Originally Posted by chmura (Post 664599)

When in March/April are you going? That is when I will be in Tokyo.

I'm leaving march 26 and coming back april 5th. It will be my first time to Japan.

Originally Posted by lself (Post 664610)

Ha, that is when I'm going to! I guess it's a popular time to go.
Polar@ You had to pay 1350 for a flight? Are you from America? Did you wait a long time to buy the ticket or something? I got mine for 900 but I'm flying off the west coast.
Yeah, i wouldn't recommend just staying Tokyo cause like MMM said you'll be in the train all the time commuting.

Originally Posted by Polar (Post 664646)

I'm a canuck

Air Canada flies direct from Toronto to Narita, downside is on the way back you have a 7-8 hour layover in Vancouver.

Yen = 0.75 CD

Originally Posted by chmura (Post 664639)

Yeah I got my ticket for $850usd with singapore airlines from LA to Tokyo round trip. Leaving March 27, 2009.

I think his currency is in CAD, so he paid about $1080usd for his ticket.

Originally Posted by glg20 (Post 669356)

I'm on the exact same flight but on March 25.

Originally Posted by glg20 (Post 669701)

Check out my thread "20 full days in Central/Western Honshu"

I\ve yet to book hotels/hostels and am still deciding where to stay. Where are you staying/thinking of staying?

Originally Posted by Polar (Post 663999)

Greetings

I'm Japan bound for three weeks just need to hammer the dates down.

Basically I got laid off from work, has nothing to do with the economy it was because we were bought out. My severance package was very, very generious. There's still a lot of jobs here for what I do (IT) so I'm not worried. Figured I'd take some time off and maybe indulge and make one my dreams come true.

I've been lurking these forums for the past couple of months reading and reading. Kudos to housetek and others for things I hadn't even thought about. I've cut and pasted a bunch of posts into a sort of "bible" and it's running 22 pages.

I will be using Shinjuku as a base staying at a hotel and using the rails to make trips east of Tokyo for a day or so or maybe two depending.

This is more for piece of mind as cost at this point really isn't a issue, yeah I could do it cheaper and longer thanks to all the excellent advice here. but at this point it's just focusing on Honshu and no farther then Kobe but hitting those places to break up each week and enjoying it rather then dealing with so to speak and having fun ;)

The one thing I am curious about ... I have red hair and freckles so I gather that's bound to attract some attention so do I expect the usual gaijin stuff or it going to be different ?

Originally Posted by chmura (Post 669849)

I'm staying 4 nights in Shinjuku and 5 nights in Roppongi. Havent really planned what I'm going to do or see yet.