no, its a plant shutdown. as in factory closed door and halt productions.
so during this period, everyone is forced to take leave/go away.

im still looking for a good ticket bargain.
do help me if you know any.
im planning to visit jp from christmas - new yr.
the cheapest ticket so far is rm2.6k via china eastern airlines
the rest is in 3.4k range
accomodation maybe merempat rumah orang or some cheapo hostel.
as long i can visit c75, akiba, skiing should be ok >_<

ooi.... RM2.6k is cheap enough, considering the short time u have now.

i bought my next year tix, mas all in RM2.5k. go ahead lah.

merempat je rumah si Fire tu. but, since you are staying alone, hostel is damn cheap for you!

hm...skiing/snowboarding? go ahead. buy buy buy ! go go go!

i've merempat rumah org , 26 Dec 04 - 7 Jan 05. new year sale, fukubukuro damn worthbuying!

Check out this thread on LYN http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/224407

Check out from this thread: http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/386248

One easy way of looking at Japanese yen is to treat it as if 100 JPY = RM1 (in terms of expenditure).

Here's a few examples :-
McD meal sets = average 600-800 JPY (RM6-8 bucks - which is close to prices in Malaysia although I think it's more of RM8-10 buck / meal now).
Simple meal in Japanese restaurant = average 800-1000 JPY (RM8-10).
Tokyu Bus ticket = average 210 JPY (RM2.10).
JR Yamanote train tix = average 150 JPY (RM1.50)

Thus using this scale; you can plan your estimated expenditure (for food and transports) as per your cost of living back in Malaysia in total then convert it to MYR. So, your original 10,000 JPY / month only equals to roughly RM100 which is definitely not enough.

Here's a previous post from clemong_888 which might be useful - http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=21712910

Well, that's cause Japanese yen has gone up quite a lot in the past 2 months. Also, 100k yen/month is not a lot at all. It's enough to get by but if you're in Tokyo; you'll be looking at a slightly higher expenditure as accommodation as well as entertainment cost will definitely go up.

This one is for you, tanoshi --> http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=21839171

If everything looks fine, you can copy-paste the entire text there into your first post
(press Quote Reply to get the text and all their formats)

Also, I think its best to replace the sub-title of this thread from LYN members in Japan? into --> 日本へようこそ！

From now on, anyone else have anything to add in any of the section (FAQ, Random Infos, etc), just inform to tanoshi to update it on first post.

Henceforth, starting from today, if anyone ask any repeating questions, we can now say: PLEASE READ FIRST POST Hahahaha! *evil laugh*

Tanoshi...Firedauz ... you both working right ? What level of education did you use ? From what country ?

My friend just said that CERT from all over the world is not recognize in japan except for Japan itself .

You guys study there since high school ? College ?

Sorry if im rude ~.~

Tanoshi...Firedauz ... you both working right ? What level of education did you use ? From what country ?

My friend just said that CERT from all over the world is not recognize in japan except for Japan itself .

You guys study there since high school ? College ?

Sorry if im rude ~.~

Good morning! ^^ Did anyone see the exchange rate this morning?
It's 100 JPY to RM 3.90 now! 

Yeah~ fukubukuro is like the ultimate mystery bag!
Going to try and check out Apple store on Jan 1st and see if I can get my hands on a good deal.

Totally worth buying... but I doubt it. If they're going to put Wii into fukubukuro; can you imagine the amount of ppl who'll be trying to get their hands on it and try their luck?   I know I would!

Good morning! ^^ Did anyone see the exchange rate this morning?
It's 100 JPY to RM 3.90 now!