Originally Posted by
Madone59
Fantastic TR, and amazing photos ^ Thank you for sharing!
Thank you,
Madone59
. I have always wanted to visit Japan, and when planning my annual trip back to NZ, tried to sus out some options via Japan. The best way was with Emirates/JetStar. The cost via the Emirates website was ~$US6000, but when I booked the same flights through Kayak.com, it was a more reasonable ~$US1800
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Originally Posted by
El Cochinito
Your TR brings back fond memories of our own vacations to Tokyo. It has been a couple of years since we've been there and I'm hoping to get back again soon.
Cheers,
El Cochinito. I would really love to go back some time and see abit more too
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Originally Posted by
dakid23
Great report!
Thanks,
dakid23.
Originally Posted by
Cohall
Great photos and an excellent report. It definitely makes me want to visit some day!
Thanks,
Cohall. Yes, definitely one of those rare places where everything is easy, convenient, but with still a decent dose of culture/new experiences
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Originally Posted by
Feorlen
Great pictures! The weather this weekend was wonderful, I even managed to arrive after the rain ended on Friday. I spent a few days in Narita and never actually made it to Tokyo. Sometimes quiet is nice.
Cheers,
Feorlen. Narita sounds like a cool town to explore, on my list for next time
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Originally Posted by
jpetekYXMD80
Brilliant photography!! I'm sure you have much better equipment, but my respectable compact megazoom bit the dust on my flight over to Japan in January. Boy was I pissed. Seeing your pictures makes up for my loss of them.. thank you!
Cheers,
jpetekYXMD80. Yes, an easy place to taek great photo's. You should have gone to Akhihabara and picked up a new one
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Originally Posted by
mkjr
Too funny. The very first hotel I stayed at in Tokyo was at the suidobashi grand. It was back when I was a wee lad and met Frederick Fennell with our current band director. In fact, this was during his tenure as the initial director of the Tokyo wind ensemble.
Nice TR. many places I have enjoyed. I have 14 days in Japan in June. My 4th trip back since may 07.
Thanks,
mkjr. Yes, the hotel was a great place to stay. Nothing flash, but very clean, cheap, a decent breakfast buffet, and three subway/JR stations within walking distance.
One thing that intrigued me though was the housekeeping. They changed everyone's bedsheets with clean ones each day. Is this a Japan thing? It was definitely a business/family establishment and not a love hotel anyway
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14 days will be a great amount of time to see the country too
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Originally Posted by
DL17
Loved the TR. All your TRs are awesome. Thank you Daniel
Thank you,
DL17. Hopefully a few more TR's in the next few months.
we are going in June and really appreciate the info
Great pictures
Cheers,
brg. I used the Lonelyplanet 'Tokyo' guide to help plan and guide me around, was a real great resource of info.
Originally Posted by
Gamecock
Very nice report.
I'll be in Hong Kong for the first time in August, 2.5 days. I hope I can hang like you did here!
Thanks,
Gamecock. Hong Kong looks like a cool place to explore. I haven't been yet though, apart from the airport.