I'm Going To Japan

qilver wrote:
i got the impression that he was saying $300 roundtrip, that would be more ideal, but very low price, too good to be true. I think the $500-$650 range sounds more realistic on JAL, Singapore airlines, and ANA.
again, anyone experience travels to japan and knows if it will be ok after goldenweek? accomodations a problem?

During golden week, Tokyo is totally deserted, great if you don't like crowds in tokyo, then after Golden week, move out of Tokyo when all the Japanese are coming back to Tokyo. Accomodations are fine in Tokyo during golden week, and it's the off peak season now, with all the sakuras dead, and school has started.

rabiz wrote:

During golden week, Tokyo is totally deserted, great if you don't like crowds in tokyo, then after Golden week, move out of Tokyo when all the Japanese are coming back to Tokyo. Accomodations are fine in Tokyo during golden week, and it's the off peak season now, with all the sakuras dead, and school has started.

i suppose i don't mind the crowds while in tokyo, but i was just curious if booking hotel rooms would be a problem after golden week ends. As far as crowds go, i can manage. But flying in and out of tokyo, hopefully will not be much of a problem since golden week is done. Last year tried a visit to japan, only to run into sold out overpriced hotel rooms everywhere during golden week. This time around i want to make sure there is availability and that the price is reasonable. :fingerscrossed:
when does the peak season occur? The world expo also hopefully won't affect travel around tokyo, is it busy during this time?

She said $300 round trip, I'll have to ask her tomorrow where she saw that. I paid $575 last June on Singapore Air out of LAX. but hotels are the expensive part.

Roppongi04 wrote:She said $300 round trip, I'll have to ask her tomorrow where she saw that. I paid $575 last June on Singapore Air out of LAX. but hotels are the expensive part.

that's not a bad price out of LAX for Singapore airlines, $575 for june. When does the peak season occur? wouldn't mind flying out for under $600. Yeah hotels can be much, wouldn't mind staying at business hotels, then tend to be a bit cheaper. but the hotel availablities s/b be good since golden week will be over by mid-May?

recommendations?:
possibly going to japan, first: accomodations in the shinjuku/tokyo area, any that you can recommend that is under $60 and central location?

second:
airfare prices that i have discovered and checked around have been hovering around $800 plus for singapore/JAL, a bit cheaper online? any advice on good prices flying out mid to late May?? I thought it was offseason??

thanks, any suggestion/advice appreciated. :bow:

I can't help you in the Shinjuku area, but when I last went to Japan, I stayed in the Ikebukuro station area. It's only a few stops away. I forgot how much I payed, though.

I'm going to Japan this year and my mom says I should try and get a part-time job for experience... Would I be able to get hired if I'm only there for a month? And also, I don't know where I could work at so if anyone has any suggestions... I speak Japanese fluently, but don't have alot of practice in keigo (polite way of speaking).

**edited: Oh, and I'm 15. Or 16 by the time I'm in Japan. Do... You think they'd hire me? :crazy:

maemo wrote:I'm going to Japan this year and my mom says I should try and get a part-time job for experience... Would I be able to get hired if I'm only there for a month? And also, I don't know where I could work at so if anyone has any suggestions... I speak Japanese fluently, but don't have alot of practice in keigo (polite way of speaking).

**edited: Oh, and I'm 15. Or 16 by the time I'm in Japan. Do... You think they'd hire me? :crazy:

I'm not really sure, but I think you have to have a special type of visa to be able to work in a country other than where you're originally from. You might wanna check out this place for more details.

^I have both a Japanese and a Canadian passport, if that changes anything....

*waves plane tickets*

qilver wrote:recommendations?:
possibly going to japan, first: accomodations in the shinjuku/tokyo area, any that you can recommend that is under $60 and central location?

second:
airfare prices that i have discovered and checked around have been hovering around $800 plus for singapore/JAL, a bit cheaper online? any advice on good prices flying out mid to late May?? I thought it was offseason??

thanks, any suggestion/advice appreciated. :bow:

anyone?
how is the Ikebukuro area? how was the hotels there??

maemo wrote:**edited: Oh, and I'm 15. Or 16 by the time I'm in Japan. Do... You think they'd hire me? :crazy:

i'm sure you are able to get a part time at a cafe shop or something. don't you have any friends/relatives there to hook you up with a PT job? BTW where in JPN are you gonna hang?

niko2x wrote:i'm sure you are able to get a part time at a cafe shop or something. don't you have any friends/relatives there to hook you up with a PT job? BTW where in JPN are you gonna hang?

It should be pretty easy to get PT job (arubaito). Just stay away from the West Shinjuku train station exit area when you're looking for work, unless you're looking for the more lucrative type :naughty:

maemo: Maybe you could be a temporary English tutor? It usually pays well (and under the table) and it's easy enough to let them know you are only there a month. With little kids I don't think you'll have to worry about keigo too much, except for speaking with the parents. I don't know labor laws in Japan but I assume 16 would be old enough to get a part-time job, but someone able to work a month or less might not be in demand unless you have a hook-up. Maybe your mom can help :D

qilver: $60/night? That might be a little tough unless you mean youth hostels. However, youth hostels are always packed from what I hear so you should pre-arrange. If not, each night do the love hotels :hehe: :rofl: How many people will be with you? If you have several people you might be able to get a package deal at a hotel and you guys pay $60/night EACH. When I was still staying in Japan I was checking out hotels for if/when I make it back in case I can't find my friends to stay with.....and they were all pretty expensive, even the little ones.

^Yeah, I suggested English tutor to my mom and she said in Japan, they don't hire students as tutors *shrug* But if I can, that would be what I'd like to do.

seneschal wrote:
It should be pretty easy to get PT job (arubaito). Just stay away from the West Shinjuku train station exit area when you're looking for work, unless you're looking for the more lucrative type :naughty:

LOL naww that's not really me... :hehe:

niko2x wrote:
don't you have any friends/relatives there to hook you up with a PT job? BTW where in JPN are you gonna hang?

I haven't run this by my relatives in Japan yet (about getting a PT job, not about visiting them) but I will once I get the chance. I'm not positively sure yet, but I'm probably staying in the Tokyo area. If not, I'll be in Kyoto or Osaka.

Just curious. Doesn't holding a Japanese passport (as maemo has) say that she is a Japanese citizen? So she would be able to get an albeit (PT job) if she wanted?

dochira wrote:Just curious. Doesn't holding a Japanese passport (as maemo has) say that she is a Japanese citizen? So she would be able to get an albeit (PT job) if she wanted?

Uh, didn't he/she say he/she has both a Japanese and Canadian one? So I didn't want to assume he/she is a Japanese citizen currently. I don't know of maemo's history so I can't comment. But, being a citizen should pose no problem with getting a job assuming he/she is fluent with reading, writing, and stuff like that. Keigo will come up with things like waitressing and sales though, and most importantly, being interviewed and hired. Well, pretty much keigo should come up with any of your superiors so I guess it'll apply to all? :crazy:

I have heard of some students being tutors though (what I meant before was private tutoring). But mainly what I meant was for little kids, so that your age and education wouldn't matter much, hopefully. I think many times tutors are college students, from what I saw. But, being fluent in English and living in an English-speaking country should be a BIG factor moreso than someone who has just studied English in your school years for a long time. I think it might win some more points and help you out ;) I wouldn't x out the possibility, maybe your family has friends with little kids needing help in English :D

KouSeiya315 wrote:
Uh, didn't he/she say he/she has both a Japanese and Canadian one? So I didn't want to assume he/she is a Japanese citizen currently. I don't know of maemo's history so I can't comment.

Yup, she did say that. Holding both passports means she would be a dual citizen, right? :crazy: I don't know how Japan and Canada see dual-citizens. I would guess that by the words, she would be both a citizen of Canada and Japan and would have no problems getting a job sans a work visa/permit. But I would go to the Japanese embassy/consulate just to make sure.

KouSeiya315 wrote:
I have heard of some students being tutors though (what I meant before was private tutoring). But mainly what I meant was for little kids, so that your age and education wouldn't matter much, hopefully. I think many times tutors are college students, from what I saw. But, being fluent in English and living in an English-speaking country should be a BIG factor moreso than someone who has just studied English in your school years for a long time. I think it might win some more points and help you out. I wouldn't x out the possibility, maybe your family has friends with little kids needing help in English :D

You said it. She sounds like the perfect candidate to teach English. Coming from an English-speaking country and being able to speak Japanese.

Good luck, maemo.

dochira wrote:Holding both passports means she would be a dual citizen, right? Crazy I don't know how Japan and Canada see dual-citizens. I would guess that by the words, she would be both a citizen of Canada and Japan and would have no problems getting a job sans a work visa/permit. But I would go to the Japanese embassy/consulate just to make sure.

i don't know about canada, but here in the US, it's OK to have dual citizenship, BUT - must choose one or another at 18 yrs of age.

That is incorrect.
In the US you can hold two valid passports, whether you are under or over 18 years old, as long as you do not renounce your loyalty to the US. Many people travel with two passports: Say if they go to Japan, it's faster through immigration to present the Japanese passport. Upon return to the US, they present their US passport. (At immigration they usually have two separate lines, one for citizens of the country and one for foreigners. The citizens lines are much more lax than the foreigners for obvious reasons).

If you check your US passport very carefully, there is a paragraph in there about dual citizenship. Basically, they said if you are a dual citizen, and in a country where there is military conscription (draft), the US government is not going to protect you if they draft you if you hold that country's citizenship. So that's the only caveat to having dual citizenship.

niko2x wrote:i don't know about canada, but here in the US, it's OK to have dual citizenship, BUT - must choose one or another at 18 yrs of age.