DAY 1 tues
Around Nippori
Ikebukuro

Day 2wed
Asakusa
Ueno Park
Edo museum
Skytree

Day 3thus
Kamakura& Enoshima

Day 4fri
Nikko

Day 5 sat
Ginza
Harajuku Meiji Jingu
Shinjuku
Shinjuku national park
Yoyogi park
Shibuya


Day 6 sun
Tsukiji
Tokyo station and dome city
Akihabara
Yokohama evening


Day 7 mon
Odaiba
Shinagawa
Akasaka
Tokyo tower night


Day 8 tue
Ikebukuro
home


this is my itinerary draft for the time being please give me more advise. I know my research is still not enough hope to get some ideas from you guys whether my plan will be too rush or not

This post has been edited by dennis008: Sep 4 2016, 06:33 PM

I would spend more time in nikko. When you are planning to go?
Autumn is beautiful.
If u love gundam then odaiba is okay. But shinagawa and Tokyo tower is okay only. I would spend more time in yokohama.
Where are you staying?
Because it would be better for you to stay one night in yokohama and do enoshima and kamakura next day. The latter locations is after yokohama

8 days only. I not RECOMEMDED running 2 city.
Even Tokyo it self also not enough

I am going Japan for 12 days.
The plan now is 1st 5 days in Tokyo.
6th and 7th day to Disneyland/sea
8th and 9th Mount Fuji
10th - 12th Kyoto.

Since I am getting JR 7days pass, so I'll activate it on 6th day.

Do you think this itinerary do-able?

Thanks in advance!!

You just going one direction. From Tokyo > Kyoto only. No need waste money on JR Rail Pass.
JR Rail Pass are useless in Tokyo , Lake Kawahichiko , Osaka , Kyoto too.
Unless you going Both way. Then only worth the price.

Ah.. I have already bought 7 days JR pass.
Thinking on how to utilize it nicely.
Traveling from Tokyo to Disneyland/Mount Fuji is not by JR line?

Too Bad.....
As long you not using Shinkansen both way between Tokyo > Osaka / Kyoto > Tokyo. You 100% rugi. The price you pay on JR Rail Pass still will be more expensive than you buy normal ticket.

Tokyo to Disneyland will be 90% JR / 10% not JR.
From Tokyo Station take JR Keiyo Line to Maihama Station. [JR Train]
From Maihama Station to Disneyland are Disney Resort Line [ Private Line] (Cannot used JR Rail Pass)

Mount Fuji Area 0% JR line Cover.

JR Train only covers 40% entire Tokyo.

JR Train only covers 35% entire Osaka City.

JR Train only covers 10% entire Kyoto City.

This post has been edited by RegentCid: Sep 4 2016, 09:12 PM

i am going next month. staying at nippori.
first time going tokyo so i think tokyo tower is a must?? haha not going to change any hotel. I will try to adjust that day so that i can spend more time in yokohama. anymore advise?

Tips of the months:

Snow Monkey Pass. This pass will make you save money when you plan to visit Jigokudani Snow Monkey Park.
It covers the parks entrance fees + unlimited train + bus ride from Nagano Station to Yudanaka Station.
It just cost 2900 Yen!!

Bus ride from Nagano Station to Kanyabashi Onsen Stop already cost 1400 Yen per way!!!

From Tokyo Station to Nagano Station just take Hokuriku Shinkansen. Easy as 1 2 3.
Story part start at Nagano Station. Once you reach Nagano Station then follow sign to Nagano Dentetsu Station. 長野電鉄 (Private Railway Company)
Inside Nagano Dentetsu Station buy this Snow Monkey Pass.


After getting this Pass. You got 2 Option which is Taking Bus from Nagano Station directly to Kanyabashi Onsen Stop or taking Nagano Dentetsu - Nagano Line to Last station which is Yudanaka Station.
Due to heavy snow, I choose taking train to Yudanaka Station.


At Yudanaka Station taking Bus to Kanbayashi Onsen which is included by Pass. The Bus Stop at Kanbayashi Onsen can refer to Map. Which is beside a Gas Station.




Peak Season. Walking inside beautiful Kanbayashi Onsen Village.


Snow Monkey Resort which is very important stop before entering Jigokudani Snow Monkey Park.
You can rent snow Equipment for making you hiking feel more comfortable.

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Jigokudani Snow Monkey Park Main Entrance


Really Peak Season!!


Some view during Hiking trail.


This post has been edited by RegentCid: Sep 4 2016, 09:53 PM

Killing part!! This is not easy step specially on winter day!! Extremely Tired to climb!!






Bonus Picture:


This post has been edited by RegentCid: Sep 4 2016, 09:47 PM

My flight in and out is Narita.
So I will need to travel back to Narita from Kyoto/Osaka.

Ah.. That guy told me JR covers Tokyo to Mount Fuji @@

For my case, likely 100% i rug I already. Damn, never plan properly before buy, Matta fair make me lose money lol..

As long you got back to Tokyo. U need JR Rail Pass. Because One Way Shinkansen from Tokyo to Osaka are RM850.
Both way , you already untung

Double post

This post has been edited by RegentCid: Sep 4 2016, 09:41 PM

Alright. Thank you so much for the info.
Now I felt better. Hehe

booked ticket from KK to narita from 3-10 October. Just realised here that it is the time to avoid to go Japan because China National Holiday?

Anyway, need guidance. any recommended onsen to go from Tokyo? (don't mind 2-5 hours journey) besides Hakone because been there.

Not sure whether this place is good - 2-53 yasukawa-cho, nikko-shi, tochigi.

"The view of the mountains from spots such as the room and open-air baths is beautiful. Listen to the babbling of the river that flows nearby. 3 minutes by walk to Nikko Toshogu Shrine, which is a World Heritage site. 100 min by Tobu Limited Express from Asakusa Sta., Tokyo, or 95 min by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Sta. “No. 1” ryokan in Japan - 3 minutes by walk to Nikko Toshogu Shrine, which is a World Heritage site"

This post has been edited by stryfox: Sep 4 2016, 10:08 PM

Due to National Holiday of China. Going Nikko will be facing huge crowd.
If you want a good relax onsen area. Have to go far away from Tokyo & go deep.

I got a place for you. Sure can avoid 95% of China Tourist. It called Ginzan Onsen 銀山温泉 at Yamagata.
From Tokyo Station take Yamagata Shinkansen to reach Oishida Station. From Oishida Station take Bus to Ginza Onsen. Deep inside Yamagata Prefecture.
Entire Journey takes 4 Hours. Without JR Rail Pass, 2 way ticket cost around 26,000 Yen

Kusatsu Onsen also a famous onsen place. Because it so famous, alot China tourist also knowing this placed. Gambling 50/50. It might be very crowded too.



This post has been edited by RegentCid: Sep 4 2016, 11:45 PM

Need sifu's advice on the wifi requirement (e.g pocket wifi or sim card) in Osaka/Kyoto mainly for
navigational purposes or little of What's App.
Paiseh.

imho, doesn't differ much since your usage is not high...
if more than 1 ppl using then get pocket wifi...
else just get sim card...

lucaswjk hahaha....nothing much to tell la, the weather was hot and there was alot of difficult up hills for both patchwork and panorama course. Some more I could not find some of the place espacially at the panorama course.

Any a brief summary of my solo trip to sapporo

> Travel period, end of august 2016
> Yes it was hot around noon, but started to cool down from 4pm onwards

Places visited:

> Otaru: Very much boring IMO. I went there on sunday, so there was alot of tourist and local ppl at the canel. Beside than that went to the musicbox museum, again full with tourist but I find the music box to be interesting as there so many shape and design plus the surrounding building was old fashion and nice to take picture. I used this pass for my visit -> http://www2.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/englis...ss/welcome.html

> For area around asahikawa, biei and furano, I bought this 4 day pass http://www2.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/english/travel/

> Biei: I went for a bicycle tour. There is a shop just opposite the Biei station once u exit. They have both electric and normal bicyle. Basically there is two cources i.e. patchwork and panorama course. The patchwork will take u 2-3 hours to complete and panorama will take 4 hours to complete.

> Mt Kurodake / Sounkyo: The main event of my trip, the view was awesome. It was pretty much do able hike cuz the path is clear with stairs like trail. But the gap is quite narrow, about 2 - 4 meter. Nice for 1 ppl to hike but if 2 need to be careful cuz next to you is the edge and there is no barricade in between. And be mindful of the windy weather cuz you will not be allow to take the cable car, and hiking. Updates can be found here http://www.rinyu.co.jp/

Anyway, it took me 1 hour from the 7th station of the last chairlift to reach the top. And another 800 meter to the nearest hut you will find a nice place to take picture and relax. And the toilet, OMG....pls tahan if u have to. And if you have more time u can finish a loop which comprise of multiple peaks about 6 hours (that is wat a 50 plus yr old japanese guy told me and does not look like one at all, more like late 30s and he was very fit)

I stayed at sounkyo youth hostel, nice and cheap but best of all they provide hiking boots (JPY500) and walking stick (cant rmbr) for rental.

> Furano: Wanted to go but to tired after Mt. Kurodake

> Sapporo: Like many other city in Japan, maybe the size of kyoto i think. Anyway i did not went for all those food (not a fan). I went to few places like asahiyama memorial park and had a nice view of sapporo. And there is this place call moerenuma park, the place is huge (I got sunburn here too cuz it was super hot) but still I like the place cuz the landscape was too awesome and I wish it was spring. Here some reference http://moerenumapark.jp/english/

And for our muslim friend, there are few halal restaurant and a mosque around Kitajuhachijo and Kitajunijo train station. Apparently it is where most of the hokkaido university student stay but too bad it was summer break.

Hope this help you guys in planning future trip, and here some pics:



This post has been edited by JooSeng: Sep 5 2016, 05:33 PM


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Hi RegentCid,

You are right...There are weakness of JR rail pass...
JR rail pass cannot use metro and buses...

For my cases, I dont have the choice...
I need to travel from tokyo to osaka, the osaka to tokyo by shinkansen...
I also need to use Narita express (for me is expensive) and again from osaka to kyoto...


Btw, thank again for your value advise.