Wow...the photos was so unreal...

nice..

I was walking down Akihabara and guess what I saw...

Macross!!.......yeah bahbey....lol

Btw, is it officially winter in Tokyo yet? Hokkaido I suppose it is.

very nice photoshop

yeah, I believe you!! I saw it too! hahahaha! nice photo dude!
Dear Firedauz, Asuk and who else in Japan..mind to upload a few photos of autumn scenery as Clemoong did, I guess everyody love to see it in real time!!!?
I may be miss it..no time yet huhuhu sibuk giler arrr..balik umah asyik2 kul 1am lebih jek arghhhh!

This post has been edited by tanoshi: Nov 18 2008, 12:00 AM

i'll try, but here the leaves are still green. either that or the leaves just fell without turning red. no autumn 'feel' yet but its starting to get quite cold already

I'm planning to stay in Hotel Vintage Shinjuku, located in Kabuki-Cho. I know its an entertainment/red-light district. Is it safe in general?

pretty much safe.

goin kyoto this weekend, hopefully will b back with more pics

huhuhu...take any pics also can bro hahaha

yes please, our LYN photographer in Japan ne..hehehe

Thanks for the information and links. Sorry for not responding earlier.

So essentially to get a Japanese number, I will need to buy one of their prepaid phones. Which is a bit of a bugger. What am I going to with a Japanese phone after I leave? From what I understand, Japanese phones do not work outside Japan. And just out of curiosity, how much are these prepaid phones, and how much included credit do they come? Had a look around Softbanks website: no price list. 25,000 yen is VERY expensive; I can get a very nice phone here with that money!

Still, I suppose I could get used to the Softbank 707SC.

Looks like I just have to rock up to a Softbank shop and hope for the best. ''. Digi is still the smarter choice after all.

HEHEHE.. yeah I know bout the price even you can buy iPHONE whattt hehehe!
the things, u did ask how much right? JAPAN IS EXPENSIVE dude!
the softbank (ast softank shop)prepaid is only actually 6,000yen for the phone and 3,000yen for the airtime but you must buy it int package (its 9,000yen) no prob you can buy the iPHONE from Malaysia I think..but I didnt know its compatible or not...you can take risk if ya want hehehe..
in Japan its very simple...take it or leave it...and I did learn sumthing in Japan..'NO Bargains'! cool!

I miss the warm van houten miruku and hot apple juice.

anyway, i'm going to japan again next march-april for 'hanami'. MAS is putting up cheap ticket right now, rm2300 return, all in.
going there for 9N , including a night in kusatsu, all costing rm3.6k with flight, and another rm2k for the food,train n shopping.

japan meteoroligical yet to inform the forecast, but according to previous years, it is always been end of march

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Added on November 18, 2008, 6:03 pmmy noob reply as above...sorry can't answer on question 1 since was never there in feb, january is damn cold.

This post has been edited by keii-kun: Nov 18 2008, 06:19 PM

I did expect Japan to be expensive, but I didn't expect being in touch to be so expensive!

6000 yen for a phone sounds average, and if it is nice it might even give some of the better phones in Malaysia a run for their money. The thing is through, it does sound like I will end up with a Japanese phone. Can they be used outside Japan (ie Malaysia) with a normal (say) Celcom SIM card?

707SC can be used outside, just need to get it unlocked. how long are u staying here anyways? roaming is always a better option

Okok nah rent my phone, I take 1 day = 500 Yen

Dude, your money is your choices hehehe...all phones in Japan can be use outside not only one model..so many many model BUT in terms you can UNLOCK it..What I'm trying to explaining you is..you can get the phone from Softbank counter directly (I only talk bout Softbank since i'm Softbanker hehehe) only with 9,000yen together with the phone and irtime for 300days BUT currently all my foreign frenz lookin all over Tokyo Softbank braches, NO STOCK at all! unless in suburbs meant outside Tokyo..btw Softbank has Nokia N95 and N73 model same like in Malaysia...BUT (so many butt la hehehe) dunno either its compatible or not, because Softbank and others telco all have Kanji, katakana 7 hiragana fonts!
sorry I cant help much...so my opinion is, You Are In Japan Then Just Make Used Of It..so up to you dude!
cheers ya!

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Added on November 19, 2008, 12:15 amhehehe bro, I'm selling Nokia 6680 Vodafone/Softbank for 30,000yen ONLY..hehehe!

This post has been edited by tanoshi: Nov 19 2008, 12:15 AM

Thanks Kei-Kun for the explaination.

Yeah, i am taking the MAS also....very cheap airfare.

I'll be in Tokyo for about 12 days. Renting a phone is about 500yen/day. Thats 6000yen just so that the office can call me! Roaming is not much cheaper: RM1.50/minute incoming call.

I'll consider the offer.

Is the legacy of Vodafone still there? (For those who don't get it, Vodafone's slogan is "Make the most of now")

Anyway, I think I get your point, that there is a shortage of prepaid phones currently in the Tokyo region.

Thanks to all who provided the information. Was most useful and helpful.

is it for business or personal? if its personal, stick to msging.