Hi all,
This summer I will go to Japan for about 6 weeks.
I started to plan this trip about two months ago, but I have a hard time planning it in detail. Could you people please help me with it? Since there are many people here who have been to Japan or live in Japan, I can really use your experience. I need to arrange all my accomodation yet and I want to make an approximaion of how much this trip will cost me.
I really hope you can help me out
My flight is on august 9 and I arrive in Tokyo Narita on august 10 or 11.
I will take a train from Narita airport to tokyo and I would like to stay in Tokyo for about 3 or 4 days. I would like to have the cheapest accomodation possible. Can you help me finding it?
Do you have any idea how much money I will need for a daily visit to Tokyo?
I want to see many places in different areas and I want to visit temples shrines and museums. How much money should I need for meals? (breakfast, lunch and dinner) I do not intend to go to fancy restaurants, I only want good and affordable food and drinks.
What options are there available for transprtation? What is the best option and how much does it costs? For example: are there subway daypasses? how much do they cost? and can I go everywhere with them?
After my visit to tokyo I want to validate my first Japan rail pass for 7 days.
I want to use it immediately. From Tokyo I want to go to kyoto by shinkansen. I have currently found the following two accomodation possibilities in Kyoto:
http://homepage1.nifty.com/kyotosanpo/tourinin.html
http://www.gojo-guest-house.com/gojo-guest-house/gojo-e.html
I would like to stay in kyoto for about 4 days. Do you think this is long enough? or maybe too long? I really want to see all the famous temples, shrines and gardens.
What are the best transportation options in Kyoto and how much does it cost? Are the prices for meals comparable to those in Tokyo?
After my visit to Kyoto I want to go to Osaka by shinkansen.
In Osaka I have at the moment absolutely no idea where I will stay.
Can you recommend me good and affordable accomodation?
I have the same question here: How much would an avarage day in Osaka cost me? I do not intend to go to all kinds of fancy or expensive places, I just want to see a lot of the city and of course I want to visit Osaka-Jo.
When my visit to Osaka is over, I want to go by shinkansen to Fukuoka.
I want to stay in Fukuoka for about 3 days. Also here I haven't found any accomodation. Can you recommend me a decent place?
After my stay in Fukuoka I will go by bus to Aso in kumamoto-ken.
There is my work. I will work there as a wwoof-Japan volunteer in a private school for about three weeks. Do you have any idea how much this bus trip costs me? or where I can find it?
The idea of wwoof-Japan is that you work at a host for about 6 hours a day and in return they give you accomodation and meals. You also become part of the family for some time :joyful:
So in these three weeks there will almost be no costs for me.
After these three weeks of work I will go back to Tokyo via a few points of interest. This will also take a full week. But I will post about this tomorrow because my fingers are getting tired
Anyway I know these are a lot of questions for you, but I will be happy if some people can answer a few for me
This summer I will go to Japan for about 6 weeks.
I started to plan this trip about two months ago, but I have a hard time planning it in detail. Could you people please help me with it? Since there are many people here who have been to Japan or live in Japan, I can really use your experience. I need to arrange all my accomodation yet and I want to make an approximaion of how much this trip will cost me.
I really hope you can help me out
My flight is on august 9 and I arrive in Tokyo Narita on august 10 or 11.
I will take a train from Narita airport to tokyo and I would like to stay in Tokyo for about 3 or 4 days. I would like to have the cheapest accomodation possible. Can you help me finding it?
Do you have any idea how much money I will need for a daily visit to Tokyo?
I want to see many places in different areas and I want to visit temples shrines and museums. How much money should I need for meals? (breakfast, lunch and dinner) I do not intend to go to fancy restaurants, I only want good and affordable food and drinks.
What options are there available for transprtation? What is the best option and how much does it costs? For example: are there subway daypasses? how much do they cost? and can I go everywhere with them?
After my visit to tokyo I want to validate my first Japan rail pass for 7 days.
I want to use it immediately. From Tokyo I want to go to kyoto by shinkansen. I have currently found the following two accomodation possibilities in Kyoto:
http://homepage1.nifty.com/kyotosanpo/tourinin.html
http://www.gojo-guest-house.com/gojo-guest-house/gojo-e.html
I would like to stay in kyoto for about 4 days. Do you think this is long enough? or maybe too long? I really want to see all the famous temples, shrines and gardens.
What are the best transportation options in Kyoto and how much does it cost? Are the prices for meals comparable to those in Tokyo?
After my visit to Kyoto I want to go to Osaka by shinkansen.
In Osaka I have at the moment absolutely no idea where I will stay.
Can you recommend me good and affordable accomodation?
I have the same question here: How much would an avarage day in Osaka cost me? I do not intend to go to all kinds of fancy or expensive places, I just want to see a lot of the city and of course I want to visit Osaka-Jo.
When my visit to Osaka is over, I want to go by shinkansen to Fukuoka.
I want to stay in Fukuoka for about 3 days. Also here I haven't found any accomodation. Can you recommend me a decent place?
After my stay in Fukuoka I will go by bus to Aso in kumamoto-ken.
There is my work. I will work there as a wwoof-Japan volunteer in a private school for about three weeks. Do you have any idea how much this bus trip costs me? or where I can find it?
The idea of wwoof-Japan is that you work at a host for about 6 hours a day and in return they give you accomodation and meals. You also become part of the family for some time :joyful:
So in these three weeks there will almost be no costs for me.
After these three weeks of work I will go back to Tokyo via a few points of interest. This will also take a full week. But I will post about this tomorrow because my fingers are getting tired
Anyway I know these are a lot of questions for you, but I will be happy if some people can answer a few for me