Yup thats one of my purpose of visit sapporo next year

Very expensive, but i lucky managed to book one airbnb house sharing for bout rm1.3k 2 person one week, a lot of people already booked the hotel one year before the snow festival hence the expensive price

Just check on agoda one night almost 1k

This post has been edited by HumanExtinction: Oct 28 2024, 12:10 PM

My experience with kawaguchiko is very mixed, the view around the lake and oishi park is pretty. Public transport is very crowded especially if you take the sightseeing bus to go around. Very little food choices too and prices are quite expensive compared to other places, and all the restaurant almost full house everywhere. I only ate convenience store items when im there

Also be aware that some of the restaurant close quite early during dinner time so make sure to check those restaurant opening hours.

The oishi park ice cream is delicious though


If not cloudy then the view is very nice


This post has been edited by HumanExtinction: Oct 30 2024, 10:46 PM

Hi everyone, would like to ask some opinions, out of all of 3 which lcc has the least problem? Spring Japan / Jetstar / Peach aviation

plan to take one of those from tokyo to sapporo next feb. so far right now saw spring japan has the cheapest flight available.

This post has been edited by HumanExtinction: Dec 2 2024, 07:51 PM

Thanks for the advice, unfortunately i will land in narita hence these are the 3 options i have currently. Last i was thinking of staying at narita hotel for one night first before heading to sapporo, now maybe i will directly go to sapporo after landing in narita.. just scare that custom/immigration will be long line and delay from klia.. also not sure will be too exhausted or not

This post has been edited by HumanExtinction: Dec 2 2024, 10:41 PM

next year march 15 onwards, tokyo metro one day pass will up price from 600 yen to 700 yen
also can no longer buy this on machine, will need to buy online



https://tokyo.letsgojp.com/archives/722467/

1. I prefer digital since can complete everything back at home and faster to go through immi and custom. This only apply to inbound, outbound no need.

2. For tax free again can use the visit japan web to register all your info and will give qr code for you too like immi and custom. If not mistaken now tax free will need to be done in airport rather than individual shop starting 2025 cause a lot of c country ppl abuse the system. But im not sure accurate or not.

3. For tokyo most of the place accept cashless like cc, suica. But some places like ramen shop only accept cash so better take some. If need extra cash can just withdraw from 7/11 atm. No need paypay, afaik pay pay need japan phone no to register.

4. You can only choose one physical or on iphone. Once linked, the physical no longer can use.

This post has been edited by HumanExtinction: Jan 14 2025, 04:33 PM

Since you just travelling alone, i suggest to just stay in business hotel like toyoko / sotetsu inn to save some money. The extra money can spend on food

yes i thought ts say want to use pay pay app itself

This post has been edited by HumanExtinction: Jan 14 2025, 10:34 PM

Super weak yen today, worth convert

Kyoto overtourism, the amount of ppl there are insane

Don’t think I will go there anytime soon until they find a way to curb the people… walk everywhere also like sardin

Now I’m otw to Sapporo and saw huge amount of prc travelling there

This post has been edited by HumanExtinction: Feb 1 2025, 10:52 AM

My one week winter Sapporo review

Snow fes are meh, people (mostly tourists) everywhere, roads are super slippery and hard to walk. Almost fall for a few times too. Foods at the event are super duper expensive. IMO see photos on soc med way nicer compared to going to the festival itself. Will probably not go again in the future.

A lot of parks are closed during winter time, beer garden is boring but some of the museums are quite interesting. Going from one place to another is super duper far but that is expected from Hokkaido.

For me the most disappointing is genghis khan at daikokuya. Way too overhyped. The lamb is almost tasteless and the secret sauce is just salty… both soup curry and butter corn ramen are just ok. Ironically the best food I had while here is mcd black pepper nuggets. Also don’t know why they call kaarage as zangi here lol

Saw a lot of bad behaviours prc and hk ppl, have talked to my guesthouse owner and some locals and all of them hate c country ppl but luckily they seem to like Malaysians

Moving on to asahikawa next monday, hopefully the zoo won’t disappoint

This post has been edited by HumanExtinction: Feb 9 2025, 06:35 AM

You can follow this girl on instagram to see the daily amount of ppl lining up at Disneyland and sea: ig (gmptjgwa)

This post has been edited by HumanExtinction: Feb 9 2025, 06:40 AM

I did used winter based shoe but still insanely slippery everywhere. The snow has been intense for the past few days and will likely worsen until next Thursday according to my guesthouse owner. I went to otaru today and man can’t even walk straight most of the time, the wind and snow just blow into your face, plus with an insane amount of ppl I went back earlier and still the train was packed like sardine.

Good luck on your trip to nagano

Most of the prc tourists that I saw are just bad, leaving trays on the table after eating and not cleaning up, talking loudly everywhere, standing centre on the escalator, kids playing at the food court and so forth. No wonder jap ppl hate them so much. Even as a foreigner I was smh.



This post has been edited by HumanExtinction: Feb 9 2025, 08:05 PM

Hahaha just a week and my body looks like going through warzone, skin peel off, leg bruises, muscle pain etc

Well the zoo was a disappointment, only 3 penguins walking A lot of the animals seems depressed too, small cage for them to walk around. Not to mentioned a lot of section are closed too due to winter. Would not recommend unless specially here for the penguins.

Also saw a lot of prc getting scolded for not following the rules


This post has been edited by HumanExtinction: Feb 11 2025, 01:08 PM

Yup, a bit crowded but still manageable to walk around. Just some section like penguins and polar bears have more ppl compared to other animals.

Drive slowly and carefully if not experienced, roads will be very slippery. Heard from locals a lot of car accidents caused by foreigners.

This post has been edited by HumanExtinction: Feb 12 2025, 02:19 PM

The first day I arrived at guesthouse the owner asked me: china? I said no malaysia, she replied thank god lol then she keep on ranting to me how prc like to forced their culture and lifestyle onto them. Truly disgusting behavior.