Travel: Japan - General
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Thanks for your advice dimitri_can
Sorry, I have the following queries :
1. I am thinking of trying ryokan. Do you have any reasonably priced one to recommend?
2.
Kobe : Kitano area, Kitano area, Mt Rokko Observation deck
Your suggestion for Himeji, Okayama and Hiroshima is mostly visit to castle?
What are the places of interest? Too much visiting of castle will be boring for my 7 years old boy.
3. Do you suggest that I stayed in Osaka throughout if I used the itinerary suggested by you?
4. Do I need a JR pass using the suggested itinerary?
5. Will I be able to go to Shin-Hokata ropeway. It looks so fun in Dnls-mum photos.
Many thanks! -
xueyan:
1. Am not sure what is your budget, i personally don't really like ryokan.Thanks for your advice dimitri_can
Sorry, I have the following queries :
1. I am thinking of trying ryokan. Do you have any reasonably priced one to recommend?
2.
Kobe : Kitano area, Kitano area, Mt Rokko Observation deck
Your suggestion for Himeji, Okayama and Hiroshima is mostly visit to castle?
What are the places of interest? Too much visiting of castle will be boring for my 7 years old boy.
3. Do you suggest that I stayed in Osaka throughout if I used the itinerary suggested by you?
4. Do I need a JR pass using the suggested itinerary?
5. Will I be able to go to Shin-Hokata ropeway. It looks so fun in Dnls-mum photos.
Many thanks!
You can take a look over here.
http://www.insidekyoto.com/2012/01/best ... kyoto.html
Once you found a ryokan that you like, let me know the price, i might be able to get it cheaper if i book via the japanese website.
2. As mentioned in my previous post,
For Himeji: it's the castle that is famous. It's known as one of the 3 famous castle in Japan.
there is also a Hello Kitty cafe, if your child is into Hello Kitty.
http://goo.gl/nwlKaM
For Okayama: Kurashiki is nice. The city has a preserved canal area that dates back to the Edo Period (1603-1867), when Kurashiki served as an important rice distribution center.
Refer to here: http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e5750.html
For Hiroshima: you can visit Miyajima, a small island less than an hour outside the city of Hiroshima. It is most famous for its giant torii gate, which at high tide seems to float on the water. The sight is ranked as one of Japan's three best views.
Refer to here: http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3401.html
3. If you are going to Hiroshima, Okayama and Himeji, you should reserve 1 day to stay in either Hiroshima or Okayama (1 hour away from each other)
Hiroshima->Okayama (1 hour via Shinkansen)
Okayama->Himeji (40 mins via Shinkansen)
4. Based on the travelling, i would recommend you to get the JR Nationwide pass instead.
Tokyo->Osaka via Shinkansen: 13620 yen
Kansai-Hiroshima Pass (5 days of unlimited travel on Shinkansen non-reserved seats and JR trains): 13000 yen (book via online)
Total: 26620 yen
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JR Nationwide pass (7 days of unlimited travel on Shinkansen reserved/non-reserved seats and JR trains): 29110 yen
If you are not taking open-jaw ticket, plan your itinerary such that on your 7th day, you should be back in Tokyo.
E.g
Day 1: Travel from Tokyo to Osaka
Day 7: Travel back from Osaka->Tokyo (if you are not going for open-jaw ticket)
For open-jaw ticket, based on my experience, airlines will charge around extra $50-$80 per person (i.e You fly into Tokyo, exit from Osaka). You save about 3 hours of train ride back to Tokyo.
5. Based on the map, it seems to be quite far from Takayama.
http://goo.gl/ASqvP9
If you want, you might want to try to Shin-Kobe ropeway instead.
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3563.html
Happy planning. (^_^) -
Sorry my pics came late. As promised, the pics of meals provided on board ANA.
They have a choice of Japanese or Western food.
Breakfast - Japanese![](\"http://i60.tinypic.com/29z8x13.jpg\")
http://i60.tinypic.com/29z8x13.jpg\">
Dinner - Japanese
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Oh yes, they provided another refreshment meal before landing. A sandwich or a bun. In between meals you can request for instant noodles or soup too. Sorry, no pics for the refreshments.
Love to recommend our Ryokans to you but we are mostly at Shikoku, not in Tokyo. We stayed in a variety of accommodations this trip. Ryokans, Biz Hotels, Guesthouses and Youth Hostels. We also have a choice of Japanese/Western style of rooms in Biz Hotel and mostly bunk beds at Guesthouses. A different kind of travelling style in Japan. -
Think they cut down on the portion a lot... =(
Last time used to be better.
This was mine from China Eastern Airlines.
SIN to Pudong
https://imageshack.com/i/idlcDC3aj
Pudong to Kansai Airport
https://imageshack.com/i/eyzxuojEj
Kansai Airport to Pudong (night flight)
https://imageshack.com/i/p8DaQe7jj -
Well I guess the meal portion is a little small for a guy’s appetite, just right for me though. Btw, how much is the flight for China Eastern? Do they offer mammoth baggage allowance too? Well, I guess can’t compare because yours is to Osaka and mine is to Tokyo.
China Eastern is not bad too in my memory to Shenzhen.
Oh yes, the transport fees in Japan Kills! Dimitri, you recommend Shinkansen like taking bus or mrt? -
My flight was $600 (all-in). 23kg x 2 pieces.
I think for China Eastern, the only thing you need to worry is about delay of flight, but usually arrival is still quite on time.
China Eastern is ranked 35th out of all the airlines, SQ is ranked 23rd.
This is my 3rd time flying with them. Other than a lot of ah tiongs, i think their service is not bad.
If you have the JR pass, you can just take Shinkansen as many times as you want. I usually try to clock 2 to 3 times the price of the pass (e.g if the pass is $350, i will try to make my savings worth by taking as many Shinkansens, JR trains equivalent to the price of $700 or $1k)
If you don’t have JR pass, then take night bus or something ($30-$40 per trip) from Tokyo to Osaka.
My budget for 1 trip is around 1.5k-2k (all-in) for a 9 days trip, so got more budget to go there often in 1 year. -
dasalo:
dasalo, nice mealsSorry my pics came late. As promised, the pics of meals provided on board ANA.
They have a choice of Japanese or Western food.
Breakfast - Japanese
Dinner - Japanese
Oh yes, they provided another refreshment meal before landing. A sandwich or a bun. In between meals you can request for instant noodles or soup too. Sorry, no pics for the refreshments.
Love to recommend our Ryokans to you but we are mostly at Shikoku, not in Tokyo. We stayed in a variety kinds of accommodation this trip. Ryokans, Biz Hotels, Guesthouses and Youth Hostels. We also have a choice of Japanese/Western style of rooms in Biz Hotel and mostly bunk beds at Guesthouses. A different kind of travelling style to Japan.
enuff for ladies.
My children kids meal were very good too , with cute toys i think the kids snack after take off or before landing are great too . The toys they got from 2 Jap trips include varied materials of model ANA planes, jap mini puzzles etc
would like to hear/read about your varied accommodations - also trying to exp from biz hotels to guest houses to ryokans for future trips. thats how we can see the culture -
ter_wen:
Not necessarily.re: accommodation in Japan
2A2C travel in Tokyo MUST stay in 2 hotel rooms de ah?
as in 1 room for 1A1C
is it bcos they are all small in design?
there are few hotels with rooms equipped with 2 Twin beds?
thks for any precious inputs.
Hotels near Tokyo Disney usually have big rooms with beds enough for 2A2C (e.g. Sheraton).
In Tokyo you can find rooms that fit 3 beds. We stayed in Hotel Century Southern Tower and chose Scenic Twin Room, which came with 2 full size beds (1.2m width), and can add 1 single bed. -
For those looking to have data access in Japan, you can rent a Pocket Wifi (aka egg) which can share among a few people.
The one we used was from: http://www.globaladvancedcomm.com/pocketwifi.html
It was delivered to our hotel before we arrived. We paid 5,550 yen for 7 days of rental. -
lwm99:
Can I check if the access is only to wifi spots around the cities or a 3G/4G mobile net work. Is the coverage good?For those looking to have data access in Japan, you can rent a Pocket Wifi (aka egg) which can share among a few people.
The one we used was from: http://www.globaladvancedcomm.com/pocketwifi.html
It was delivered to our hotel before we arrived. We paid 5,550 yen for 7 days of rental.
We checked some offers which were for wifi networks around the country only and didn't get them as we were sure how widespread those hotspots were.
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