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Gwangjuboy
Joined: 08 Jul 2003
Location: England
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 Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 3:59 am Post subject: A trip to Japan |
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| I am of to Japan in 3 weeks for a week long trip. I have been a couple of times before but that was only for the visa run. I am just wondering about a couple of things. First off, how much should I be expecting to pay per night in a run of the mill motel? Secondly, how do I get the best out of Japan in one week? I would be most grateful if you could help me out with these questions. |
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Blind Willie
Joined: 05 May 2004
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| Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 4:06 am Post subject: Re: A trip to Japan |
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| Gwangjuboy wrote: |
| First off, how much should I be expecting to pay per night in a run of the mill motel? |
In my experience, love motels can be between about 3000 - 8000 yen a pop. A business motel cost me 10,000yen a night.
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| Secondly, how do I get the best out of Japan in one week? |
Have a Japanese friend show you around.
If not, just do what you'd do in Seoul. |
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paul
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Taiwan
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| Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 4:31 pm Post subject: |
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You should know from your visa runs that the best way to get the "Best" out of Japan is simple: research!
Don't mind me, but when I went on a four-day visa run to Japan (Osaka) I didn't do much research and it kind of screwed up my visit. I couldn't find any western friendly bars and everything was so expensive. I did stay at a hostel and that was kind of cool, but really wish I would have got a Lonely Planet.
By the way, Japan is cool! Way more liberal than Korea. Gotta love those Japanese girls. So damn cute!  |
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peppergirl
Joined: 07 Dec 2003
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| Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 6:23 pm Post subject: Re: A trip to Japan |
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| Gwangjuboy wrote: |
| I am of to Japan in 3 weeks for a week long trip. I have been a couple of times before but that was only for the visa run. I am just wondering about a couple of things. First off, how much should I be expecting to pay per night in a run of the mill motel? Secondly, how do I get the best out of Japan in one week? I would be most grateful if you could help me out with these questions. |
Hotels: business hotels for 5000-8000 yen a night, one popular chain is Toyoko Inn. There English website is decent and you can reserve online. Hostels are cheaper, but still 2000-3000 yen per night.
If you want to visit several cities, I recommend buying a JR Railpass, which allows you to travel on practically all trains and some buses for 1 week (also the bullet trains, except the Nozomi line if I remember correctly). It's not cheap, but trains are expensive in Japan. You can ONLY buy it outside of Japan, not sure where you can get it in Korea but I guess any travel agency should be able to help you or at least point you in the right direction.
For all Japan travel info I recommend the JNTO website.
Have fun! |
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Gwangjuboy
Joined: 08 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2004 3:32 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks for the advice folks. |
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the saint
Joined: 09 Dec 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2004 12:50 pm Post subject: |
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| paul wrote: |
| Way more liberal than Korea. |
ahem... how long were you there? |
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adventureman
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2004 10:40 pm Post subject: |
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| the saint wrote: |
| paul wrote: |
| Way more liberal than Korea. |
ahem... how long were you there? |
What do you mean? |
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the saint
Joined: 09 Dec 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 3:10 am Post subject: |
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| adventureman wrote: |
| the saint wrote: |
| paul wrote: |
| Way more liberal than Korea. |
ahem... how long were you there? |
What do you mean? |
We had a joke in Japan about the ruling Liberal Democratic Party that it was neither liberal, democratic or a party.
Japan has to be one of the most uptight and conservative nations I've ever lived in. Liberal (by which I take it to mean you imply open-mindedness) really didn't figure highly on my list of adjectives that best describes Japanese.
At least that was my take after six years there and I was just interested in how qualified you were to comment and how your experience differed from mine. |
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