I'm Going To Japan

qnuy wrote:my visa has been approved :dancing:

I'm going to Japan on 16 dec :dancing:

This will be my first winter and my first trip abroad :mrgreen:

Going to the Nodame movie premiere, ne? :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
Going to the Nodame movie premiere, ne? :victory:

I'm planning to :victory: I must watch it no matter what :hehe:

qnuy wrote:

I'm planning to :victory: I must watch it no matter what :hehe:

Have fun on your trip!

Tu_triky wrote:

Have fun on your trip!

I will, thanks :)

qnuy wrote:

I will, thanks :)

So where are you going? Tokyo?

Tu_triky wrote:

So where are you going? Tokyo?

Kyoto (2 days), Nara (1 day) and Osaka (2 days). I hope I can catch Nodame Cantabile movie in one of those cities ^^

qnuy wrote:

Kyoto (2 days), Nara (1 day) and Osaka (2 days). I hope I can catch Nodame Cantabile movie in one of those cities ^^

Nice I just came back from Japan and I visited Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe. Kyoto is beautiful and Osaka is a lot of fun. I'm sure you'll have a great time. :victory:

Tu_triky wrote:

Nice I just came back from Japan and I visited Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe. Kyoto is beautiful and Osaka is a lot of fun. I'm sure you'll have a great time. :victory:

we will :victory:
how long was your last Japan trip? any tips for cheap transportations? :mrgreen:

qnuy wrote:

we will :victory:
how long was your last Japan trip? any tips for cheap transportations? :mrgreen:

I stayed in Japan for 11days/10 nights.

What's the first city you will be going to after you arrive?

Are you flying into Kansai International Airport?

If so the cheapest means of transportation getting into the city from the airport will be the train. And the entire time you will be in Japan I am quite confident you will be riding the train 99 percent of the time. Sometime if you stay out really late at night after the trains stop running you will have to take a taxi cab which can be expensive depending how far away you are from your hotel or where ever you are going.

Tu_triky wrote:

What's the first city you will be going to after you arrive?

Are you flying into Kansai International Airport?

If so the cheapest means of transportation getting into the city from the airport will be the train. And the entire time you will be in Japan I am quite confident you will be riding the train 99 percent of the time. Sometime if you stay out really late at night after the trains stop running you will have to take a taxi cab which can be expensive depending how far away you are from your hotel or where ever you are going.

we're flying into Itami Airport (it used to be Osaka Int'l Airport). My friend suggested buying kintetsu rail pass because it is much cheaper and more practical to use if we want to travel around Kyoto-Nara-Osaka.

what kind of ticket did you use?

qnuy wrote:

we're flying into Itami Airport (it used to be Osaka Int'l Airport). My friend suggested buying kintetsu rail pass because it is much cheaper and more practical to use if we want to travel around Kyoto-Nara-Osaka.

what kind of ticket did you use?

I flew into Kansai and I took the Airport Limousine Bus which cost about 1500 Yen...but Itami is much closer to Osaka than Kansai (which is actually built on an artificial island out in the ocean). As far as getting around Kansai, my friend and I purchased a multi-ride pass for 3000 Yen which was valid for the different subway lines in Osaka but not the JR lines...you probably don't want that because you aren't saying in Japan long enough to use up the 3000 yen credit on the card. In addition since you are traveling between 3 different cities in the relatively short time span you are there you will be using the other train lines more extensively.

So it makes more sense to use a pass which allows access to the Kintesu lines...given your travel plans the Kintetsu pass is perfect for you I think

Tu_triky wrote:

I flew into Kansai and I took the Airport Limousine Bus which cost about 1500 Yen...but Itami is much closer to Osaka than Kansai (which is actually built on an artificial island out in the ocean). As far as getting around Kansai, my friend and I purchased a multi-ride pass for 3000 Yen which was valid for the different subway lines in Osaka but not the JR lines...you probably don't want that because you aren't saying in Japan long enough to use up the 3000 yen credit on the card. In addition since you are traveling between 3 different cities in the relatively short time span you are there you will be using the other train lines more extensively.

So it makes more sense to use a pass which allows access to the Kintesu lines...given your travel plans the Kintetsu pass is perfect for you I think

ah..thanks a lot for this ^^ I'm still finding out the best and most importantly the cheapest transportation while I'm there ^^

thanks Tu :hug:

qnuy wrote:

ah..thanks a lot for this ^^ I'm still finding out the best and most importantly the cheapest transportation while I'm there ^^

thanks Tu :hug:

No problem, you're welcome. Of course when you get there you can ask people at the hotel or the train station...people are very nice and helpful. You should be fine. :victory:

I guess if you will go there, try to stay on cheap hotels. I mean living in Japan i have heard is expensive specially in Tokyo.

Fujisan and HK tourist bus.
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All aboard the sleepy train.
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Takoyama wrote:All aboard the sleepy train.
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Immaculate train... Which is more than we can say for some of the passengers. :beaten:

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The Hotaru-san Project is a group of "human fireflies", each dressed in black with a glowing light on their backsides. Go to their website and you can type in a message (in romaji or kana) and the fireflies will line up their lights to reproduce it. The group regularly turn up in parts of Tokyo and, on Saturday, 30 of them converged on Shibuya for an impromptu performance, sponsored by internet company So-net Hikari. They went on to turn up in Ginza and Shinjuku. There'll be some videos on the net shortly but, to give you a taste, there's a clip below from an earlier outings.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2OrbkycbyE
http://www.hotaru-san.com

Takoyama wrote:Fujisan and HK tourist bus.

Mt Fuji Stolen

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"Fuji" by Seison Maeda

Two paintings by renowned artist Seison Maeda were stolen last night from the Seison Kinenkan Museum in Nakatsugawa, Gifu prefecture. One of the missing pictures is "Fuji", which is said to be worth 20 million yen. The thieves set off an alarm when they broke the protective glass around the pictures but made their escape before the security guard could respond.

Rode on the Meiji "Pure" chocolate themed Yamanote Sen. Unfortunately, Hirosue Ryoko nor Kinoshita Yukina wasn't on.

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Nice video! :applaud:

Looking at those straps reminded me that a couple months ago NHK did a little feature on some otaku whose hobby is train straps. He has a collection at his home, when he rides the train sometimes he'll take pictures of the different straps. They showed him out in the sticks riding one of those trains that has only 3 cars. There was only him and some obaasan on the train. The obaasan was sitting down and this guy was standing up holding onto a strap in an otherwise empty car. He was looking at the strap, examining it. Meanwhile, the obaasan had this look on her face like, "WTF is wrong with this guy???"