I'm Going To Japan

400 bucks isnt too bad for air fair.... its the food and lodging thats gonna make a big big big hole in your pocket.... :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
$300-$400?? Sounds like a sweet deal. Of course, you have to consider food and a place to stay, which could be pricey.

Eating out is generally pretty damn cheap, luckily :mrgreen: Of course you have to check the menu outside first....some shabby looking places can be pricey and vice versa. A place to stay, if you don't have friends, can be expensive. I have several friends there but I feel bad imposing :( Plus some of them, I haven't met their families...it would be weird with this white chick in their house with 40% silence, 40% English jibberish, and 20% mediocre Japanese at random :hehe:

KouSeiya315 wrote:
I have several friends there but I feel bad imposing :( Plus some of them, I haven't met their families...it would be weird with this white chick in their house with 40% silence, 40% English jibberish, and 20% mediocre Japanese at random :hehe:

I've met most of my friends parents. :mrgreen: When i flew from okinawa to Osaka, my friend didn't pick me up, her parents did! So i was kind of nervous. but i've met her mom before, so i didn't feel as uncomfortable. i prefer being with the parents, since i'm forced to speak japanese. if my friends were there i would be speaking english the whole time. :shakehead:

Ohh I was reading up on a tour of Japan! The deals weren't too bad, like $500 for 5 nights or something? Nice hotels and accomodations. I don't really know the name of the company that was doing it since the company is chinese and the brochure was chinese and the tour is in Chinese as well, LOL. But I'm sure there are some good ones out there

how about home-stay type of accomodation? i know some families do provide for exchange students i think.. not sure for tourist

kyouki wrote:how about home-stay type of accomodation?

I'm living with a home-stay family right now in Japan. Homestay is usually quite expensive, but very recommended if you are hoping to experience Japanese lifestyle at first hand. My homestay is USD$530 a month but I am a smart boy and have a scholarship (^^) u fu fu.

KouSeiya315 wrote:it would be weird with this white chick in their house with 40% silence, 40% English jibberish, and 20% mediocre Japanese at random :hehe:

Heh, that sounds like our family get togethers. Just replace the Japanese with Chinese, and there ya go.... :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:Heh, that sounds like our family get togethers. Just replace the Japanese with Chinese, and there ya go.... :hehe:

i think that might have what the dinner table at the 1st thanksgiving might have been like...

erk, n i tot homestay was cheaper.. try searching for hostel

I know this is a little late, but if your looking at hotel type accomodations, check out business hotel types. Generally cheaper, but still pretty nice usually. Of course hostels will be cheap, but you have to look into those pretty early. Yeah, depending on how comfortable you are with going out on your own, you may want to start with a package tour deal. And of course, depending on how much travelling around you're planning on doing, check into a JR railpass. If you're going to just stay in Tokyo area, then it won't be worth it though.

Has anyone ever been to Tokyo? :beaten:

- Revised the topic to an appropriate form. Pemu

Rony Oka wrote:Has anyone ever been to Tokyo? :beaten:

Nope. Only Kansai.

Rony Oka wrote:Has anyone ever been to Tokyo? :beaten:

Yes, a few times. It's my favorite place in the world to visit.

I've been to Tokyo before too, but I prefer Osaka! :mrgreen:

Rony Oka wrote:Has anyone ever been to Tokyo? :beaten:

Yes. A couple of times. We would stop by there on our way to the P.I. :D

Rinrin wrote:I've been to Tokyo before too, but I prefer Osaka! :mrgreen:

YAY!

:hehe:

Ushiroyubi wrote:Yes, a few times. It's my favorite place in the world to visit.

I haven't been yet, but I'd agree with Ushi. :)

I was in Tokyo once :beaten: I lived there last summer while studying abroad. :sweat:

KouSeiya315 wrote:I was in Tokyo once :beaten: I lived there last summer while studying abroad. :sweat:

Way cool. :)

KouSeiya315 wrote:I was in Tokyo once :beaten: I lived there last summer while studying abroad. :sweat:

Wow! Visiting there & living there are two totally different things IMO! How did you like living there?

Hey Ahochaude, is Osaka where your girlfriend lives?