hi can anyone recommend affordable hotel near shibuya station? i'll be going to komaba for seminar/workshop. can claim up to 10k yen per night for accomodation.

thanks

@tanoshi-san

where did you learn your Japanese?

i learn it from the web, and after a few lessons, i get bored of it already.
no determination, no verbal communication practise, no fun

nice i do know how to ask stuff like what you gave in your example but ill wont be able to undedrstand the answer given by them  so ill go with your little neat 'trick' 

1) another thing... fromers/lonely planet ect, are they any good in places in tokyo and kyoto? or just go join some sort of mini tour there to get myself familiarize and then only go 'langaring abouts' ?
im thinking of doing what i did when i was in budapest, clutching my fromers and walk around the city and go 'langar-langar' 

2) early summer(july) or late summer (late aug-late sep) ? would like to make it for winter or easter instead but unlikely i will be able to due to the timing of my course...

3) 'backpacking' style of travelling in those 2 city... aka. no booking of accommodation(walk-in), would that be crazy/suicidal(not physically of course)? - just wanting your opinion/gut feel 
why you might ask, i dont know if this particular trip would even materialize until the very last minute(around early july ish).

usually the return flight ticket to japan is about rm3k...

when is the non-peak season that I can purchase cheaper flight ticket?

booked a place at tokyu hotel near shibuya stn. going there next week. any must-visit places near there??

 

i'm not saying that there's a premium but if by just walking around looking for a place, u might not find a place as cheap as sth u'll get on the internet.

rm3k for a return tix is quite normal

i dunno.. autumn's usually off peak, no hols. spring aint tht bad as well. avoid golden week, obon,end of the yr periods. the most exp

is sugoi or sugei

It was free entrance on all 3 days

Sugoi (correct word) or sugei (slang) just generally meant like 'nice', 'cool' or 'good stuff'
(though in actuality, nice = kirai/kirei, cool = kak-kui, its just something to say in general)

kirai = don't like
kirei = pretty, beautiful
karai = pedas

it's kakkoii, not not kakkui. if you have to spell it in romaji.

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Wow... quite a triving community!
I'm looking for a correspondent in Japan as a purchasing buddy.
Simply put, I want to buy some stuff la that I can not find here. Don't worry no 'odd things' that can't past thru customs*coughcough* Mainly small items like some food stuff, makeup maybe a magazine for my own personal use. Items I know that are easily available anywhere in Japan either in a combini or a supermarket. If it's anything else I would provide for it to be COD-ed to your house as well(online stores). I'm not one to look at Yahoo! Auction so don't worry about that.
I will cover the cost of the goods, the shipping fees by either regular or ems depending on how itchy my hands are for the object(food probably ems i think)and I'll also give you a 10% commission on every item(that's can nego)It would be good if you still have a malaysian bank account that I can transfer the money too ^^;;  Maybank charges RM25+ which is a killer. We will also nego about a fix exchange rate and have it ammended from time to time if the fluctuation is high.
I'm really serious about this. I promise that it wouldn't be anything that can not fit into a standard 1kg box that you buy at the japanese post office. Doubt I'd have the money to get anything that might fit into a 2kgs box anyways ^^;;
Please PM me if there is anyone who is interested.

p/s: I'm desparately, 'desparately' looking for Sakurayu. I can't find it anywhere in KL and I've exhausted all the jap marts already ;_;

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GOGOGO Akihabara today

on the way back from tokyo, i got stuck at odawara station becoz no train going to shizuoka due to heavy rain. so i spent the night sleeping in a train wif other stranded passengers

how i wish the train was filled with hot chicks that nite. then maybe can enjoy being a chikan. hahaahaha

Any Forumer in here from Japan can help me locate which shop name in Akiba got sold PC Games? I will going akiba just for short period so i cannot waste time searching shop got sold PC games which i need to find only in Japan only.

The games i need to find is Air Traffic Controller 3 (Jap)

Thx Here

eh, tanoshi have u bought your folding bike? im currently looking for one too.

Planning a small group to osaka sometime during blossom period ( apr - may)

Just wondering any forumer got any good budget hotel recommendation? Looking to pay like about RM 100 per head per night if thats possible

ty:)

Btw, any suggestions on places to bukak puasa in Tokyo/Japan?