Bring a laptop along and call home using Skype

Have you called the hotels and checked if they have internet connections?

For me before I go anywhere oversea, getting places with Internet connections would be one of my top priorities

Waaah N73 for 10k yen! Good bargain!

Sell sell!

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

I'll use parachute hahaha

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?

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

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

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

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

i has return'd

Yup, just came back this evening

As tanoshi and clemong had answered your question, I'll let in you 2 tips:
1. If its a JR pass that you want (as you didn't mention discount pass or anything similar), added to that you prefer to have 1 ticket than to buy again and again, buy the SUICA card at the JR ticket booth. Its like a reload card (not a discount card), which means for example if you buy a 2000 Yen SUICA Card, you can use it at any JR station with the same of payments for the travel, but only with 1 card (until the 2000 yen is finished, and you have to reload again at the ticket booth).

2. Press the English language button at any of the JR station ticket booth; almost 99% of them have it

GOGOGO!

Several things to do while you are at Mt Fuji:
- Snap pictures and videos (bring extra battery and memory storage devices if you want).
- Take a rock sample from Mt Fuji high places. It was an active volcano a long time ago, so just take the rocks as a free souvenir.
- Write a postcard message and send it back to your house address. It's your official proof that you had been to Mt Fuji (there's a post office there).

Extra pic before answer question
This is my proudest moment at Mt Fuji: the 2nd bright sunrise! (yes, the sun rises twice on that same morning lol)


A very good question, and I have a very good answer for you and everyone else: YAMANOTE LINE
Sauce: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamanote_Line


^ as you can see the route map of JR Yamanote Line, it goes to almost ALL the popular places in Tokyo!
Shibuya, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Akihabara, Shimbashi (go down here to take a train to cross over the sea to the Odaiba Island), Ikebukuro, Harajuku, etc!
And, its an unending circle route, which means that if you will not get lost anywhere since it will always be going around in the same circle!
If you wanted to go to Akihabara but you overslept and thus overshot until the next station (lets say Kanda), don't worry!
Get down in Kanda, and take another Yamanote Line that goes the opposite way, back to Akihabara

Sakura House: http://www.sakura-house.com/
Sakura Hostel: http://www.sakura-hostel.co.jp/
Sakura Hotel: http://www.sakura-hotel.co.jp/

Most are nearby the train stations

And about the next upcoming Comiket:
Sauce: http://www.comiket.co.jp/index_e.html
--> The next Comiket in Tokyo Big Sight (at Odaiba Island) will take place in the Winter, December 28,29,30 in 2008!

It depends from where to where you wanna go on Yamanote Line.
Cheapest (from one station to just the following next station) is just 130 Yen.
The most expensive (from one station to the totally opposite side of the line) would be around 250 Yen.

Not sure for an answer regarding specific details for accommodations.
Like I said before, for us who stayed in Japan, usually have our own personal houses/apartments.
Guess you have to wait for that answer to come from those who had been here on a visit

I guess you can get it anywhere, its not really an official cap from Nintendo, just made at a Japanese embroidery shop
But from where I bought it in Odaiba (its at one of the stalls in a big shopping complex called Aqua City), the seller had already made lots of it.
So just go there & point to the cap on display and he will give a new one for you

It's LYN Mario!


It's Mario, Luigi & Wario!


A better look at the shop:

You will love Akihabara, Tokyo @ The Electric Town.
It is Otaku's Heaven on Earth

On another note, today I went to the Tokyo Metropolitan Stadium at Sendagaya, Tokyo for the Yonex Open Japan 2008!
--> http://www.yonexopenjp.com/outline_eng.shtml

I went halfday today, so only got snaps of our Malaysian player, Wee Chung Pei vs Takuma Ueda, during their qualifier matches.
Wee Chung Pei lost though: 21-15, 21-13.

Tomorrow whole day is the line-up of big boys matches!
Datuk Lee Chong Wei, Taufik Hidayat, Pete Garde, etc etc!
I've already bought ticket for tomorrow!

The stadium:


Poster:


LCW in the poster:


The courts:


Misbun sitting on the other side, watching WCP play:


WCP smashed!

Waaaah Okinawa Island! Cun weiii!
Let you settle down for 1 month, then all of us from Tokyo buat rombongan to your hotel there

I'm guessing this is your first time coming to Japan?
If so, yep, just bring the maggis, serundings and rotis.
Most of us started like that too LOL

Bring at least 1 jacket to stand the cold since its the autumn season.
Even though the sun might be bright there in Okinawa, bring it just in case
Since its 3 months, make arrangement to come at least once to Tokyo.
Its a must if you ever come to Japan

Best place to find rubbish bins = at convenient stores

Know what I like about Japanese babes?
= They love to show their thighs

Spring, summer, autumn, winter, rainy, sunny, from high school girls to working class women, its a lovable EVERYDAY SIGHT
And I love every moment of it

12pm later today: Lee Chong Wei in the finals at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium!

I'm going there to support him and also our Women's Double who are also in the finals