27needles Just go naked only lo. Why need to be so self conscious when everyone else in the shower area is also naked?

ntdote

Not sure if robot restaurant is such a good idea for 4 year old kid. Or kabukicho for that matter cos many of the eateries will be cramped, noisy, smoky izakayas.

The rest of your pros and cons not really relevant, so just concentrate on these few. Osaka / Kyoto / Nara / Kobe area tends to be more cultural Japan (see temples, etc). Whichever you choose depends on these, end of the day we also can't decide for you.

For activities for your kid, Nara has deer walking around the temple and town area (not sure if he or she too young to appreciate)



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Waliuuu Last week of December is usually quite safe for skiing, however there is a higher chance of the resorts not being fully open (ie only some of the trails are open) and/or the snow is man-made instead of natural.

PCLover2010 Depends on your travel style. If you're going to go whack kaiseki and omakase sushi every day then obviously not enough cos one meal alone can go up to 30k+ yen. On the other hand if you every day konbini and yoshinoya then 2k a day also can 'survive.'

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> chooses an atas expensive hotel
> complains that accommodation is expensive

ntdote Disney better in weekdays for less crowd, no? Also, Disneyland would be good for the 4 year old but Disneysea a bit geared towards older kids and adults. If you and wife are theme park fans then can still go of course.

Anyway if you decide to shift days around make sure you check imperial gardens cos they close on certain days of the week (Monday I think but I'm too lazy to look it up).

https://blog.gaijinpot.com/5-things-you-did...ors-abdication/

Hope none of you travel plans during the week after golden week lol

"Most Japanese people typically only have four or five days off during Golden Week, but this year everyone gets to enjoy a whopping 10-day vacation from April 27 to May 6."

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See if you can time your trip for sapporo snow festival.

100% confirm plus chop you need IDP for Japan.

Oops lol.

Blofeld Nagano Niigata Yamagata areas are all 3hrs ish from Tokyo and have plenty of snow activities for non skiiers for a short 2 or 3 day jaunt.

Yamagata area you can go see the fox village and go to zao onsen to see the snow monsters. On your way back stop over for day onsen at kaminoyama onsen.

http://look-see-eat.blogspot.com/2018/02/z...-itinerary.html

Alternately go Nagano Niigata area to check out the snow monkeys. And stay overnight at an onsen town up in the mountains to walk around in the snow.

http://look-see-eat.blogspot.com/2016/02/n...awara-plum.html

If you don't want to travel so far then from Tokyo there are many places nearby that are day trippable, for example mt fuji area, gala yuzawa area, etc.

I'd do 3 nights in a nagano area ski resort. Travel from Tokyo to nagano the previous afternoon then stay overnight so that you can be up early to settle all the lessons, gear rental etc. Ski the whole day at least.

Next day you can do another full day OR do half day ski and take the 2nd half to visit the snow monkeys.

Unless they speak to you in mandarin, how would you even know if they are PRC 😂

Could be seasonal demand. Singapore Airlines and I think Scoot do SIN-CTS direct flights only a few months a year for the winter ski season, but all other months tarak. Could be the same for AA too?

Instead of thinking, you could have googled and got the answer that August 2018 Tokyo average humidity was 77% vs KL 72%.

Even max humidity Tokyo was higher (100% vs 94%)

My first trip to Japan was in August, actually the heat and humidity isn't THAT bad, it's still bearable although you need to prepare to be quite sweaty and sticky if you're doing anything outdoors. But on the flip side it is peach season and super sweet super juicy cold peaches on a hot summer day is amazing.

Also got super yosakoi dance festival if your travel dates match.

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I am not in the airline industry so I don't have data available, but I suspect the demand is just not sufficient. Anecdotally speaking, I have a LOT of SG-based friends who fly to hokkaido for winter every single year. The number of ppl I know who fly there for flower season is far, far lower.

Rewatch azmin's videos over and over until you overcome it 😂

For me, no.
1. It's summer, and I don't like hot places for vacation.
2. Everything will be crowded gila babi 😂

Tokyo Olympics is late July to mid August leh. I've been to Tokyo in August, every single day come back to hotel shirt confirm either damp from sweat, or smelly from evaporated / dried sweat 💦

Futon during winter no problem lah, I go ski'ing always sleep in JP style rooms with futons, the blanket is so thick and plush, no problem.

But you're right that the thin mattress ... especially as I grow older ... I start to be less and less entranced with the 'culture' and more and more wishing for a proper comfortable mattress