Originally Posted by
OliverB
Could you guys please help me budget for taxis, bus and metro fare, etc. for our trip?
I am trying to calculate expenses and have no clue what to budget. We'll be covering lots of ground and wandering around to see as much as possible. Here's the final itinerary:
* Tokyo - 4 Nights
* Hakone-machi - 2 Nights
* Tokyo - 3 Nights
* Yamanouchi-machi - 1 Night
* Kaga-shi - 3 Nights
* Kyoto - 5 Nights
* Nara - 1 Night
* Osaka - 4 Nights
* Matsue - 3 Nights
* Miyajima - 1 Night
* Nagasaki - 3 Nights
I'd greatly appreciate if you could give a rough estimate (preferably on the high end to be safe) of what I should set aside for cabs and public transit throughout our trip. I realize that's tough to do in a city like Tokyo, but your guess is better than mine!
I don't have a clue about a budget but I have 2 suggestions.
Do use Mr. Doi in Kyoto for at least 1 or 2 half days of sightseeing:
http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~doitaxi/rates/index.html
He's excellent (and it's more difficult to get around Kyoto by public transit than it is in places like Tokyo and Osaka).
Also - you can cut down your transportation costs a fair amount (especially if you're using taxis) - and save a lot of time too - in a city like Tokyo by grouping the things you want to do - places you want to eat - etc. into different day trips in different parts of the city. So you don't wind up going here - there and everywhere every day of your trip.
Also - I don't know about Nara ---> Osaka (or perhaps some other trips) - but we took a cab from Osaka ---> Kyoto - and the cab was cheaper (and more convenient) than 2 first class train tickets. Robyn