Hi... Do you stay overnight in Hakone or do a daytrip there? Is it worth staying overnight at Hakone itself? Would a daytrip be a bit too rush though Hakone is not too far away from the city.

This post has been edited by TOMEI-R: Mar 5 2019, 02:17 PM

No, just a day trip from Tokyo. Travelling with family and not into onsen. Main aim is to see the magnificent Mt Fuji from different location which we did.
If you like the onsen experience, then should plan to stay overnight. Heard that the ryokan there is expensive and need to book in advance.

I like onsen, but don't really like jumping into the pool with other naked men.

Haha... .Go for the private onsen then, no sure how much the cost will be.... Some nice ones have the view of Mt Fuji from the bath.

Plan to stay at Hakone and then going over to mount Fuji the next day.

anyone hunting for better deal/bargain ticket kl-osaka (direct) coming matta fair? i likes to make/join a whatsapp group if anyone have or like the idea pls invite. if got travel agent wants to offer also can pm me.

This post has been edited by skydrake: Mar 5 2019, 04:08 PM

There’s reserveable private bath

Haha.. Too costly for me I'm afraid. I'm sure it will be nice to have a private onsen by yourself. Nowadays, you get a lot of naked Chinese nationals talking aloud when you are in the onsens.

Private reservable bath maybe cost you at most 1000-2000yen per 1 hr slot

Thanks, appreciate your reply!

Thank you very much for this, really useful info for my planning! We are planning 2 week May, so hopefully not too busy on weekday.

Very busy for the past few weeks and only done some study on train pass. It is not worth to buy Hokkaido rail pass for my trip. I had done the calculation as follows ;
CTS to Noboribetsu (1 way 3000 yen), noboribetsu to Toya (1 way 2700 yen), Toya to Sapporo (1 way 5920 yen), sapporo to Asahikawa (round trip 5080 yen). Total about 16,700. (Express train fare). Hokkaido 7 days train pass is 24,000 yen. So decided to use smart card IC but i am not sure which card cover the the train to the places i intend to go (chitose, noboribetsu, toya, sapporo & asahikawa). What i know is Sapica cover only sapporo for subway, buses and streetcars) and kitaca can use for Sapica area and also outside of Sapporo. Can anyone introduce which smart card IC to use ? Which cover the train to the places as mentioned above, subway and buses in Sapporo. Can the card also use for buses within noboribetsu, toya and asahikawa ?

Basically the date of visit to hokkaido is fix. Internet access will use Klook 4G wifi. I go for ANA instead of JAL cause cheaper. Accomodation not decided yet not sure to go for all hotel or mixture with airbnb. Still a long way to go before firm up my itinerary. Hope to hear some comments from sifu here.

As you are buying an oven, you need a very good transformer and not those cheap ones. Can easily cost 10,000yen above.

All IC card accepted in sapporo town. Other than sapporo town station they only accepted cash or ticket.

CTS to Noboribetsu (1 way 3000 yen), noboribetsu to Toya (1 way 2700 yen), Toya to Sapporo (1 way 5920 yen) - you need to purchase ticket from JR counter. Your cost not include the bus fare transit to the town yet and only cash accepted for their bus service. My advice take buses transfer to or from the above village it will save your time and costs.

Alright! Thanks bro.

Thx for advice bro

saw flights on ANA at the end of this month, about 2.2K for a return trip, is that a normal price?

matta fair can be how cheap

Peak period price for Sakura season

Normal around 1.7k

Promo maybe 1.5k

Share my experience.

In april 2017, sakura season, I managed to get RM 1200 by ANA.

KL- Tokyo, Tokyo-KL.

Anybody have experience doing the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route here?