quiet zone RM69
-Luggage (brought light luggage,n shared weight with friends, so RM44)
-Insurance RM30
-Snacks on plane RM30+/-

Haneda > KL (Total extra 582)
-Quiet Zone RM159 (more exp than KL>JPN)
-Insurance RM76 (more exp too)
-Luggage RM297 (40kg)
-Meal n snacks on plane RM50

Total damage 399+399+173+582 = RM1553

unless u takeaway what u need from my list, then u can get it cheaper, but for me, i neeeeeeeeed those

add : one good thing i love about airbnb, all 7 of the airbnb house i stayed provided me with pocket wifi, so my whole trip covered with free wifi ,bring a power bank, as it only last 4-6hrs

This post has been edited by AeronBabe: Mar 3 2016, 05:05 PM

woke up 5am , took this shot suddenly train pass by. got feel also

pmed you both.. but im super lucky for the super clear view. Right time right day