That depends as I have a friend who had issue with the passport chip, withheld at immigration for almost 1 hour, came out to airport around 10.45 almost 11pm. Luckily still manage to catch last train/bus to the hotel late night.

how fast will depends on how fast you walk from your plane to the immigration counter. will you be going to toilet after disembarking? long queue?
airport side always panjang gila try in the city centre, shorter queue

any plan to go Shin Hotaka Ropeway from Takayama. This snow mountain not bad... i not sure izit not that well known or what because i went there last december not very crowded can roll here and there on the snow. lol... but april maybe no snow d but the view of japan alps is quite stunning view also.

ya, i think need, need take around 2 hour bus from takayama https://www.nouhibus.co.jp/route_bus/shinhotaka-line-en/

Nohibus got 2-day bus + admisson ticket + 1000yen coupon package. Very worth it

I think you can start early and come back Takayama around 2-3pm. Bus is not that frequent, i think 1 bus every hour only.

Going up and down the ropeway, i think at most u spend 1-1.5hr. When i went during spring, it was -5 degree at the top.

I suggest making use of the 2-day bus pass and spend a night at various ryokan along the route. It’s relatively cheap also since this area is not so touristy yet. I paid around RM700 for 2pax half board.

I drive to there. I did ask the hotel reception bout the bus. Bus would take 2h to reach. About the bus package not much information bro. Maybe you need to look online d.

For driving i took 1.5h actually can faster but due to a bit snow on road i worry of ice road so i drive rather slow. I start drive from 10am+ and reach around 12pm the ropeway to the top took like 30m then spend like 30min on the observation deck then lunch at there and continue to have fun playing snow outside the building for around 1.5h then the ropeway come down fast a bit. Then drive back to takayama reach at around 5pm+. Half day is possible if depart early morning. But there is no snow i think you wont spend so much time. Mostly you will enjoy the view taking pictures.

If your travelling group is big, I would suggest Biwako House in Kyoto. It's just beside Lake Biwa, quite nice quiet small town. Only catch is there is no bus between accommodation and train station; you can either walk (about 1KM) or book a taxi.

If you don't mind waiting, you don't need express pass for USJ. I went on Tuesday early November last year, only 2 queues were almost an hour (Flying dinosaur and Minions Mayhem). Harry Potter ride was about 30 mins or so (I went in the evening as well), Spiderman was even shorter.

anyone can answer?

Finally exchange my soon to expires miles for a trip to Tokyo in April with my family. As I will be a first time being a tourist there, anyone knows where is the best place to rent a car? Planning to drive out of city for two days. Not sure where but karuizawa might be an option.

I went the opposite way during my trip last Dec. Took the Romance car at 7:27 at Shinjuku arrived to Hakone Yumato at 8:30. Bus ride to Hakone Machi-Ko (9:00) > walk along the Cedar Avenue> Motohakone-Ko and visited the famous Torii Gate>Took the pirate ship to Togendai at 11:00 (saw Mt Fuji along the way)>Up to Owakudani> arrive to Gora (13:00)> took a bus to Gotemba Premium Outlet at 13:50 - shopping > back to Hakone Yumato at 17:00.
So if you leave Gora at 13:00 and ship Gotemba, you can arrive to Hakone Yomuato at 16:00

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.

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.

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.

There’s reserveable private bath

yes. went there last year. what you wanna know?

Option ticket is a cheaper way to complete the whole route in 1-direction.

You definitely can backtrack by purchasing the tickets separately.

i would recommend you complete the whole route. otherwise its just like seeing halfway.

once you're at toyama, take the shinkansen back to nagano.

its only 1 way up becoz by the time you reach toyama its already close to dusk

Hi! Am planning to buy a pass from klook, the only problem is that plane lands at 9.40pm klook counter closes at 10pm? Will i be able to redeem the pass when i arrive? Anyone has any experience?

Thanks!

option 1 is exciting but risky, may i know what is the success rate of using option 1? don't you need to wait for clearance and luggage?

Hi all, I will fly to Japan next month to visit Toyama region ( Alpine Route, Matsumoto, Kamikochi ).

I purchased the 5 days JR ticket that able to take all rides in Alpine route, as well as all JR line from Nagoya -> Takayama -> Toyama -> Alpine Route -> Matsumoto -> Nagoya

But does anyone know whether the bus travel from Toyama to Alpine Route is covered or not? I haven't bought any bus ticket yet.