Travel: Japan - General

[mamamia359]

Hi Dimitri,


If I want to fit in a visit to Ghibli Museum, which part of the itinerary would be the best?

How can I purchase the museum tickets here?

Thanks again.

[dimitri_can]

mamamia359:

Hi Dimitri,


My rough itinerary so far looks like this:
Day 1 - Yokohama (Cup Noodles Museum, Chinatown)
Day 2 - Maybe Ueno?
Day 3 - Disneyland/DisneySea
Day 4 - Disneyland/DisneySea (maybe)
Day 5 - Nothing planned yet
Day 6 - Harajuku/Yoyogi Park
Day 7 - Hakone, Mount Fuji, Gotemba
Day 8 - Maybe Tokyo Dome City?

Is the above feasible?

Based on the above, do I need to get the 7 days JR Pass?

Thanks for your help!

No need to pass JR pass. JR pass is only for inter-cities (e.g from Tokyo->Osaka).
Yokohama and Tokyo is near to each other (like how we go to JB like that), so no need JR pass, just buy single trip tickets will do.

If you are going Chinatown, i recommend you all this restaurant.
http://www.suiroh.jp

The food there is not bad and reasonably priced.

You can try visit http://www.japan-guide.com to add in more places if you require. Suggested itinerary:

Day 6 - Harajuku/Yoyogi Park/Shinjuku/Shibuya
Day 2 - Yokohama (Cup Noodle Museum, Chinatown)
Day 3 - Disneyland/DisneySea
Day 4 - Disneyland/DisneySea (maybe)
Day 5 - Ghibli Museum/ Odaiba
Day 6 - Tokyo Dome City
Day 7 - Hakone, Mount Fuji, Gotemba
Day 8 - Ueno/ Asakusa/ Akihabara

mamamia359:

Hi Dimitri,

If I want to fit in a visit to Ghibli Museum, which part of the itinerary would be the best?

How can I purchase the museum tickets here?

Thanks again.

You can't buy the tickets here unless you are willing to pay extra.

http://www.bridge.jpn.com/services/tickets

If you going in Nov/Dec, i may be able to help you buy as i am flying tonight and back on 5th Nov.
Drop me a pm. No extra charges, just helping a fellow Singaporean.

Give me your contact number and 3 dates/time slots that you would like.

Time slots are in a 2 hour time slot (10-12pm,12pm-2pm,2pm-4pm,4pm-6pm)

Below the slots left for Nov. Dec's not yet published.
O means available.

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[TheAnswer]

Hi everyone, does anyone have a comprehensive list of basic conversational Japanese? Thanks.

[dimitri_can]

TheAnswer:

Hi everyone, does anyone have a comprehensive list of basic conversational Japanese? Thanks.

You can try this
http://bit.ly/1OEdjji

or

http://www.fodors.com/language/japanese/basic-phrases

If not enough, just use Google translate or http://www.jisho.org

[TheAnswer]

dimitri_can:

TheAnswer:

Hi everyone, does anyone have a comprehensive list of basic conversational Japanese? Thanks.

You can try this
http://bit.ly/1OEdjji

or

http://www.fodors.com/language/japanese/basic-phrases

If not enough, just use Google translate or http://www.jisho.org

Thanks heaps!

[dimitri_can]

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[sparks]

Hi dimitri_can, do you have any suggestions where to stay for the night if flight lands in Tokyo haneda airport at about 8pm? Intend to explore tokyo & its surrounding. Also, what’s the best way to travel to city, subway or cab or any other transport means? TIA!

[dimitri_can]

sparks:

Hi dimitri_can, do you have any suggestions where to stay for the night if flight lands in Tokyo haneda airport at about 8pm? Intend to explore tokyo & its surrounding. Also, what's the best way to travel to city, subway or cab or any other transport means? TIA!

Hi,

Haneda airport to Tokyo is only about 40mins to 1hour.
its like for us to get to Clementi from town.

Last train to Tokyo is 1145pm so no need to worry too much. can practically stay in any part of Tokyo. (^-^)

Best way to travel around in Tokyo, via subway.
You can do a search for Tokyo subway pass.

[radiantmum]

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[sparks]

dimitri_can:

Haneda airport to Tokyo is only about 40mins to 1hour.
its like for us to get to Clementi from town.

Last train to Tokyo is 1145pm so no need to worry too much. can practically stay in any part of Tokyo. (^-^)

Best way to travel around in Tokyo, via subway.
You can do a search for Tokyo subway pass.

Thanks for your great advice! Have just decided to go Tokyo for cny holidays so no research done yet. Sorry for the boring qn!

Can I just seek your quick recommendation again on nice quaint countryside towns outside of Tokyo reachable by train, something like a day or 2 trip? Appreciate it!