Anyone been to Japan?

[Honkee]

Hey People.

My missus wants to go to Japan next year for her 30th.

Has anyone got any suggestions?

*Suggestions on places to see, stay, get messed up on Sake would be great.

 

[Paolo]

save yourself some money and just go the the japanese gardens at east gosford and a teppanyaki restaurant

 

[Atomic]

Some helpful advice...

Do you ski? Awesome powder with the cold winds coming off Siberia and hitting the Sea of Japan. Apparently the summit of Mt Niseko is lower in altitude than the base of Thredbo. Go in Jan of Feb. Get involved in the culture and you can't go wrong. 500mL cans of Asahi out of a vending machine.... that's fantastic. Grab two and jump into a onsen (hot bath) with the missus.

 

[fedelta]

tell her to pull her head in

 

[clarky81]

make sure u go and see the snow monkey in nagano perfecture my wife said it was awesome, if u want to try and onsen go to arma onsen just outside Kobe u can stay a ryokan there as well, make sure  u go to hiroshima while  in here go down to the floating shrine,gion district in Kyoto is a good place to stay maybe see a geisha ( go there after 10pm to see a geisha),as well while here go to the golden shrine, mt fuji, there is so much other thing i could tell u just make sure u try everything another place to go while in tokyo go to the Ginz( very expensive) but your missus will like this

 

[clarky81]

u can also buy 3 litre can of asahi in bottle shops

 

[clarence]

I've heard that Hiroshima can be very humbling.....their memorial to what happened in 1945 can be quite an eye opener.

The Tokyo city bright lights are also something to see.

 

[clarky81]

hiroshima is quite a eye opener, the lights in tokyo are good but u have to go akihabara(electric city) now there is some good shit there

 

[Paolo]

I've heard that Hiroshima can be very humbling.....their memorial to what happened in 1945 can be quite an eye opener.

Evokes patriotism as they were the enemy?

 

[Atomic]

I've heard that Hiroshima can be very humbling.....their memorial to what happened in 1945 can be quite an eye opener.

Evokes patriotism as they were the enemy?

No, I think it evokes humanism.

 

[clarence]

I've heard that Hiroshima can be very humbling.....their memorial to what happened in 1945 can be quite an eye opener.

Evokes patriotism as they were the enemy?

No, I think it evokes humanism.

+1. That was the word I was looking for in my original post.

 

[Honkee]

Awesome thanks for the suggestions, Hiroshima was a definite on the list, I'm really looking forward to the whole trip

 

[loyalist]

Watch tom green subway monkey hour and copy everything he does exactly

 

[tyler8]

Was there 2 weeks ago, if you go there this time next year i totally recommend nozawa onsen, it is a thermal village and is a stones  throw to the mountain if skiing is your thing, i stayed at a place called lodge nagano for 7 nights which included a 6 day lift pass for the slopes and it coast me 700 dollars, that was whent the yen was 98, so about 1000 dollars now for a week with lift passes,

I got my tickets for 550 dollars return with jet star and it was fine, u have to pay for drinks and snacks but u can take stuff on board with u.

In tokyo, i recommend odaiba, it has the worlds biggest ferris wheel and has all these cool car factories and u can see prototypes of all these new cars

Ropingi has a great night life but very expensive, a pint of asahi is 1000 yen about 17 dollars

Accomodation in tokyo i stayed in shinjuku-ku in a hostel called sekitei, which is a hostel but in a room u get a bed toilet, bathroom, fridge, tv and has free internet and wireless, it was really like a hotel and free porn on a channel, a bit weird

Travelling around japan i recommend a JR 4 day pass, u can catch any JR train in japan all day, 4 day pass about 290 dollars, very good if u are leaving tokyo but if staying in tokyo i would just buy tickets on the day

hope there is a lil bit of info for u mate

 

[Honkee]

Watch tom green subway monkey hour and copy everything he does exactly

PIZZA PIE!!

Was there 2 weeks ago, if you go there this time next year i totally recommend nozawa onsen, it is a thermal village and is a stones  throw to the mountain if skiing is your thing, i stayed at a place called lodge nagano for 7 nights which included a 6 day lift pass for the slopes and it coast me 700 dollars, that was whent the yen was 98, so about 1000 dollars now for a week with lift passes,

I got my tickets for 550 dollars return with jet star and it was fine, u have to pay for drinks and snacks but u can take stuff on board with u.

In tokyo, i recommend odaiba, it has the worlds biggest ferris wheel and has all these cool car factories and u can see prototypes of all these new cars

Ropingi has a great night life but very expensive, a pint of asahi is 1000 yen about 17 dollars

Accomodation in tokyo i stayed in shinjuku-ku in a hostel called sekitei, which is a hostel but in a room u get a bed toilet, bathroom, fridge, tv and has free internet and wireless, it was really like a hotel and free porn on a channel, a bit weird

Travelling around japan i recommend a JR 4 day pass, u can catch any JR train in japan all day, 4 day pass about 290 dollars, very good if u are leaving tokyo but if staying in tokyo i would just buy tickets on the day

hope there is a lil bit of info for u mate

Thanks heaps, while skiing is not my bag, the JR pass sounds like a must.
Does anyone know when the J-league season starts?

 

[clarky81]

if u get a JR PASS get it for the whole time you are in japan there rail system is 100% way better then ours a train about every 4 mins in tokyo area and about every 10 mins 4 a shinkansen( bullet train)

 

[clarky81]

J-league  start march and runs thru until Dec

 

[clarky81]

DON"T FLY JETSTAR TO JAPAN if u can fly with qantas i would recommend it! 3hrs stpover in GOLD COAST airport there is nothing there and on the way back the wife and i where delay for over 6 hrs DON"T FLY JETSTAR TO JAPAN

 

[mariners4ever]

DON"T FLY JETSTAR TO JAPAN if u can fly with qantas i would recommend it! 3hrs stpover in GOLD COAST airport there is nothing there and on the way back the wife and i where delay for over 6 hrs DON"T FLY JETSTAR TO JAPAN

i'm flying jetstar to japan for the kawaski game from the gold coast so hopefully there won't be any dramas

 

[clarky81]

the flight is ok but u want to hope on the way back 3 international flights don't come in at the same time cause if the do u r really screwed