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PART I : TIPS AND TRICK TRIP TO JAPAN (English Guide)
Hello Guys!
Sorry, I never updated this blog. There was nothing special to write actually
XD Today, I want to share about my Japan Travel last October 2016. I went to
Japan with my friends (4 girls including me). We didn’t use tour and travel
agent. We managed all the things by ourselves eventhough each of us had never
been there before . Many friends of mine asked me—
“How dare you go to country that you don’t even know before?” hmm“Do you understand Japanese?” NO“Do you have relatives who lived in Japan?” NO“So, How did you manage everything and come back safely?” Okay, I will share everything here
First, I
went to Japan in the mid October for about 2 weeks. I had prepared EVERYTHING before I went there. “EVERYTHING” that you should prepare
for solo travelling to Japan are..
1 1. Deciding when, where, and how long
This is really important for the
traveller who wants to go to Japan.
When : Japan
has four seasons, so which months you will going to spend. For me, it was
autumn because the weather is not too hot or too cold. Winter is good as well
but your luggage will be really heavy since you have to bring some thick coats.
(The point is: when you do solo travel, you have to bring the luggage by
yourself)
How long : Decide
How long you are going to stay in Japan. For me, 2 weeks is more than enough. I
could visit 5 cities (tokyo, osaka, kobe, kyoto, hakone) in just 2 weeks.
Where :
Decide which cities you are going to stay. You can explore everything about
Japan in Youtube. There are so many YOUTUBERS who made travel diaries about
Japan.
2 2. Buy a Flight Ticket ( Round-Trip)
My friends and I looked for the
ticket 4 months before going there. Luckily, we got a really reasonable price
for Cathay Pasific from SUB (Indonesia) – HND (Japan). I booked online via
Traveloka.
3 3. Make an Itinerary or Schedule
Make a schedule for your travelling.
It contains the CITY-the PLACE you want to visit- the FOOD and BEVERAGE you
want to try, the CUTE THINGS you want to buy.
I will give you the example. Later I will
upload my itinerary here! So stay tune xD
4 4. Booking Hotels, Wifi Router, JR PASS
After deciding which places you want
to go, book some hotels. I booked the hotels via traveloka and Agoda.
Tips: Book a hotel which is near the
station or subway. So that, you need not to walk too far. If you want to know
which hotel is good or bad, you can read the review in Tripadvisor (as fas as I
know, the review is trusted)
Booking wifi router is a must. When
you do solo travel, you need to check the train schedule in hyperdia.com. I
suggest you to rent the wifi router in your country so when you arrive at the
airport, you can use that
JR Pass is very
cost effective rail pass for long distance train travel in Japan. If you just go around tokyo or the
route is tokyo-kyoto-osaka, you need not to buy that. If you go round trip like
tokyo-osaka-kyoto-tokyo, it is worthed to buy JR Pass.
PS: JR Pass can be bought only
outside JAPAN. It is provided for the tourist only (I will explain more about
JR PASS in the next part)
5 5. VISA
I made a japan visa in HIS Travel
Agent in Indonesia. I just need to collect some photos, identity card, and
passport. I spent IDR 445.000 or $ 34 and they managed the rest and we just
signed some papers. Not more than a week, I got the visa.
6 6. ETC
When you go travelling to Japan, do
not forget to bring Universal Travel Adapter. For me, Japan and Indonesia has
different adapter. So check first whether you have “that” adapter or not.
That’s all about what you have to prepare
before going to Japan! If you have any question, you can just email me ^^ I will
surely reply your message.
See you in PART 2!
See you in PART 2!
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