tokyo

[hulawho]

Planning to go to Japan (Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto). Tour or DIY?

[greyzie]

^DIY!

[belle_in_pink]

^ I would go with DIY too.  Japan is too fun a place to be limited sa isang package tour.

[vhanya]

DIY ako on march. =) osaka, kyoto and nara

[hulawho]

^Thanks!! Matinding research ang kailangan dito!

Any suggestions for hotels in Tokyo and Osaka? Mahal ata accommodations sa Japan.

[vhanya]

on osaka madami naman hotels. depends on your budget but i recommend cross hotel osaka

[zhanne8]

how much for cross hotel in osaka sis?

[vhanya]

hmmm mga 7k/night?

[ilovekylie]

Thanks to all who gave feedback to my queries. Thanks din kay sis Greyzie for the info she emailed me. Laking tulong, I don't have to surf so much. There's so much on the net, nakakalula ang info.

We were able to finally get our visa last week. We will be leaving by the end of October, so medyo natataranta ako making our itinerary. If maloka ako, I'll probably buy a guidebook nalang. LOL. 

Btw, we got our visa through Friendship Tours located in Dusit Thani hotel in Makati (andoon din ang Universal Tours). We first went to Reli Tours (in Southmall) & the girl there was helpful naman & friendly. Their fee is 2,000. But at the advise of our friend, they told us to go to Friendship instead. Singil nila for our tourist visa was only 1,200/person. Contact namin doon is Nelle & the old Japanese guy (forgot his name).

They also gave us advice on what kind of tourist visa was easier to apply for. Sabi nila na it's more difficult to apply for a visa na magvi-visit ng friend/relative compared to the ordinary tourist visa. Kasi nga mas madaming docs to submit & mas kinikilatis nila talaga yung docs. With the tourist visa, all you have to show is proof that you can afford the trip to Japan. Sa Reli, hindi nila sinabi samin yon. We submitted our docs on a Monday, that Thursday, nakuha na namin yung visa namin.

 sila din ba gumawa ng itenerary nyo? kasi sa RELI hindi daw sila nagpiprepre ng itenerary. dapat complete na pag pinasa sa kanila? thanks.

[kalilagirl]

i'm in japan right now, if you love to shop, you should go to the gotemba premium outlet. sa gap store, i was able to buy tops for only 300yen! saya! in osaka, there's an outlet near there too.

[greyzie]

^ay talaga? will be going tonight in tokyo until monday to meet my sister. tomorrow hakone kami.. would love to stop by gotemba... sana kayanin pa ng powers....

[kalilagirl]

yup, sana may time kayo. i wanna go back nga eh. hehe. bahala na so batman.

[dada08]

hi.  could anyone here share some itinerary / what-to-do,where-to-go in Tokyo. hubby and I are planning to have a tokyo tour  for 6 days lang.

I have to finish kasi our IT so that we could apply for a tourist visa this tuesday.

thanks in advance 

[vhanya]

go to tour agency websites and personalize their tokyo IT =)

[dada08]

for train schedules & fares:

http://www.hyperdia.com/en/

ask ko lang sa mga nakapag tokyo tour na.

I tried using kasi hyperdia, from narita to Ikebukuro arrival in tokyo would be 8:10 pm upon checking the site pinaka late trip na from Narita is 19:23. 

what will be the other option para makarating sa Ikebukuro? sa research parameters ko naka ticked na lahat ng mode of transpo..

TIA 

[dada08]

go to tour agency websites and personalize their tokyo IT =)

thanks 

[ilovekylie]

i've been to japan before but i never had the chance to go  to  the must see places like kyoto and narra.. pero nakapunta na ko sa tokyo disneyland kaso di ko naikot lahat sa sobrang laki, kaya  you need 2 days para maikot mo sya lahat.. grabe super nice sya [textspeak!] specially small world wlang sinabi [textspeak!] sa hongkong disneyland.

[kalilagirl]

hi dada08, you can look into taking the airport limousine bus. mas cheaper sha sa airport train.

[dada08]

hi dada08, you can look into taking the airport limousine bus. mas cheaper sha sa airport train.

thanks sis. we're planning to get sana yung JR pass. hay kakaloka gumawa ng schedule of stay..

[hulawho]

How many days in Tokyo if I want to visit these places?


Tokyo Disney Resort (Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea)
Asakusa Kannon (also known as Sensōji)
Imperial Palace
Meiji Jingū
Yoyogi Park
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Center (in Shinjuku)
Edo-Tokyo Museum (in Sumida)
Tsukiji Fish Market
Odaiba (Fuji TV Building, Palette Town)
Shinjuku
Akihabara (Electric Town)
Shibuya