1st part of many photo uploads...

Shinjuku





This post has been edited by kikurazz: Oct 14 2008, 02:02 PM

Some more photos

famous hokkaido melon also damn expensive at RM60-200 a fruit. Notice the top melon @ 3x the price looks exactly the same as the cheaper version and also same size, so i wonder wats the difference. Tried a ready-cut small slice of the cheaper variatn for 100yen, taste so so much better than our local hami melon. sweet, juicy & smell nice



for c0ok1e who is going to Hokkaido University, here r some pix:-


very nice parks @ Hokkaido Uni @ Sapporo


the campus buildings



Very unique packaging for a milk pudding (BOCCA) need a needle to open



The typical ramen vending machine to place ur order


the cramp but private cubicle for enjoyin the ramen u ordered


the ramen ordered with hard boiled egg, all for 750+100 yen


Tokyo Disneyland 25 Jubilation parade


The throne control panel that u need to familiarize for use when u r visiting Japan for the first time, hehehe


Snow skiing resort @ Yubari, Mount Racey (Hokkaido) minus the snow


This post has been edited by D-Tourist: Oct 14 2008, 10:10 PM

O.O...Nice pictures...Had fun thr ? xD

Only cars ??? Other pics like landmarks and gardens ?

Friends,

I'm planning to visit Japan with my wife during Chinese New Year. I'm considering whether to visit Japan myself or follow the tour package.

Personally I prefer to visit it myself because I don't like the rigidness of a tour guided holiday. But my only worry are the hotel prices. Any recommendations on where's a economical and safe place to stay in Tokyo?

Firedauz already posted somewhere in the forums; Sakura Hotel I plan to stay there as well, or maybe Tokyo International Hostel

I stay @ Shinjuku Sunroute Plaza
not dirt cheap, about 14000 YEN per nite, but you get urself a bloody wonderful hotel with that price
everything is absolute perfect about that hotel

GOOD MORNING, JAPAN!

Here you go, bro --> http://www.sakura-hotel.co.jp/

Thanks very much for all the feedback friends. Firedauz, is Sakura Hotel very convenient to go around tokyo? Is it expensive travelling by subway? Where is a cheap and good place to eat?

14k YEN is absolute no no for backpacker like me

would be japanese travelers, plan properly, the yen has just shot up like mad!

The last time i checked, the exchange rate was RM 1 = 34 Yen.

Now how much ?

when did u last check...so high ? last mth 29 sep the rate i change was only RM3.27 for 100 yen which means RM1 = 30.6 yen...

now pbbank rate close to RM3.6 to 100yen which is RM1 =27.78

bout 10% appreciation in value

Live rates at 2008.10.15 17:39:22 UTC

100.00 JPY = 3.49236 MYR

Japan Yen Malaysia Ringgits
1 JPY = 0.0349236 MYR
1 MYR = 28.6340 JPY

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Added on October 16, 2008, 1:47 amcheers

This post has been edited by tanoshi: Oct 16 2008, 01:47 AM

Japan is fun ... Donno when can visit Tokyo again ... Its been 5 years @.@

Hahaha.. ... i just came back 2 weeks... and i am missing the Japan liao.. and its lovely titbits

Most of what I would answer is similar like tanoshi's answer

1. Yup, very convenient, because it is in central Tokyo itself.

2. If you compare using the Subway vs the JR Lines (which is the normal trains), then the answer is Yes, subway is expensive.
As suggested by tanoshi, try planning your destination using http://www.hyperdia.com/cgi-english/hyperWeb.cgi and http://www.jorudan.co.jp/english/norikae/ .

3. It depends on what you want to eat.
Fast-food restaurants are everywhere.
Convenient stores are even more (like every 500m, you can see another one).
Japanese food are aplenty.
I suggest you plan it all out first by doing more searches on the Net, including what you prefer to eat.

Firedauz, is it possible to live on onigiri (breakfast), bento set (lunch) and fast-food ramen (dinner) for 5 days ? How much would these 3 meals cost ?

This post has been edited by matt85: Oct 16 2008, 10:22 PM

had a plain bowl of vending machine ordered ramen for 750yen + hard boil egg for 100 yen in LaQua ramen shop. So Firedauz, is that the normal price?

anyway... here are some pics

This is a ramen ordering machine... located in Tokyo, LaQua


This is the 750+100 yen ramen +egg = taste very good ...


This is the cramp but strictly private cubicle to haf ur ramen. The waiter serves the ramen from under the red curtain.


And this one is the ramen menu of a shop in Ramen Street in Sapporo, Hokkaido


And this butter corn ramen cost 900 yen (taste very good also)

Yes, I think you can if you are not a big eater.

Onigiri = 100 Yen - 110 Yen (buy from convenient store)
Bento = 500 Yen and above
Fast-food Ramen = 500 Yen and above

So if you find a good restaurant that sell cheap, tasty bento & ramen, should be good enough


Pretty much around the normal price
Tasty pics there