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yahiko
post Mar 20 2017, 11:23 AM

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hey guys.. i aiming to toyko around Oct - Nov. but seem is raining season.. is it not a good time to go?
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post Mar 21 2017, 10:17 AM

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QUOTE(shinchan^^ @ Mar 20 2017, 02:29 PM)
1st week of November how>?
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ya planning to go on early week of nov.

next question:
can i walk from asakusa--> ueno --> akihabara?
i dont mind 30min walk with proper Pedestrian walk around the way
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post Mar 22 2017, 02:45 PM

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QUOTE(Belphegor @ Mar 22 2017, 01:48 AM)
My Itinerary for this day;

Morning session I left house around 6.30am from Shinjuku, reach Tsukiji Market like 7am. Stroll around and took my breakfast there, left around 10am+ to go Ginza. Bought some souvenir in the big mall (can't remember the name) then proceed to Akihabara. I spend until 4pm at Akihabara cause was kind of lost, skipped Ueno Park cause winter and my gf said nothing to be seen there. Proceed to Senso-ji via Ginza Line, reach Asakusa Station.

If you really want to go Ueno Park, I suggest you go Akihabara first, follow by Ueno, then drop off at Asakusa Station to go Senso-ji. And if you have some extra time, can consider to go Tokyo Skytree. laugh.gif
Odaiba you can consider to go to the Onsen. It is quite different from others cause it is quite commercialized but all I see mostly were Japanese instead of tourists. There are still rainbow bridge and statue of liberty for you to see. laugh.gif

If you are going to the places sweet_pez suggest, you only need Metro Pass. Don't get JR pass cause it's alot more expensive. For Kamakura, you can use metro until certain station then pay by suica/pasmo. For Mt Fuji, if you are planning to go on a day trip, can consider Lake Kawaguchi instead of Hakone. You can get nice shots from Lake Kawaguchi too!

As for your Yukata, you can get it from Senso-ji. I saw few shops selling there. But of course the price ain't gonna be cheap.  sad.gif
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My plan: sifu please help review:`

Day 1: Fly to HK, transit at night time -- half day tour HK for eating
Day 2: reach narita morning- check in hotel - allocate 2 days to explorer: Shibuya/Harajuku/tokyo tower/tsujiki market/Shinjuku
Day 3:Shibuya/Harajuku/tokyo tower/tsujiki market/Shinjuku
( 2 days explore that area enough?)

Day 4: morning train to kawaguchiko: stay overnight
Day 5: explore kawaguchiko
Day 6: back to Tokyo: plan to stay at asakusa :Asakusa/Ueno/Akiba
Day 7: Asakusa/Ueno/Akiba/
Day 8: Asakusa/Ueno/Akiba
( any more suggestion i can go nearby ??)

Day 9: go Odaiba Onsen : explore odaiba whole day
( if i can find an Onsen like this in tokyo i might not go to odaiba dy.. any suggestion? )

Day 10: airport and bye bye


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post Mar 23 2017, 01:24 PM

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Belphegor i try to plan as below:-

1 HK airport transit
2 reach Narita> Shibuya -> Harajuku> shinjuku ( night) <-- 1 day enough??? not much of shopping for me..
3 Tsukiji>Ginza >
4 Day trip to hokane (whole day) and over night at yokohama
5 Explore yokohama --> back to asakusa at night
6 Tokyo tower/Roppongi
7 Asakusa
8 Akihabara > Ueno
9 Day trip to Odaiba(whole day)
10 Check out head to Airport( morning flight)

I skip kawaguchiko since not much activities compare to Hakone
Question: shall i visit chiba? if i have free time.

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post Mar 24 2017, 12:01 PM

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QUOTE(Belphegor @ Mar 24 2017, 10:31 AM)
Their system was quite good tbh. You have a tag when you check in, and only pay when you check out. You can have onsen as many times as you want and there are entertainments and meals inside. I reckon is a great place for friends to hang out for the night if you guys have no place to crash. I was amazed by the whole system and how their place works. You can even take a nap there!

So the largest Uniqlo got nothing much eh? Now I feel better.. laugh.gif  and yeah, if you have not visited Lake Kawaguchiko, please do. It is a nice place to explore, less commercialised compared to Hakone. I had a wonderful time there. Try to Google to pictures during winter in Kawaguchiko. It is amazing!
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Hihi. Are u commenting on the odaiba onsen? Is there a lot thing to do there. Bcz I wanna go onsen but my partner do not wan to.. So I plan to go in myself while he can enjoy other thing inside. BTW.. The opening time until the next morning? Means we can lepak overnight there?

Thanks for recommend everyone.. I still working on the plan.. Share with u guys once I'm done.

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post Mar 24 2017, 01:01 PM

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QUOTE(Belphegor @ Mar 24 2017, 12:28 PM)
I went during Feb 18-24.. That period was freezing cold. Wind blows until can go crazy! laugh.gif
Yes. Oedo monogatari onsen. Inside have some entertainment for family and food stalls.. Basically you can spend whole day there no problem. I reckon is a good place for friends to go onsen together then makan together and gossip there.. I saw many Japanese doing the same too! biggrin.gif
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If I plan outside daiba tour in morning n move into oedo in around 5pm till 10pm.. Will it be enough. Or I need spend more time there.. Is the onsen free or need to paid another entrance?
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post Mar 24 2017, 06:42 PM

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QUOTE(sweet_pez @ Mar 24 2017, 04:13 PM)
Ahhh shoot, hope there's enough time to drop by Oedo. I've mapped out a rough idea where I wanna visit in 2018.

Kamakura - day trip
Nikko - 2 days 1 night
Kawaguchiko - 2 days 1 night
Hakone - day trip or maybe overnight trip. This has yet to be decided.
(gotta go again because i'm going with a different group of friends, they haven't been to Hakone)
Odaiba - day trip. Other day(s) - Tokyo city.

Previously in Hakone, i only managed to go Owakudani, ride the ropeway and went on the "cruise" to get to Hakone Shrine. Did anyone visit places other than the ones I've been in Hakone? I'm quite keen on Sengokuhara and perhaps the Little Prince's museum. Any feedback on these? I know there's also the Open Air museum, but I couldn't make it in my last trip.

Talking bout Tokyo, the saddest thing is... I would love to visit One Piece Tower again. The last time I went was so rushed, only managed about 2 hours there. I could totally spend a whole day there cry.gif where are the One Piece fan(s)...!!!
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One piece fans here. I also urge to go there but I kinda tight budget.. I might skip n just enjoy one piece in akiba. 99 since is free during window shopping.

BTW does metro have like 7day pass for tourist like Jr did? Only saw the 72hours pass..

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post Mar 25 2017, 01:17 AM

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QUOTE(Belphegor @ Mar 24 2017, 11:52 PM)
Max is 72 hours. Just plan to maximize the usage on Metro Pass on the 3 days. After that you can go other places like Lake Kawaguchiko/Hakone, DisneySea, etc. These places you cannot use Metro Pass.
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OK thanks.. Still sorting the line to take n station.
BTW about oedo onsen. I read that we can overnight there. Where do we sleep. Only the TV sofa? No other proper bed?
Plan to go after 6pm which the ticket is cheaper but scare that not enough time to enjoy. Need to catch last train back to arakawa.
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post Mar 26 2017, 02:47 PM

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after taking all the help i come out with this..

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-vF...qu6E/edit#gid=0
count count count... over budget of RM5K person dy sweat.gif .. need to increase budget liao..



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post Mar 26 2017, 03:06 PM

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QUOTE(rikimtasu @ Mar 25 2017, 02:00 PM)
Planning to fly with cathay pacific as i don't really like airasia policy..Hows the airline so far? Would i be able to carry over my stuff over 7kg baggage?
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All plane don't allow over 7kg hand carry.
Cathay give u 30kg baggage day.. So better don't gatal La biggrin.gif

BTW just book airbnb with amexmaybanks. Got discount Rm150. But offer end this month end..
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post Mar 27 2017, 12:11 PM

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QUOTE(sweet_pez @ Mar 27 2017, 11:17 AM)
This is what the site (that I gave earlier) stated:
The Winter illuminations are held from 2016.October15 to end of 2017.May 7.

Perhaps check again when its nearer to your trip hmmm.
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wowowow.. i like this one.. where in tokyo have this winter illumination??
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post Mar 29 2017, 02:11 PM

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do we really need a pocket internet in japan?
if for using GPS only, we can use offline right??

https://www.skyneel.com/use-gps-without-int...-android-mobile

still learning how to do it.

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post Mar 30 2017, 10:34 AM

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QUOTE(aLertz @ Mar 30 2017, 09:52 AM)
get 1 better yo unless u can speak japanese well....
can search places of interest, opening hours of shops etc etc while on the move  biggrin.gif

btw, if staying airbnb, as stated by others, might have free portable wifi...
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my stay only provide home internet.. not the portable ones.
hmm will research on this.


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post Mar 30 2017, 06:54 PM

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Hey guys..regarding sushi.. Known that must eat at tsukiji..how much does it cost? Budget rm300 for that meal for 2person enough? Other than tsukiji where else can eat gooding and cheap sushi? £
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post Mar 31 2017, 02:33 PM

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QUOTE(_ChAoS_ @ Mar 31 2017, 12:46 PM)
I used MAS from Kota Kinabalu.

I brought about 110k Yen there. and i spent a bit more than 80k yen... I shared my food with my GF most of the time and we only had side food most of the time instead of main dishes in restaurants. So we saved quite a bit there. We spent more than 1k per person on meals only twice, once on okonomiyaki and then one more time in a ramen restaurant. However, i bought some of my toys using credit card.
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yoyo.. i plan to fo kamakura as well.. google maps say 1 point to another point kinda far by walking.. so u take bus or taxi or any uber there ??
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post Mar 31 2017, 04:22 PM

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QUOTE(sweet_pez @ Mar 31 2017, 04:14 PM)
Oh dear... its better to be over prepared than under prepared. Strongly recommend getting a pair of heat tech, it really helps. I could go around with heat tech + a thick hoodie sometimes (back in autumn) because I love the cold. But i'll suffer when strong wind blows, or when it rains or rained hahaha because then it gets super cold.

My friends doubted me a little when I asked them to pack more, but in the end were glad they did so because it does get really chilly when the sun's out of the way  thumbup.gif
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heattech.. buy from Japan uniqlo cheaper? cool2.gif
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post Apr 3 2017, 09:22 AM

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QUOTE(_ChAoS_ @ Apr 3 2017, 09:18 AM)
You'll have to get used to walking in Japan though. Hokokuji temple was quite far away (about 30 mins of slow walk), but everyone else was walking too, so you won't feel alone doing it.  biggrin.gif
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i dont mind walking biggrin.gif can see more by walking and save money too biggrin.gif


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post Apr 4 2017, 02:45 PM

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QUOTE(Chaud @ Apr 4 2017, 05:14 AM)
I got mine for around 1.4k per person with JAL. travel also november
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i brought cathay 1.4K as well.. travel also nov. but stop at narita.. seem that stop narita is cheaper than haneda
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QUOTE(Belphegor @ Apr 4 2017, 03:00 PM)
Too greedy. You will not get to explore the place fully. Only see abit and there, back to Malaysia you'll regret of putting yourself through this itinerary. If I were you, stick with Osaka only. Tokyo 1 week definitely not enough. Just Tokyo alone there are Shinjuku, Shibuya, Odaiba and Ginza. These places takes at least 1 day per district, not to mention Disneysea/land, Mt Fuji. Osaka itself have Kyoto, Nara, Kobe to visit as well.

If you want to explore fully the cities, go to only states. Osaka + Tokyo is also too rush imo for 10 days trip.
Mine was alot cheaper. RM767 to Narita. laugh.gif That time was having promo and not AA.
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super jelly.. teach how to hunt for cheap airticket biggrin.gif
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post Apr 8 2017, 10:16 AM

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QUOTE(Grimtooth @ Apr 7 2017, 07:32 PM)
Any suggestion where to go in tokyo?
I went to shinjuku, shibuya, ueno, ginza, tsukiji and now currently in odaiba oedo springs. So awesome here.
Got 4 more days in tokyo. Planning to go to asakusa.. But thats it.

Btw i havent tried other curry house, but cocohouse? is delicious!
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How many day u spend for above place u mention?

Question to all
How should I spend my time in Kamakura vs enoshima? Planning to take Jr to Kamakura estimate reach there at 8am spend 5 hours there n go to enoshima until 8pm and goes back to Tokyo.. Enough? Or should I spend more in Kamakura?

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