2006-09-27, 21:48 | Link #161 |
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my experiences and recommendations are a few posts up.
seriously airfare from the middle of the US for only $800 is cheap. it is $650 from the west coast. i can't help you figure out anything more than that . as for where to stay, hit the website linked in my previous post. it lists hotels of many price ranges. |
2006-09-28, 02:48 | Link #162 |
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Two jobs and no rent can add up to a LOT of money.
One full-time job is: 40 hours a week times, say, 50 weeks a year (two weeks off) = 2,000 work hours a year. $10/hour, one full-time job = $20,000 a year (not counting taxes, health insurance, other expenditures you might have). So having a goal of saving enough for a very short stint in Japan, considering your economic situation, is very doable. |
2006-10-04, 08:20 | Link #163 | |
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2006-10-04, 11:54 | Link #165 | |
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http://www.jalpak.com/tours/jp_dicovery_pkg/ I didn't want the trouble of reserving things myself so I got their package. I went 2 years ago and pricing for a triple room was 1600 some and 1900 some for twin. That included round trip on JAL (from NY), transportation from airport to hotel and from hotel to airport, 7 nights in Kyoto and 6 nights in Tokyo. In Kyoto, we stayed at New Miyako and Karasuma. New Miyako is the most spacious and is right across the Kyoto station so you can catch buses or trains easily. The nice thing about Karasuma room is they served breakfast both Western and Japanese styles. The food was really good. It was also close to the shopping area. In Tokyo we stayed at Shinagawa. The room was alright, not too big but it was close to station and shopping areas so that was convenient. The cost for one way on bullet train from Kyoto to Tokyo was around 130 some for reserved seat if I recall correctly. Most tickets to various temples, castles, museums were under 1000 yen. The ticket price for Ghibli museum was 1000 yen and that was the highest. The day pass for buses within most Kyoto was 500 yen. When I was there I went to Harajuku and saw a lot of jpop stuff but I wasn't into it before now I really want to go back. |
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2006-10-14, 12:50 | Link #167 |
日本語を食べません!
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Just found a way to get to Japan.
Warning: May not be worksafe. http://www.keikos-homepage.jp/funtime.htm Spoiler for Disclaimer:
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2006-10-14, 13:35 | Link #168 | |
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*emails* See ya there JOJO-San ~ |
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2006-10-14, 14:51 | Link #169 | |
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It does sounds like someone is making fun of the gaijins. Spoiler for desperate f*cks:
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2006-10-14, 18:24 | Link #170 | |
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oh, what a woman.... i am really ashamed of such kind of women as a same japanese woman. |
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2006-10-14, 22:41 | Link #171 | |
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2006-10-15, 10:54 | Link #172 |
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The real one: http://jennicheung.com/index.html
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2006-10-16, 13:17 | Link #173 | |
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2006-10-16, 17:41 | Link #174 | |
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Yeah, and her Japanese sucks. Her Japanese sentence and grammar structure is that of a level of an internet-based translator. I highly doubt she goes to Todai either. Last edited by kj1980; 2006-10-16 at 18:09. |
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2006-11-23, 23:43 | Link #178 |
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Malaysia
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I do have a lot of illusions about Japan like they sell Anime goods everywhere, but it is crushed by reality. They don't do that. Just stupid me. Well, Japan will be a fun place if you have a good friend companion. If not, it will be just quite and boring.
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