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Phone posted:but it was worth the $25 you saved on the plane ticket I’ve flown round trip eat coast US from Japan for I think 600 USD? On China Air. At that point it’s worth it, but yeah if it’s within 200 or so I’ll take any other airline.
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History Comes Inside! posted:Out of curiosity what's wrong with Chinese airlines/connecting in China? If you don’t think it’s a problem then it’s not a problem!
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Actually just skim the last 40 pages and there’s more than enough information HELLO IM GOING TO JAPAN WHERE DO I GO
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Has anyone been to the railroad museum in Saitama who would know how equipped the staff are to explain everything in English, if at all? I know some of the exhibits like "work at a JR ticket counter" are a lost cause, but I'm hoping to try one of the cab simulators and my Japanese isn't at "operate heavy machinery" levels yet. I'll go either way because it seems fun, just wondering if anyone has any firsthand experience.
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It’s mostly in Japanese but my nephew still loved it
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History Comes Inside! posted:Out of curiosity what's wrong with Chinese airlines/connecting in China? oh my sweet summer child
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Alright, I've gone ahead and jumped down the rabbit hole of planning a trip for October, 2019. I've used this site: https://www.twowanderingsoles.com/b...-to-Visit-Japan among many others with little tips and so on. I know I want to fly into Haneda, on Japan Airlines (cheapest, and All Nippon Airlines seems WAY more expensive), though if you have suggestions for other good airlines, I'm open. All that said, when is the best time to actually BUY the tickets? Obviously we're more than a year out, so we can't do it just yet. But the wife and I are meticulous planners and like to have stuff mapped out as early as possible, though I know this isn't always possible. How early have you all booked your flights, and when did you get the best deals?
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Nanigans posted:Alright, I've gone ahead and jumped down the rabbit hole of planning a trip for October, 2019. Plane ticket pricing is basically an some sort of arcane art at this point but I've read like 3-5 months ahead of the trip is cheapest. That said, I got round trip tickets for under 500 USD from China to the US on a very good, non-mainland Chinese airline for a trip about a month and a half away and can't conceive them getting cheaper so really it's a big ???? on this.
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Fair warning - October 2019 is the Rugby World Cup, which won’t be as big for overseas travel as a FIFA soccer World Cup would be, but is something that hotels and travel organizers are already planning on. Plan accordingly.
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Me and a couple of friends are also going in October 2019 and we've found a lot of places are already booked up (or close to it) on booking.com - I'd suggest reserving hotels soon if you can - at least most places on booking.com allow for free cancellation up until a few months before the actual stay. I guess this would be the right thread for it, but has anyone got experience buying tickets online for NJPW King of Pro Wrestling in October? Apparently the top-tier and bottom-tier seating gives you actual chairs and the rest is all sumo-style seating where I'd need to be cross legged or kneeling down for like 5 hours, which I'm super not into. Tickets tend to go on sale mid-August but I know from my last trip that it can be awkward with some places to book tickets for shows when you aren't living in Japan and have to put down a foreign address, even if you're picking up in store, but I wanna get in ASAP (in 2019) to get good seats if I can. Also, my friends are trying to get Rugby World Cup tickets, but after a few phases of ticket ballots they were only able to get tickets to one of the four games they applied for, and it was probably their least desired one. Are ticket resellers for big sports events like these much of a thing in Japan or have they generally got scalpers locked down?
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Question Mark Mound posted:Me and a couple of friends are also going in October 2019 and we've found a lot of places are already booked up (or close to it) on booking.com - I'd suggest reserving hotels soon if you can - at least most places on booking.com allow for free cancellation up until a few months before the actual stay. New Japan: King of Pro Wrestling is at Ryogoku which also has chairs/benches up in the cheap seats, which are fine, because it’s smaller than an NBA/ice hockey arena and maybe 9,000 capacity tops. Getting tickets is easiest through convenience stores, I can PM you details or you can check the OP of the main NJPW thread since I did a write-up. Rugby: I know the official sales will keep going with individual game sales between now and then. Keep going through the official channels, they’ll open more tickets and more single-game tickets up soon. That’ll be easiest from overseas.
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Scalpers are horrible for baseball but if rugby is only available online, not convenience stores, then you have a good chance.
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harperdc posted:New Japan: King of Pro Wrestling is at Ryogoku which also has chairs/benches up in the cheap seats, which are fine, because it’s smaller than an NBA/ice hockey arena and maybe 9,000 capacity tops. Getting tickets is easiest through convenience stores, I can PM you details or you can check the OP of the main NJPW thread since I did a write-up. When I went to see a DDT show last time I used one of those concert ticket purchasing services (the exact one you link to in your post, actually!) and collected the tickets from a convenience store, but if I can cut out that middle man and book them online myself (and guarantee I'm there as soon as ticketing opens rather than just whenever they get around to it) then that would be ideal. Maybe I'll use this year as a dry run to at least look at the online ordering system but not actually purchase anything. I might buy some on-the-day convenience store tickets for DDT/Stardom/Tokyo Joshi stuff if I happen to have a bit of free time on a match day, though! My friends are going to keep trying through the official channels for rugby but are getting worried and starting to think about Plans B through to Z. Fingers crossed, I guess! Incidentally, I'll be by myself while they're at the rugby matches - anyone got favourite things to do solo while in Tokyo and Kobe? For Tokyo at least, I'll probably get a bit of photography, clothes shopping and game centres in. peanut posted:Scalpers are horrible for baseball but if rugby is only available online, not convenience stores, then you have a good chance.
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The convenience store pickup option is also because a lot of Japanese people want to pay in cash and/or don’t want things delivered to their homes, because it’s usually easier to get them printed at 7-11 than wait for a delivery man to arrive/get a missed delivery slip and wait for the next day. It’s not unique to that site, it’s just part of the norms. For Tokyo the stadium being used for the RWC is out in the western suburbs, so depending on where you stay, it’ll be easy to hang out in Shinjuku on that day/night until your traveling group gets back from the match. I’m not familiar enough with Kobe to give advice, but similar “wait near hotel/major train station” would be an idea.
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Ah, weird. I might be better off using that booking site again just to be safe then. I would've assumed that you could book online and pick up in a convenience store rather than get it delivered. For the first Tokyo match they plan on seeing, it'll actually be between locations. It's out in Shizuoka and since that's like a third of the way to Osaka anyway, we thought that would be a good day to switch out cities, so they'll be heading off to the match (dropping luggage off to Ta-Q-Bin) and I'll stay in Tokyo for a few hours - then we'll get our respective trains to Osaka and meet up there. Maybe I'll break from the usual "research everything myself!" plan and book a walking tour on Voyagin or something to see if there's any neat stuff I missed.
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So I'm planning a trip to Japan for May 2019 and already have my tickets. I'd like to get a little review of my tentative plans for days in which cities. Wether you think I need more/less days in certain cities or even adding a city to my current ones. Thanks for any help! 16- Arrive to airport at 7pm, Tokyo 17- Tokyo 18- Tokyo 19- Leave for Kyoto in morning, Kyoto 20- Kyoto 21- Kyoto 22- Leave for Osaka in morning, Osaka 23- Osaka 24- Leave for Tokyo in morning, Tokyo 25- Tokyo 26- Tokyo 27- Fly out Edited to say we're most likely doing bullet trains for all transport and have no problem buying a JR Rail Pass. Cbear fucked around with this message at 14:16 on Jul 30, 2018 |
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Cbear posted:So I'm planning a trip to Japan for May 2019 and already have my tickets. Do you mind giving some airline info? I'm actually aiming for May '19 for my partner and my trip, but we haven't bought tickets and have only begun looking.
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May '19 seems popular. I'll be there 8-28.
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Johnny Truant posted:Do you mind giving some airline info? I'm actually aiming for May '19 for my partner and my trip, but we haven't bought tickets and have only begun looking. We're coming from DC/Baltimore area. We got tickets through Alaska / Singapore airlines with one stop in LA. Ended up being $708 round trip through Priceline. I couldn't see them going that much lower so we pulled the trigger.
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Cbear posted:Ended up being $708 round trip Holy fuuuuuuuuuck I gotta get on this! Thanks for the info.
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Cbear posted:So I'm planning a trip to Japan for May 2019 and already have my tickets. I'd like to get a little review of my tentative plans for days in which cities. Wether you think I need more/less days in certain cities or even adding a city to my current ones. Thanks for any help! This is a very sane and good timeline for a 10 day trip to Japan.
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Cbear posted:16- Arrive to airport at 7pm, Tokyo Remember to plan for 1-2 hours in the airport getting through customs and other entry procedures. Also if arriving in Narita, it's an hour from Tokyo proper even by express train. If you arrive in the evening, don't expect to do much more than check in at hotel and crash afterwards.
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I'd put in for taking an extra Kyoto day or stay in Nara overnight, take one from the Tokyo return. Was just there and it is worth it, staying is also nice so you don't have to rush back to Kyoto or Osaka.
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Cbear posted:So I'm planning a trip to Japan for May 2019 and already have my tickets. I'd like to get a little review of my tentative plans for days in which cities. Wether you think I need more/less days in certain cities or even adding a city to my current ones. Thanks for any help! I would say spend an extra day in Kyoto since Osaka is only a 20 minute subway away. Just leave your bags in Osaka station and take an evening train to tokyo. Stay near Tokyo station and if you don’t mind paying extra the oakwood premier suites is a good choice. Or mitsui garden hotel. Actually jam all the Tokyo days in the front or back that way you won’t have to switch so many hotels and have time for jet lag
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Question Mark Mound posted:Me and a couple of friends are also going in October 2019 and we've found a lot of places are already booked up (or close to it) on booking.com - I'd suggest reserving hotels soon if you can - at least most places on booking.com allow for free cancellation up until a few months before the actual stay. For this timeline, "haven't opened bookings yet" seems as likely as "all booked up" (as they display the same on sites.) Japanese hotels IME tend to open bookings much less far in advance than American -- some exceptions for foreigner-targeted hotels but generally I found best availability 3 months ahead of the month of booking.
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Saeku posted:For this timeline, "haven't opened bookings yet" seems as likely as "all booked up" (as they display the same on sites.) Japanese hotels IME tend to open bookings much less far in advance than American -- some exceptions for foreigner-targeted hotels but generally I found best availability 3 months ahead of the month of booking.
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Question Mark Mound posted:The place we were looking at for Iya Valley area is definitely this case. There are like only 4-5 places in Iya Valley to stay and the one we stayed at was meh food/service-wise, and the other place which we stopped by seemed that way too. Prices are expensive due to food transport there. Decent place to visit as it's pretty. PS: I'm kinda a stickler for ryokan quality so ymmv.
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Idk man the ryokan thing seems cool but it seems pretty $$$ to do correctly. Business hotels are cheap and then you can spend your money elsewhere I guess? Disclaimer: I'm waiting to board my first flight to Tokyo
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Iya doesn't have many business hotels XD Check out Happy Raft if you have enough days. There's a few rafting companies around Tokushima/Kochi but Happy Raft is guaranteed bilingual.
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:Idk man the ryokan thing seems cool but it seems pretty $$$ to do correctly. Business hotels are cheap and then you can spend your money elsewhere I guess? A "proper" Kyoto style ryokan can be very expensive, if you want a huge room and an in house onsen. I personally don't think it's worth the cost of doing it more than once. But Japan is full of minshuku's, which still usually have Japanese style rooms, only simpler and usually with a shared bathroom. The food can also still be really good in a minshuku, I stayed in a minshuku a little ways west of Shimoda, for example, which was just a room in the house of a local fisherwoman who would go out and dive for seafood every day to serve to the guests. The dinner was huge, with really great seashell soup and whatnot, but we still didn't pay more than 3000 yen a night. Places like that are hard to find without knowing Japanese though. In the cities business hotels are often your only cheap option, although there might be reasonably priced airbnb's and some inner city minshuku's or minimalist ryokans exist, like this one in Tokyo: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g1066442-d320548-Reviews-Homeikan-Bunkyo_Tokyo_Tokyo_Prefecture_Kanto.html Shibawanko fucked around with this message at 02:01 on Jul 31, 2018 |
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Thanks for all the replies on the itinerary my friends. You guys rock. I already booked my accommodations for the Osaka and Kyoto legs today. My next question is do you guys recommend staying in two different parts of Tokyo for the two split legs? I think we will stay in Shibuya and Shinjuku for one of the legs. Just wondering what other areas are recommended for the other one. Appreciate all the help so far.
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Cbear posted:Thanks for all the replies on the itinerary my friends. You guys rock. I already booked my accommodations for the Osaka and Kyoto legs today. If you want to go to Disneyland: stay around Tokyo station/hatchobori. I'm flying to Osaka for a little 3 day trip today, probably going to go to Shirahama beach, Kyoto and eat horumon.
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The Great Autismo! posted:as someone who is currently in Japan, I feel pretty confident in going on the record and telling people "enjoy Japan, it is cool and good"
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I dunno, Minshukus are great and Ryokans are great. They're different but it's all great - I like staying at lots of both because it's all good.
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