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

anyone booked accomodation using jalan.net before?
i wonder how much is the *excluded service tax

regarding arashiyama, i plan to ride on torokko (sagano) scenic route
Just to confirm if i'm getting my details right

-arrive by train @ arashiyama station (keifuku line)
- walk to torokko saga station, and board train to torokko kameoka
- exit station and walk to umahori (JR Sagano)
- take train to saga arashiyama
- walk back to Randen Saga station (keifuku line)

a)from japan guide site, should i be purchasing the sagano scenic ticket @ JR tickets @ KIX? or i'm better buying off from torokko station itself? i'm just worried for the crowd build ups

it is possible to execute a trip on budget

My recent 10D Kyoto/Osaka was RM3.5k in all (early April)
Bare in mind, these includes flight on Vietnam airlines, Unizo Hotel (kyoto), Ibis (Osaka), and mostly budget meals from Lawson/Familymart/matsuya/yoshinoya/sukiya etc which i enjoyed eating and doing

Off course you have to look out for offers/promos and proper planning
(many thanks to the forumers here, especially RegentCID)

Overall, truth to be told, i enjoyed Kyoto more than Osaka. Probably i prefer more rural areas. Overall is was a good trip. People are extremely polite & helpful. Life is very systematic there, trains are on time and no fuss with travelling around. probably next, will be nagoya

Remember to rent a pocket wifi. Google maps and some common sense really help alot. There's no need to worry on which bus to take etc. just enter destination on google maps, and it will show price/route

Food is generally good and aplenty. i was always anticipating what to try next on convenience stores. there are just too many varieties. Family Mart's fried chicken was among the best i have eaten. and Matsuya's hamburg beef set..was great and tasty.


arashiyama


scenic train


philosopher's walk


Golden temple


regentcid's recommendation kuromon kobe beef. really good, melts in mouth. must try


Nara


One of hill top lookout @ Nara


Nagasaki mee (forgotten name) ..not really gooding..can skip

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