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phoenixstorm · Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Location: Seoul, South Korea

Hi, I'm thinking of going to Japan for three days. I was hoping there was someone on here who could give me some tips.

1) If you had three days in Tokyo what would you see? Where would you stay?

2) If you only had three days in Japan which city would be the most immersive culturally and for sight seeing?

3) What kind of place is Fukokoa?

Curiousity · Joined: 23 Jun 2008

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ciccone_youth · Joined: 03 Mar 2008 Location: Japan

I LOVED Tokyo!! I stayed at the Oak Hotel (40$ per person/night) at Ueno station, and also at a Ryokan type of place (same price, but a little out of the way:
http://www.andon.co.jp/

I mostly just walked around Shibuya, Harajuku, Shinjuku...

Kyoto is the more traditional place, it is worth a visit. It was lovely. I stayed at a youth hostel for 25$ per night, in a mixed dorm. It was comfortable, although I almost killed some snoring guy.

I also loved Fukuoka! I agree with the previous poster, the food is amazing, and it's just a lovely place in general. Worth spending a day or two there, eat a meal by the canal, and just walk around, drink on the bridge, etc.

phoenixstorm · Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Location: Seoul, South Korea

Thanks for the replies! Okay I've decided on Tokyo. I'm really into people watching, museums, architecture, public art, and I love the anime scene.

I really want to see ghibili stuidos if that is possible.

any recommendations on places to stay in a great location but around 50$ a night?

doc_ido · Joined: 03 Sep 2007

With only three days, you might want to consider missing Studio Ghibli. It'll take around half a day to get out to Miitaka and back, you have to buy your ticket in advance (difficult if you don't speak Japanese) and the museum itself is very kid-oriented and may be anticlimatic (when I went, a lot of the space was given over to Aardman Animation, of Wallace and Gromit fame - though this could have been temporary).