from my last trip, the first day arrive i activate my JR pass and straight take NEX and transit at Tokyo to Aomori prefecture, a lot of savings there.

I previously researched on Okinawa before and bumped into this website, hopefully u can read chinese
https://tw.blue-cave.org/
hope it helps.

sry never been to okinawa. just researched.
if i were to go, i'll rent a car and drive around.

thats crazy!!!!

BREAKING: Japanese government announces new era will be known as Reiwa 令和

Bye bye Heisei

yup starting 1st of May!

u can always take a train from Dentetsu Toyama Station to Tateyama station.

This post has been edited by limchee: Apr 10 2019, 12:13 PM

yes, its their local Toyama Chiho Railway. the station is just next to the JR station.

This post has been edited by limchee: Apr 10 2019, 01:40 PM

how are you guys planning to get the ticket.

all packages by our Authorised Ticket Reseller (ATR) Kingdom Sports Group are sold out. they are very expensive too!

i mean their tour+hotel+ticket packages all sold out. there wont be any opening ceremony tickets on lottery too due to its high demand

dont think there is any tickets left, if there is, it will be super expensive. below is our authorised reseller for our region, they only sell in packages...
https://tokyo.kingdomsg.com/

dont forget you can use shopback for further cashbacks via booking.com

i've used it, super convenient.

you will need to have a physical suica card for that.

change region to Japan and tap your physical suica card to back of the iphone to transfer the credit to your iphone.

https://support.apple.com/en-hk/HT207155

Edit: just realised the English version of the suica app doesnt require any physical card. But then again, you will need Apple Pay to recharge the 1000 yen initial balance. So the only choice is to get a plastic card in Japan and transfer your credit to iPhone

For recharging, as Malaysia doesnt support Apple Pay, you can only recharge at the suica machine or any convenience store in Japan



This post has been edited by limchee: Nov 6 2019, 02:54 PM

Suica Eng app is just for you to create a virtual Suica and you will need to recharge an compulsory initial amount of 1000 Yen via Apple Pay to register which Malaysia doesn't support. So the only way for us is to purchase a physical plastic card, set your phone region to Japan, open up Wallet app and transfer your credit from your plastic card to Apple Pay wallet. In my case, my Suica card is linked to Apple Pay Wallet as well as the Japanese Mobile Suica app.

This post has been edited by limchee: Nov 6 2019, 03:22 PM

1. Phone region via Settings. you can actually try it now, the Wallet app will ask you whether you want to add a credit card or a Suica.
2. Switching back to Malaysia doesn't affect your usage.
3. Yes, only through machine, just tap your phone at the terminal as though your phone is a card. the only way to top up within the phone is via an Apple Pay approved credit card which is not available in Malaysia unfortunately. even in the Japanese Mobile Suica app, they only accept Japanese issued credit card.

I realised there are 2 types of Suica recharge machine at train station, one is you insert a card into a slot (similar to our ATM), another is place your card on a bin/tray.


This post has been edited by limchee: Nov 6 2019, 03:32 PM

yea your virtual Suica card will always be there and linked to your Apple ID, so you will be able to retrieve it back if you change your iPhone.

do note that after the transfer, your physical plastic card will not work anymore and become a piece of useless plastic.

and if you have an Apple Watch, the virtual Suica card can only exist on ONE device at a time.

This post has been edited by limchee: Nov 6 2019, 03:42 PM

yes
can always swap between iphone and watch

same principle. your iPhone = card, your watch = card.

Do TOHOKU!