Going to Japan as part of Honeymoon soon. Know of any good spots to go?

MoBoRoS · Jun 8, 2009

love hotel. /thread XD

GamerGuides · Jun 9, 2009

Jamtex said:

Some other useful things to note.

Hyperdia is a great little website to work out routes, times and prices around Japan

Metro, JR and Private lines in the Tokyo metro area. Only a small part of it is useful, however most Metro maps won't show the Yurikamome monorail (Odaiba / Tokyo Bay area) or any routes out of the Yamanote area.

Google maps does have a good map of Tokyo with most important things in English

Guide to the Suica card, a prepaid rechargable card system that will get you through ticket barriers quicker and you won't have to mess around with coins to buy tickets, more importantly you can use the Suica card in convience stores (generally everywhere) and at drink vending machines in the station. You can buy a Suica card at the Airport too, just go to the blue vending machine and press the English button.

To get from Narita to Shinjuku you can take the

JR NEX Y3110, 1hr 25 minutes (approx), 0 changes, reserved seat and luggage space

or the

Skyliner to Nippori (Y1920) and the Yamanote Line to Shinjuku (Y190), Y2110, also 1hr 25minutes (approx), 1 change... reserved seat on Skyliner and normal train on the Yamanote.

or if you want to be cheap

Keisei Line Limited Express to Nippori (Y1000) and then the Yamanote line to Shinjuku (Y190), Y1190, 1 hour and 36 minutes (approx), 1 Change, normal seat but if you aren't travelling at rush hour (after 10am and before 4pm) then it's not too bad.

A lot of places in Akihabara won't open until 11am and close around 8pm, so there is little point going there too early, on the weekend it's super busy. In fact a lot of shops don't open until 10am but are open late, some places won't open until 12 so do some research first.

Make plans of where you want to go, Hyperdia should give you a idea of travelling times between places and google maps will show you where they are.
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Hmmm,

I've tried that train search site you linked to, and the cheapest fare seems to be the following:

NARITA (JR Rapid Airport Narita) - Change at FUNABASHI, take the JR Sobu Chuo Line to YOYOGI, then according to my lonely planet map, take the Metro from Yoyogi to Toei Shinjuku (to leave us as close to the hotel as possible). Â¥1280 each and 93 mins.

Although, I have no idea where Funabashi actually is and can't see it on any of my maps! :redface: I also assume that I can use the Suica card on such a trip? The Â¥2000 yen starting price would cover the trip nicely. :icon_bigg

Also, I've heard we should carry our passports around with us as the Japanese police can have a tendency to stop tourists in the non-metropolitan areas. Is that true? I'd rather not have to carry it and get it lost or stolen! (As Japan's just the first stop).

Any other tips would be great. I'm currently circiling all the recommended places on the subway map I have to try and make our lives a little bit easier when we get there on Tuesday.

edit: I've found Funabashi, but I was wondering if Japan do those unlimited railcards so we don't have to keep topping up the Suica card all the time.

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