I'm Going To Japan

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

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4 Feb 2008, 05:26 #7623
Tu_triky wrote:

Crazy stuff....it's cool that ppl can just let loose at the park tho'.


yeah i enjoyed watching the elvis's.
4 Feb 2008, 05:41 #7624
kenjilina wrote:

yeah i enjoyed watching the elvis's.


Haha...yeah they get loose. They must do yoga on their off hours. :P
4 Feb 2008, 08:15 #7625
For some reason I'm having problems viewing the video. :pout:
4 Feb 2008, 09:30 #7626
Wynter wrote:For some reason I'm having problems viewing the video. :pout:
This will give you a rough idea:[/list:u][image][/list:u]
4 Feb 2008, 09:36 #7627
gaijinmark wrote: This will give you a rough idea:[/list:u][image][/list:u]


Are they "playing" Grease?! :rofl:
6 Feb 2008, 02:49 #7629
Awesome pics. :wow:
6 Feb 2008, 02:56 #7630
gaijinmark wrote:Sapporo Snow Festival starts today, link here: http://www.snowfes.com/english/place/index.html[/list:u] Check out the link to snow sculptures, neat stuff! :applaud:


Pretty amazing. Must be fun to take a tour of all the sculptures and the go to the Winter Food Park and get a bowl of Sapporo Rame to warm the bones...boy, that must really hit the spot in middle of winter.
6 Feb 2008, 03:19 #7631
I was thinking of going to Japan somewhere in March, but looks like I'll have to forget about it. Unless I sleep in the park and eat 5 days old onigiri. :puppydog: :shamefulcry:

I looked, just for fun, the park Hyatt. Just for one night, it's 67 000‰~ for the cheapest room. Almost as high as my monthly rent. :sweat:
6 Feb 2008, 03:22 #7632
tabana wrote:I was thinking of going to Japan somewhere in March, but looks like I'll have to forget about it. Unless I sleep in the park and eat 5 days old onigiri. :puppydog: :shamefulcry:


Five day old onigiri...haha! Nah but for real you should try to go sometime...if not March sometime down the line. :hehe:




I looked, just for fun, the park Hyatt. Just for one night, it's 67 000‰~ for the cheapest room. Almost as high as my monthly rent. :sweat:


That's why I only stayed there for 3 nights....and mind you that's splitting the room with a friend...if I had to pay for a single occupancy room, there's no way in hell I could have afforded it.

Stay at the Grand Hyatt in Roppongi Hills, the rooms are smaller and it's slightly cheaper, I mean slightly. :beaten:

Nah but really, there are plenty of good 3 or 4 star hotels for much less per night.
6 Feb 2008, 03:44 #7633
The cheapest I found was 26 000 + taxes + fees. I guess I could always trick an oyaji into giving me money, for not telling the police, because he groped me. :P Maybe make friends with one of those dead drunk too. :hehe: :beaten:

I'll check some travel agency. Maybe they have value packages. :fingerscrossed:
6 Feb 2008, 03:58 #7634
tabana wrote:The cheapest I found was 26 000 + taxes + fees. I guess I could always trick an oyaji into giving me money, for not telling the police, because he groped me. :P Maybe make friends with one of those dead drunk too. :hehe: :beaten:


HAHAHAHA....

I'll check some travel agency. Maybe they have value packages. :fingerscrossed:


The best value is to go with someone and split the room if you can.
6 Feb 2008, 04:09 #7635
Yeah... =T

I don't really want to spend $4000 on hotel room. I actually know people in the area, but not enough to crash at their place. Maybe I could have a free tour of the city for a day or two, but that's it. Looks like I'm back to square one. :puppydog:
6 Feb 2008, 04:13 #7636
tabana wrote:Yeah... =T

I don't really want to spend $4000 on hotel room. I actually know people in the area, but not enough to crash at their place. Maybe I could have a free tour of the city for a day or two, but that's it. Looks like I'm back to square one. :puppydog:


Triangle one you mean...a triangle onigiri. Daijoubi desu.
6 Feb 2008, 04:27 #7637
:rofl:

oishii
6 Feb 2008, 04:29 #7638
tabana wrote::rofl:

oishii


:hehe: :nut: :hehe:
6 Feb 2008, 06:47 #7639
tabana wrote:The cheapest I found was 26 000 + taxes + fees. I guess I could always trick an oyaji into giving me money, for not telling the police, because he groped me. :P Maybe make friends with one of those dead drunk too. :hehe: :beaten:

I'll check some travel agency. Maybe they have value packages. :fingerscrossed:


Don't waste your money on a Western-style hotel.

Stay at a Ryokan (Japanese-style hotel).

In Tokyo, I recommend the Ryokan Sawanoya first and the Ryokan Katsutaro Annex second. Both are less than $60 per person for a night.


Sawanoya
http://www.tctv.ne.jp/members/sawanoya/eigo.html

Ryokan Katsutaro Annex
http://www.katsutaro.com/annex_index.html



Cheers, :drink:
PCM
6 Feb 2008, 06:58 #7640
If staying in Tokyo, I recommend the following two locations:

1. Ryokan Sawanoya (~$50 USA / per night for one person)
http://www.tctv.ne.jp/members/sawanoya/eigo.html


2. Ryokan Katsutaro Annex (~$55 USA / per night for one person)
http://www.katsutaro.com/annex_index.html


Both are about one-third of the typical price of a basic Western-style hotel. The staff at Sawanoya speak English... they are cool, it's a family run Ryokan and the rooms are larger than average. The Ryokan Katsutaro Annex is a nice new building, rooms are not quite as large as Sawanoya, but Katsutaro Annex has an elevator.




Cheers, :drink:
PCM

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