Boostin' Kev Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 On 24/12/2016 at 13:59, budmiester1 said: Well as I said on the 2017 travel plans thread the boss and I are off to Japan for 13 nights in September. Our itinerary will be 5 nights in Tokyo, 3 nights in Kyoto, 2 nights in Osaka finishing up back in Tokyo for the final 3 nights. As we're novices to Japan what would you good forumites suggest as good places to go and see. We would ideally like to see "old" Japan along with the more modern parts. We will be getting a JR pass for 7 days to travel around and have our hotels booked through BA, good prices and hotels,so unfortunately we can't really change much in where we stay. Any advice will be great. Thanks Budmiester Remember to never leave your hotel without a pocketful of loose change to allow you to satiate that unexpected urge for schoolgirl's underwear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 On 2/2/2017 at 02:01, Enigma said: I've been to Japan 3 times for a total of about 3 months maybe a bit more and in terms of earthquakes not felt a sausage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 On 2017/03/09 at 15:13, The Diabolical One said: Remember to never leave your hotel without a pocketful of loose change to allow you to satiate that unexpected urge for schoolgirl's underwear. On a more serious note, you can do a lot worse than Kyoto for seeing old Japan because it was one of the few large Japanese cities that wasn't bombed flat during WWII, because legend has it one of the main American military planners had been there and liked the place. From Osaka, Nara is the obvious old place to visit, while Nikko is worth a look from Tokyo, if you are into that sort of thing. Beyond that my main advice given you have rail passes is to avoid doing the main Tokyo to Kyoto shinkansen line twice as it takes you through some of the most industrial parts of Japan so it's a bit like checking out Airdrie in a Scottish context when you could be going through the Highlands. There are also some trains you are not even allowed onto with the rail pass on that route, so you have to watch what you are doing when getting onto trains in a way you don't in other parts of the JR system. This website is a good way to figure out how to do things like taking the scenic route over to the Sea of Japan side and through the mountains around Nagano: http://www.hyperdia.com/en/cgi/en/search.html?dep_node=SHIN-OSAKA&arv_node=TOKYO&via_node01=KANAZAWA&via_node02=&via_node03=&year=2017&month=09&day=13&hour=09&minute=21&search_type=0&search_way=&transtime=undefined&sort=0&max_route=5&faretype=0&airplane=off&ship=off&sprnozomi=off&slputr=off&exprs=off&slpexprs=off&liner=off®ular=off&bus=off&walk=off&privately=off&lmlimit=null&search_target=route&facility=reserved&sum_target=7 Beyond that you can always get a reasonably healthy and tasty inexpensive meal from convenience stores there in a way you can't in most other countries, so there's no need to go to restaurants all the time, and these are well worth a try: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booker_d Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 If you're going for a Strong Zero then try the plum flavour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjc Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 The iced coffees from the convenience stores are a must to try in the hot summer months too. ETA - be careful when buying ice cream. Just because it's green doesn't mean it's mint flavour.....it's probably green tea flavour! Same with brown as there's a good chance that's red bean paste flavour! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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