Hi im new here and i'm planning a trip to japan im might go this summer or the next summer i wanted to know what are the best htels over there and best prices for hotels and flights to japan if you know

help me please any comment helps

Welcome to flyertalk.

Please read the stickie FAQ and use the search function for this forum. There are many discussions of hotels in the many different places in all price ranges.

welcome to FT japanflyer

I'm afraid that most of people here aren't blessed with psychic abilities.

Here's my own reading from your post's aura:

You want to fly to Japan from somewhere in North America.

You don't really want to know about Japan's best hotels as you aren't interested in paying $400+ for a room.



Uncanny, huh?

Cross my palm with silver and I may tell you more

thank you and thank you but um how did you know that and yes 400 is fine a night but im goin with other people

I think you might have missed a little of Laplap's sarcasm...let me explain.

It's common accepted practice to read around the forum a bit. There is plenty of advice about planning a trip to Japan including travel options, where to stay and what to do.

Instead of asking a general question like yours you will get a much fuller response by reading around, come up with some ideas, make a rough plan and then ask SPECIFIC questions to help finalize your itinerary and then ask for critique on your finalized itinerary. In that way we are more able to help you than your current post.


-mrploddy

oh so laplap is the sarcastic kind thank you mr.ploddy

No. Lap Lap is one of the most prolific, thoughtful and helpful contributors to this forum.

Although you probably did not intend it, you have already managed to annoy most of the regular posters here with your attitude. The Japan Forum is one of the most knowledgeable, helpful groups around with tons of first-hand experience on travel to and around Japan. We do, however, grow very weary of answering the same, vague questions over and over. Virtually every general question has already been answered many times in this forum and a quick search through previous posts will turn all that up. The general informational "sticky" post at the top of the page is a good place to start. The "Search" function, using such terms as "hotel in Tokyo" or similar would be a good second step. Or do like many do and just go back 4 or 5 pages and start reading forward through the thread titles for topics of interest.

Please come back and post specific questions when you have them. Hotels where? There are literally thousands of wonderful hotels in Japan. Try at least narrowing it down to a city or region and type of hotel. Luxury or inexpensive? Close to attractions or away from the noise and hub-bub of the city? How long will you be in Japan? Staying in one location or moving around? What do you want to do when you get there?

Cheap airfare isn't really something we do here but we can offer some ideas on where to look. Where are you departing from and to where? Fares from San Francisco to Tokyo would be significantly different from say Helsinki to Naha, Okinawa. Give us some idea of your proposed travel plans and we might be able to offer some help.

Try doing some homework and then posting some clear, specific questions (preferably using such things as puctuation) and we can probably help you a lot. Keep firing off vague one-liners and you will just be ignored - or worse.

I'll start you off with a freeby. Summer in some parts of Japan is not the best time to visit. June is the monsoon season and July-September can be insufferably hot in some areas. If you have no choice in time of year to visit, then I'd say go. But if you have some flexibility, you might want to consider spring or fall for a visit.

JR

Thank you abmj-jr for that thoughtful and precise post. And let me add another freebie for you, in case it is in your plans: Rappungi for the nightlife, and Ginza for the shopping.

And, also don't forget to spend no more than 1.5 days in Tokyo. Nothing really to see or do there.

I knew I could count on you for that. We really need to add it to the forum banner. I wonder if Randy would let us add it to the "Lost in Translation - - gifting the kimono" description under the forum name.

Sarcastic? Moi?

Occasionally, sure! But not on this thread. I'm enjoying the mind reading challenge!

Congratulations! With money being no object, here's a small selection of some of Japan's best lodging options which have proved welcoming and hospitable to foreigners

In Kyoto you might all like to stay at the
Hiiragiya http://www.hiiragiya.co.jp/en/info.html where rates are from $300 per person

or the
Tawaraya http://www.tawaraya.co.jp/index.html which might cost a bit more (you'll need to enquire directly to find out)

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Near Tokyo in the mountainous Hakone region there's the
Gora Kaidan http://www.gorakadan.com/

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Within Tokyo how about
Peninsular http://tokyo.peninsula.com/
Four Seasons Marunouchi http://www.fourseasons.com/marunouchi/
or the
Mandarin Oriental
http://www.mandarinoriental.com/tokyo/

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For discount fares originating somewhere on your vast continent you could try https://www.iace-usa.com/index_us.htm

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Given what I know of you so far, I would recommend that you seriously look into travelling on an organised tour. IACE travel can help you with that, so can the Japan Travel Bureau http://www.jtbgmt.com/sunrisetour/index.aspx

More suggestions for packaged tours can be given if you specifically request this information.
I urge you to consider this option, it could honestly be the best solution for your group.

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japanflyer, If you don't want people to give literal answers to your queries (like I have), or sarcastic ones to match the tone of your questions (as someone else has), do please read abmj-jr's post carefully as he has offered you some excellent advice on how to make the best use of this forum (and Flyertalk as a whole). It is particularly important that you take his comments about Japan in the summer on board.

And here I thought that "Ginza" was a knife!

Randy will do anything for his "former" members.........believe me!^

Need to get someone to design some tasteful clothing with that slogan...

"Rappungi for the nightlife. Ginza for the shopping"

It doesn't seem quite right for a T-Shirt or a yukata. I'm thinking it would be nice on a fundoshi.

Niiiice!

How about an alternative jinbei range.
Check this out for inspiration before you dismiss the idea.

I think you're onto something.

... and maybe a haramaki for winter wear.

I wouldn't necessarily strike up a conversation with a person who had Flyertalk tags on his bags, but you can bet that I'd introduce myself to anyone wearing "Rappungi for the nightlife" wafuku.