Japan (Tokyo and beyond) Master Thread
Sep 3, 23, 10:50 am
#136
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Just enough, I’d say.
Personally I would opt to stay in the Western part of Japan (Osaka/Kyoto) OR in the Tokyo area and get a good feel of either region - 1 week getting to know your base city/cities plus 1 week exploring the area just around it.
If you love Japan you’ll find a way to go back. If you don’t, you will have had enough anyway.
Yes, you could sprint around the country for two weeks but it will be exhausting and superficial, at odds with the fulfilling experience you’ve said you want.
Personally I would opt to stay in the Western part of Japan (Osaka/Kyoto) OR in the Tokyo area and get a good feel of either region - 1 week getting to know your base city/cities plus 1 week exploring the area just around it.
If you love Japan you’ll find a way to go back. If you don’t, you will have had enough anyway.
Yes, you could sprint around the country for two weeks but it will be exhausting and superficial, at odds with the fulfilling experience you’ve said you want.
Sep 3, 23, 4:37 pm
#137
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Hi
Probably late November or early December as weather is nice and generally good. The winter illuminations are beautiful.
have not seen the full autumn folliage ( may need to be a little lucky on timing )
Not a bad time to visit Japan ( summer can be hot & humid and late summer may have a chance of typhoons)
regards
tbs
Sep 25, 23, 6:10 pm
#138
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Visa related question…
Couldn’t really find a straight answer googling around so thought I’d ask here:
is there some restriction on entering+leaving+entering Japan in relatively quick successions on a tourist visa (getting new visa every entrance)?
I hold a Canadian passport and plan to enter Japan on Nov 2, flying in from Korea, and fly out on Nov 4.
however I may enter Japan on October 20 depending on last minute availability on JL/ANA from JFK. I will then be leaving for Korea on Oct 21 after spending a day in Japan.
Will this earlier entrance in Japan somehow prohibit entering Japan again in November, assuming my passport/profile is squeaky clean?
Couldn’t really find a straight answer googling around so thought I’d ask here:
is there some restriction on entering+leaving+entering Japan in relatively quick successions on a tourist visa (getting new visa every entrance)?
I hold a Canadian passport and plan to enter Japan on Nov 2, flying in from Korea, and fly out on Nov 4.
however I may enter Japan on October 20 depending on last minute availability on JL/ANA from JFK. I will then be leaving for Korea on Oct 21 after spending a day in Japan.
Will this earlier entrance in Japan somehow prohibit entering Japan again in November, assuming my passport/profile is squeaky clean?
Sep 25, 23, 6:39 pm
#139
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Sep 25, 23, 8:23 pm
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Visa related question…
Couldn’t really find a straight answer googling around so thought I’d ask here:
is there some restriction on entering+leaving+entering Japan in relatively quick successions on a tourist visa (getting new visa every entrance)?
I hold a Canadian passport and plan to enter Japan on Nov 2, flying in from Korea, and fly out on Nov 4.
however I may enter Japan on October 20 depending on last minute availability on JL/ANA from JFK. I will then be leaving for Korea on Oct 21 after spending a day in Japan.
Will this earlier entrance in Japan somehow prohibit entering Japan again in November, assuming my passport/profile is squeaky clean?
Couldn’t really find a straight answer googling around so thought I’d ask here:
is there some restriction on entering+leaving+entering Japan in relatively quick successions on a tourist visa (getting new visa every entrance)?
I hold a Canadian passport and plan to enter Japan on Nov 2, flying in from Korea, and fly out on Nov 4.
however I may enter Japan on October 20 depending on last minute availability on JL/ANA from JFK. I will then be leaving for Korea on Oct 21 after spending a day in Japan.
Will this earlier entrance in Japan somehow prohibit entering Japan again in November, assuming my passport/profile is squeaky clean?
Oct 15, 23, 10:45 pm
#141
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Koyo question...
Given the vast number of foliage prediction websites (n-kishou, weathernews, tenki etc.) and the quite different predictions of peak foliage dates between them - even for more "close-in" locations such as Hokkaido and Tohoku - does anyone have recommendations on which ones are more "reliable"?
Or perhaps more diplomatically phrased, any insights as to the slants of their forecast philosophies for example if the precise definition of "peak" varies from forecaster to forecaster?
Given the vast number of foliage prediction websites (n-kishou, weathernews, tenki etc.) and the quite different predictions of peak foliage dates between them - even for more "close-in" locations such as Hokkaido and Tohoku - does anyone have recommendations on which ones are more "reliable"?
Or perhaps more diplomatically phrased, any insights as to the slants of their forecast philosophies for example if the precise definition of "peak" varies from forecaster to forecaster?
Nov 26, 23, 7:12 pm
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I am having a big problem as my flight leaves at 10:25 in mid February from Haneda. I booked a hotel specifically as it was on the airport limo pickup list, but they don't start pickups until 10:30. I am staying at the Shinjuku Washington Hotel. I thought I could take the monorail, but I don't see how to get to it. My room is non refundable, unfortunately. Am I stuck taking a taxi? I have one big suitcase and a carryon. Advice is welcomed.
Nov 26, 23, 7:34 pm
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Nov 26, 23, 11:19 pm
#144
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I am having a big problem as my flight leaves at 10:25 in mid February from Haneda. I booked a hotel specifically as it was on the airport limo pickup list, but they don't start pickups until 10:30. I am staying at the Shinjuku Washington Hotel. I thought I could take the monorail, but I don't see how to get to it. My room is non refundable, unfortunately. Am I stuck taking a taxi? I have one big suitcase and a carryon. Advice is welcomed.
Here's the timetable in English. You will see many buses depart from Busta Shinjuku (the bus terminal) starting at 5am. Your hotel is an 850m walk to the bus terminal (~10 minutes). If you are physically unable to walk there, take a cab — but that would be silly if you're able bodied.
https://www.airport-bus-alliance.com...lang=en&frto=2
If you want to take the monorail, you need to GET to the monorail — which would involve going to Shinjuku Station, taking the Yamanote line to Hamamatsucho and then boarding the monorail to the airport.
Just walk to the bus, my dude.
