They have a great article on Tokyo in the UAL flight magazine, talks about where to go and what to do, however, they leave out the pricing which you know is going to be an expensive trip. It was talking about some hotel you can stay, and see some interesting things around the hotel, such as shrines, museums, and they talked about eating giant lobsters, crabs. I was in Sasebo, Fuk, Nagoya, Nagasaki. Okinawa. Japan is a great place to visit.
Where do you recommend going/not going? I want to really see things, not necessarily all the touristy crap....Originally Posted by 29palms
I'm not too familiar with Tokyo. Only been to Narita airport about a dozen times. Don't know what to recommend to you honestly. The language barrier is a bit of a hinderance. Hard to get around in that aspect. Just the difference in culture and surroundings should keep your interest level going. Alot of places don't want americans in their establishment. I noticed when we walked into a place, they would point for you to go elsewhere. Maybe because I was around military towns such as Sasebo. They have a different way of thinking. For example, we americans like to bar hop. They patronize one establishment and stay there all night. I would team up with some tourist guide if I were you, like a hotel/tour package kind of deal. We had something like that for Beijing and Tokyo via our airline a few years back. I never did it, I always felt I could do better on my own but for Japan, I would go do some tours via your hotel or check via internet. Of interest to me was always Hokaido area, in Northern Japan. Other points of interest was climbing mount fuji or visiting Kyoto. Here is a great hint. Go visit and walk around their markets. You will see all kinds of interesting things there. All kinds of fish, squid, whatever, fruits, vegetables....
Tony757 (19-Oct-2012)
Tokyo is a great city to visit, I spent a week in Tokyp and did not get to see everything. Like 29Plams mentioned English is not widely spoken so there are some challenges. The giant Bhuddha in Kamakura is a most see (not in Tokyo but near enough), Tokyo Tower, the different areas of Tokyo, etc etc. Make sure you study a map of the Tokyo metro in advance as it has got to be one of the most confusing metro systems in the world. For acommodations what we did was get a little apartment (found through trip advisor), for the three of us ended up being much cheaper than a hotel. The apartment was centraly located near the Shibuya station
Chepos - NonRev Correspondent - US Airways
Eating out is expensive. They post food pictures outside of restaurants with prices, and for like a simple soup with a plate of rice and who knows what, runs alot of yen. You look at that and wonder if you will feel satisfied coming out of there. Yen slips through your fingers real fast in Japan. I never feel like I get my money's worth there. We go to a Japanese restaurant here in IAH once in while for Japanese food. If I could eat that good and that cheap in Japan at least once, I would be very content. Crazy expensive. Beautiful place though.
I was in Horaido Island near Nagasaki/Sasebo. Very scenic, wonderful foilage. They filmed SHOGUN there. I also visited some Samurai castles. Very impressive history. This was via a tour that the Navy base in Sasebo set up. MWR tours.
Last edited by 29palms; 19-Oct-2012 at 04:14 PM.
If you can, spend the money and get you a good Japanese back rub. Wow, nobody does it like they do. Even while getting haircuts in Okinawa, they massaged your back, your neck, head, face.
Will deffo do that, Palms!
Welp...apartment is packed, loaded and picked up. Car is gone. ID and stuff all turned in at Us Airways. Monday opens a new chapter on my life!!
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