sweater enough? hehe

is it rainy now at Osaka, Kobe & Nara?

Can anyone recommend place for kobe beef in Osaka? budget 3k JPY per pax. Too many to choose from 

17k as in yen or myr??

I suggest Ghibli on a weekday instead of weekend.  Over the weekday I went, it's already packed, if you go on a weekend, there'll be even more people.

As for ShirakawaGo... if you go after Winter, it's usually just the greens and gassho zukuri houses. Winter is the most beautiful there, but since you have already made plans... no harm.

For Takayama, I recommend this restaurant for dinner: Tenaga Ashinaga Hommachi
I don't take beef but friends said the beef was good. The noodle and chashu meal is ichiban as well.

Ginza is best over the weekend, to enjoy the pedestrian's heaven. However if it's hard to rearrange the schedule, just leave it. Odaiba is also a nice place if you can make time for it.

*P/S: Lastly, theme parks or high energy activities are best to be placed in the early phase of the trip as you're still fresh and excited. Towards the end of a trip you're usually tired and worn out, so going to a theme park will probably sap even more of your energy.

A5 grade?

There are some affordable ones like steakland. Even some restaurants do serve lunch menu from 4K yen to 8k yen  for dinner menu for normal kobe beef (150gram with soup, grill vege, rice and fruits).

I think not everyone can afford A5 grade but going to visit kobe but still can try of kobe beef for normal grade without burning hole in the pocket.

If going to chinatown of Kobe, there are some small shops that serve kobe beef as snacks.

Damn! Good idea as well, I will staying in Airbnb, ishould able to just grill via electrical stove.
Will be going Kobe just for half day. Gonna have it for lunch then come back. If that's the case, why not just buy a slab from supermarket and come back cook lol~

Local supermarket in Kobe?

Ah well its more of a religion thingy. I feel happy seeing my friends enjoy them, so the happiness is shared. I may not eat them, but I could feel the same enjoyment from watching them eat  travelling is also about harmony with your friends.
Hahahaha fret not. Part of the fun is to try communicating. Read Page 1 post #1. There is a guide of Japanese in Romaji. Save a copy and learn a couple of keywords especially on directions 

Guys,

seeking some information from you guys. Do you guys know whether kobe university open to public? Plan to have a visit to kobe university

Thats the thing about Japan rails. pretty confusing to look at. Specially when you're looking at a monitor or google maps. Need multiple cross check. And if I'm not wrong, there's not a single card that passes all rails. Different type's diff card? Huyooo.. now only glad we have TnG

ICOCA can be used on all rails in Kansai area right?

Anybody happen to be around in Toyama on 13-14 April?

Trying my luck if somebody is willing to help me purchase Kurobe Alpine Route Option Ticket.... >.<

Just when i’m ok to purchase full fare, the JR ppl decided to throw a curveball again.

Now they are doing advanced sales ticket from 2-6pm a day before for 15-16 April. Now I’m worried that it could get sold out (or very late departure time) for same-day sales at 5am

Hi guys. Im going japan end of april. Spring. Is it normal to wear short khaki pants in Japan? Not against their culture right? Thanks

info sharing

coca cola frozen lemon

available start on 16th April
RRP 130 yen (exclude tax)

Just back from 10 days trip from Osaka, kyoto, kobe, fuji 5 lake and Tokyo!

Overall too crowded with people. Missed 90% of the sakura but luckily still able to catch blooming in fuji 5 lake but unfortunately it rained whole day hence missed the view of mt. fuji (Wasted room and onsen with mt. fuji view)

Only thing i will miss is the food, can randomly walk in and the food can still taste damn good. Beef is all over the place. Dont have to purposely go Kobe to try but if for the experience then its fine. Tsukiji market is really overrated. Kuromon is better and less "cut-throat".

The trains schedule can be very tricky. Look out for rapid or local train. Can be very confusing. So do plan buffer time to make sure to get the right track and train. Like others say the train is 99% on time all the time.

For those night-owls, the shops close fairly early even in tokyo. 9pm almost like dead town. So plan ur shopping early.

Btw luckily didnt buy, i went to ask shops about japan units and apparently no region lock but malaysia and japan electric voltage is different. It might not even work and worst might explode if simply plug in.

oh the ICOCA can keep 10 years? dang... should have kept it.

When return for refund you'll get charged certain amount as service/processing fee. then the next time get another card will get charge another time.

Yeah haha. That's what I did in 2015. Got the regular ICOCA back then and used it up to minimise the handling charge. This time round I bought the Astroboy ICOCA so I kept the card.

Yes. This
My Suica since 2001 until today still using.

My most value Suica was 100 years Tokyo Station Version

you have 2 days time to try this, alcohol 0.00%

Hi. Want to know can we withdraw money from 7-11 konbini store using Maybank ATM card?

hi guys, wanna ask, how is the quality of digi roaming in japan? just found out got RM25 (3 days 2gb) prepaid roaming with 30min call. Link below.

https://new.digi.com.my/roaming/roaming-pass

Hi,

does 171000yen enough (for a family of 3 adult + 1kid 8y + 1kid less than 6y) to survive in osaka + kyoto + kobe + nara? transport + food + osaka amazing pass

So far I've not had much "weird" tasting stuff (probably I ain't very adventurous) except for the yuzu-tasting ramen by Afuri. It just didn't work for me.

Hahahahaha taste is subjective. Probably coz friend chose the "strong" yuzu - it was really too much for me ;  ...but even so, personally I still prefer Ichiran