thanks guys..
besides watching the performance, of course the main reason is to travel jp... kill 2 birds with 1 stone...;P

hey supernothing, F4 is a grp fr tw.

There's a budget hotel in the Chiyoda district that has room rates below 10,000yen per night.
I'll try to find more info.

thank you, but 10,000yen = RM 300... ??

Green Ochanomizu Hotel
2-6, Kanda-Awajicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.

Postcode: 101-0063
Telephone: 03-3255-4161
FAX: 03-3255-4962

Single room per night is at an affordable 8,400 yen.
For two beds and more it goes up to about 15,000 yen.


Located a few minutes away from the JR - you can go where you want to go.
Btw all that is from their brochure I have, I will go and find their website.
The prices may have gone up

This post has been edited by UE7: Apr 26 2008, 04:16 PM

aahaaa, yes yes. must be big super star since doing concert in budokan. i'm coming this summer for summersonic.

hey supernothing.. F4 is a famous grp..ahhaa... yes... they are super star...as i know, there are fans from europe and the States coming for it....hahaah....
btw, in october, it;s autumn.. is it cold? do i need to prepare my warm clothing?

hey UE7, thanks for your information. i will jot it down...

Hi to all the people who have experienced traveling to Japan, I want to ask a few questions...:

1. For a first timer going to Japan, is it advisable to go by myself as in not part of a tour? I'd love to have freedom in visiting places but are there places where you can only visit when you're a part of the tour? Since I can probably only afford one trip to Japan in my life I want to make the most of it, I want to see everything that makes Japan well... Japan : sakura flowers, ryokans and onsen, temples, Mt. Fuji, Akiba, Harajuku and especially the Ghibli Museum. Plan to visit next year during spring.

2. Is it not advisable to travel to a few areas? Because I want to visit Tokyo and Kyoto or Osaka and I heard it's very costly.

3. How early should I start booking tickets? Should I book accomodation rooms before leaving Msia or can I do it on the spot in Japan (I'm aware sakura viewing season is peak season)?

4. How much money minimum should I have in order to travel to Japan (everything from flight expenses to accomodation and food)? I'm trying to set a target to reach.

Thanks in advance! ><

cool..so far its question as preparation to go to the expensive place huahhaa..
btw i cant answer your question because just my very 1st time to Japan and Tokyo this Friday yahooooooooo!
hope we can meet lol...not forget to others LYN who's already being nihon jin huahahahah!

1. you probably cant do everything you wanna do. climbing mount fuji is in july but sakura is in april. i think going by yourself is better than joining a tour if you wanna see more things. sure the hotels and food might be better on a tour but i noticed its mostly bus rides and u cant really enjoy the places u go as u spent so little time there.

2.with proper planning, it's not impossible to do it.can always take a night bus to kyoto from tokyo or if u're rich, shinkansen

3.book your accommodation before going.

4.a very bare minimum would be Rm8000(assuming tix is rm2500-3000)

agree with clemong

1. mount fuji is summer only. if not you could die. going alone is no advisable for first timers, you can sesat. but sesat is ok, travelers shouldn't be afraid of getting sesat. I'm planning to go again in spring next year, for punkspring and sakura

2. if you wanna go some other places beside tokyo you might need more time. more time means more money. but once in osaka you can go to kyoto and kobe easily. night bus is around RM100.

4. i'd say better have RM10000 ready. Flight tix is RM2500 plus minus. around RM4500 in cash and remaining in credit card. better use credit card for accommodation and transportation (bus/domestic flight)

Ah I don't intend to hike the mountain, just to go see it. I don't think I'd have enough time to spare, at most maybe a week?

I was thinking as a first timer it would be better to go tour yes, but there might be places I want to go to that tours might not cover (like the Ghibli museum and Harajuku and Akiba shopping maybe?). How long does it take to travel between Tokyo and Osaka or Kyoto?

there's a viewing point somewhere. never tried that place, maybe can try later.

if you go with tour, you can always sneak out of the tour. go other places by yourself.

better go on your own lah, find someone that can take you around. clemong can do that

tokyo - osaka night bus is like 10 hours (3-4 times toilet breaks), 3-4 hours by bullet train, 12 hours by normal train.

Well since I'm there in Japan, why not give the shinkansen a try? How expensive is it?

300 from tokyo to nagoya one way. abit more to osaka/kyoto.

Shinkansen is about the only thing killing me here..

shinkansen is RM180++ from niigata to tokyo. that one time. slept the whole 1 hour ride. muehehehehe. no need shinkansen unless you're in a hurry.

Hello, newbie here. I just want to ask something. I'm planning to go to Kyoto this October to learn Japanese there. There are quite a few intensive course that I'm interested in there. Sure I could learn Japanese here but my friend told me the experience will do me much good. My question is, is there any good halal restaurant there? Probably my only problem there is gonna be food.

And one more thing, do yo have to be free hair to enter the amusement park there? I went once before last year to LaQua next to Tokyo Dome City and the person there told me that I cannot wear 'tudung' to go in. But they allow it at Disenyland though. So does that mean there are certain amusement park with dress code and there are others that do not?

I dunno about Kyoto, but whoever the person that did not allow you to enter LaQua because of the tudung is dumb.
Maybe you went on a wrong day to find him giving you problems. Should have been no problem at all.
Even the big Disneyland have no problem, I've seen many Malaysians with tudung there lots of time.

Where exactly are you going in Kyoto & how long?
Maybe then we can know of the halal shop location.

pergh! i wanna go and learn nihongo in kyoto too.

i know there's a malaysian restaurant in fukushima, osaka. probable halal restaurant. went there with my brother, but closed. ended up eating in mcdonalds.

food no problem, get a place where you can cook your own food. halal stuff can be bought online.

oh yea, there's a very nice takoyaki stall in kawaramachi, kyoto

never heard such problem with tudung in japan. just your luck maybe.

Ermm, I'll be staying there for 3 months probably. From October til December but I'm planning to go back to Malaysia in the first week of January. I want to see how Japanese celebrate the new year

supernothing, you're welcome to join me if you want.

Is fast-food considered halal there? Cause I don't think we can really eat chicken or beef there, other than seafood. The last time I went I only survive with takoyaki, sushi, maggi (that I brought) and salmon onigiri.

Where exactly in Kyoto? Ermm I'm still looking for a place, but the school is around the Shiju station subway so I'll probably try to find a place near there. I'm also considering to buy a second hand bicycle, to save on subway fare. A dorm or shared room is quite ok I guess, around 4 people per room. If too many then probably would be uncomfortable. I'm open to any suggestions.

Oh duringthe time that I went to LaQua, the woman who sold me the ticket said something about for something measures, in case my tudung got stuck during the ride or something.

Ooo firedauz, are you in tokyo? I'm planning to drop by during weekends there by night bus (save money), maybe you could show me around? One more question, is it cheaper to buy a laptop here or in Japan?

This post has been edited by amylia: Apr 30 2008, 12:02 PM