Originally Posted by
k3nnis
Hi All,
Just need some advice
I have been to tokyo before but only for 4 nights. I am planning to go again sometime this year, probably late this year at this stage. This time will be for my honeymoon. Now basically this is my plan:
I will fly from SYD-HKG-SYD. I will have 1 month off. So I was thinking maybe 5 days in HKG and the rest for Japan. So leaves me around 3 weeks for Japan. Should I get a tour package from HKG to Japan and back to HKG or should I buy my own return tickets for HKG-NRT-HKG and purchase some tours in tokyo? I prefer the free and easy method while having some guided tours outside of tokyo. I wanted to visit hot springs, hokkaido, kyoto, osaka, mt fuji if time permits. Should I leave anything out of the list or are these nice places ot get a feel of japan.
Are any of those doable for 1 night or I need 2 nights for each one?
Also I will need to make it as affordable as possible
Accomodation and travel.
I would prefer to have 4-5 days in tokyo, I will be stayin gat ANA IC most probably as I had a fantastic 4 night stay before.
Hotels don't need to be 5 star, Holiday Inn type will be good enough I think. Say 3-4 stars.
Cheers,
Kenn.
Welcome to Hong Kong! (As I am from HK) and hope you have fun planning your Japan trip
Few notes first:
As you mention "Tour" to Japan, can you clarify if you are interested in joining Hong Kong-ese tour group to Japan or you intend to do the tour on yourself? It does make a big difference in the whole planning. Most if not all tour operator from HK is Cantonese based.
As OP did not mention when was his intended travel period, I assume the OP is planning for post summer holiday and pre-Christmas, aka low season.
A random check on Sep origin date shows the following
A$1,173.30 SYD --> HKG --> NRT --> xHKG --> SYD (stopover can be on return)
A$939.00 SYD --> HKG --> HKG
HK$1,457 difference
While in low season we saw HKG --> HND --> HKG ticket for 2K HKD, 0/7 day ticket, which is too little for OP required 3 week Japan stay. Should consider purchase CX based NRT ticket for the value run.
For the Japan Air pass, what you exactly looking for is Yokoso Japan Pass, which each coupon worth JPY 10K (+ tax), however, as OP will be in Japan for 3 weeks, you should consider a combination of JR all pass / JR area pass / Metro Pass / Yokoso Japan pass. It will be the best if you can provide a rough plan for your travel.
If you will be flying CX, you can purchase hotel from cxholidays.com (definitely not the best rate), do shop around with your travel agent / local online hotel site / Japanese hotel site like
http://travel.rakuten.co.jp/en/ . If you want to go cheap you can try Toyoko-inn / Super Hotel
In addition, if you plan to go Furano you will more interest to go for home-stay at the area
Cheers!