fireworks n kawaii japanese girls in yukata
seriously hotter than malaysia, will kena heat stroke if u not drinking enough water

HAHAHAHAHAHA for me will be cute guys in yukata?

But i'm more worried about water pressure/ issue in accommodation for summer. I heard there are times when water pressure could be low or in worse case scenario, maybe no water...?

Shopping in Japan is almost essential since there are new trendy limited edition arrives first to Japan. Gotta bring lots of money

should be fine if u stay in landed, never experience water shortage in japan before

just wondering, if wan minum water, the tap water in japan is safe to drink?

yeap it is safe, all their water r from tap water even in restaurant

Really? I wasn't sure as i had found mixed comments on it. I ended up buying drinking water off 7-11...

yeap its safe, i never buy mineral water in japan before. always drink from tap

Hi All,

Need some help here. I going to Hokkaido for 2nd time, but this time will be winter and my first time Yet to prepare winter items. I will be travelling to Hokkaido from 25 January 2018 to 5 February 2018. My flight on 25 January 2018 will be a overnight flight and arrived in New CTS airport on the next morning 8am. Below is my tentative itinerary which is not fixed yet.


25/1/17
KLIA 2 - New CTS

26/1/17
New CTS - Sapporo (1night)

27/1/17
Sapporo to Tomanu Ski Resort (1night)

28/1/17
Tomanu Ski Resort - Obihiro - Lake Akan (To stay in Obihiro or drive to Lake Akan? Anything special in Obihiro?) (1night)

29/1/17
Obihiro - Lake Akan (1night)

30/1/17
Lake Akan - Shiretoko National Park/lake (1 night)

31/1/17
Shiretoko - Abashiri (Drift Ice) - Monbetsu - Sounkyo (1night)

1/2/17
Sounkyo (Ice Fall festival/Igloo Village) (1night)

2/2/17
Sounkyo - Asahikawa - Bei - Furano - Sapporo (Does Bei & Furano has things to see during winter? And to stay in Asahikawa or go Sapporo) (1night)

3/2/17
Sapporo (1night)

4/2/17
Sapporo - Otaru - Sapporo (1night)

5/2/17
Sapporo - New CTS - KL flight 9.20am



Any suggesttion as i have been to lake toya & Hakodate. Planning to rent car for 2 pax. If not will be using JR. Hokkaido pass.

Thanks.

totally safe, prolly the only asian country that u can drink straight from the tap
but be minded, if your tap has hot and cold water
drink from the cold water side
if u drink from the hot side, you'll see the water abit blurry, not clear like the cold side

Hi
Good to see New Thread Starter that so passion.

As Usual. Just PM me if anyone need my Service.
My Knowledge about Japan are on my Signature Area. South to North , East to West

This post has been edited by RegentCid: Jul 9 2017, 12:10 PM

Miss and grateful for your incredibly helpful posts but happy to know can pm if necessary. I visited Kyoto and Osaka in 2015 and didn't have to post a single question back then because of the wealth of info already available on the Japan threads. All the answers were already there.

Going to Tokyo this coming Oct and been reading up the threads again.

Kudos and good job to new TS too!

hey there, you can always still post here to help out people that wanting to go japan
my knowledge is pretty limited to sadly tokyo and kyoto only

Hi guys, after googling..I found out that best transportation mode is the bullet train.Therefore, need to get a JR pass.But then, I found out that a 7-day pass costs around 1K plus.Would it be better or worth if I rent a car & travel around instead?

I'm soon going around Tokyo,Kyoto & Osaka

R u traveling alone or with family? U can rent car for Kyoto n Osaka but it's not recommended for Tokyo due to the parking fee. Also if I'm not mistaken Jr pass is limited to certain bullet train only. Have u check domestic flight from Tokyo to Osaka? It's pretty cheap

Im travelling there with a group of friend.

Hi all, i'd like to tag along with this question too hehe

Am also planning to go 3 cities, Osaka > Kyoto > Tokyo > Back Osaka for flight.

I searched that a budget option will be to take the Willer Bus (night bus) which costs around JPY6,000.

Would it be wiser to just spend a 1 way ticket bullet train from Tokyo back to Osaka on the last day?

I was wondering whether I should get a 7 day pass but i'll only be visiting Osaka, Kyoto and Tokyo which doesn't seem to be worth to get the pass.

I'd advise against getting the JR pass. Suica/ICOCA is sufficient in my opinion to go round Tokyo/Kansai. My 10 days in Kyoto/Osaka cost about 15k yen ICOCA credit. I blame myself for taking the bus for 2-3km ride . Not to mention getting on the wrong bus so many times.
Just proved more to my AirBnB landlady Malaysians are lazy on our feet.

Shinkansen costs 13900yen(Hikari reserved) from Tokyo to Kyoto.. Osaka tho a little bit more around 14500 yen perhaps. Not sure since I rode from Tokyo to Kyoto
Then again, if you are taking 2 way ticket, its the same price as a 7-day pass.

Personally I won't take night bus since most definitely I will not be able to sleep, or will be tired from journey.
But I do know people who can sleep soundly with a snap of a finger.

My second concern is, if I were to take other transportation modes other than the train would it be time consuming?

For example, bullet train takes 2hrs but bus takes 8-10hours to reach the same destination.If so, i rather get the JR pass. Hmmm

u can take night bus, can help u save money and u reach the destination in the morning so ur not really wasting ur time as u will be sleeping all night

This post has been edited by chinti: Jul 9 2017, 11:35 PM