lol, wanna meetup in tokyo? u working there?

ah okay, im heading there tomorrow. left tokyo but still in japan?

You're currently working in Tokyo?

Nice! I was casually building up an itinerary for Kansai region (not sure when I'm going though) and noticed Osaka alone may take a week+ to fully explore. Although Osaka is very city & urban, I find there's a lot to do. To Ise - i think nearest is Nagoya. Aaahhhhh I need another Nagoya-ShirakawaGo and this time + Ise!!!
Helloooooo~!

2,000yen away seem reasonably near... can walk though? Hahahaha. How long will it take by foot?

What?! So far! No wonder its 2,000yen. Only worth it if there's 4 ppl or so and the cost is shared. Otherwise just stay nearby for the night, or do it like my friend - stay in the manga cafe nearby

JR pass is valid for the entire country. But you may only ride JR operated lines.
ICOCA/PASMO/SUICA are prepaid cards that allow you to ride all modes of transportation excluding some taxis for particular regions. ICOCA/PiTaPa for Kansai(Kyoto/Osaka/Kobe etc). Suica/PASMO for Kanto(Tokyo/Kanagawa/Saitama etc).
JR West well... it depends which pass you take.. Kansai, Hokuriku or Sanyo.. Otherwise, same as JR pass but on a smaller scale.

Note that there are private lines meaning you cant use JR pass on these. However they allow IC cards for tickets. For example metro lines(subway) that connects major part of Tokyo is not covered by JR Pass since they are operated by private companies.
Alternatively, there are passes sold for certain duration like 72hours Metro Pass for Tokyo(1.5k yen), 1 day Kyoto City Bus etc.

My advice: Get the 72h Metro Pass + Suica/Pasmo for your Tokyo trip.
For Kansai.. somebody else might have a better suggestion since I solely used ICOCA for convenience sake.

used Suica, but certain vending machine in Kyoto din accept it.
din has chance to try on konbini store tho.

Hi guys, I will be travelling to Tokyo in Oct, and as you all know, Air Asia flight arrive late night. I will be staying at Suginami area, and the safest bet is to take the taxi there. The question is, do I need to book a cab or there will be plenty there? I will be travelling in a group of 6 people.

I can confirm this. My taxi ride from Nihonbashi to Odaiba was roughly 10km. Added with traffic jam it took about 30min to reach there.
The fare was.. if i recall correctly... 7000+ yen.

Another time I took taxi was from somewhere in Osaka to Kobe. 1hour/30+km smooth ride, fare was about 10000+ yen.

The conclusion is, taxi is pretty darn expensive. Either take taxi for ~35000 yen(RM1330), or overnight at airport and get the train for.. 4560 yen(760x6)*(RM175).

*rate from google maps. please check thoroughly(which train/tracks) before confirming.

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its reliable but if im not mistaken there r also charges for extra baggage as one cab allowed max two baggage only, more than tht got extra pay. u have 6 person so u need two cabs no matter wat n tht will be around 20k yen + extra baggage fee lets say total 25k yen. thts MYR1000 d, u reach hotel straight sleep n the hotel will charge tht as one night d. i recommend overnight in airport instead.

hmm...the last time i took wit my sis n bro in law, i get charged for one extra baggage. tht is normal size cab la, midnight also.

btw sifu - can Suica be use in Osaka and Kyoto?

thx for the tips, my situation with baby is a bit risky added autumn is cool at night. guess i need to stick back with taxi, anyone have cheaper taxi options?

Sry, I dont used any Data when I traveling. I still using old school way which is paper map.
Btw, I got own HP number at Japan, Those travel data package are not my kind of stuff to study it.
Tokyo midnight train also called "Drunker Train" or '' Hell Train'' 
People will vomit , pee , shit inside train.  I not kidding.  I see too much until used to it already. Most of people won't take 11:30 onward train.
some so drunk until take off all their clothes and lie on floor of train.
You got Baby, if your baby make any noise inside train during this hour, sure kena fxxx by those drunker up side down.

You have to calculate the risk

Yes, have to thank our country's awesome planning for all these inconvenience. You'll have to drive everywhere and while MRT is upcoming (some routes ready to use), it still could not reach a lot of other places. And the distance from one station to another is way too far.
That's something I have in mind for Japan too! Gotta be bold enough to explore this though, coz worried will get lost and couldn't catch the last bus

I had tokyo subway map in soft n hardcopy and I have offline apps too.

u saying remaining same train as I boarded Tokyo Metro from beginning means if this train runs on different company track does not matter as the fares still consider paid in tokyo metro? this is the part I confuse and asking for clarification. Had u tried tokyo metro day pass for this situation? thanks
that's my exact question, coz the train runs on other company tracks. if i use suica card from beginning means it will defeat my purpose of purchasing the tokyo metro day pass.

oh, exit ay shibuya and enter with suica to sangenjaya station u mean? seems likely works this way i guess. if not need exit stay on same train i wonder how those 2 tickets works

let see who use tokyo metro day pass for this situation before. thx for sharing

hey guys

we only have 20'+24' luggage with 2 backpacks.
So I was wondering if I buy to much stuff which cannot fit into my luggage anymore.
is it easy to get a carton box from store to wrap it up before heading to the airport? or is there a service there?

Hi all.. I have a basic question about train. I want to go to ikebukuro from haneda airport. The route is
either
haneda -> shinagawa        -> ikebukuro  (kekyu line + jr yamanote line)  or
haneda -> hamamatsucho -> ikebukuro    (monorail + jr yamanote line).

My question is do I have to buy a new ticket at transfer station (shinagawa or hamamatsucho) or can I use the same ticket to transfer to jr yamanote line?

Thanks.