If found another cheap 2nd-hand N73, tell me

On another note: I'm going up Mt Fuji this weekend!

First person on the planet going up Mt Fuji while puasa LOL

haha, okay what.. climb at night ma. gonna be hard on the way down though

I'll use parachute hahaha

Will do, quit stress with JAPAN PHONE huh
I'm a NOKIAN huwaaaaaaaa....
the latest NOKIA phone used for Softbank is N95??!!!
But others, of coz hi tech then i dull to use hahahah..
will look for N71 now bro...will call your japanese sexy cute high school girl ok!!

So hope you are the 1st of mankind breaking fast in Fujiyama!

bro forget not to share the pics ya!

P/S:
TV channel for channel 4 in Japan:
IF I subscribe Jcom, which button should I press for this channel? This question for whom live in TOKYO only. (may b Firedauz only..asking bcoz dunno which number should i press on remote)

to all gurus in Japan - need some advice/guidance | thought of posting it in the travel to Japan thread but looks pretty quiet there, so i'll try my luck here

i'll be in Tokyo in Oct for business trip and i'm planning to extend my stay since i'm meeting up with my gf in Tokyo
anyway, first and most importantly - roughly how much Yen should i be bringing? 5 days accomo are paid for, so literally i'll be forking out for 2 nights extra
100K yen? 200K? (noob question, pardon me) - roughly how much per meal? say average dinner for 2?

2ndly, any good hotel to recommend - i've tried doing some googling but all looks very identical on the net and really spoilt for choice
central tokyo area would be nice since my gf is a shopping freak!

anyhow, look forward hearing some recommendation and help here
cheers guys

100k yen - 200k yen should be enough for a shopping spree and going around.
Average dinner per meal would be ranging from 100 yen to 1000 yen, depending on the places.
2 people would be 2000 yen+ maximum.

Which area in Central Tokyo are you planning to stay at?
There are lots of shopping areas in central, from Shibuya all the way up to Ginza.

In a way, why not the 2 night extra just stay at your gf place instead of a hotel?

firedauz when you still got go akiba? DUn forget help me see got those games or not. hehe

BTW i going japan this nov 2X around and staying at Crowne Plaza Metropolitan Hotel at Ikebukuro. one night around 30k Yen(RM98x per night).

I heard Ikebukuro around got a Ramen house very nice call Mutekiya. Izzit True?

Sorry to intrude but was a bit puzzled bout the average dinner starting from 100 yen...??? I tot 100 yen is bout RM3/- only. Can get that cheap ar??? I thought jpn eat very expensive? At that price it would be cheaper than alot of place in Malaysia wor?

Hmmm since getting a h/phone would be quite impossible becoz of technology diff, perhap does anybody knows about prices of digital video camcorder over there, compared with Malaysian prices?

Was thinking of getting a Sony Full HD Video Camcorder w HDD / DVD (HDR-SR11E/HDR-SR10E/HDR-UX20E)? Any idea hows the mkt price over there?

technically one onigiri(rice ball) is 105yen which might be filling to certain people. but on average, u should plan 800-1500 for meals. def can get cheaper if u wanna go mcDs, yoshinoya,etc..

I'm going to Bandai Museum tomorrow at Tochigi Prefacture, come back bukak puasa then go for WANTED movie.
Next day go up Mt Fuji, come down on Sunday.
So may go to Akiba around next week (dunno when yet) after work
Will remember to check it out


Buy from 100 Yen shop, re-heat in microwave

Not sure about prices or comparisons with Malaysia's price, I'm not into those things
And its been a long time since I went back Malaysia
That is why I told earlier, best to check the price in Malaysia first, then come here do the comparisons

Ikebukuro? use to play futsal lol before...
just 2 station with JR line to Takadanobaba the place that i used to work huahahaha..biz trip bro? shuld have 1 kawai nihon jin to accompany you lol

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Added on September 12, 2008, 12:13 amAs Firedauz said its DEPEND wheres it..hehehe..even you can get 99yen for frozen ramen too(I mean you buy it then heat with microwave lah) hehehe...

mmm..what can i say is..the price is cheaper in Malaysia BUT here is more advance specs so is pricey bout 10%-40% lebe kurang lor...

ohh u askin that specific model bro...really CANT answer leh...hehehe in Akiba its more than 1000 shops bro..headache to to survey huahahha..gomen ne..

This post has been edited by tanoshi: Sep 12 2008, 12:13 AM

meeting up as in she flies in from kl and i fly in from oz.
all i know is i'll be staying in Roppongi area for the 1st 5 nites and all the meetings will be scattered around
so probably i'll be looking at the 2 nights at some other part of central tokyo

can you tell me the directions to get there from tokyo stn? seems like quite far from central tokyo. let me know if its worth going

Asuk, how bout this..:
http://www.hyperdia.com/cgi-english/hyperWeb.cgi

The most popular choice as always is the Sakura Hotel
--> http://www.sakura-hotel.co.jp/

Most of us that are staying in Japan have our own houses/dormitory, so hotel-wise information would always be best to come from those who have been here before as a tourist.


It is indeed worth it -- I went to the Chiba one last time before it moved to Tochigi
But decided not to go today, got work to do (tonight got date, go see movie)
Maybe next week

For directions using train, you can use the link that tanoshi provided, and double check the search result with this --> http://www.jorudan.co.jp/english/norikae/

The destination to go is Omochanomachi Station.
Here is the link for maps from the official Bandai Museum website: http://www.bandai-museum.jp/goriyou/index.html

thanks for the info.

walau eh, from tokyo to omochanomachi stn need to change lines at least 5 times! maybe if im feeling more adventerous i'll go there

i dun mind going for the lower spec one... of the Full HD. Any website of shops in akiba which is in english one where i can survey the price before i go there? What i know is that the sony Full HD range in malaysia is selling around RM3600-4999 range. ?Sony price in Malaysia is std retail price liao, very hard to get discount.

Yodabashi: http://www.yodobashi.com/enjoy/more/index/index.html
Softmap: http://www.sofmap.com/
LAOX: http://www.laox.co.jp/
Labi: http://www.yamadalabi.com/akihabara/

^these are some of the big shopping complex there in Akihabara (no English, sorry)
The rest of the shops there are small small shops where you can talk your way for bargaining

This post has been edited by firedauz: Sep 12 2008, 03:09 PM

OK bro, will help to introduce in 1 shop of Akiba, its duty free AKKY shop...later you PM me then I will give you the staff phone number...you can speak English with him, btw he is Russian heheeh!

Tmrw will be in Asakusa, have another interview with the TV station again! yaho!

I'm now eating the chocolate that was supposed to be for Mt Fuji tomorrow lol