Europe or Japan?

BMW F22 · 03-14-2016, 10:30 PM

Here is my rough itinerary. Any feedback is great appreciated!!

Buy 7 day JR pass. We'll have 12 days there.

Days 1-4: fly into Haneda, train to Tokyo. Spend a few days checking oit Tokyo and a day trip to Nikko?

Days 5-8: Activate JR pass and head to Kyoto. Spend a few days there and do a day trip to Nara.

Days 9-11: Hokkaido? Osaka?

Head back to Tokyo and fly home.

jtodd_fl · 03-14-2016, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by BMW F22

Here is my rough itinerary. Any feedback is great appreciated!!

Buy 7 day JR pass. We'll have 12 days there.

Days 1-4: fly into Haneda, train to Tokyo. Spend a few days checking oit Tokyo and a day trip to Nikko?

Days 5-8: Activate JR pass and head to Kyoto. Spend a few days there and do a day trip to Nara.

Days 9-11: Hokkaido? Osaka?

Head back to Tokyo and fly home.

Should go to Africa. It is amazing.

BMW F22 · 03-14-2016, 10:47 PM

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Should go to Africa. It is amazing.

I will make my way to all 7 continents eventually. Would like to eventually go to Kenya, do the safari/savannah in Africa and also Egypt. For now, it is Japan.

jtodd_fl · 03-14-2016, 10:51 PM

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I will make my way to all 7 continents eventually. Would like to eventually go to Kenya, do the safari/savannah in Africa and also Egypt. For now, it is Japan.

Truthfully, your agenda looks awesome to me (would probably pick Hokkaido over Osaka). I will let people with good Japan knowledge weigh in, but that looks great. I'm jelly.

Ravenseal · 03-14-2016, 10:52 PM

Japan >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > Everything else.

Ravenseal · 03-14-2016, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by BMW F22

Here is my rough itinerary. Any feedback is great appreciated!!

Buy 7 day JR pass. We'll have 12 days there.

Days 1-4: fly into Haneda, train to Tokyo. Spend a few days checking oit Tokyo and a day trip to Nikko?

Days 5-8: Activate JR pass and head to Kyoto. Spend a few days there and do a day trip to Nara.

Days 9-11: Hokkaido? Osaka?

Head back to Tokyo and fly home.

Skip Osaka, nothing too special there. Go to Hokkaido.

tc328 · 03-15-2016, 03:30 PM

Japan

I been to both, europe is a must go but Japan is a place I'll always want to go back

BMW F22 · 05-07-2016, 01:22 PM

Got here to Japan

Went Sushi Dai next to Tsukiji fish market at 4 to get in line. 4 hour wait for sushi. Lol

BMW F22 · 05-07-2016, 01:25 PM

Really good sushi straight from the ocean

eluded · 05-07-2016, 01:42 PM

The Antarctic is worth seeing. You should work there for the full year. Not just during peak season. Gorgeous down there

ASAP · 05-07-2016, 01:47 PM

Only an uneducated individual would compare two areas that are so vastly different with a simple questions as; "which do you prefer to travel to?"

BMW F22 · 05-07-2016, 01:59 PM

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Only an uneducated individual would compare two areas that are so vastly different with a simple questions as; "which do you prefer to travel to?"

I see

bimmette · 05-07-2016, 02:03 PM

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Only an uneducated individual would compare two areas that are so vastly different with a simple questions as; "which do you prefer to travel to?"

I think he actually may have multiple degrees but yeah, I agree it was silly a question.

BMW F22 · 05-07-2016, 02:09 PM

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I think he actually may have multiple degrees but yeah, I agree it was silly a question.

So which do you prefer to travel to?

bimmette · 05-07-2016, 02:11 PM

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I think he actually may have multiple degrees but yeah, I agree it was silly a question.

So which do you prefer to travel to?

Europe for sure.
And I believe I told you that but ultimately I don't think our opinions helped you.

PoorLurker · 05-07-2016, 02:17 PM

Am I the only one who read that he is now in Japan?

OP - update your post with information because people will only read page 1 and respond to that which is pretty pointless given the fact that you are already in the land of the rising sun.

You went at 4am and there was a 4 hour wait? or 4pm? 4pm would be crazy ...

AW335TT · 05-07-2016, 03:01 PM

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Jamaica!

I would never go back to Jamaica.

Banana Hammock · 05-07-2016, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by PoorLurker

Am I the only one who read that he is now in Japan?

OP - update your post with information because people will only read page 1 and respond to that which is pretty pointless given the fact that you are already in the land of the rising sun.

You went at 4am and there was a 4 hour wait? or 4pm? 4pm would be crazy ...

I'm pretty sure it's 4am.

I went to Japan early this year and I loved it. Was lucky enough to go when a couple of large car events was happening so I got to check out the Tokyo Auto Salon as well as the Fresh Tokyo Meet hosted by Super Street.

BMW F22 · 05-07-2016, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by PoorLurker

Am I the only one who read that he is now in Japan?

OP - update your post with information because people will only read page 1 and respond to that which is pretty pointless given the fact that you are already in the land of the rising sun.

You went at 4am and there was a 4 hour wait? or 4pm? 4pm would be crazy ...

Yeah. We went at 4 AM. Got to our place a little before 8 PM after we landed, walked around the neighborhood for a bit, grabbed dinner and went to bed around 10:30. I was up at 2. Woke the gf up at 3 and Uber since public transportation doesn't open until at least 4-5. Thought it was maybe a 2 hr wait since we got there at 4 AM. But no...people lined up at 2:30. Met some people from the states and just chatted with them to pass the time. A little more than 4 hr wait.

Basicaly went out from 3 AM to about 10 PM. Tired as hell last night.

Banana Hammock · 05-07-2016, 04:44 PM

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Yeah. We went at 4 AM. Got to our place a little before 8 PM after we landed, walked around the neighborhood for a bit, grabbed dinner and went to bed around 10:30. I was up at 2. Woke the gf up at 3 and Uber since public transportation doesn't open until at least 4-5. Thought it was maybe a 2 hr wait since we got there at 4 AM. But no...people lined up at 2:30. Met some people from the states and just chatted with them to pass the time. A little more than 4 hr wait.

Basicaly went out from 3 AM to about 10 PM. Tired as hell last night.

Oh snap. I didn't know there was Uber in Japan.

Did you guys rent a portable GPS and get a Passmo card?

Lucky John · 05-07-2016, 04:45 PM

F22, keep us updated. Sounds like fun, have an excellent trip and get some sleep.

BMW F22 · 05-07-2016, 05:06 PM

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Oh snap. I didn't know there was Uber in Japan.

Did you guys rent a portable GPS and get a Passmo card?

Gf has international plan so we use her phone for when we need GPS. We got PASMO cards and have been using it for transportation. We bought JR passes and will activate them when we go to Nikko in a few days.

Glad you had fun on your trip earlier this year!

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