Travel: Japan - General

[dasalo]

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

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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.

[dimitri_can]

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
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Pudong to Kansai Airport
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Kansai Airport to Pudong (night flight)
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[dasalo]

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?

[dimitri_can]

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.

[MyPillow]

dasalo:

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\">

Dinner - Japanese

http://i59.tinypic.com/9qzc5g.jpg\">

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.

dasalo, nice meals 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

[lwm99]

ter_wen:

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.

Not necessarily.
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.

[lwm99]

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.

[Dnls_mum]

lwm99:

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.

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?

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.

[lwm99]

Dnls_mum:

lwm99:

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.

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?

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.

It is using the mobile network for data, just like we use our phones in Singapore. Those only use wifi spots are not useful.

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lwm99:

Dnls_mum:

[quote=\"lwm99\"]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.

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?

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.

It is using the mobile network for data, just like we use our phones in Singapore. Those only use wifi spots are not useful.[/quote]if willing to spend and have the need, the $15/day for most Singapore telcos are pretty useful. Can hotspot from your phone to other devices also.