Hey,

"Malaysian nationals holding biometric passport compliance with ICAO standard do not need visa"

When we enter Japan we HAVE to go through the IMMIGRATION OFFICER rights? He will chop a temporary visitor stamp on passport correct?

Haven't been to japan in a while. I'm b'cause our passport is now electronic.

Airport transfer are different than Cab/Taxi
Japan Airport transfer are even more expensive than EU, Japan airport transfer all using benz & Alphard, cost you Rm2000 - 5000
Japan taxi are famous for world most expensive.

This post has been edited by RegentCid: Jan 14 2020, 01:19 PM

Fill up the entry card & custom declaration form then queue up for the fingerprint & photo machine from dept of justice then after that queue up for immigration. No more chop d now use sticker. Then after collect ur checked luggage will pass last check from custom & pass them the declaration form.

Then when leave japan also no more chop liou. Use passport scanner & face recognition machine then ok liou...

From recent tokyo trip

Europe so big and so many countries, how to compare like that man. Eastern Europe countries probably cheap cheap.

On the other hand I took taxi in Geneva before from office to airport, around 20mins / 10km journey was SFr 45 or 50 IIRC (like rm200ish).

This post has been edited by deodorant: Jan 14 2020, 02:46 PM

I like the airport train. using suica only 1300 yen from asakusa to Narita. only 100m from APA hotel asakusa.

This I get from going Western EU but not at the popular countries (England, France, Germany,etc) so I guess its about averages the cheap and expensive EU countries and distance is pretty standard from airport to city (flat rate somemore).

You got a point there. Somehow despite being expensive (I guess even for locals) and many guides advicing against taking taxis as first choice, that industry doesn't seem on the decline nor threatened by Grab/Uber/Lyft competition. There are still tons of taxis whereever I turn to.

could any1 advise if i could see Lavender by End June in any of Hokkaido farms?

July only open for public. But you can see from far.

This post has been edited by RegentCid: Jan 15 2020, 11:38 AM

hi all, im going to Kyushu in late March for 8D7N. here's my plan, kindly give comments if you have a better idea

Day 1 - touched down Fukuoka and drive straight to Nagasaki. Explore Nagasaki and stay there.
Day 2 - Unzen & Kumamoto. Stays Kumamoto
Day 3 - Miyazaki
Day 4 - Takachiho gorge & mount Aso. Stays Aso
Day 5 - Yufuin & Beppu
Day 6 - Fukuoka
Day 7 - Fukuoka
Day 8 - fly back

Simply because ride sharing are not legal in whole of Japan. I think they only operate now in Japan. Though expensive, taxis in Japan is very clean and normally they dont cheat. Like HK, the taxis drivers are trying to push Uber away.

This post has been edited by sacwoc: Jan 15 2020, 01:33 PM

Hi sifus.
I would like to seek advise regarding Sagano Romantic Train.
Which route is better?
Torokko Saga --> Torokko Kameoka or opposite direction?
Thanks in advance

Extremely tight.
Takachiho gorge and aso is far. I think you need to go gorge from kumamoto not aso. Unzen and Obama is for hotspring.

Same premium taxis that line up the side streets of Ginza.

I will skip Unzen. I was thinking it is on the way from Nagasaki to Kumamoto so can stop by for lunch there or something.

I have tried to google map, gorge is nearer to Aso though. Just 1 hour drive.

Wowzers! Packed like mad. You will spend a lot of time on the road and not sightseeing places.
And only spending the landing day at nagasaki before moving on is kinda wasted as there is so much more to see in nagasaki. Mine too is 8 days 7 nites but only at 2 locations. Since ur driving, I would suggest spending 2 days at each location. Fukuoka is nothing really special unless you plan to do shopping or going outskirts.

hmm i guess we would want to see as much as possible. Well my parents want to visit the Nagasaki bomb sites so I guess should be fine.
What is your 2 locations?

Must go up mount inasayama beautiful view in Nagasaki. Prepare warm clothing very cold with strong wind.
Spare extra days for change of plan when weather not permitting.

If you would like to see just the A Bomb related, you will want to go the A Bomb Museum, Peace Memorial Hall, the Peace Park, the Peace Statue and even perhaps Urakami church. That itself could fill nearly ur whole day lor. Then not forget other interest like Dejima old town, Glover Garden, Suwa Jinja, the various Chinese temples, Megane Bridge, Chinatown, and of course Mt Inasa. The Penguin Aquarium is on the other side of the peninsula where the city is at, so that could take 0.5~1 day itself.

Nagasaki & Fukuoka

PS. If you do go to the Memorial Hall, try spotting a bit of Malaysian involvement there.

Yes, must go there if want to enjoy view of the city



This post has been edited by babylon52281: Jan 15 2020, 10:13 PM

I plan my trip to Osaka and Kyoto on Nov 6th - 14th..During this period, am i able to see those red and orange leaf around?? Need advise. TQ