Hi guys,

Saw the ticket for this sold on USJ website, anyone went for similar shows in the past? not sure if its worth to get...

https://www.usj.co.jp/ticket/event/winter20...ip-crystal.html

never been to osaka aquarium but as i know that area only have USJ around
maybe more experience ones can advice u but really don't know go where if u slot it like that

Hi everyone,

I just want to ask if you are NOT skiing, can you ride the chairlift up to the peak? (Referring to the ski resorts at Hakuba Valley, Shiga Kogen, and Ryuoo Ski Resort at Yudanaka).

Can you ride the chairlift up there, snap photos, then ride down later without skiing?

1 temple on top of mountain, 1 castle, 1 garden

Yeah.

Meanwhile do consider getting kansai pass (1 day) for the himeji day trip, cheaper than standard train fare

Hi, planning the trip to Hokkaido next year February to visit the snow festival.
Day 1: shinkasen from Tokyo to Hakodate, overnight in Hakodate
Day 2: depart to Noboribetsu and Lake toya, overnight in Noboribetsu
day 3 - Day 4: Visit Snow Festival in Sapporo
Day 5: Travel to Lake Shikaribetsu, visit ice village and stay over night in Lakeside
Day 6: visit Furano, ningle terrace/ski, overnight in Furano
Day 7 - 8: visit Otaru/Sapporo
Day 9: back to Sapporo and catch the flight back KL next morning.

Is the itinerary sound viable via public transport (bus and train)? is the itinerary too rush?

Thanks!!!

Why don't you just fly to Chitose directly?

Two more weeks to Japan trip and I'm down with fever now. Well, at least now and not when I'm in Japan.

Good thing is I managed to change my hotel in Nagasaki to APA Hotel which is just opposite of JR Nagasaki. The one I booked earlier required me to take tram and I feel it's difficult to do it with our luggage. I wanted to book our accommodation near to the station but I couldn't get anything that time, all were fully booked. Probably there were people cancelled their rooms and I managed to do it now. Though it's slightly more expensive (additional RM 80 for two nights) and could be smaller than the previous hotel but convenience is far more important. We have to catch early train to Yufu.

Get well soon.
I usually carry with me few tubes of VitC when i travel to cool countries.

is 2 night stays at hakone a good thing? or 1 night is enough?

planning to go there during spring.

hi guys..me and my friends are planning a trip to Fukuoka next year with itinerary below.

is there any transportation pass to recommend? is the itinerary too empty..or too packed?

Day 1 (Sunday 15/3)
- 7.05 arrive Fukuoka
- 9.00 train to hotel
- 10.00 drop bag at hotel
- sightseeing Naka river
- lunch at Yoshizuka Unagi
- Kawabata Shopping Arcade
- Kushida shrine
- 3pm check-in hotel
- 5pm out to Tenjin

Day 2 (Monday 16/3)
- 9.30 am out from hotel
- meinohama station
- meinohama ferry terminal
- ferry to nokonoshima
- 2.30pm out from island
- fukuoka tower
- dinner kiwamiya halal motsunabe
- back to hotel

Day 3 (Tuesday 17/3)
- 9.30am out to Uminonakamichi seaside park
- Hakatamachiya furusato-kan
- Lunch yagoru kashii ramen

Day 4 (Wednesday 18/3)
- 9.30am head to Yanagawa river
- luke's lobster
- canal city hakata

Day 5 (Thursday 19/3)
- ohori park
- maizuru park
- nishi park
- dinner at zakoya

Day 6 (Friday 20/3)
- Masjid Fukuoka, Hakozaki
- Nanzoin temple - reclining buddha
- lunch at yoshinoya

Day 7 (Saturday 21/3)
- Onsen at Beppu (Hyotan onsen)
- Dinner Hamazushi

Day 8 (Sunday 22/3)
- Flight back to KL

Thanks. I will also bring medicine with me whenever/wherever I travel to.

or just buy on the spot lah
you're gonna buy it anyway

Medicine is not something I will take risk as I cannot simply take medicine and I may have allergy then it's worse. Better stick to something which I'm familiar with from Malaysia.

Get the yearly flu jab. Just got myself vaccinated a few days ago

This post has been edited by -kytz-: Oct 21 2019, 02:39 PM

i've never seen anyone who go japan and not buy medicine
it's publicly available and better than our local meds

this is what most people buy for fever

I'm one of them. I know about this, I did help my friend to buy this in my last trip.
I have medicine allergy so doctors won't advise me to simply consume medicine without prescription from them. After all, my medical fees all paid by company, so no need to waste money to buy medicine on my own.

Hmm, I didn't buy any medicine in Japan either.

The only time I stepped into a pharmacy there was to buy a shoe pad for my wife's aching feet.

This post has been edited by victorsoo: Oct 21 2019, 04:42 PM

people step into a pharmacy there to buy alot of thing, not just med
accumulate more than 5k, can claim tax refund

Load up with medicine and Vitamin Cs and you should able get well in 2 weeks no problem. Anyways, is not like people stop travelling when they are sick. On my flight back, I had a person behind constantly coughing and sneezing all 7 hrs at back until I can feel his breath at my head. Haha! lucky I didn't catch anything from him.

Ohh so you got APA Hotel. That's just a stone throw away from my AirBNB just beside Hotel Coure. Haha! Good choice as catching the trams, buses, & JR train is super convenient. Plus you can easy to buy the passes and tickets at Info Counter.

I went to matsumotokiyoshi to buy pregnancy pee stick for my wife on the last day of our last trip in Feb lol. Turns out she was around 1.5 mths pregnant liao. That trip some more whack sashimi and rare chicken and we did 4 days of skiing