All limited Edition are Tourist trap
In Japan no such thing is limited edition.
Personal Exp - more than 600 trip to Japan with 26 Year of exp

All free water in restraurant are tap water. Mostly you will find inside ramen shop. Big water container front of desk for you to fill.

Best cheap food in Japan are Yoshinoya and Sukiya
Way better than those slash price bento.

500 Yen can get decent meal

Show me your face picture then I told you the answer.

Alot of Japanese using taxi. For Japan, time is everything....business traveler will used taxi to go any meeting and claim from company.
Japan after work need go social with co-worker and drink until late night, sometimes too late until miss last train then had to take taxi or sleep at comic book / computer store.

if you earn Japanese Yen then price of taxi actually consider reasonable.

Why not take Limited Express Train Hida? no need transfer.

If you wanted to take slowest train like our KTM Commuter (09:40)
The transfer at Inotani Station just switch to platfrom from 1 to 2.

Mostly Same Platform, The Train from Takayama will arrived Inotani Station Platfrom 2 then leave after 1 minute, and then 1 minute of Gap bewteen 2 train. then 3rd minute ...Train from Toyama Station will go into Platfrom 2 of Inotani Station.

This post has been edited by RegentCid: Oct 29 2019, 09:24 AM

Just switch platform, no need go out. Plus this train station are no staff no gate station. Very old school and one ticket machine at station entrance only.



This post has been edited by RegentCid: Oct 29 2019, 09:22 AM

Best way to Okinawa was fly to Bangkok and take Peach Airline to Naha.

USJ and Disneyland just famous for the branding name only.

If you really wanted the ''REAL'' Theme park experience, must go Fuji Q highland.
That the real thing

This post has been edited by RegentCid: Nov 1 2019, 11:59 AM

Japan on paper looks very advance but actually very outdated.
Due to alot old folk ration in Japan, they cannot change to advance system.

Cash still rulez at Japan. Most convenience way to travel in Japan still bring cash. Even you show off your cash banyak ''lansi'' way still very safe.

Coin are widely accept in Japan. Actually Coin are more better than paper cash.
All Ramen machine are accept coin plus all train / subway ticket machine are prefer coin.

Dont forget Japan are full of vending machine too. Your coin will depleted very fast in Japan.

Current exchange rate are international exchange rate.
All money exchanger and bank based on international rate and service charge or profit margin

Example
International are Rm400 for every 10000 Yen
But money exchanger or bank will be Rm420 for every 10000yen ...profit Rm20 every 10000 Yen.

This post has been edited by RegentCid: Nov 11 2019, 12:43 PM

You cannot hike Mt Fuji without Guide plus it also need advance booking for slot.
2 day 1 night to reach the peak. Upper station got small inn for overnight.
If I remember correctly, Hiking Mt Fuji cost me nearly 300k Yen.

I suggest you conquer Mt Kinabalu first before Hike Mt Fuji


Without English GPS, stock GPS will be fully Japanese only...no English on setting.
If you dunno any Japanese, then you had to pay extra 1k.

This post has been edited by RegentCid: Nov 14 2019, 10:31 AM

Rapid train just abit faster than normal commuter train. It skip some staion.
The price still the same as normal commuter train.
This kind of train similar to our KTM commuter, no seat reservation


Limited Express are like our ETS Train. It got reserve seat and non reserve seat. ( If you got JR Rail passes, seat reservation already covered)

Look like alot people still dunno Japanese train classes.

Local Train (Similar to our KTM commuter)
Stop every station. Seat first come first serve system. Train Operating speed 80km/h
Covered by JR Rail Passes

Rapid Train (Similar to our KTM commuter)
Rapid trains skip some stations. There is no difference in the ticket price between local and rapid trains.
Seat first come first serve system. Train Operating speed 80km/h
Covered by JR Rail Passes

Express Train (Similar to our KTM commuter)
Express trains stop at even fewer stations than rapid trains. There is generally no difference in the ticket price between local and express trains. Seat first come first serve system. Train Operating speed 80km/h
Covered by JR Rail Passes

Limited Express (Similar to our KTM ETS Commuter)
Stop only Major Station. Ticket price cost 2000-4000 Yen extra from local train. Seat are divided into 3 classes which is Green Class (1st Class), Normal reserve seat (Another extra paying for seat number similar to AirAsia), Unreserved seat which is come first serve system. Train Operating speed 120km/h
Reserve Seat are covered by JR Rail Passes

For Green Class can used JR Rail Pass + Top up or Green Class JR Rail Pass


TS can tag this into 1st page if you want

This post has been edited by RegentCid: Nov 14 2019, 10:46 AM

This Kyoto imperial villa very cocky one. Need one day advance register at ticket office with passport.
1st come 1st serve are only for Japanese tour. If you dunno any Japanese then you will be fxxx. No idea what they talking.

I been Kyoto so many times, never once been this place.


Japan so big where?
Mostly after 12am, only option was limousine bus.

Pre booked from web and choose car with English gps system.

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