In Kyoto, you should go for the full geisha experience

Haha, no offense to RegentCid, just curious about it.

I see, I see. Well take it this way, if you ever have to go for a proper kimono experience once in ur life, there is none other than Kyoto to do it. Tho I read it can be uncomfortable for some women who are not used to constricting clothes.

Speaking of which, why are these promos focus on USJ? Disneyland& Sea don't have? Or Disney don't allow 3rd parties?

Yeah that's what I meant. Even at travel sites like Klook or what, doesn't seem to have crazy discounts or something, like for USJ.

But crowds like this? Everyday? Wow.

Won't you have less flexibility on the charge usage? Like if you spent 800 yen on each card, you won't be able to use much of their remaining credit per card but in fact you have a total of 2000 yen remaining. Unless ur buying it for tour group or something.

As for itinerary, try get a rough idea of how much time you want to spend on each location then chain it for ur whole day agenda. Best to minimise travel time between sites.

If want street food, can go to Fukuoka for their yatai food stalls culture.

Just got back from Nagasaki ahead of typhoon Hagibis approaching. That time last week was worried typhoon Mitag was heading towards Kyushu but it veered off to Korea instead, so I had 1+ week of clear weather with certain days a few hours of rain. Interestingly while Mitag didn't hit Nagasaki, during the closest approach, it was hot like Malaysian weather (27-28 C). Earlier of the week, it cooled off but now weather forecast is getting hotter again.

As to fruities request, here is status of the main Glover house


BTW, you can get Inasa ropeway ticket at the Info Counter at JR Nagasaki(same place get 500yen all day tram pass), it only cost 1000yen per pax so saving 250yen per head but it cannot be refunded so buy it when you intend to get up there (counter closes at 8pm).

Thank you to all the advices given here by fruitie and other forumers. Really helped a lot on my trip there.

This post has been edited by babylon52281: Oct 10 2019, 05:29 PM

Yeah to all going this weekend, this typhoon Hagibis is rated Cat5 so please stay safe indoors.

FYI after the last typhoon that directly hit Japan, Chiba prefecture had no electricity for 1 week.

Lucky for you the typhoon completely missed Kyushu. No disruption and destruction.

Just came back from there late this week actually. That time last week was worried typhoon Mitag was heading towards Kyushu but it veered off to Korea instead, so I had 1+ week of clear weather with certain days a few hours of rain. Interestingly while Mitag didn't hit Nagasaki, during the closest approach, it was hot like Malaysian weather (27-28 C). Earlier of the week, it cooled off.

As to your request, here is status of the main Glover house:


BTW, you can get Inasa ropeway ticket at the Info Counter at JR Nagasaki(same place get 500yen all day tram pass), it only cost 1000yen per pax so saving 250yen per head but it cannot be refunded so buy it when you intend to get up there (counter closes at 8pm).

This post has been edited by babylon52281: Oct 13 2019, 11:10 PM

Well depends. The rest of the other 'houses' are still open for display, you can still rent to cosplay with European period clothing, can still have teatime at Jiyu-tei, you still get a lot of scenery around the area. So it depends, its like the main roller coaster in a themepark is closed but the rest are still open. If ur okay with that, really go for it.

Yup. Was buying the 500yen pass, when the counter staff mentioned they also sell ropeway ticket at cheaper price. I was planning to ride the bus from JR Nagasaki to Ropeway so it was convenient for me to comeback in the afternoon and buy them.

Oh and thanks for the advice on souvenirs from Nagasaki. Got myself a small Vidro vase/ornament.

Have to buy on that day itself, but their counter opens quite early about 6(?)-7am so it was no problem for me as I was based across the road from JR Nagasaki.

If ur from Glover area, I recall seeing one these 2 shops got sell the 500yen day pass, not sure if they also sold the 1,000yen Ropeway ticket or not tho


Another thing, can I ask ur help to translate these omikuji? Google translate failed me. haha!

For the omikuji below, I got the four leaf clover pattern item with the paper slip.

You can try the 2 shops I pointed out. They're just down the road from ANA Crowne Plaza Gloverhill Hotel heading towards Oura tram stop.

Will ask the senpais here for the translation. Thanks.

Dear senpais can anyone help to translate the gist on these 2 omikujis?



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Oh I see. I thought you mentioned Glover is within walking distance from ur hotel.

Otherwise you can pay the 130 yen to JR Nagasaki and then get the one day pass from there to travel further.

Are you sure its the same flavour? The ones I saw in boxes are super premium varieties like sake flavour. I didn't even bother becoz its way above what I willing to pay for kitkat regardless of taste. Std flavours sold in packet for btwn 180-230 yen, premium ones can go up to 290yen per packet. Mind you, even for same chain outlet, the prices can vary.

P.S I forgot that there might be special limited edition print boxes with std flavours. You might be referring to that. These are time limited ones, so it may interest collectors or something, hence the price premium.

This post has been edited by babylon52281: Oct 14 2019, 06:02 PM

As written on the box, that is a Kyoto Souvenir special edition. You probably can't get that anywhere outside Kyoto. And also more qty (12 vs 9pcs). Other than that its just a tourist trap. Where I went, the kitkats there aren't so touristy so most comes in packets like in ur pic. Those in boxed are really premium for a reason.
But hey, nothing screams "I was in Kyoto" like giving a Kyoto edition boxed kitkat.

This post has been edited by babylon52281: Oct 14 2019, 11:39 PM

Hopefully no one is/was going over to Nagano. The aftermath of the typhoon was really really bad, and still being felt in some areas. I pray they can rebuild soon as that is my preferred next destination when visit to Japan again.