your 18-135 covers your 18-55. i dont see the point of bringing your 18-55. in fact i would have sold one already.

lol , yea. what was i thinking . I did not sell my 18-55 because its lighter than the 18-135 . Easier for me to use.

Bit of both really. Gosh, I've been to many a country (mostly the southern hemisphere through), but Japan is so much more complicated!

Thanks once again to all who helped.

the 18-135 is heavy?! lols....

its not? it is heavy for me.

haha, what camera are u using? the 18-55 is too light, no balance with the camera. i usually bring about 3lenses when i go shooting, so weight hasnt been much of an issue.

maybe u could just come here and get a new lens

are you staying till after new years? there might be sales then.

Jeremy, 17C?

my last visit was around 7C outside narita. but that was in Dec 2004.

since u are like 3-4 person, get cheap budget hotel. recommending oak hotel > 7500yen per room , double. u get own bathroom and safe place to keep luggage. furthermore, it is near Ueno JR / keisei station (cheap train to narita 1000yen)

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Added on November 19, 2008, 8:58 pmwell, metro do have day pass, but metro is subway with lots of twist and train change can be tiring to change trains, especially during winter.
JR yamanote line is much easier.

jeremy, i'd suggest go kyoto first then only return to tokyo, or i'd suggest stick to kyoto only , i.e flight KUL-KYOTO-KUL. shinkansen can be quite expensive, especially with the currency rate of 100y = 3.77 now. last year Sept 07 was only 100y = 3.00. damn, shud have kept those yens..

firedaus,
what's your opinion on TENYA? for me, it is a must-visit everytime in there. cheap,filling,got a lot of chainstore. ikebukuro,akiba,asakusa.

This post has been edited by keii-kun: Nov 19 2008, 09:28 PM


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I just came back from Ten-ya for dinner





Ten-ya is my favorite Japanese restaurant in Japan

*trivia: there are 2 ten-ya at Akihabara; the new one is infront of the main street, the old one is behind the Akihabara Station

wei damn fast. baru je cakap. oiishi sooou!

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those are from which tenya?

aghhhhh i definitely need to buy the ticket for next year flight soon!

recommended sushi place. Heiroku Sushi, Omote-sando


This post has been edited by keii-kun: Nov 19 2008, 10:09 PM

A SALE ? seriously. aww man. i am there till teh 30th dec .
i am using a D50 btw. I am still quite new to DSLR, so i m still getting used to the weight. and whats more, my bag can only fit 2 lens .

then just bring one. yea usually 1st n 2jan they have sales everywhere. its abit different from other countries. clothing stores will like dump shirts/jeans etc for a certain size into a bag and usually sell it for 10,000yen. its quite cheap considering sometimes a shirt can be 3000 or more. at electronics store, its about the same thing, usually to clear up old stock. the only bad thing is that u cant choose...

mmm...like me...I cant tahan with the weather one!...so already winter gears! who cares right? not like Japanese chick..'sanggup seksa diri demi fesyen' ahaks! can you imagine, from the waist to top wearing winter gears then from waist to toe just 'short skirt with panty hose and boots'? tak sejuk kerrr? isk isk...suffer for fesyen!!!

oh no? no short skirts Japanese chicks ?!

ya lah bro...short skirt, short jeans...like Japanese school gals (mostly firedauz 18years old galrens)some times I can see their black panties woooo (when you climb a high escalator!!) serious dude! huahahaha..sadly under age...huhuhu

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Added on November 19, 2008, 11:05 pm Dude..update yours too ya!
you studying or workin?

This post has been edited by tanoshi: Nov 19 2008, 11:05 PM

thats sad... thats part of the reason i m going there.

list of the LYN members with the number who residing Japan!

1- Firedauz - Tokyo
2- me.. - Tokyo
3- Clemong_888 - Gifu
4- Asuk - (bro sorry lupe lah)
5- Irienaoki - (???)
6- psychzzz - Tokyo - working

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Added on November 19, 2008, 11:21 pmTrust me - you'll still see short skirt Jap girls even if it's like -5 degrees... these girls are trained from young.
Sunday is a good day to go to Harajuku and Akihabara.

This post has been edited by PsyCHZZZ: Nov 19 2008, 11:21 PM

hehehe cannot tahan in Harajuku..so many hot chicks too hehehe

oh ya btw...wer da ya works? how long have you been here?
So have you went for 'koyou'?
thinking to go this Saturday in Kichijoji..yoyogi koen got ka?

Been here for close to 2 years. Working in IT Networking field in Ohta-ku.
Yeap~ 2 weeks back we had a company trip to Nikko. It was magnificent.

I think either Yoyogi-koen or Shinjuku Gyoen will be pretty nice now.
Might have already hit it's peak (seeing how many bare trees are around my place now) but should still be nice.

*Dug up some pics of Nikko taken 2 weeks back.







This post has been edited by PsyCHZZZ: Nov 19 2008, 11:47 PM

cool dude!...u r similar field like Firedauz too, but hes on game design duh hehehe...
thanks for the info...may be goin to Yoyogi parks if i cant fnd a way to Kichijoji park..
cheers

studying mech engineering. will be moving to tokyo next april