this year not planning JP tripTravel To Japan V12, Everything you need for a Japan trip!
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  Jan 24 2019, 09:27 AM
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Feb 2 2019, 03:42 PM
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QUOTE(arabella @ Feb 2 2019, 03:24 PM) My main reason for going on package tours is that someone takes care of my luggage. Even if I need to load or unload it myself. Choose a city and stay there for 3-5-7 days. E.g. Osaka. Then travel around day trip within Osaka. Or go nearby cities like Kyoto, Kobe, Himeji, Nara, etc.When you go on a DIY trip to Japan or other countries where you need to take a train or other public transport from one town to another, what do you do with your luggage while sightseeing? I did not see any luggage when I went on the Osaka-Kyoto fast train.  Of course it means you still need to drag the luggage from Tokyo / KIX / etc. But that is one time over several days. There are people who take luggage from KIX-Osaka-Kyoto. Or along the Osaka-Tokyo. e.g. When move luggage from Kyoto back to Osaka, plan your trip to check out, take train, check in and visit places that doesn't need full day after check in. |
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Feb 14 2019, 11:36 AM
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QUOTE(babysiew @ Feb 14 2019, 09:44 AM) Hi planning a trip to Tokyo/Hokkaido with my family. Just checked ANA. Its RM6966 for 4. Reasonable? I read ANA has sales normally around March/April? Not sure I shld straight away book or not. Thanks sifus! 7k / 4 = 1750 is cheap if transit all the way to Hokkaido. If to Tokyo only, then is average, ANA good promo price should be around ~1.5-1.6k |
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Feb 16 2019, 11:03 AM
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QUOTE(ivzh @ Feb 15 2019, 07:47 PM) Hi all sifu few question here 1. Not sure but should be fine.1. do taxi in kyoto take 4adult and 1 yound children (5years old)? Will taxi reject short distance drive for eg 2km? 2. do restaurant in japan allow children (<6 year) to share food with adults? And provide the basic utensil for children? 3. Plan to rent kimono in kyoto, but I m abit concern about if my 67year mother able to get use to the wooden sandals, anyone has experience with bringing elderly for kimono wearing? If someone had poor bladder.. can we go toilet with kimono? Thanks I did took 2-3 km trip. With traffic lights stops and waiting. Just like 10-15 minutes. Be prepared to pay, I think I paid ~2500 yen for that trip. 2) If all adults order one each, should not be issue. Basic utensils depends on restaurant availability. 3) Can wear kimono with regular shoes inside. Don't over do must wear wooden sandals for the full 100% complete experience, then get injured and spoil the remaining trip. Unless your mom are the older generations that wear the old chinese wooden clogs around the wet kitchen & toilet and get used to it. Toilet, just lift up and do the biz. |
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May 7 2019, 10:53 AM
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QUOTE(-kytz- @ May 7 2019, 10:42 AM) Among all the paid temples in kyoto, which would be the most worthwhile to visit? Nanzenji, Tofukuji, Kinkakuji, Daigoji, etc. It depends what is your agenda. e.g. we ask the locals during Sakura season, and they tell us which and which temple is having the best bloom this few days, so we choose one and went to Tofukuji. Overall the temple is quite nice but crowded also.Not to go in to pray but more to visiting the gardens and surroundings |
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May 7 2019, 11:07 AM
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QUOTE(-kytz- @ May 7 2019, 11:00 AM) Will be in Kyoto from 21 Nov to 27 Nov to catch the peak autumn season. Yes, same with the red autumn leaves. Whatever you plan ahead are just forecast before you reach Kyoto. When you reach Kyoto, due to weather, the red autmn leaves could be different at different temples, just ask the local people there.To enjoy the atmosphere, walk the gardens and take pictures  I heard photography is banned at that Tsutenkyo Bridge? Yes, photography banned to prevent over crowding and stopping traffic, but some people still take photos  but you can take before enter and after exit the bridge. Or take from other angles/location outside the bridge. |
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May 16 2019, 10:32 AM
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QUOTE(NightHeart @ May 16 2019, 05:39 AM) I'm going to Osaka this Sunday for 4 days. So just wanna get some recommendations on travel/pocket wifi. So far I've narrowed down to 2 providers that seems reliable (please correct me if I'm wrong): For Japan, I've used Travel Recommends twice in Osaka/Kyoto and Hokkaido. Pickup and return at KLIA/KLIA2. Just go a bit earlier like 30 minutes, while check-in/drop luggage, another person goto collect.1. Roaming Man MY 2. Travel Recommends For a KL/PJ/Subang person, which is easier to pick up by this Friday (17 May)? Besides those 2, are there any other reliable providers out there? I noticed there are some but has terrible reviews. No issue with coverage, I went all the way to Kinosaki-onsen and Shaari/Shiretoko all got coverage. Except some mountain roads in between hills/tunnel in Hokkaido. No issue with battery also, but I bring along a powerbank or charge in rental car. Shared between 4 persons, but we don't do heavy upload/download. Just normal use. |
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May 16 2019, 07:02 PM
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QUOTE(NightHeart @ May 16 2019, 12:02 PM) 4 pax, but probably at most also 3 devices will be connected to it at all time. Mainly for Whatsapp, Google Maps, a bit of FB & perhaps some Googling for help lol. Check promo code, otherwise may not worth it for Japan. I recall I paid only RM8-12 per day after discount. I ordered and paid in advance, print out (or show phone) to collect. That's good to hear! Do I have to make advance booking with them now to secure a unit? Or can I visit them directly in the KLIA 1 to discuss & pay? Also try check other providers which maybe cheaper, or not. I recall I use Travel Recommend for Taiwan also, no issue with coverage, battery and bandwidth. I guess different people will encounter different experience.  For my next month trip to Europe, not worth for our 4 pax. So we are going to buy individual sim each. |
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May 16 2019, 07:29 PM
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QUOTE(NightHeart @ May 16 2019, 07:16 PM) Yea there bound to be people encountering bad experience with the device something. Just wanna ensure whichever providers I go to isn't notorious for bad experience TR refund my deposit quite standard in ~1 week +/- time without any issue and no need to call them, quite consistent every time. The cheapest i found is RM8 per day but the provider is notorious for delay deposit refund & very unresponsive (even for technical help)  My phone batter is very weak, so that's why i'd prefer to use travel/pocket wifi over the SIM card method. If i tether from my phone, confirm 1 hour later my phone will be dead  BTW, don't flame me if you encounter bad experience with TR I'm not sure about SIM, but earlier this year was in HK using the kkday SIM (CSL carrier), it seems whenever I tried tether, the data plan freezes. Tried few times and same, in the end I didn't bother to tether, just use my primary phone only. Secondary will use hotel wifi or other free wifi. Not recommended to use phone as tether outside, you will still need a big battery pack. Get your own MiFi device to put the SIM. |
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Aug 12 2019, 11:27 PM
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QUOTE(Fyonne @ Aug 12 2019, 10:44 PM) 2) wow, i din know tat JR passes cover Nozomi. most JR passes dun cover Nozomi.  |
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Aug 14 2019, 12:08 AM
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QUOTE(dealer.merchant @ Aug 13 2019, 02:46 PM) Hi guys, 1. Beware Does not cover Osaka-Kyoto. I almost finalising my itinerary for Osaka Kyoto trip and few queries that needed to be confirm. 1. Does JR Kansai Wide Area Pass covers the Tokaido-Sanyo Shinkansen line from Osaka - Himeji - Shin-Kobe - Kyoto? 2. Is there luggage storage facilities for medium sized check in luggage in Himeji & Kobe? and how much? 3. Regarding the tour ticket purchase from Himeji Station to Mount Shosha; can i use the the same ticket for bus ride to Himeji Castle? Based online information. the tickets for Himeji Castle is limited a day. My plan is to purchase tour ticker for Mount Shosha and for Himeji Castle, but i would like to do Mount Shosha first then only Himeji Castle. 4. Is 1 day enough for Universal Studio Japan? Thank you. No problem cover Himeji - Shin-Kobe - Shin-Osaka (>> not Osaka !) |
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Sep 17 2019, 10:58 PM
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QUOTE(-kytz- @ Sep 17 2019, 02:40 PM) Can we hand carry/check in fruits (eg: berries/melon/corn) from Japan to Malaysia? QUOTE(RegentCid @ Sep 17 2019, 08:59 PM) Fresh fruit and vegetable are ban, not only Malaysia, whole world also same.  Are you sure ? I think Malaysia don't have much rules on bringing in fruits (or maybe the enforcement is lax for personal consumption). I've brought in Yubari melon (they have boxes for 2x for hand-carry), peaches, grapes, apricots. Also brought in fruits & nuts from Australia into Malaysia, no problem. Many more ... |
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Jan 7 2020, 11:01 AM
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QUOTE(sam sam @ Jan 6 2020, 11:53 PM) Would like to ask we will be renting a car for the whole 14 days in hokkaido. On our two weeks Hokkaido trip, we arranged to pickup rental car on the day we arrived, and immediate drove out of Sapporo. Returned after ~10 days and returned the car. After that, spent few days in Sapporo and a day-trip train to Otaru. Our opinion and plan is we do not need a car in Sapporo city and Otaru. We spend the last few days in Sapporo rather than in the beginning due to not going to carry all the stuff to buy and tour around Hokkaido. We plan to head to sapporo and stay for three nights to catch cherry blossom. Is this sufficient time or should we spend extra day? Our third day plan to head to otaru. Is it better to drive or take train there? Will be a day trip unless worthwhile to stay there Thanks Parking in Sapporo costs $ while most (if not all) outside are free parking. Also less few days car rental cost. |
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Jan 7 2020, 12:32 PM
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QUOTE(sam sam @ Jan 7 2020, 12:14 PM) Thanks for the feedback. Either way works, problem for us is, if we land in Sapporo and do shopping first, we have to carry in the car for the rest of the trip.We are landing on 12 may According to forecast it should be blooming a week before. Hence why we need to be in sapporo. The alternative would be the rent the car when we are leaving sapporo. Would it be possible to share your itinerary any tips would be useful. Plan to visit hakodate, norobeitsu, biei furano We also don't want land in Sapporo, then go out, then come back to Sapporo again. It's like waste time for the beginning/ending, in-between of nowhere  So we choose to go out when land, then return car and spend the remaining few days in Sapporo+Otaru w/o car. We did a bigger loop kind of west-east-west only. Did not able to cover north (Wakkanai), south-east and south-west (Hakodate) Our itenarary Sapporo - Asahikawa - Asahidake (ropeway) - Abashiri - Shaari - Shiretoko - Asahikawa - Biei - Furano - Noboribetsu - Lake Toya - Sapporo return car Sapporo - Otaru - Sapporo - Chitose |
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