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I'm Going To Japan

Started by cZo · 14 Mar 2005 · 11,349 replies

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18 Jul 2006, 23:29 #4661
i was in Japan for 2ms..im back in Canada now but im going back to Japan in 2008! i loved it there!!

~Yokohama~
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~Yokohama~
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~Yokohama~
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18 Jul 2006, 23:37 #4662
ooh, nice skyline of yokohama :D


but I got a question.. in Japan, were you guys on these Japantours or did you just bought a flightticket, booked a hotel and did everything yourself?

because I wanted to go to Japan when I finish highschool, which will be in 2008.. and now I have to figure out how much I should save up every month, because I want to stay there at least 10 days if not more..

please give me some tips :D
18 Jul 2006, 23:39 #4663
suave_yamapi wrote:ooh, nice skyline of yokohama :D


but I got a question.. in Japan, were you guys on these Japantours or did you just bought a flightticket, booked a hotel and did everything yourself?

because I wanted to go to Japan when I finish highschool, which will be in 2008.. and now I have to figure out how much I should save up every month, because I want to stay there at least 10 days if not more..

please give me some tips :D


save 3 gilders...you will be fine.
18 Jul 2006, 23:44 #4664
Tu_triky wrote:

save 3 gilders...you will be fine.


that would help.. if only I hadn't exchanged all my guilders into euros :bonk: I do have some dubbeltjes left... :hehe:
18 Jul 2006, 23:48 #4665
well i was living with a Japanese friend,you should be looking arould on some websites for hotels or something.

for money i had only $4,ooo on me for the 2ms and my Ticket from Nova Scotia to Narita Japan was $1,035.oooh and you should look up Visas you may need one to go into Japan for the 10days or more
18 Jul 2006, 23:56 #4666
Stevie wrote:well i was living with a Japanese friend,you should be looking arould on some websites for hotels or something.

for money i had only $4,ooo on me for the 2ms and my Ticket from Nova Scotia to Narita Japan was $1,035.oooh and you should look up Visas you may need one to go into Japan for the 10days or more


thanks a lot :D now I have at least a rough estimate of how much money I need..

but did you mean US dollar or Canadian dollar? I hope Canadian :sweat:
19 Jul 2006, 00:17 #4667
i had Canadian dollars.
you should go to the bank like 1m before you go and put your maney into Japanese maney.
19 Jul 2006, 02:15 #4668
suave_yamapi wrote:

that would help.. if only I hadn't exchanged all my guilders into euros :bonk: I do have some dubbeltjes left... :hehe:


i buried my gilders in the backyard...i refuse to give them up for euro dollars... :bonk:

i went to japan for about 2 weeks....airfare from Los Angeles to Tokyo was 700 dollars roundtrip...though i doubt you can find that price now because the price of oil is much higher now.

i think i took about 3000 dollars with me...but because my friend and i had paid for the hotels in FULL before we arrived in Japan i didn't spend most of my spending money. i think i spent about 2500 dollars on hotels but my friend and i stayed at 5 star hotels...


http://tokyo.grand.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp
http://tokyo.park.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp

if you stay at an average hotel for 10 days and you split the price of the room with a friend you could probably get away with spending about 1000 dollars total on lodging.


if you go i recommend going with a friend so you can split the cost of your hotel accommendations....you're young so you probably don't care if you stay in a really really nice hotel as long as it's clean and comfortable....which most of the hotels in japan are.
19 Jul 2006, 03:26 #4669
Tu_triky wrote:

i buried my gilders in the backyard...i refuse to give them up for euro dollars... :bonk:

i went to japan for about 2 weeks....airfare from Los Angeles to Tokyo was 700 dollars roundtrip...though i doubt you can find that price now because the price of oil is much higher now.

i think i took about 3000 dollars with me...but because my friend and i had paid for the hotels in FULL before we arrived in Japan i didn't spend most of my spending money. i think i spent about 2500 dollars on hotels but my friend and i stayed at 5 star hotels...


http://tokyo.grand.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp
http://tokyo.park.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp

if you stay at an average hotel for 10 days and you split the price of the room with a friend you could probably get away with spending about 1000 dollars total on lodging.


if you go i recommend going with a friend so you can split the cost of your hotel accommendations....you're young so you probably don't care if you stay in a really really nice hotel as long as it's clean and comfortable....which most of the hotels in japan are.


hmm, you're right.. $700 is really cheap.. the cheapest ticket I found was $834 which isn't that bad I guess... and I also found a youth hostel where I can stay for $28 a night... with breakfast and all you can drink coffee and tea :metaldevil:

and now I have to convince my friends :beaten:
19 Jul 2006, 03:29 #4670
Wow.. it's expensive now.. last time I think I spent $100NTD total.
19 Jul 2006, 03:30 #4671
suave_yamapi wrote:

hmm, you're right.. $700 is really cheap.. the cheapest ticket I found was $834 which isn't that bad I guess... and I also found a youth hostel where I can stay for $28 a night... with breakfast and all you can drink coffee and tea :metaldevil:

and now I have to convince my friends :beaten:



834 dollars...that's really good. wow if you stay at a youth hostel you can definitely save a lot of money and then most of the money you have you can take with you as spending money to enjoy yourself....

the only thing about youth hostels is that they probably have curfews at night so you can't stay out too late....



you can always try exploring a homestay where you stay with a family as well...but then you won't have your own freedom to do whatever you want then....
19 Jul 2006, 03:34 #4672
Tu_triky wrote:


834 dollars...that's really good. wow if you stay at a youth hostel you can definitely save a lot of money and then most of the money you have you can take with you as spending money to enjoy yourself....

the only thing about youth hostels is that they probably have curfews at night so you can't stay out too late....



you can always try exploring a homestay where you stay with a family as well...but then you won't have your own freedom to do whatever you want then....

nope, no curfew, I already checked :D

http://www.sakura-hostel.co.jp/ It looks quite nice and most importantly: clean :woot:
19 Jul 2006, 03:37 #4673
suave_yamapi wrote:
nope, no curfew, I already checked :D

http://www.sakura-hostel.co.jp/ It looks quite nice and most importantly: clean :woot:



well that's great! japan has a reputation for cleaniless so i'm sure you won't be disappointed in that respect.

i always suggest this because my friend and i used it and it was pretty helpful and it's aimed at a younger crowd....the timeout guide to tokyo...it's very cool and hip....although there are a million other resources including the internet..but it's nice to have a small cool book to take with you on your trip :)

http://www.timeout.com/travel/tokyo


where did you find that air fare price at? KLM?
19 Jul 2006, 03:43 #4674
Tu_triky wrote:


well that's great! japan has a reputation for cleaniless so i'm sure you won't be disappointed in that respect.

i always suggest this because my friend and i used it and it was pretty helpful and it's aimed at a younger crowd....the timeout guide to tokyo...it's very cool and hip....although there are a million other resources including the internet..but it's nice to have a small cool book to take with you on your trip :)

http://www.timeout.com/travel/tokyo


where did you find that air fare price at? KLM?


no, I went to www.thomascook.de and just checked what it would cost if I went to Tokyo from 25th of july 'till 8th of august and it sorted out the cheapest flight.. it's by Alitalia..an Italian company I think..
19 Jul 2006, 03:45 #4675
suave_yamapi wrote:

no, I went to www.thomascook.de and just checked what it would cost if I went to Tokyo from 25th of july 'till 8th of august and it sorted out the cheapest flight.. it's by Alitalia..an Italian company I think..



very cool...yeah i've heard of alitalia....well at least you have an idea of what to expect in terms of the costs. if you have some control over when to go..it might be best to fly in october or thereafter....right now in tokyo the heat is oppressive and then you don't wanna worry about monsoons either.
19 Jul 2006, 03:50 #4676
Tu_triky wrote:


very cool...yeah i've heard of alitalia....well at least you have an idea of what to expect in terms of the costs. if you have some control over when to go..it might be best to fly in october or thereafter....right now in tokyo the heat is oppressive and then you don't wanna worry about monsoons either.


yeah, I don't really want to go in july/august...I was thinking on going in may or june.. when I finish high school I finish in may and don't have to go to university 'till september/october.. but for now I'm just going to worry about the money instead of when I'll be going :sweat:
19 Jul 2006, 03:53 #4677
suave_yamapi wrote:

yeah, I don't really want to go in july/august...I was thinking on going in may or june.. when I finish high school I finish in may and don't have to go to university 'till september/october.. but for now I'm just going to worry about the money instead of when I'll be going :sweat:



that's cool the only reason i bring it up is because when you decide to go you wanna plan it out and buy your ticket as early as possible to save money on the airfare...so it's good to think about it at some point :mrgreen: start diggin' up the gilders in the backyard.
19 Jul 2006, 03:57 #4678
Tu_triky wrote:


that's cool the only reason i bring it up is because when you decide to go you wanna plan it out and buy your ticket as early as possible to save money on the airfare...so it's good to think about it at some point :mrgreen: start diggin' up the gilders in the backyard.


haha, maybe I have some guilders in left under my bed.. god knows what else is under there XD

damn, I just calculated that I have to save up 90 euros a month in order to make it...now I HAVE to get a job.. goodbye freedom, hello slavery :bonk:

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