[Review] Japan Spring 2014 Solo Trip

[TwMilkTeaTw]

lai liao lai liao

flying off this sat

 

[otaku7]

hi guys, been checking out hyperdia for inter region transport and i manage to find an app "japan trains" which is similar to plan out my transport.

but how do you plan for travelling within the city itself using their subway? what site or app? google map?

 

[otaku7]

lai liao lai liao

flying off this sat

lai liao lai liao...
nov/dec a lot of departures.

 

[TwMilkTeaTw]

now planning to bring my whole family to Kansai (Osaka + Kyoto + Nara) for holiday during next CNY in Feb 2015!

Flight seems around 1k range maybe can~

thats where im going
this coming sat

1-8th nov

 

[butterpoachedlobster]

hi guys, been checking out hyperdia for inter region transport and i manage to find an app "japan trains" which is similar to plan out my transport.

but how do you plan for travelling within the city itself using their subway? what site or app? google map?

you can try dling this app Tabimori.i have it on ios,not sure if android has it too
you can get a subway map there too

its really not difficult to understand actually

 

[TwMilkTeaTw]

Booked my Ryokan in Hakone

106,140 Yen for two nights~

nice wor

btw if want to book ryokan hotel... must ask local to book or we can just go their website to book?

 

[otaku7]

you can try dling this app Tabimori.i have it on ios,not sure if android has it too
you can get a subway map there too

its really not difficult to understand actually

nice. it's on android too. they got the web based version of hyperdia too.

thanks.

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[anyhowsaysay]

nice wor

btw if want to book ryokan hotel... must ask local to book or we can just go their website to book?

From my experience, most ryokan don't cater to foreigners.
So booking is tough, although some of them provide english booking website but the booking plans and options are not as comprehensive compared to the Japanese one.

Because I know a bit of Japanese so normally i just use the Japanese website to book and then email the Ryokan to communicate further~

 

[otaku7]

From my experience, most ryokan don't cater to foreigners.
So booking is tough, although some of them provide english booking website but the booking plans and options are not as comprehensive compared to the Japanese one.

Because I know a bit of Japanese so normally i just use the Japanese website to book and then email the Ryokan to communicate further~

they just don't bother to cater for english la. I've came across quite a few hotel sites without English page. even the page about their location/access is also in japanese.

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[anyhowsaysay]

guys, i'm planning my daily budget excluding accommodation, train pass, tic.
just purely on food, minor transport fees, entrance fees, minor shopping.
SGD$120/day?

Depending~

What kind of Food you are looking for. Within City, I believe $10 transport per day is enough.
Entrance fee depends on what kind of attraction. Example skytree cost more than $40 to go up to the top. Some temples charge around $7 or so for entrance.

 

[anyhowsaysay]

Hi TS! Is Kumamoto fun? I will be going there for a few months to work.

Kumamoto, I only stayed for a few hours there.

For a few months to work, maybe that place will not be fun compared to bigger city in Kyushu like Fukuoka. Or in whole of Japan like Osaka and Tokyo.

 

[anyhowsaysay]

turning yellow liao, some reds already. When u go, will be peak of koyo le. Awesome, but i guess u know that liao.

too bad Kiyomizu now has some scaffolding due to refurbishment.

I went Tateyama and made a snowman le!

When i went to Tateyama in April, pretty cold

and the strong snow wind make the visibility very low

 

[anyhowsaysay]

hi guys, been checking out hyperdia for inter region transport and i manage to find an app "japan trains" which is similar to plan out my transport.

but how do you plan for travelling within the city itself using their subway? what site or app? google map?

Hyperdia can use your phone internet explorer to open.

For travelling within city like Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka. Don't really need to plan so detail since the transport frequency pretty high.

So i will only use Google Map when i am travelling on the go.

 

[shizuka_b]

nice wor

btw if want to book ryokan hotel... must ask local to book or we can just go their website to book?

www.japaneseguesthouses.com

Or, u can go to the (english) website of tourist association on the onsen region that u are interested in. Then follow the links to the onsen asociation. If lucky, some onsens have their webpages in english.

 

[shizuka_b]

When i went to Tateyama in April, pretty cold

and the strong snow wind make the visibility very low

i went that time it was 1 deg at Murodo. But snow walls in April are awesome!!! Nothing like that in the world.

 

[otaku7]

Depending~

What kind of Food you are looking for. Within City, I believe $10 transport per day is enough.
Entrance fee depends on what kind of attraction. Example skytree cost more than $40 to go up to the top. Some temples charge around $7 or so for entrance.

i guess for my type... should be enough. since most of my place of interest not really exp. maybe eating would take the bulk, but not really high end type, so should be ok.

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[otaku7]

Hyperdia can use your phone internet explorer to open.

For travelling within city like Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka. Don't really need to plan so detail since the transport frequency pretty high.

So i will only use Google Map when i am travelling on the go.

i found the tabimori app, inside can access hyperdia, so it ok. for city I guess Google map. coz was looking for the network connection. but I guess it should be enough.

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[otaku7]

so many going, so is anyone meeting up in japan this nov/dec?

 

[butterpoachedlobster]

so many going, so is anyone meeting up in japan this nov/dec?

im meeting my fren in tokyo on frm dec 24th onwards
anyone else in tokyo area on tat date?

 

[otaku7]

im meeting my fren in tokyo on frm dec 24th onwards
anyone else in tokyo area on tat date?

hmmm, i won't be in tokyo till 4th Jan.