yes, been hooked
tokyo, Odaiba did change the new gundam, wish i can go see it

weird question: can onigiri (salmon/tuna - no mayo) survive on an 8-hour long flight? how long can it last unrefrigerated?

Yes, it can survive on an eight hour flight. Just that it will become room temperature by the time you reach Malaysia.

if got remaining yen after this trip...that means can use on next trip mah

Only you will know whether you changed too much or not based on your own luxury style lol. For example if you every night also ¥30000 sushi and ¥40000 Matsuzaka A5 steaks then mana cukup?

Having said that, for me my upcoming Tokyo/zao trip I'm calculating at around rm8k for 2ppl 8days.

This post has been edited by deodorant: Jan 27 2018, 08:17 AM

I'd be more interested to know why you want to leave onigiri that long? Anyway many airlines will help you refrigerate stuff if you ask.

guys, my itinerary for hokkaido spring late april early may

noboribetsu -> hokodate -> niseko > saporro

plan to take 1 day trip driving from sapporo to asahikawa biei furano back to sapporo

5 days driving feasible?

Hi, I'm going to Osaka with my wife and 67 years old parents. My mother had a knee surgery 8 months ago so is a little slow in walking.

1) I wish to ask if the itinerary below is practical (enough time for each location)? My parents prefer prefer nature sightseeing over shopping/city.

2) What kind of train pass(es) is suitable for our trip?

27/4 6AM. Arrive at Osaka Int. Airport. (Stay: Osaka)

28/4 morning depart to Kyoto

29/4 Kyoto

30/4 morning depart to Nagoya

1/5 morning depart to Takayama

2/5 Shirakawago

3/5 Kanazawa

4/5 to 6/5 Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route (Tateyama-Matsumoto-Kamikōchi)

7/5 morning depart to Nagoya

8/5 morning depart to Osaka

9/5 early morning flight back.

i think not enough time for kyoto and osaka unless your parents have enough stamina to sightseeing while day

don't understand.
do you mean, in 4 days, you plan to do all the 4 places listed,
then on 5th day do asahikawa biei furano?
have you gone to google maps to put in the driving directions to find out how many hours you'll be on the road?

I have 5 full days to spend 27th april till 1st may. Took night flight on 26 and depart home 2nd morning. Car rental 5days..

Yes i have calculate the driving hours just im not so sure how much time to spend at each point of interest..

Day1 is noboribetsu geyser hell valley stay there

Day 2 depart to lake toyo.. mount usu to have the panoramic view then lake hill farm then depart to hokodate .. goryokaku then sigh seing at old buliding then to mount hokodate .. stay at hokodate . Homestay is further 20km from center eastern beside beach as most of the ryokan already book!

Day 3

Depart to niseko take lift to see snow. Then to otaru. Stay in otaru

Day 4

Otaru again then to sapporo around noon.
Sight seing in sapporo and went mount moiwa
Stay at sapporo gotten cheap 4star hotel fuh luckily

Day 5

Full day trip to akashiwa biei furano back to sapporo

Just wana ask sifu is it too tight ar . Worried bout the last day trip seem like too rush .

hey guys....

just want to ask about forex.

USD is depreciating a lot against MYR, while JPY is depreciating lesser against MYR....

Will i get more if i change my MYR into USD, then go Kyoto and change into JPY ?

USD > JPN > KRW are fix rate
No matter how economy of world change. The rate are fix since World War 2. Because Japan & Korea are US little bro.
Japan & Korean Currency are control by US

1 USD = 100 Yen Since 1945 // 1 USD = 1000 Won since 1953

If you used MYR to USD to JPN...you losing alot money.

This post has been edited by RegentCid: Jan 29 2018, 09:50 AM

Summary of Japan Trip :

- AA flight reach earlier thn ETA by 15 minutes. Bundle of time to get luggage, purchase 48 hour Metro pass and hop on to the train.

- first 2 days explored around Roppongi (Snoopy Museum) and Tsukiji Market. Fish Market is crowded as always. Advice to get there early.

Tsukiji Market:
I reached there at 8am and the crowd was acceptable. Not much of queue. 10am onwards is crowded and each food stall needs 15 minutes queue at least. Had the amazing waghyu beef at 1 of the shops there. It was superbly delicious.

- 3 days at places around Mt. Fuji (Hakone, Kawakuchiko)

Hakone area:
Owakudani crowded as usual. Nothing special at that area. The black egg was just normal egg inside. Outer shell is black in color. But I enjoyed reading the history of the geographical area.
Hakone was good. Pirate ship was nice for sight seeing. But cold AF due to winter season. Onsen at the hotel during the night was nice as been out in the cold for whole day.

Chereito Pagoda :
awesome view of Mt Fuji. Climbing the 400 stairs is a challenge for those who did not exercise regularly. Plus the snow makes the ascending and descending process challenging. It was slippery. Fell twice as did not have the proper snow shoes. Lucky no major harm during fall. the thick layer of snow break my fall.

Gotemba Premium Outlet:
Lots of stuff to shop for. Huge discounts available for lots of brands.
Unfortunately we met on with the heavy snow session that day. Lots of bus schedule was cancelled due to heavy snow. Our plan to go Lake Kawakuchiko was interrupted. Road closure for lots of its main road. Spent the night at Gotemba with last minute booking of hotel.

Lake Kawakuchiko:
after math of the heavy snow storm, plan was interrupted. Only visit 2 places to have pictures. Weather was freezing. 0 celcius with real feeling of -4...

-final 3 days at shinjuku, asakusa, akihabara

shinjuku:
exploring the places like golden gai, kabuchiko was cool. can see their night life. those who wants to can try enter 1 of the shop and experience the service there. I just walk pass by each place and see see.
Golden gai just enter randomly into any shop and have a feel of the small, cramped seats. 1000 yen per entry with few yakitori to sample on.

Asakusa:
Sensoji temple and Nakamise street macam china town.. crowded AF. Went to snap pictures, had some snacks thn move on to Tokyo tower to take pictures liao

Akihabara:
Shopped for gadgets at Yodobashi Akiba. That 1 building itself took me 4 hours plus coz alot of stuff to check out and buy. Prices are cheaper thn malaysia although the exchange rate i changed was quite high (37.50 = 1000 yen).

during the final day at Tokyo, stored out luggage at those coin locker and went explore around places that we wanted to visit again. Coin lockers charged for per day at around 700-800 yen for big luggage, 500-600 yen for hand carry size luggage, smallest at around 300-500 yen. The Tokyo Metro pass could be purchased at Airport or Shinjuku station. Worth the money and save the hassle of purchasing tickets or charging up the Suica/Pasmo cards.

Tokyo was fun..!!

Ic. Initially i thought of exchange some USD for emergency, thought that will get better rates.
Can i change MYR in Japan?

Thanks.

Change in msia better

Its very difficult to find a shop that do except MYR. As this is for emergency use, you should not think about the rates. You can also use your credit card or just bring more yen.

For emergencies or if you run out of yen just withdraw via ATM nia.

True dat. But like RegentCid said if really change into USD might lose alot. Well then i will just change extra more.
According to Japan Guide, CC is not widely used?

MRY is generally not accepted in overseas countries as not a popular curency

you are better off changing in msia