Japan Thread 3

[shygirlme]

^magrarides ba kayo or more on picture taking lang sis? Kasi kami non from morning to night talaga nasa disneyland na eh

[blackgreen]

^more on picture taking sis. Kung makaka abot sa rides ttry din namin. Pero based on experience namin sa hk disneyland nagpicture picture and pasyal lang kami eh, konti lang talaga yun sinakyan namin.

[blackgreen]

^hi sis. Punta kami tokyo next week. Budget na sinet namin for tokyo 5 days 70k excluding airfare. 2 lang kami ni hubby shibuya, tsukiji, disneyland, mt.fuji tour, asakusa, disneysea, shinjuku, odaiba.

[kireinachean]

sis blackgreen will wait for your update Balak din namin if ever e 9 days / 8 nights, Tokyo, Osaka and if kaya ang Kyoto.. mga Januuary naman kame at with 3 year old.

[MedChic]

Hi. Possible kaya na mag order online ng JR pass? Directly from their website and have it delivered by Fedex here in the Philippines? Including shipping kasi nasa 11k lang for 7 days pass eh. Almost 13k na kasi dito sa Pinas. Dalawa kami ni husband, nanghinayang ako sa masesave na almost 4k. May idea ba kayo mga sis? Or baka mningil pa ng tax ang Pilipinas if they know that JR pass anglaman nun tapos mas hassle pa? mas recommended na dito na lang bumili ng pass? Thanks.

Btw, im doing my DIY ultimate itinerary for 9 days. MNL-NRT-KIX-MNL 😀

Super research mode. 😶

[blackgreen]

^buti ka pa sis masusulit mo yun JR pass kami based on computation parang di namin masusulit.

Tama ba na yun JR pass para lang dun sa trains na may JR sign sa google maps and sa hyperdia?

[shygirlme]

^sis advice lang, para makatipid (some gts told me this) wag ka na mag jr. Kasi di ka na naman babalik ng tokyo eh. Hindi mo masusulit jr pass mostly trains na sasakyan mo pag nag tour ka hindi laging jr pass. Masusulit mo lang yun jr if mag shinkansen ka balikan. Pero kung hindi naman nasa 5k pesos lang naman shinkansen each from tokyo to osaka.

[blackgreen]

^sure sis. Tokyo kyoto osaka naman kami. 9 days and 8 nights din. 2 days tour sa kyoto 2 days din sa osaka pero osaka kami maghohotel.

May nakapag try na ba ng cat cafe sa japan?

[blackgreen]

Sis aranses, nakabook na rin kami Disneytickets online. Pumasok nung HSBC visa na ginamit namin. Mas mahal lang kasi meron 3.5% forex charge HSBC pero okay na rin para pwedeng dina kami pumunta sa Disney store sa Shibuya.

[shygirlme]

^buti pumasok sayo nagtry ako before metrobank and bdo ayaw pumasok.

[blackgreen]

Sabi ni sis aranses kapag mastercard daw dapat japanese cards, ang ginamit daw niya visa. Tinry ko gamitin yun hsbc visa ayun pumasok ang bilis lang. Kaya pala nung isang araw hsbc, bpi tsaka rcbc mastercard ayaw. Akala ko ayaw talaga pag local cards.

Naeexcite na ako, final na iti namin. Mababago na lang to pag di kinaya ng oras.

Malamig ba sa Narita airport? Kelangan naka coat na rin pagbaba ng plane? Iniisip ko kung nasa check in or dapat handcarry na namin yun coat.

[shygirlme]

^hindi malamig sa airport at plane (for me ha?) Mas malamig pag lumabas ka na hehe.

[blackgreen]

^in that case cardigan na lang muna ako para di mabigat hawak namin. Nakakatakot din kasi yun laglag bala scam sa airport natin baka sa sobrang dami ng bitbit dikk na mapansin.

[shygirlme]

^nung nagpunta kami last feb naka jacket lang ako kahit hanggang pagdating ng hotel. 11 degrees yun. Next day na ko nag doble sa pants at nag bubble jacket.

[aranses]

Sis aranses, nakabook na rin kami Disneytickets online. Pumasok nung HSBC visa na ginamit namin. Mas mahal lang kasi meron 3.5% forex charge HSBC pero okay na rin para pwedeng dina kami pumunta sa Disney store sa Shibuya.

nice. buti na lang nasa forum ng tripadvisor na pede gumamit ng visa card. ang hirap kasi i-sidetrip disney store para lang makabili ticket. next month pa travel namin tokyo-kyoto-osaka ang iikutin namin in 7days. marathon gagawin namin ng friend ko.

[blackgreen]

^marathon nga kayo niyan sis. 7 days. Di bale masarap naman na nakakapagod

^^sige, ganyan na lang din ako. Hindi naman ako masyadong lamigin eh.

[tinmuning]

Finally booked tickets for our Tokyo trip. We decided to move the trip from March to May instead since plane fares are too much for March. Hindi na nga lang cherry blossoms season but I don't think taking a chance to  catch the cherry blossoms is worth the extra P30,000.

Anyway, we're scheduled to go there May 23 - 27, 2016. Katatapos lang ata ng last holiday ng Golden Week so hopefully back to the usual grind ang mga tao doon.

Some questions though:

1. If our trip is on May, when can we start applying for our visas?
2. Will be staying in Tokyo the entire trip. I am confused as to what train pass to get: JR? Suica? Pasmo?
3. What is the usual weather there in May?

TIA.

[MedChic]

^Hi sis.. Golden week is until May 05. Buti na lang at May 05 ang dating pa namin. hehe.

Usualy weather, 30% rain entire May.. 11-27C naman. Since May din ang travel time namin, probably March pwede na siguro kumuha. Usually 1 day processing lang sa mga accredited agency. Dont use JR if Tokyo lang kayo. 😀

Naandjust ko na yung 10 days iti ko.. Tokyo-Nagoya-Kyoto-Hiroshima-Osaka 😜😜

[beachpatrol]

Some questions though:

1. If our trip is on May, when can we start applying for our visas?
2. Will be staying in Tokyo the entire trip. I am confused as to what train pass to get: JR? Suica? Pasmo?
3. What is the usual weather there in May?

TIA.

Hi sis, 2 months before is OK. Nag take advantage kami sa mababang yen kaya maaga kami nag apply.

Try the Tokunai Pass, 750 yen per day unlimited rides to JR trains. Try checking the fare at Hyperdia to compute how much your train trips will cost Yung samin ginawa ko yung route based sa Tokunai Pass para tipid.

[stormy]

Ito na aasikasuhin ko after nitong paris namin. Yung oras kasi ng dating at last trip ng shinkansen sa route namin ang concern ko, baka kasi madelay ang flight e ang hotel namin paano.