hi Shazzac,
I will be visiting Tokyo on Febraury next year. Glad that i see your post here because i am also worry about late arrival at Haneda Airport and i also read elsewhere that flgith from US and other places are also arriving at the same time so will take a bit longer to clear immigration. seems like now that everything went smoothly.

just a question here, is it convenient to purchase the train ticket at the airport to tokyo? i am planning to get suica card but not sure if the counter open at that hour.

I am not sure if this question has been asked many time but do airasia flight passenger to we have enough time to clear immigration and get a train to city before the last train? I am staying near Chuo area, Horidome Villa. Has anyone been staying here before?

hi Stimix.. i got 5000yen for the same room as yours. i think it's almost the same as your price after conversion. wow.. i guess it is very risky to take the train then. and if i happen to miss the last train in one of the main station in the city, i might have to take a cab and it's going to cost me a fortune then., haha. i guess i will follow your option by taking bus to inland terminal. or, another option is to get the airport limo package from airasiago which cost about RM78 per person. they send you directly to the hotel. anyone been using this option before mind to share some experience?

Thanks RegentCid.. i will probably not going to take a cab unless if there is really no choice. Anyway, it's a good information. Will keep it in mind.

Anyway, to Stimix, where did you learn about the 900yen limo bus from haneda to T-CAT terminal?> I am looking at their website and found that there are only 2 possible bus that we might be able to catch that is for 23.15 bus for 800yen and another will be 00.15 bus for 1600yen. I am not sure if we are able to catch the 2315hrs bus?? Will it get full if happen that many international flight arriving at the same time? Just my thought...anyway i guess i am going to skip this option lor.

btw, when is your trip? i'll be going on 21/2/2012.

Actually I am having dilemma as whether to choose between Nikko or Hakone too. I love both as each of them offers different experience but I can only choose one because of limited days in Tokyo. So confusing right now..

just print the map and indicate the main building/landmark that you are going to see on your way. if you happen to get lost, then trace back to find the nearest landmark lor. but i think straight road should not be a problem la. juts follow directly lor.

btw, does anyone know whether we can purchase disneyland ticket in the city in advance? I heard there are loooong queue in the morning to buy ticket at the resort. i dun want to waste time queing.

hi everyone, does anyone know where in harajuku can i find people dressing in cosplay? want to see that? is it near harajuku station?

ok.. i know this is about visa again. but need some advise here. me going with a friend to tokyo. my visa basically is approved but my friend is not becasue of financially not strong. called japan consultate in johor bahru, they say only family members are allowed for warranty, friend not allowed. what else can i do?

bank in money to my friend account to makes it look better?

due to fly end of this month..

thanks RegentCid..will try that

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Added on February 8, 2012, 10:22 amactually my budget is also around RM3000 but i will be in Japan for 7 nights. btw, I am not going to stay in Horidome as i worry of not being able to catch the last train and thus booked a capsule hotel near shinagawa, quite close to haneda airport and move to other hotel in taito the next day. in summary, everything on budget.. haha.

This post has been edited by kookaaq: Feb 8 2012, 10:23 AM

stimix, can i know how you want to get to hakone, kamakura and nikko and budget within 7000yen? are you taking hakone free pass and nikko free pass?

for travel within tokyo, i also budget within 5000yen for 1 week but not inclusive of cost for nikko trip. a return trip to nikko cost about 2000yen from asakusa station using tobu line while a nikko free pass cost around 4400yen and you can travel freely within nikko area using their bus network system.

as for hakone, a 2 day freepass cost around 5000yen from shinjuku station to hakone but taking normal trip to odawara itself already cost more than 3000yen one way.

This post has been edited by kookaaq: Feb 8 2012, 01:22 PM

OMG the queue for Disneyland is so long? I have actually includes Disneyland in one of my day trip to Tokyo but now it seems like I would rather go somewhere else lor. Some more, ticket price is 6200 yen and it is so expensive. A full Hakone Free Pass only cost me 5000yen. Should reconsider now.

if you booked a luxury tour with tour agent, then you do not need to show them further document. if you apply on your own, you need passport, bank statement (certified true copy from bank), itinerary (both flight and tour) and also company certificate unless if you are selfemployed.

they person in charge at the counter will go through your document and if he or she accepted, then you should be able to collect on wednesday.

hey stimix, remember me? i supposed to stay at horidome villa? i actually moved to another hotel near asakusa. i just came back from tokyo last week and you have nothing to worry about transport to hotel. my hotel is further than yours and the trains were still running after midnight as long it is on the main line.

however, you have to be very alert because some of the outbound train from haneda does not have english announcement. i almost took the wrong train to yokohama but luckily quick enough to change train to shinagawa and board another train to my hotel.

i visited nikko with all nikko pass. went all the way up to yumoto onsen. really saves a lot of money. i believe you took another pass for the heritage site visit. personally i think the site was great but you dont have to visit all. just pay 1300yen for entrance to the main shrine which was great. and it was snowing heavily during my visit to nikko. too bad cant walk too far. thick snow on the ground was darn slippery.

This post has been edited by kookaaq: Mar 7 2012, 05:58 PM

there are 3 kind of pass.. which one did you buy? the one that i bought is All Nikko Pass for 4400yen, free transportation all over Nikko so you can go as far as possible. Another pass is World Heritage Pass, you can board train from Tokyo Asakusa Station to Nikko and return (price included) and also entrance to the world heritage site for 3600yen.

i agree, 3 main attraction in 1 day? I did one full day in Shinjuku, 1 full day in SHibuya+harajuku+aoyama. I don't think you can do all this 3 in one day lor. There are too much to see in these places.

my flight to tokyo last month arrived punctually at 10.20pm. Since i sit quite at the back of the plane and only the front door of the plane was operational, i reached the terminal building much slower than the rest of the passenger. but to my surprise, the queue at the immigration was short. though the custom officer might take sometime to check throuhg your passport and take your picture, things seems to be smooth.

Hi alice, i also stayed at asakusa so i can give you some tips here. but not sure which part of asakusa you stay, as for me, i stay near minami senju, so it was safe for me to catch train from ueno to minamisenju. i reached my hotel at about 12.30am. so i would say it was still safe. from haneda, i took the keikyu line to shinagawa, then change to JR Yamanote line from shinagawa to Ueno. so ou need to check with your hotel the direction to your hotel then only you decide which line to take.

good luck.

ya i agree, if want to do backpack, then need to do lots of research. must also make sure you have back up plan in case if something happen in between that did not work out as planned.