Kinwashi Tour Japan Thread
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utlying Areas of Tokyo Tokyo Overview - Central Tokyo - Western Tokyo - Northern Tokyo - Southern Tokyo - Outlying Areas 1 Mount Mitake 
Wooded mountain with shrine.
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Temple mountain near central Tokyo.
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Visited by: 273 users3 Ghibli Museum 
Museum of the Ghibli animation film studio.
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Japanese landscape garden.
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Visited by: 179 users5 Edo Open Air Museum 
Open air museum about old Tokyo architecture.
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Large park at the shores of Tokyo Bay.
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Short wooded valley with temple.
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Modern convention center just outside Tokyo.
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From Tokyo to Mt Fuji by your own.
see how peoples do it.
the below link.
Tokyo to Mt. Fuji (5th station) 2009/7/2 Fujigoko Hi, Most economical way to visit Mt. Fuji (5 th station) from Tokyo (Shinjuku station) on a day trip? Is there a JR bullet train that goes to the 5th station or close to it? or is a direct bus the best way?
Or am I better off purchasing an all inclusive day tour package to Mt. Fuji from a tour operator?
Any advice or comments would be appreciated.
Thank you in advance for your assistance.
by C (guest) ... 2009/7/2 Everyday in July and August and on weekends outside the official climbing season (except winter), there is a direct bus from Shinjuku Station in Tokyo to the 5th Station. The cost is 2600 yen one way:
http://www.japan-guide.com/bus/fuji_season.htmlby Uji rate this post as useful Tour 2009/7/5 We did this but with a tour and it was 2 full day and totally worth it because someone else handled the transportation.
We were picked up from our hotel in Tokyo, then went to Mt. Fuji 5th station, lunch on the tour, Owakadani valley with cable car ride, cruise on Lake Ashi then night in a Japanese onsen in hakone - then the next day we left at like 1100 and tour dropped us off in Kyoto but I'm sure there are tours to drop you off in tokyo.
The tour we went with was with JTB/ Sunrise toursby J. Johnson (guest) rate this post as useful Express bus to Fujiyama 2009/7/10 The easiest way to get to mount Fuji is to take the express bus from the Shenjuku station in Tokyo. The last returning bus leaves around 3 so if you're planning a day trip up and back factor that in. My wife and I didn't know that and ended up having to pay for a cab back to Tokyo. by Tuc (guest) rate this post as useful seat reservation for Chuo Highway bus 2009/7/17 How far prior to the departure do I have to reserve seat for Chuo Highway Bus from Shinjuku to Kawaguchiko? by WjMhZh (guest) rate this post as useful Shinjuku Station bus 2009/7/17 The site for booking Shinjuku Station bus is japanese only. I booked this week ( asking my japanese friend to do it for me), and lots of buses are already completely booked (especially Friday to Sunday) by Maneki Neko (guest) rate this post as useful ... 2009/7/17 If the bus is not booked out, you can make reservations just before boarding at the bus terminal. Some buses get booked out, others don't. Weekends and the Obon week in mid August are more busy than weekdays.
For today (Friday), for example, all buses still have some vacant seats available.
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Getting There
The easiest way to reach the Kawaguchiko 5th Station is by bus from Shinjuku Station. In July and August there are six buses daily that travel directly from Shinjuku Station to Kawaguchiko Trail's 5th Station, costing ¥2,600 ($22/£11) one-way and taking almost 2 1/2 hours. Otherwise, there are also buses that go to Kawaguchiko Station in 1 hour and 45 minutes and cost ¥1,700 ($14/£7.15) one-way; from Kawaguchiko Station there are buses onward to the 5th Station, with this trip taking approximately 45 minutes and costing another ¥1,700 ($14/£7.15). Buses, which depart a 2-minute walk from the west side of Shinjuku Station in front of the Yasuda Seimi no. 2 Building, require reservations, which you can make at the Keio Kosoku Bus Yoyaku Center (tel. 03/5376-2222) or a travel agency such as JTB. Less frequent Fujikyu Buses (tel. 0555/72-5111) depart from Tokyo Station's Yaesu south exit for Kawaguchiko Station for ¥1,700 ($14/£7.15), but the trip takes an hour longer.
talks is easy by all the informations, doing it by your own, whether you get there, is another question.... problems who you look too. communication?
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Transports and accommodations costs are expensive in Japan. Careful planning before departure will save you some money.
I took the Chuo Line train from Shinjuku Station to Otsuki, somewhere near the Fujikyu Highland and then changed to a bus to get to kawaguchiko station.Paid 10,000 yen for a night stay in an onsen hotel with dinner and breakfast. On return to Shinjuku only did I realise, there was indeed a direct bus between Shinjuku and Kawaguchiko that costs only 1,600 Yen one way.Earlier I paid 3 times more by train and bus trip.
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See.... Lah, media given us today 21st Dec on national paper .... the news on page A13.
already told over here by me on my previous post about Christmas days what the Japanese peoples alway do.
on paper.
title...All Japan wants for Christmas is KFC.
quote one paragraph...
A representative of a Christian mission school had ordered chicken at a Tokyo KFC, as they could not get hold any turkey... A bright employee suggested the situation could be make into ad campaighhehehe.
interesting right...so the Japanese peoples follow. haha.
all because of the turkey, that why? chicken a replacement.
What about the CNY in Singapore Chinatown those BBQ pork... what story than.
also long Q peoples die die must buy...hehehe no logic right.
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Originally posted by Donsan:
Transports and accommodations costs are expensive in Japan. Careful planning before departure will save you some money.
I took the Chuo Line train from Shinjuku Station to Otsuki, somewhere near the Fujikyu Highland and then changed to a bus to get to kawaguchiko station.Paid 10,000 yen for a night stay in an onsen hotel with dinner and breakfast. On return to Shinjuku only did I realise, there was indeed a direct bus between Shinjuku and Kawaguchiko that costs only 1,600 Yen one way.Earlier I paid 3 times more by train and bus trip.
Sound interesting another warrior explorer to foreign land.
Just like this few places you been...Nagano,Niigata,Toyama,Osaka,Kobe,Kyoto.
so Osaka street did you see like this kind of parade on the street at night those hifi various kinds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJRXcMHvI6g
you do it only one trip or a few trips, can share with us you knowledges. and how many days total you need for like this?
Sure you flight from Singapore must be to Kansai, than how the connections.
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normally when driving paxs back from Changi. if they are coming back from Japan,
for me sure.... like to share some experience about their trip to Japan.
asked ....some said Japan many places we covered...how many days actually you stayed to see so many place 7 days Honsu.
So you see Tokyo Osaka Kyoto. yaya
To see one Tokyo you need how many days as my previous posting, Just 7 days you see all this three main attraction main course Tokyo..Osaka...Kyoto.
Let me tell you like this kind of tours in travel line... this are call dog piss tour, why dog got related to tour.
Dog piss is to do marking, where they go along the route.
like this kind of tour only one stop, tour leader only allowed you a few minutes were given. Taking picture also no time, so you can't see much.
sorry just another nonsense talks sorry if you are offended, by my talking.
7 days Honshu Experience
Highlights TOKYO
OSAKA
KYOTO / TOYOHASHI
TOYOHASHI /
LAKE KAWAGUCHI•Drive pass Imperial Palace and Tokyo Tower•Asakusa Kannon Temple / Nakamise Shopping Street•The Daiso•Ueno•Tokyo Disney Resort•Universal Studios Japan / Hard Rock Cafe•Shinsaibashi•Kinkakuji•Kiyomizu Temple•Nishijin Textile Centre•Drive pass Gion Street•Shinkansen (Bullet Train)•Mt. Fuji (5th Station)•Gotemba Premium OutletsMeals • Japanese Shabu-Shabu Dinner • Japanese Set Lunch • Tempura Lunch • Chinese Dinner with Abalone & Lobster -
What is special? Summer in Japan.
Free, entertaining sounds live performance.
everyday till summer end.
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see Osaka at night this must not miss.
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do this Bugis Street.... back to basic rolling good time.
Harajuku can why? here cannot. why? this never copy?
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If you have more than 10 days to spend in Japan, I suggest buying a 5 or 7 days Japan Rail Pass to travel freely on trains and buses across the country.
Such JR pass can only be bought outside Japan and is only for non Japanese to buy.I think you can buy from some travel agents here like the JTB tour or maybe Chan Bros.Check out the websites for more details.
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Around Tokyo, do try to stay in an onsen ryokan.Cheap ryokans with outdoor onsens can be found all over Hakone or Kawaguchiko. Those in Atami are more expensive.If nearby Nikko,can also try those in Tochigi prefecture, like the Kawaji spa,Nikko or kinugawa spa resort town.
Imagine yourself soak in open air hot spa overlooking the magnificient Mount Fuji.
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Like me,if you like the old Japanese cultures or things, do pay a visit to Kawagoe, a small town north of Tokyo, in Saitama Prefecture.
Its known as "Ko Edo" or Little Edo. An old town like you usually see in a samuria movie.
Or visit the old temples in Kamakura, if you happen to be nearby visiting the Chinatown in Yokohama.
Or if you are not alone .......experience staying in one of those "Love Hotel" in Tokyo.I am not sure there are still many of those in Shibuya..........perhaps Kinwashi can show us some of those pics.
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Originally posted by Donsan:
If you have more than 10 days to spend in Japan, I suggest buying a 5 or 7 days Japan Rail Pass to travel freely on trains and buses across the country.
Such JR pass can only be bought outside Japan and is only for non Japanese to buy.I think you can buy from some travel agents here like the JTB tour or maybe Chan Bros.Check out the websites for more details.
Isetan at Taka are selling those day, but now I am not sure.
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Originally posted by Donsan:
Like me,if you like the old Japanese cultures or things, do pay a visit to Kawagoe, a small town north of Tokyo, in Saitama Prefecture.
Its known as "Ko Edo" or Little Edo. An old town like you usually see in a samuria movie.
Or visit the old temples in Kamakura, if you happen to be nearby visiting the Chinatown in Yokohama.
Or if you are not alone .......experience staying in one of those "Love Hotel" in Tokyo.I am not sure there are still many of those in Shibuya..........perhaps Kinwashi can show us some of those pics.
haha...saw your PRC photos before somewhere your previous trip posting, how come you never took some back from here. ya..
like this kind. In Tokyo.
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Just happen yesterday was at Chinatown Point for toilet break, walked past a few travel agencies, just for curiosity make some enquiry about Japan tour. I told them I want to see Kyushu, three shops given me the same infos that they are selling. So this are all airline packages. Many you can see. this is as i told dog piss tour.
Like Donsan like this kind, you think he will go for this?
- Fukuoka
- Hui Ten Bosch Dutch Theme park
- Hui Ten Bosch Dutch Theme park
- Nagasaki
- Chinatown
- Kujuku Shima cruise ride
- Peace Park
- Atmoic Bomb Museum
- Glover Mansion
- Madam Butterfly
- Oura Cathedral
- Kumamoto
- Kumamoto Castle
- Suizenji-Koen Garden
- Mt
Aso
- Cable car ride to Mt Aso ( subject to weather condition )
- Cable car ride to Mt Aso ( subject to weather condition )
- Kagoshima
- Sakura Island
- Lava road
- Sakurajima Mountain
- Tenmonkan Dori
- Tenjin Pira Mall
- Tokyo
- Choice of Tokyo Shopping spree - Ginza, Harajuku, Shinjuku, Akihabara electric city ( JPJLKA ) OR Disney Resort ( JPJLKB )
- Fukuoka
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As like one Kagoshima, with this fews that is Kagoshima those package tour.
See how many kinds of topic i posted on kagoshima, for ten days still you cannot cover Kagoshima,
But for me I managed to do as much as I can, still for some.... wait for the next round I am there.
Where is the famous world nature heritage Yakushima Island those eerie picture I took. this are not covered and the famous 7000 years old cedar tree....
over here talks of the town... they are talking of an old olive tree few thousand year central attraction...another attraction at Garden by the Bay. how old ? i don't know.
this kind of treasure their new found. and easy imported here?.... if that is so old with history. come on...lah. this are consider treasure.... we are not school children..lah.
getting there and domestic flights and back not included. not only ten days.
Kagoshima
- Sakura Island
- Lava road
- Sakurajima Mountain
- Tenmonkan Dori
- Tenjin Pira Mall
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This are the story.
those eerie pictures.
Shiratani Unsuikyo 
# 3 of 4 most visited
sights in Yakushima
The Shiratani Unsuikyo Ravine is a lush green nature park containing a number of the island's ancient cedars such as the Nidaiosugi, Kugurisugi and Yayoisugi, the park's most accessible yakusugi which can be reached in a 15 minute walk. Shiratani Unsuikyo is one of the most popular destinations of Yakushima as it is a great place to see the forests without requiring too strenuous hiking.
The park consists of a number of hiking circuits running along a ravine with English signs throughout. The recommended circuits vary in length from one to five hours long, but you are free to wander around and choose your own route among the paths. The trails vary in difficulty from a historic footpath built in the Edo Period to more developed ones paved in stone and wood.
The inspiration for Mononoke Hime.
One of the main attractions of Shiratani Unsuikyo is a part of the forest that served as the inspiration for the Stugio Ghibli animated film Mononoke Hime (Princess Mononoke). Oga Kazuo, the lead artist for the film, spent lots of time here working on sketches for the movie's forests. The mountains of the film were further inspired by Akita Prefecture's Shirakami Sanchi Mountains.
The small grove is at the far end of the park on the trail to Tsuji Toge Pass. If you continue on this trail it will lead you to the Jomonsugi by way of meeting up with the Anbo Trail about halfway to the entrance of the Okabu Trail. The round trip to the Jomonsugi takes approximately twelve hours and is more difficult than the Arakawa Dam Trailhead route.
Boardwalk trail through the
forest
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OK go back the same old story...how to get there from mainland Kagoshima.
Free and Easy...you need ferry and car to get there.
there are two kind of ferries over there one is like this kind (short fast expensive) if you are those kangchiong type.
this kind of ferry.
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for us to get there... we took the cargo type (cheap slow no texpensive) but more than an hour to reach there. with extra bonus going by this. the picture. this pink colour ferry.
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After the jetty uphill, there is a company with taxi and private car rental available owned by the locals from this island.
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your night will be staying in this island so book your lodging on the island,
on the same day you can never go back to mainland if you want to see Yakushima the 7000 years old cedar tree and the island surrounding. You can also see banana trees plenty here. Japan banana and some tropical fruit trees. papaya, pineapple,dragon fruit, star fruit and etc.
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Cargo ferry.... why? cheap lower decks are for cars and cargo to the island, upper deck for passengers, what to do with the hour journey...sleep...lah.
see those Japanese with blanket and pillow provided.
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stylo tempo.
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Originally posted by Donsan:
Like me,if you like the old Japanese cultures or things, do pay a visit to Kawagoe, a small town north of Tokyo, in Saitama Prefecture.
Its known as "Ko Edo" or Little Edo. An old town like you usually see in a samuria movie.
Or visit the old temples in Kamakura, if you happen to be nearby visiting the Chinatown in Yokohama.
Or if you are not alone .......experience staying in one of those "Love Hotel" in Tokyo.I am not sure there are still many of those in Shibuya..........perhaps Kinwashi can show us some of those pics.
If you happen visiting the Chinatown in Yokohama? said Donsan but he forgot to tell you alls...... something die die must try.
meat bun from Yokohama Chinatown.
OK.... I tell you than.
Not too late.... Just only S$5 each.
