Wow.. Is that a holiday or an Amazing Race ? I plan to go Akihabara and i will spend at least 1 week there to get to know the area properly instead of running around to catch a glimpse of the area. Holidays is to relax, enjoy and take it slow not rushing in a blink of an eye.

No use, Malaysia and Singapore are listed in Virus effected country.
South East Asia country people will get bashed out.

I personally also been grounded by company

I wait until pharmacies start to put out signboard telling certain people are not welcomed and Malaysian is one of it

Last I checked Japan nos of cases > Malaysia

Furthermore Japan is more proximate and popular for Chinese visitors than malaysia.

This post has been edited by Johnslow: Feb 2 2020, 10:20 AM

Need some suggestion from expert here.
I am going to Japan this July for 2weeks and I am exploring Tokyo -> Nagoya -> Kyoto -> Osaka. Then Osaka -> Tokyo directly, to catch my flight back to KL


Questions:
1. I am exploring each cities for few days. Would you suggest me to buy 14 days JR tokyo wide pass?
Or should I buy the shinkansen ticket separately?
e.g. separate shinkansen ticket from tokyo->nagoya, then nagoya->kyoto... would it be cheaper this way?

2. Should I buy an Icoca/Suica IC card? Is Icoca card can be used in Nagoya/Tokyo/Osaka too?
Or it's limited to Tokyo only?

Easiest way is to buy Tokyo Wide Pass, but I'm trying to save some bucks here.
Thanks in advance.

Mine is early March and thinking of deferred / cancel

Feb ~ March seems like a risk to visit T____T

Sien. My Sakura trip hotels all already booked and is those non refundable rate. Hope this wuhan thing blows over by then. Otherwise buy a few MAGA hats and wear and pretend to be ABC 😂

For non-refundable, actually can we email those said due to these corona virus, change the date / refund ?

This is global issue now

waiting for your update

don't cancel...your money will be forfeited. better you contact MAS for flight reschedule

pay to reschedule better than to pay double the price

JR Tokyo wide pass got 14 days? I thought only got 3 days

i going mid of March, hotel still free to cancel
but still thinking want cancel the trip or not

They do but almost rm2k. It's for while japan with shinkansen included

Yup, only 3 days

That's the 14-day Japan Rail Pass, not Tokyo Wide Pass

Urs is refundable type accommodation ?

yes, booking.com

oppss my bad then

Me too. In dilemma. Going early March. Hotel allow cancel and air tickets allow to change date (with fees) but don't know change to which date.

This post has been edited by carpark7: Feb 4 2020, 10:50 AM

I'm flying to Osaka via SIA for Kyoto marathon which will held on 16 Feb

So far organizer no indicate of cancellation.

Meanwhile there's no travel restrictions for flight from SG to Japan right?

None so far, outside of mainland China the number of cases are really quite low and don’t justify restricting travel between each other.

i am flying 20th feb not really worried.. just wear mask in the airport and plane and wash hands ...

hopefully everything is ok..

Anyone used Osaka's amazing pass before? Is it worth it?