Hey guys.
I just found this awesome thread in LY.Net so kind of happy here.

I plan to go to japan in 2011 with some friends, around Q4 so we can experience cool/cold weather. And maybe (insanely) go to comiket for the lulz.

My plan is to go follow those tour groups first - to be touristy- then another week just in tokyo wandering around.

here is a conundrum though - where can i stay for the second week? Someone gave me a contact for a rent-a-room place in ikebukuro, but no email so cannot directly ask the person about pricing.

Anyone can recommend me a palce to stay? 4 people probably, with lockable doors.

thanks!

Yup.

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Added on January 24, 2010, 9:21 pmhi seaotter,

Planning to visit during the Winter comiket? I think there's quite a number of members here that have been there (on this thread and I think the anime shrine section) and can offer some opinions on it (not me though as I'm not entirely into these kind of things).

As for the accommodation, please check out the first thread on this post... there's a few links to some accommodations in Japan as well as thorough reviews by one of our members heterosapien on his experiences with a few accommodations here. (you'll find them in the first 'spoiler' tag).

If you need further help, then please feel free to ask and we'll be glad to try and help out.

Cheers~

This post has been edited by PsyCHZZZ: Jan 24 2010, 09:21 PM

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This post has been edited by RegentCid: Jan 24 2010, 09:41 PM

cool, i believe only the best are able to work and survive there gonna look upon you guys as reference

work and survive at Japan are totaly no fun....is worst than malaysia....belum try belum tau....after try then only know is nightmare......go japan vacation then only fun

ya, thats why i salute those who able to make their living there, despite even local people might have problem finding job there.

waa
talking about japan make me feel miss this country so much
last year i spend about a month and a half with my foster family then go around fukuoka and osaka by myself

next time, i want to travel from hokkaido to oita, haha
but need to get a lot of money

and will be better if there is someone go together with me, haha

Its depends too bro...like me..I'm havin fun with my current biz:
http://tokyomover.blogspot.com
You can always meet foreigners...at least I'm practising English huhuhu...

I heard that an entry job's salary for a degree student is around RM8000 and it consider difficult to survive in Japan, is that true?

26日、都心は25日から一気に冷え込んだほか、最大瞬間風速14.8メートルが記録された。また、この強風は北海道にも被害をもたらし、60件近い交通事故が起きている。
東京は26日、25日より最高気温が4度近く下がり、さらに強い北風が追い打ちをかけた。
街の人は「風が冷たい。ガンガン照っているんだけどね。天気はいいですけど、風は冷たい」と語った。
ジョギング中の人は「すごい(風が)強いのでつらいです。走ってて」と語った。
都心でも最大瞬間風速14.8メートルを記録した。
一方、北海道では、この強風による事故が起きた。
前を走っている車が急に見えなくなる現象「ホワイトアウト」。
強風が降り積もった雪を舞い上げ、視界を奪った。
ドライバーは「すごい吹雪で、前が全然見えない状態でした。スピードゆっくり走っても、前のランプが見えなくなっちゃうからさ」と語った。
このため、北海道内では26日、午後5時までに60件近い事故が起きた。
Source:Fuji News Network

Do you think got any skinny people been blow away by 14.8m/s strong wind? LOL...even car also blow off

This post has been edited by RegentCid: Jan 26 2010, 06:23 PM

Konnichiwa PsyCHZZZZ.

Actually the plan is to visit japan during snow time because....lets face it, we dont get snow in malaysia lol.
And while akihabara is a must visit, we also want to see the whole of tokyo to say that we have been there.
I was there in 2008 for 5 days, and it is not ENOUGH!. hence the second trip.

For accommodations - the ikebukuro house is cheap.
http://www.housejp.com.tw/page/englishprice.htm
check out the price!

The question is this - is it worth it to take those tour group (the guys planning to go are only between 22-26 years old) or going by ourselves is good enough.

While taking the tour thing is good - see tokyo as a tour group, but going solo is also good as you can just jalan jalan right?

in a dilemma to set up the trip

If go by Trip you no need Visa ....Tourist will do all the visa work for you...you just need pay the trip fees....

if go japan alone for 1 week ...the Visa is RM8000 per person. You need Show japan Embersy that your bank account really got RM8000 above then only can sucess apply Visa to japan 1 week

yup bro...its not impossible duh during snow...today very cold in Tokyo...the wind fuhhhh...sejukkkk!

Do you guys know where can i learn Japanese in KL/Selangor area ?

Try http://www.icls.com.my/
All the teacher is Nihon-jin...

Yeah thats the place I've studied for Japanese before...
Its in KL plaza, but I dont know now is it still exist or not?

how long did you study until you got today's proficiency?

Come to Hokkaido around this time next year to enjoy cold weather. Today I had hell of a day. Snow blizzard since morning and temp -5 degrees the whole day. Just now slipped on the way down from my apartment because floor is covered with ice.

Bro, no need so much, i show my bank statement min RM5K to Japanese embassy they accept.

Thanks !