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Go to a restaurant and taste test everything delicious
Go to Akihabara and into a maid cafe 🥰
Depends, see if you can plan an itinery if it's before check-in. I went to watch a movie since there was not much I planned to do
First thing u shld do is leave
First thing you should do is get off the plane.. 🤔
Sounds so complicated.
I was in th Hostel "Asakusa smile"… good if you want the bed only for sleep
NGL Garnt's denim jacket looking pretty great, where's that sold?
If I was to go to Japan, it would be to eat good and take in some scenery. That's pretty much it. So the 1st thing I'd do would be eat I guess. Then look around and then eat again.
I would love to visit Japan. Seems like a cool place.
Trash taste should offer a walking tour!!! That would be awesome
When they said "Narita airport" i understood "Naruto airport" and thought "Man, they even have a Naruto themed airport, what a bunch of Chads". Turns out i just misheard 🙁
I really like my trip to Osaka.
I think it is relatively tourist friendly.
That said, I think it is smaller and there is "less" to do.
But you do have relatively close access to the Kansai area with Nara, Kyoto and maybe to some extent Kobe and Hiroshima.
I definitely want to go back again.
I stayed at both hotels and Airbnb when I visited hakata.
I like I do have a small kitchen and more importantly a washing machine in the Airbnb.
That said, I really don't know what to do with my trash during my stay.
They also don't have a dryer. This is common in Asia.
The apa hotel I stayed at in Osaka on a different trip also have a coin laundry, but you can imagine it is not as pleasant as having your own machine.
That said, the coin laundry does have a dryer.
I don't have much memory of the hotel I stayed at in hakata, but I don't remember any unpleasantness.
Also the trash is definitely taken cared of since there is house cleaning.
I actually stayed at 2 Airbnb on the hakata trip and the quality actually varies even though I basically booked the same place. (Use point for the hotel and paid for the Airbnb stay separately.)
The first thing I would probably do would be sleeping. Only travelled around in Europe and never left it, so I can only imagine how jetlagged I would be when I’d arrive 9000 km elsewhere
I always fly to Haneda due to advice from a friend during my first visit back in 2018. I have no idea what there even is in Narita Airport lol
I only stay in APA when I’m in Chiba for specific reasons. Haven’t done AirBnb, but I’d only plan to if I’m in a group. There was one hotel in Shinjuku I enjoyed that had an open air bath that I enjoyed.
Google Maps saved my bacon since it helped me know which train to take for a location
Something nice to know for iOS users is that you can put your Suica card on your Phone and load it up from there as well. Android has the option, but theres so many loops that I (as an iOS user) doesn’t know how to set up
I can’t wait to travel back to Japan to visit other prefectures (and then end in Akiba to do all of my weeb shopping)
Narita to Tokyo rlly isn’t that bad.
I'm a Connor
If you're on a strict budget and don't mind bunk accommodations, the Hostels in Tokyo are also really cheap and tend to have full access to a public kitchen. Even without the budget consideration, I found them a lot more interesting than other options just due to the people you tend to meet when you stay at one. Mingling with other people on the same trip as you is a great experience.
I honestly thought Haneda is the 2nd rate airport in Tokyo, because a lot of the cheap airlines land there.
Hostels are way cheaper and way more fun to meet people who are in the exact same situation as you, just there to have fun.
I want to plan a trip to japan for my graduation as engineer. And with thw hotel talk you guys had there im glad i have discount on intercontinental and hiltons lol
Most countries don't have flights into Haneda unfortunately. It's primarily a domestic airport first is my understanding.
I completely agree with the price of data. I’m a Japanese kid and when I went to Singapore, I was shocked by the fact that 30GB SIM cards only cost about $30. Meanwhile, I was in Japan with a “cheap” student plan which had 7GB for over 6000 yen (about 50-ish USD). To be fair, it was an ancient plan, and prices have gone down since then, but staggered by how extortionate the price of data here is.
i do plan on living there in about 3 ish years so this helpful
FYI, right now a round-trip ticket Narita Express ticket is 4000 yen, which is about $30, not $200.
Unless you're claustrophobic or dont like being around other people, I recommend staying in capsule hotels. It may be a bit jarring at first only having a bed but when I first went to Tokyo on vacation I was literally out doing stuff from 8am to 10pm, I had no reason to hang around at the hotel (and if I did they usually have nice common areas with all the appliances and amenities you could want).
im looking to go for a month and obviously want to visit the other parts of japan aside from tokyo but i dont even know how or where to even begin when it comes to organising something like that
I’m excited to go visit Japan hopefully
Just hope that Felix comes for an episode with you guys after they let people in the country
10:45 I'm sorry, anemities?
me who’s going to japan as a school exchange so I get basically everything for free 🧍 nice
APA hotels are a no go in my opinion I recognised the right wing flyers in my hotel room in niigata. They are way better options.
Actually I often booked my hotel when I was on the shinkansem looking for a room 😁.
I highly recommend small cities with smaller ryokans so there's more interaction with the owner love it.
My experience with Japanese elderly people are a mixed bag. Some are like chill and the sweetest people on earth, always asking curious questions and stuff, and then we have the casual xenophobic ones who hate my guts for no reason.
Just get a JR Pass and you don’t have to worry about transportation much
If you are visiting Japan for the first time, visit to the food floor of any department store. It's B1, so one floor down from the entrance. It will blow your mind!
I was able to get a student visa and move a month ago, and now I’m traveling to Tokyo for golden week, it’s pretty cool so far!
The Toyoko Inn chain was perfectly acceptable for basic accommodations, I went often enough to get a membership card. Also one thing to keep in mind is that many japanese hotels charge by the guest, so you may end up paying more if traveling with others.
I remember in Nara I was on the phone and an old lady was saying something (no subs available) then I crossed the street to a museum and she followed me and kept saying something, even the guard at the museum was so confused that he approached us and the lady just ran away
Garnt is right, Air BnB all the way for me. the one i used on my first trip was amazing and i have 2 more lined up for this next trip that look great. Just gotta pay attention to the reviews and see if they're certified hosts
I am an American solo act from Dallas Texas and I want to come over and busk (street musician). I have gotten a lot of information from the various J Tubers in your network but have not seen anything on the mechanics of busking in Japan. Busking etiquette and if you need a license are my 2 most important questions. I figure another year would be enough time for things to sort out in Japan. I can plan and save money in the meantime. Thanks for your informational content I hope to maybe run into you folks when I am there!
im so greatful i just got employed with hilton and discovered the employee rates are literally a fraction of the normal rates
Flying into Haneda is significantly more expensive for me. I tested a 2-week July flight from Wed-Wed (cheapest time to fly) and the nonstop ANA flight to NRT is $1260, but the cheapest to HND is over $1800. Also the NEX isn't nearly that expensive. It sounded off and sure enough, on the NEX site you can get a round-trip ticket for 4000yen which is ~$35US. Also if you're using a JR rail pass, it's included on the pass so its "free" then.
while connor and garnt bring up good points I'm going to have to agree with Garnt on this one air b&bs is the way to go