Travel: Japan - General

[mummyJune]

Hi all,


Im planning a trip with my family(2A+2C(5,7) this year for 8days. Would like to bring children to disneyland & disneysea. Hubby also like Gundam & playstation games. We are thinking of doing F&E going to Tokyo, Koyto & Nara(suitable for kids).

any suggestions which hotel is good in Tokyo?

[miffymiffy]

Hi all

If i intend to take the NEX train to Ikebukuro, do i need to do any transfer ? Or is it straight from Narita to Ikeabukuro? Any other cheaper and non-transfer way to Ikeabukuro?
And any cheap and convenient recommendation for hotel or airbnb for 2A2C? Please advise .Thank you. :rahrah:
:thankyou:

[dimitri_can]

miffymiffy:

Hi all

If i intend to take the NEX train to Ikebukuro, do i need to do any transfer ? Or is it straight from Narita to Ikeabukuro? Any other cheaper and non-transfer way to Ikeabukuro?
And any cheap and convenient recommendation for hotel or airbnb for 2A2C? Please advise .Thank you. :rahrah:
:thankyou:

No need. But note that not all the trains go to Ikebukuro.
Timetable here: http://goo.gl/xEn0qx

Cheaper way: Maybe take bus, but longer.

[Cheerfuldad]

Hi i3mum,


As we have been to Japan a few times. So this time round, we went to Tokyo, Matsumoto, Takayama, Shirakawa-go, Nozawa-onsen and back to Tokyo.

Regards

i3mum:

Hi Cheerfuldad,

Thank you for your recommendation. I just had a look at Nozawa. It is quite far from Osaka- (7hours in total)! Do you have an itinerary to share so that I can consider the places that you went?

Cheerfuldad:

Hi i3mum,

My family just came back from a ski resort - Nozawa-Onsen. Due to global warming, only mountain top is opened for skiing. But we have fun as Nozawa's easy run is 2 km long at the mountain top. Nozawa itself is a village town, therefore, beside skiing, you can also visit the town and their food outlets. The town has 13 public onsens (free of charge) and of course the hotels you stay will have their private onsen as well. Beware, the water is very hot. I have done a few skiing trips in Japan and Nozawa is one of my favourite place. Cheers!

Regards

[i3mum]

Thanks Cheerfuldad,


Can you let me know what are the attractions in the mentioned places?

Cheerfuldad:

Hi i3mum,

As we have been to Japan a few times. So this time round, we went to Tokyo, Matsumoto, Takayama, Shirakawa-go, Nozawa-onsen and back to Tokyo.

Regards

[Cheerfuldad]

Hi i3mum,


You may want to go to http://www.japan-guide.com for information.

Regards

i3mum:

Thanks Cheerfuldad,

Can you let me know what are the attractions in the mentioned places?

Cheerfuldad:

Hi i3mum,

As we have been to Japan a few times. So this time round, we went to Tokyo, Matsumoto, Takayama, Shirakawa-go, Nozawa-onsen and back to Tokyo.

Regards

[MyPillow]

cheerfuldad, u did very scenic route.

Can kindly share with us the actual route planning - if you have time- these beautiful places u touched are quite far - eg the train from which pt to pt n what buses to take fr which pt to pt etc can i assume fr Takayama, there is a bus station to bring u to shirakawago ( i read before ) and takayama to nozawa onsen ?
Or how easy fr tokyo to nozawa onsen ? ThK you!

[Cheerfuldad]

Hi MyPillow,


You can pm me your email and I will forward you the itinerary.

Regards

MyPillow:

cheerfuldad, u did very scenic route.
Can kindly share with us the actual route planning - if you have time- these beautiful places u touched are quite far - eg the train from which pt to pt n what buses to take fr which pt to pt etc can i assume fr Takayama, there is a bus station to bring u to shirakawago ( i read before ) and takayama to nozawa onsen ?
Or how easy fr tokyo to nozawa onsen ? ThK you!

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[luvtravel]

Hi all,


Just came back from my 2 weeks holiday in Japan covering Takayama, Shirakawa, Gokayama, Kanazawa, Shibu Onsen, Nozawa, Kawaguchiko and finally back to Tokyo to spend 3 days at Disney Sea and Disneyland.

Thanks to all fellow KSPs who provide useful information for planning my 1st Japan trip and specially thanks to Dnls_mum who answered lots of my queries.

Japan is very suitable for 1st time visit with all the convenient transportation although at times we need to rush for trains and buses. I use the courier service to send my luggage from airport/hotel to another hotel, all arrived safely without any hiccups.

We flew by JAL, in Nagoya and out Narita. However, for the internal flight from Narita to Nagoya, the plane cannot land in Nagoya due to strong wind and we actually landed in Osaka airport instead. We were given free bus and train tickets to transfer from Osaka to Nagoya. Few hours wasted…..

Hotels that we stayed
1) Nagoya - Hotel Trusty Nagoya, very old hotel, not recommended
2) Murakami - Ryokan Hidagyu no Yado, very good recommendation from Dnls_mum, nice private onsen and good food
3) Takayama - Hidatei Hanaougi, nicest hotel that we stayed and food vice only “so so”
4) Gokayama – Akaokan, surprisingly good food provided although in a remote location
5) Kanazawa - Toyoko Inn Kanazawa, very convenient and near to Kanazawa station
6) Shibu Onsen - Shibu-onsen Kokuya, also recommended by Dnls_mum, good onsen, we had a “snowing onsen” in our own room
7) Nozawa - Nozawa Onsen Tokiwaya Ryokan, good food
Ginza - Hotel Sunroute Ginza, convenient location and near train station
9) Kawaguchiko - Shuhoukaku Kogetsu, also recommended by Dnls_mum, good view and very yummy food, we can see a clear Mt Fuji view from our window in the morning
10) Urayasu - Hotel Emion Tokyo Bay, provide free shuttle bus to both Disneyland & Disney Sea

Some of the places that we enjoyed
1) Shin-Hotaka Ropeway – very scenic
2) Bears Park – Kids enjoyed feeding the bears
3) Shirakawa vs Gokayama – we prefer Gokayam
a as we feel Shirakawa too commercialised
4) Nozawa Onsen - initially we plan to ski here but ski resort not open due to not enough snow, we had the most relax day in Nozawa, having foot bath and yummy food
5) Snow Monkey Park – monkeys in hot onsen
6) Oshino Hakkai – good spot to view Mt Fuji
7) Kawaguchiko Music Forest – kids and adults enjoyed touring the place
Disneyland & Disney Sea – my kids (age 6 and 9) prefer Disney Sea more than Disneyland

We enjoyed very much of the Japanese food, all very yummy, including those bento that we bought from supermarket/train station. I love the onsen, had it twice in a day, after dinner and before breakfast. Japanese are nice and helpful, place is clean. Definitely we will go back again to Japan. :rahrah: :rahrah: