New Year in Japan

[makav31i]

Not near Tokyo but stay in Tokyo !
Tokyo is bigger than Singapore & many confusing train / subway lines .
Best is near Yamanote line stations ,travel with day pass as the must-see are reachable with this circle line .
Many hotels ( like my preferred Toyoko Inn are
on average $60-90 per night ).

Any hotels to recommend?

 

[stars87]

Any hotels to recommend?

If money is not an object, gate hotel hulic asakusa. Amazinf night view, pretty rooms.

 

[darkmatt]

I went on these dates a few years ago. Their 31th is a little like our CNY eve. Lots of crowd and rush in the morning, then shops start to shut down from mid aftn onwards.

The usual party spots like Shibuya, Roppongi would get crowded from 8 onwards or so on 31th. Lots of foreigners. If you like it more traditional, you can go queue at the Asakusa shrine and hear the 108 bells.

Don't go Disney on these dates unless you have a fetish for queues. UNEARTHLY LONG queues.

Actually I think Odaiba might be a nice place to spend the 31th. Sea view. Restaurants should mostly be opened. (Might need reservations though). There's a joypolis there, ferris wheel, museums, and the Oedo Onsen which I'm quite sure would be opened. A modern, less crowded Japanese way to spend New Year.

any countdown like Singapore style? like marina bay kind de

 

[Panzerf]

any countdown like Singapore style? like marina bay kind de

can go tokyo bay vice captain

 

[Panzerf]

First trip...so not sure how it is like in Japan...Also Narita is close to the airport so easier to go there...

would choose other places la. Ueno, Shibuya, shinagawa these 3 also okay places. They are in tokyo itself. If u can cancel, suggest u do so and re book hotels or airbnb.

everyday u need to take train to and fro 1 hour u sure sian.

 

[kifo]

any countdown like Singapore style? like marina bay kind de

Mostly in clubs. Probably need to get tickets way in advance.

And there is also USJ and Disney.

 

[hgkiaboon]

Mostly in clubs. Probably need to get tickets way in advance.

And there is also USJ and Disney.

dafuq?
no need. just go there on the day itself. the cover charge will be more expensive on that day, but some clubs will have collabs with others so you dont have to pay the entrance fee multiple times for diff clubs.

@makav31i fyi NYE in japan isnt like other countries. they spend the day at home with their families, take angpau and eat nice food, then go to the shrine on new year's. there's no major fireworks or whatnot. zojoji temple used to have fireworks every year but they stopped.

For NYE you either do hatsumode at the stroke of midnight and squeeze with a lot of people, or do it the next day and look at the pretty girls in their furisode. apart from that it's clubbing for the people/expats without families to spend new year's with, or do the weeb thing and watch kohaku uta gassen.

if you like taking photos go to shinjuku/tokyo sta. on new year's day around 11am-noonish. you'll find something hardly seen, though that can be said for the rest of tokyo proper.

 

[darkmatt]

dafuq?
no need. just go there on the day itself. the cover charge will be more expensive on that day, but some clubs will have collabs with others so you dont have to pay the entrance fee multiple times for diff clubs.

@makav31i fyi NYE in japan isnt like other countries. they spend the day at home with their families, take angpau and eat nice food, then go to the shrine on new year's. there's no major fireworks or whatnot. zojoji temple used to have fireworks every year but they stopped.

For NYE you either do hatsumode at the stroke of midnight and squeeze with a lot of people, or do it the next day and look at the pretty girls in their furisode. apart from that it's clubbing for the people/expats without families to spend new year's with, or do the weeb thing and watch kohaku uta gassen.

if you like taking photos go to shinjuku/tokyo sta. on new year's day around 11am-noonish. you'll find something hardly seen, though that can be said for the rest of tokyo proper.

I want to take photos with the girls can? LOL

 

[hgkiaboon]

I want to take photos with the girls can? LOL

if you dare to ask they'll probably be okay with it. from what i've seen the girls are usually obliging.

just dont be like the ***** china tour groups: surround a girl in kimono and take pictures nonstop. you see those ******s every year at asakusa. one by one go snap pics then the poor girl standing there cant escape.

 

[kifo]

dafuq?
no need. just go there on the day itself. the cover charge will be more expensive on that day, but some clubs will have collabs with others so you dont have to pay the entrance fee multiple times for diff clubs.

@makav31i fyi NYE in japan isnt like other countries. they spend the day at home with their families, take angpau and eat nice food, then go to the shrine on new year's. there's no major fireworks or whatnot. zojoji temple used to have fireworks every year but they stopped.

For NYE you either do hatsumode at the stroke of midnight and squeeze with a lot of people, or do it the next day and look at the pretty girls in their furisode. apart from that it's clubbing for the people/expats without families to spend new year's with, or do the weeb thing and watch kohaku uta gassen.

if you like taking photos go to shinjuku/tokyo sta. on new year's day around 11am-noonish. you'll find something hardly seen, though that can be said for the rest of tokyo proper.

If you want to go to the top clubs, you either go there and line up early on new years eve itself, or you book your ticket online first.

This one is Sound Museum Vision at Shibuya.
http://www.vision-tokyo.com/event/sound-museum-vision-new-years-eve-party-count-down-to-2016?lang=

 

[makav31i]

I must say, I am a bit disappointed that there is no countdown party in Japan...I just booked a new hotel near tokyo station...