i used eva airline and did the same as yours, layover at TPE airport when i flew to and fro tokyo.

1. Don't understand this question. If you got 3 jabs of vaccine then u don't need to do any testing prior to flying.

2. taipei - osaka will do

3. TPE airport terminal is really really huge so a lot of places for you to rest. While you can find places to sleep there, normally the comfortable one or the paid resting armchair one will be used by other people, so prepare to be uncomfortable. If you have a 20 hour layover, may i suggest going out of the airport instead of waiting in the airport for so long?

This post has been edited by Oblivionz: Feb 8 2023, 03:47 PM

Luckily mine was just an overnight layover around 7 - 8 hours both to and fro, so just sleep at the airport will do.

The flight is quite alright. Nothing out of the ordinary. Though u might need to check if the airplane has USB port for you to charge any of your devices. For me the flight back from tokyo to tpe was an old plane so it does not have any USB port. The screen is not a touch screen at all, it uses the old style remote attached to the seat to navigate the entertainment system.

Other than that overall so far so good.

This post has been edited by Oblivionz: Feb 8 2023, 05:26 PM

LOL. i did exactly that 10 years ago. Went to Tokyo near end of Sept for TGS because at that time airasia ticket was quite cheap. I went there for 1 week+, landed in kansai airport and tour around osaka and kyoto for the 1st few days before taking the bullet train to tokyo where i spent my last few days there including attending the TGS.

Although it was typhoon season, it did not affect the services there cause i think the typhoon either is not that strong or haven't reach japan yet. But it did rain when i went there, and when it rains it will rain the whole day from morning till the evening. I remember walking around kyoto carrying an umbrella the whole day.

Of course the weather 10 years ago and the weather now is completely different so in the end it's all about how well u are prepared for it. If you are afraid there will be services interruption, then just stay at tokyo for that 2 weeks. There are a lot of places you can visit in Tokyo for 2 weeks. Last december during christmas i went to tokyo for honeymoon vacation for 2 weeks and there were so many places i haven't finish visiting at all.

There are plenty of places other than malls in tokyo that u can go visit. outskirt of tokyo like hakone and nikko is also good place to visit if u never been there before. Rainy season go dip in the onsen is so relaxing. I would like to visit Saitama and Yokohama when i go back there.