i have a silly question

if you have a plus minus a month, where in japan would you go to? tokyo and kyoto is already a must...
and
how many days would you allocate for each city?
time period somewhere around september or oct

This post has been edited by mr lappy: Jan 28 2010, 12:21 AM

thanks. Hiroshima was one of the city that i was considering. for a 4 week trip (not sure yet, probably will not be less that 3 weeks) how many city can i cover without having to rush. i dont like to hurry around places but i dont want to spend too much time on 1 city as well.
any ideas?

thanks

i want to see the traditional and modern side of japan. but i have yet to consider the logistics part of it since i have to prove all the hotel bookings for each place i stay.. but i think that 1 comes later after i have fully decided on the cities im going to...

is the visa that demanding? what sort of number would you think they'll be expecting to show?
i plan to end my trip at tokyo where im going to do most of my shopping
i think my trip will start around the end of summer (mid sep-oct+)

when are their summer break? im planing to go around mid-end sep to oct

i've looked through the requirements a while back. i dont see any major stuff most were pretty much easy for me to prove except for me having to show proof for accomodation for the whole trip which is a bit of a pain for me since the idea of going on a totally minimalist backpack did cross my mind. but oh well...

that's the thing. realistically, i'd like to have a trip that's going to cost me as little as possible ill even try 'cafe backpacking' a little just for fun. (but i think that's un-realistic due to having to prove each and every accommodation for the entire trip for visa unless some1 can tell me how to do that)

at the moment, i dont have set number as over the past 4 consecutively years having my japan plans ruined,now what i have is what i think enough for a months trip.
i have about ~25k RM equivalent(lazy to calculate) ready to go and enough buffer to top up whatever that might come up.

if you could give me a rough estimate on what you'd think is a safe number/reasonable number for a roughly 1 month trip and enough for a trip from the north to south trip ending in tokyo and as many significant cities as possible, ill re-evaluate the numbers from there on as atm i really have no clue on how much im having to spend, hence me asking silly questions here

alright noted. ill start to check some list properly in about a weeks time.
will get back to you when i have something more solid to ask you guys/girls

hmm.... thats an interesting prospect. if your calculations are right then ill have more budget for my euro trip

i thought once you start using your JR rail pass/specify your start date >> it start counting down on the days left on the pass?
yes, you are right, the nitty gritty spending >>cant really estimate since its up to the person's spending habits.......but im not really worried about that as im more focused on the primary spending since im quite good in controlling impulse spendings...