on my dates weather will be around 7° /-1°. So excited!

everytime go new place mah...sure excited ^^

I didn't get data sim. I rent wifi instead. 6150yen for 9days.

bcos i share with my spouse mah

You can buy the tickets in any JR station once you are in Japan. Few days before also can as long as you know and sure the time you want to depart.

Have you considered getting the 7days JR pass? are you doing Tokyo-Osaka-Tokyo?

meet you in Tokyo yah

I'll pm you

the only pocket wifi that I will always take from whenever I go Japan is Global Advance Communications.
The coverage is very good even when I'm on top a ski mountain, around 1,000ft.

They deliver the pocket wifi to your hotel at no extra charge if you are unable to pick-up at the airport. They also provide you a self addressed envelope when you need to return it to them. Just drop it into the post box at the airport.

Exp? Expensive? 😂

Aiyo, DIY yourself larr

Quick question....I'm getting the All Nikko Pass (4days). Does this pass includes ride on buses from Nikko Station to Lake Chuzenji? And how should I put the sequence...go to Kegon falls first or Lake Chuzenji? This two places is near to each other and walkable right?

Thanks for the walking info
Meaning I should take bus to Chuzenji then explore from there, right.

yeah, i'm staying at a ryokan.

yaya...how you know? so clever one....haha
got another night I'm staying at Yunishigawa

Hahhaa....it's ok, I found out the answer d
I was lazy to do homework

I go snow area mah....dun wan rent car la...and yen is going higher and higher each day....I wanna cry de

Thank you so much! helps me alot. I'm sort of doing a last minute itinerary now

This post has been edited by michlove: Jan 25 2017, 04:08 PM

Hi all,

I would like to share some tips traveling in Japan especially when you take side trips. Most of you may know about this but some may not if it's your first time to Japan.

For my next trip to Japan in Feb, I'll be travelling to Tokyo first then to Nikko and then back to Tokyo. Normally ladies like me will surely have a big luggage ^^ and I do not want to lug this all the way on the train and buses from Tokyo to Nikko and high possibility in deep snow too. What I will always do, prior to my trip to Japan, I will email to my hotel in Tokyo telling them about my travel plans and request to send my luggage to the hotel first. If the hotel is ok to accept my luggage few days earlier before my check-in date, only then I'll proceed to send my luggage when I check-out from the first hotel. All this can be done via the hotel receptionist at a minimal fee. Just make sure you have the correct address and your name is same with your booking name. It will be nice to attached the email as proof too.

Besides that, this saves cost too. You can actually opt to store your luggage at the train station but for few days storage it's not cheap. The hotel does not charge anything

Hope this helps

This post has been edited by michlove: Jan 26 2017, 01:00 PM

ahha...ok, example :


10th Feb
Check in hotel in Asakusa, Tokyo

14th Feb
Go to Nikko

17th Feb
Back to Tokyo and check-in hotel in Ikebukuro


Refer to the above, on 14th Feb, when I check-out of the hotel in Asakusa, I will ask the receptionist to arrange send my luggage to hotel in Ikebukuro. How they send? They will use Takuhaibin, it is a kind of courier service company.

This post has been edited by michlove: Jan 26 2017, 02:40 PM

I'm not a heavy shopper but I do need a luggage for winter clothings and when u do side trips, it's really troublesome to bring all the luggage along especially when u need to walk through thick snow. I prefer to bring just few clothes for that few nights in nikko and things that I know I will need for that trip.

This post has been edited by michlove: Jan 26 2017, 02:49 PM

help.....anybody stayed in Yunishigawa Onsen before? Need accommodation recommendation


That sounds so sad.....I'll be in Tokyo for Valentine's day

This post has been edited by michlove: Jan 31 2017, 09:59 AM

8days countdown...woohoo! snow snow....I'm coming!

I'll be there for 10 days. You might want to consider Chinatown in Yokohama because it's still CNY. See how the Japs celebrate

I'm doing side trips to Nikko to see snow