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worth · 05-28-2009, 12:12 PM

So the story goes, our good friend here at CP, cmyden, posts the $350 return flight to Tokyo in his thread (thanks a lot by the way):

http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthread.php?t=74271

And yours truly says, "wow, that is a really cheap flight. I should go to Tokyo."

So now I have a flight booked to Tokyo from June 13-26 and I am completely unprepared.

If you were to ask me 3 days ago "Worth, are you going to go to Japan in June?" I would have said "WTF dude? Umm, no." Now, I'm sitting here with 2 weeks to figure everything out I need to in order to have a good trip.

So details, if they matter:

I'm male and 25.
I speak no Japanese as of this moment other than "Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto".
One other point that I should make is i'm traveling solo on this one. I have a few other friends that were interested in coming with me, but schedules and money played into it along with the short notice. This was something I couldn't pass up. I want to be able to tell my kids when i'm 50 that when I was 25 I just picked up and left for Japan without a clue and it was the wickedest time ever.
I've never gone solo on vacation before, especially to some palce as foreign as Japan. The most foreign i've been is Dominican and Mexico.

I think one major decision to make is:

It is better for me to travel as a "backpacker" staying in hostels and such, which will probably allow me to meet more people my age and a better chance of meeting english speaking people.

or

Stay in hotels which are much more expensive and travel as more of a family type tourist.

Is it better for me to carry a backpack, or a suitcase I guess is the question.

I'd probably like to travel around the country a bit. I basically have 11 days to travel around before I have to be back in Tokyo to go home. So i'd probably get a rail pass so I can get to a few different cities. Or as many as possible. I'm sure I could spent the whole time in Tokyo, but i'd rather tour a bit of the country.

So I guess I need to start reading guides to Japan and learn some basic Japanese and figure out what the hell i'm going to do there and where i'm going to go.

Anyone with advce or experience, by all means please let me hear it. Especially if you've been to Japan before.

05-28-2009, 12:12 PM	#1
worth Franchise Player Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Vancouver Exp:	Added: Pics on Page 2 - So i'm going to Japan...in 2 weeks So the story goes, our good friend here at CP, cmyden, posts the $350 return flight to Tokyo in his thread (thanks a lot by the way): http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthread.php?t=74271 And yours truly says, "wow, that is a really cheap flight. I should go to Tokyo." So now I have a flight booked to Tokyo from June 13-26 and I am completely unprepared. If you were to ask me 3 days ago "Worth, are you going to go to Japan in June?" I would have said "WTF dude? Umm, no." Now, I'm sitting here with 2 weeks to figure everything out I need to in order to have a good trip. So details, if they matter: I'm male and 25. I speak no Japanese as of this moment other than "Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto". One other point that I should make is i'm traveling solo on this one. I have a few other friends that were interested in coming with me, but schedules and money played into it along with the short notice. This was something I couldn't pass up. I want to be able to tell my kids when i'm 50 that when I was 25 I just picked up and left for Japan without a clue and it was the wickedest time ever. I've never gone solo on vacation before, especially to some palce as foreign as Japan. The most foreign i've been is Dominican and Mexico. I think one major decision to make is: It is better for me to travel as a "backpacker" staying in hostels and such, which will probably allow me to meet more people my age and a better chance of meeting english speaking people. or Stay in hotels which are much more expensive and travel as more of a family type tourist. Is it better for me to carry a backpack, or a suitcase I guess is the question. I'd probably like to travel around the country a bit. I basically have 11 days to travel around before I have to be back in Tokyo to go home. So i'd probably get a rail pass so I can get to a few different cities. Or as many as possible. I'm sure I could spent the whole time in Tokyo, but i'd rather tour a bit of the country. So I guess I need to start reading guides to Japan and learn some basic Japanese and figure out what the hell i'm going to do there and where i'm going to go. Anyone with advce or experience, by all means please let me hear it. Especially if you've been to Japan before. Last edited by worth; 07-11-2009 at 11:38 AM.