¥4,000 single room in central Tokyo location?

Hello all,

Im looking for private room for ¥4,000 or less in as central location in Tokyo as possible. Im hoping to spend at least a week there and it will be my first time in Japan. I don't care how small it is and am of course expecting to share a bathroom.

I would prefer not to use a capsule hotel for such a long stay.

It must be close to good transport links.

I have spent plenty of time searching the internet and on here but have not found a great deal.

Kimi Ryokan sounds good but also quite far from place. Google maps predicts that it is over minutes from Ryoguko. Is that right?

Kimi Ryokan is in Ikebukuro area
Juyoh hotel sounds good and is in Taito-ku area.
Palace Japan is also in Taito-ku area.

If anyone has any other options that I can investigate or advice on which of these has the best location for the average tourist spending a week in Tokyo that ... more »

Air quality in Nagasaki

Hi everyone, my husband and I are in Nagasaki after a week in lovely Kyoto. Nagasaki is very beautiful and interesting, and of course we went to the Atomic Bomb Hypocenter and Museum which was very moving. We didn't expect that the air quality would be so bad, though. It seems if pollution (and sand?) is blowing in from mainland China and is making it hard to enjoy walking around. So we may have to go to the penguin museum today. I found a website that is helping us to double-check our itinerary based on air quality:

http://aqicn.org/?map

Happy travels, everyone. Sayonara!

Japan Visa Requirements For South Africans

Hello

We are planning to visit Japan in Dec and a have a query on visa requirements.

I have a British & Australian passport and my fiance has South African.

We have noticed on various govt sites that for Sth Africans, apart from bank statements, they need a day by day paid for itinerary, before a visa is granted.

Would this be the same as the Chinese visa requirements, where you can book accomodation online and then cancel after receiving a visa, or is Japan's requirements different.

Any info would be appreciated. Thankyou

usedbookstore moved.(8th edition : tokyo)

This year, January I went to Tokyo and brought my lonely planet guide.

When I was in Tokyo, I just wanted to buy an English book(used),

so I went to Gooddaybooks(8th Tokyo explained that was located in Ebisu). But they moved to Gotanda(near Ebisu)

If you want to buy some used-English book, when you might be traveling in Tokyo..

(http://www.gooddaybooks.com/contents/home/?language=english) Please check this site.

even if you're smartphone.. because i didn't know about that so I was roaming around the wrong site.

Have a nice trip and god bless your flight . bye.

P.S. I am not a owner at Gooddaybooks :-) I live in Korea.

Edited by: hongkongstar

Hokkaido onsen - Tokachidake or Shirogane?

Hi Japan road warriors,

I'm blowing through Hokkaido in an 8-day trip and staying for 2 days in Furano area.
If I only have time for one onsen day trip from there, should I make it Tokachidake or Shirogane?
I'm also going to Asahidake onsen for two days after that, for soaking and trekking.
Is it worth the extra slog to Tennikyo or Sounkyo onsen from there?

There are four of us and we'll have a rental car.
I'm going in early June.

Your advice is much appreciated. Cheers

2 week japan itinerary

Hi everyone

My husband and I are flying in to Narita from sydney for our first trip to Japan.

Below us our tentative itinerary. Any comments or suggestions on it are greatly appreciated.

Fly in to Narita airport at 8pm and get rail pass
Get to ryokan in Harajuku 10pm

Tokyo 10th June
Tsukiji fish market
Akihabara - electronic cafe@home
Hama rikyu gardens
River bus sumida river.
Sensoji temple
Walk around Taito
golden gai

11th
Secondhand
Koenji lunch iseya
last have dinner shimokitazawa (eat a peach bar) jiyugaoka

tok 12tg
Imperial palace 3 9
Gardens 1 12
Shinjuku national park 1-2
Jamin roppongi for skewer lunch
Rippongi hills 3-6
Aronia de takazawa

tok 13th
Edo Tokoyo museum
Meiji jingu gates
Tokoyo metro gov office see view
Check out don quixote

14th
Tsumago - magome walk
Stay in tsumago

15th - 17th
takayama stay for 2 ... more »

Travelling Around Japan by Train/ Shinkansen

Okay- to all of you novice travellers out there, the best and cheapest way to travel around Japan is by train. The Shinaknsen (the bullet train line) is Fantastic.
BUT, if you get your tickets in Japan, it is going to be really expensive. You can get a pre-paid voucher overseas for a specified amount of time (mine was a week) far far cheaper than buying tickets in Japan itself. So make sure to do this.

The Shinkansen Experience in Japan

here's my brief write-up/ experience riding the trains. I really wish America would have something similar, but we don't. Happy travels.