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@mdchachi I appreciate the help, but I do have a question. My friend is nineteen does that mean he would be unable to stay at a 'youth' hostel?
usually when I hear something is for 'youth' usually 18 is the cutoff age, but thank you I appreciate the recomendation.Nah, you'll find backpacking graybeards at "youth" hostels.
usually when I hear something is for 'youth' usually 18 is the cutoff age, but thank you I appreciate the recomendation.
I took a look at their site and I'm sure we'll end up using them, lead time won't be an issue though as we aren't planning to go for at least another year. The reason I'm already asking around about this stuff is to give myself plenty of time to sort stuff out.Happy to provide it. You can probably google up a list of hostels in Tokyo easily enough.
You should probably give this site a thorough looking at and consider using their services as well. They need some lead time, so don't wait until the last minute to contact them: TOKYO FREE GUIDE - Volunteer Tour Guide Service in Tokyo
I wouldn't say wise beyond my years more like, once you screw up enough you learn not to. But hey my title changed from something about being a lower classman to something I can't read so I'll assume I did something right!By implementing the "7 Ps" you demonstrate that you are wise beyond your years. Good for you. I wish there were more like you.
usually when I hear something is for 'youth' usually 18 is the cutoff age, but thank you I appreciate the recomendation.
I accidentally booked something like this for me, my mother, and my brother when we had a layover in Hong Kong... The owner was quite bemused by us, but my 70-year-old mother took it like a champ.@mdchachi I appreciate the help, but I do have a question. My friend is nineteen does that mean he would be unable to stay at a 'youth' hostel?
what about backpackers plans ?So as the title stated both me and my friend don't have a ton of money but we wanted to visit Japan. Things like a 5 star hotel aren't important to us, so I figured I'd ask if anyone here knew of any hotels that aren't crazy expensive but can offer services in english. The only criteria I really have is being in Tokyo aside from that as lomg ss the place is clean and the staff are friendly I don't have a prefference.
1 year is good for your friend to be 20. you can't buy alcohol in Japan being under 20.I took a look at their site and I'm sure we'll end up using them, lead time won't be an issue though as we aren't planning to go for at least another year. The reason I'm already asking around about this stuff is to give myself plenty of time to sort stuff out.
I always find drinking ages to be quite high since ours in Canada is 181 year is good for your friend to be 20. you can't buy alcohol in Japan being under 20.
Is that true? I've never seen anybody asked to show their ID at stores or restaurants but then I never really hung around with people that young either.you can't buy alcohol in Japan being under 20.
Is that true? I've never seen anybody asked to show their ID at stores or restaurants but then I never really hung around with people that young either.
I do use Über I just think a short trip in someone elses car is different from staying in their houseI'm pretty amazed that this young person doesn't have AirBNB, Uber, and so on all figured out. Along with searches for cheap places to stay, etc.
I asked my father who did a lot of traveling in his youth and was told that splitting a middle end hotel room or staying at a hostel would be best for us.If you want to be in the city for your visit, hostels and capsule hotels will be your cheapest option. If there are a few of you, splitting a business hotel room might actually come out cheaper for the level of privacy you get.
Other places may offer room and board in exchange for volunteer work; I did this with a cat rescue operation in Kyoto, and I didn't have to pay accommodation when I volunteered up in Miyagi after the tsunami. There are also WWOOFing opportunities you could look into. But if you want to be on your own schedule and just have cheap accommodation, you'll still have to pay some out of your pocket.
Yeah that is not at all how it is here in Canada. If you're caught trying to buy alcohol from the LCBO you're lucky if you don't get a fine and a night in jail. That said if you try to get into a bar using a fake ID and fail the most that will happen is the bouncer will wave you away.Underage drinking in Japan is what you might call "quasi-legal".
Stores just started (farcical) checking a few years ago for things like alcohol and cigarettes. The checking consists of the customer being asked to press a button on a touch screen confirming that they are old enough. That's it. No ID checking whatsoever. I don't go to bars so I have no idea what they do.
yeah in Morocco it's 18 too.I always find drinking ages to be quite high since ours in Canada is 18
they even press the button for you sometimes to make it faster but once I was with a girl who looked like a teenager and they asked for her ID which she didn't have so I bought it for her.Underage drinking in Japan is what you might call "quasi-legal".
Stores just started (farcical) checking a few years ago for things like alcohol and cigarettes. The checking consists of the customer being asked to press a button on a touch screen confirming that they are old enough. That's it. No ID checking whatsoever. I don't go to bars so I have no idea what they do.