Originally Posted by
jib71
+1
Even the commonly helpful recommendation to buy a guidebook doesn't seem applicable in this case.
No....my friend has never been to Japan...but he's from Korea.....the places I may want to go to may not be of interest to him....so as a 'newbie who has never been to Japan [kanto region]' what do YOU suggest...that's my question.
I'll plan to stay at/near a JR station, preferably somewhere on the Yamanote-line.