driving on black ice is quite an experience, make any sudden brake, can start praying that you won't hit the curb or anything

driving in winter is one thing, driving etiquette is another. recently my parent came to visit me, let them drive around the area but manatau they export KL driving, no signal, no lane keeping, not stopping at train crossing, driving on the opposite direction (either confused or snow covered the lines), etc.


IMO, JP summer is warmer than MY just remember to stay hydrated and it should be fine

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1. Osaka amazing pass is one good deal IMO especially if u fancy boat cruises around Osaka
if u are traveling to/from KIX, you can get the Nankai airport edition ones (I had to meet up with my parents at KIX last month, so the return cost of the train alone is like 2/3 of the 1-day Osaka amazing pass Nankai edition).
Covered like 3-4 boat cruises, Ferris wheel n a couple of parks/attractions from morning till midnight

traveled a number of times with Willer from Kyoto, Osaka, Tokyo <-> Kanazawa anything specific you wanna ask about?

I sat the relax seat a few times, can recline all the way down. Pretty comfy to sleep and the seat width is just alright for me (I’m very thin). The only con for these seat is that if anyone around you (back, side) wants to go out, you have to get out of your seat and probably wake the person in front of you to adjust their seat.

Depend on which part. Back in 2017, I could start skiing by November but of course, it was the heaviest snowfall in 30 years around my area (Hakusan, Ishikawa). This year winter not much snow, if I remember correctly, mid-late Dec 2018 quite a number of ski grounds (Hakuba, Nagano) are still closed due to insufficient snow, only went to ski around mid Jan 2019.

If no snow, can just enjoy ryokan onsen

This post has been edited by quadcube: Mar 17 2019, 07:49 PM

sleep at home everyday, hence no idea probably can report back tomorrow if I managed to visit Toyama's tulip festival

road is pretty clear here, from Komatsu to Tonami and Namerikawa, Toyama. went to visit the tulip festival, pretty easy to find parking right in front of the entrance.


sightseeing around Noto peninsula is way better than watching floats IMO. that said, I only attended my local float festival once a couple of years ago, never enjoyed it and never went again

which city?

no wonder I been sweating every night even when I blast my aircond at 18 celsius

add another I think about rm24, withdrawal fee and don't forget to activate oversea withdrawal. used to withdraw JPY from my Maybank and CIMB acc from 7E ATM last time before I opened an acc in JP

bathed at one of the bath house next to one of Kuromon market entrance (Suehiroyu 末広湯), not sure whether tattoo is allowed but the last time I was there, got full body tattoo yakuza too

just take the Nankai Rapid β from KIX all the way till Namba, it's walking distance from Dotonbori, can get cheaper ticket if you purchase the ticket online (do remember to print the receipt for ticket exchange). Rapid β last train is at 11pm, the normal airport trains runs until 11:55pm (reach Namba at 12:39am).

nah, it's only cheaper by 210 yen. rapid β is much more comfy especially after a long flight (even better with a strawberry ice cream from the i7 seventeen ice vending machine).

my usual routine anyway since I fly out of KIX every 1-5 months on a side note, will be dropping by KK in two weeks, let me know if u want anything (still remembered back then you bought me some Mitsuya cider candies )

haha, that's why I mentioned the online Kanku webtoku ticket for Nankai rapid β (https://www.howto-osaka.com/en/ticket/ticket/webtoku.html). but if u buy the web ticket without printing the receipt, they will be complaining about it but still, they will help you to print and exchange it for the actual train ticket

or if u have anything specific that you want from Ishikawa, since I'm living here. What's in Kobe besides delicious beef?

Yeap, snowboard at Hakuba today, pretty much sucks. Super crowded at Hakuba47 as most of their courses are opened (others are barely operational), crazy wait time for chair lifts, etc. Morning still ok, powdery snow but later in the afternoon, basically it’s like ice skating down the slope. lots of ppl fell and rolled down the slope, while their snowboard become detached and become an unguided missile

yea, can as some have restaurant on the mountain, but still need buy lift ticket

same wedding day

Ginkaku-ji temple, 27th Oct 2018


didn't go Kyoto last year but this is Nov 17th 2019 near my place at Hakusan.


yea, February is generally the coldest month. but this year winter quite warm, zero snow, temp above 10 deg and above zero at night around my area in Ishikawa
usually Osaka is not really that cold but it won't hurt to over dress a little (beanie, glove)

my last flight back to MY, I took about 50+kg back
dragging 50+kg from Komatsu all the way to KIX was pretty dumb anyway

Daiso, all 100 yen. my Egyptian friend always buy souvenirs from Daiso whenever he visits his home country to give his children and friends

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even my area already started to spread, one went to Tokyo for 3 days and came back to Kanazawa with the virus, spread to his 10 years old kid which has been going to school for the past 2 weeks

the school that was closed is 金沢市立野田 junior high school in Nomachi, right next to Kanazawa city