Hmm i search around for that and it says only cover until wakayama station though? or it covers all the way down south?

Kansai WIDE Area Pass is valid for unlimited travel in the valid area on the map:


For me, the only downside is the rail pass is valid for consecutive 5 days but my itinerary span 1 week period - not able to utilise it for return to Kansai International Airport.

More details here: JR-West

woah the map covers just within the reach of Kii Katsuura..that's good to know. But yeah 5 days is kinda short, but I was actually planning to use it on the last 5 days of my 10 days trip, which the last 1-2 days at Kii Katsuura. So its definitely worth it, as the ticket price for one way trip from osaka to Kiikatsuura is RM250+!

This post has been edited by wilsonjay: Jun 12 2019, 11:13 PM

i dun think ppl should rely on JR pass to last til return. coz pass arent tat good for commute around for kansai main area (Osaka,Kyoto,Nara).
tho it shine when u go really far, like Tottori, Amanohashidate, Okayama n such.

AirAsia X will be temporary suspended flight to Hokkaido during Summer. Maybe as deodorant mention, during summer low demand. AirAsia X try focus all passenger to AirAsia X Thai to Sapporo during summer.

Kintetsu have no line to Uji, so No

Uji only got 2 station which is JR and Keihan

yup, no much people want go hokkaido during summer season, first is Nagoya, then Fukuoka, now is Hokkaido
because Malaysia economic bad? Malaysian have no money to travel? haha

This post has been edited by swn525: Jun 13 2019, 11:53 AM

Great to know that it is confirmed that there will be no direct flight between KL and Sapporo during Summer.

Most of the direct flights have been moved to Bangkok(Nagoya, Sapporo). I guess more Japanese love to visit Thailand more than Malaysia and also there are getting more and more Thailand people visiting Japan

The whole world prefer Thailand than Malaysia. Alot Western still thinking above Singapore are Thailand, direct skip Malaysia.
Malaysia alcohol tax just too high compare to Thailand.

Even I have to admit that Thailand is the best country in S.E.A for travel and even retire. Tasty food, cheap, better hospitality, nice beaches, better transportation.

Thanks for the reply.

I also found out it does not cover uji.

Will go with Keihan pass

Many foreigners don't even know Malaysia existed before the famous disappearance of MH and the 1MDB case...
I remember back during uni days in Melbourne, this French guy came up to me and asked where I was from.
Told him Malaysia and he never heard of it.
Told him we are just north of Singapore and he went "oh, I thought north of Singapore was Thailand?"

It is true and funny because I ask Japanese what do they think of when I mention Malaysia. They are like `eh, and then say Merlion` and I say that is Singapore and they will apologize. So I can say that Merlion is the most famous landmark in S.E.A to foreigners

not really, met a old local at tokyo, we do chat abit, he understand bout hijab stuff when we told him we from Malaysia.

once i went kobe makan Wagyu, the chef told us that he once has a school trip to Malaysia.

Most of the people I talked with are between 20 to 35 and they don`t seem to know about Malaysia. Those that have never been to Malaysia one.

I agree. There are a lot more Malaysians tourists around Tokyo/Osaka/Sapporo area that you imagined. I was at Nissan Crossing @ Ginza few days ago and was talking to the CS there and she told me quite a lot of Malaysians like to come to Nissan Crossing to view the display there.

This post has been edited by TOMEI-R: Jun 14 2019, 06:13 PM

Has anyone used their Maybank Visa Debit Card to withdraw cash in Japan ATM? How`s the rate like?

For example 10,000 yen now is around RM385. I guess around RM8 will be deducted from Maybank and the exchange rate follow the Selling TT/OD rate of `Foreign Exchange Counter Rates`?

This post has been edited by JohnsonLoi: Jun 17 2019, 10:04 AM

Current exchange rate are Rm384.3 for 10000 Yen
Maybank Rate are Rm391.00 for 10000 Yen
Maybank charge Rm6.7 as service fees

I think the rate is quite reasonable. Only 1.7% loss due to exchange rate and charge Rm6.7 per withdrawal as service fees from Maybank.

Say if I withdrawal 100,000 yen from 7-11 or JP Post bank ATM, only lost RM 67 due to exchange rate (3910 - 3843) + Rm6.7 = RM73.70

So how does it work withdrawing from Japan ATM? Just look for the VISA/Mastercard logo?