An archipelago in the Pacific, Japan is separated from the east coast of Asia by the Sea of Japan. It is approximately the size of Montana. Japan’s four main islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku. The Ryukyu chain to the southwest was U.S.-occupied from 1945 to 1972, when it reverted to Japanese control, and the Kurils to the northeast are Russian-occupied.
With many hot springs in this country, they have given rise to some stunning resorts.
Tokyo, Japan’s city is a modern city of which is full of wonderful diversity. There are many sacred shrines and temples that hold there own amongst the imposing might of the skyscrapers.
The Tokyo Disney Resort in Chiba, is a holiday and recreation resort which has become the most popular and most visited theme park in the world since it was opened in 1983.
Mount Fuji is stunningly impressive and standing at a stunning 12,388 ft., has earned it the title of the tallest mountain in Japan. The Japanese revere this majestic mountain and use it as a symbol to the very spirit of their country. The best viewing place for Mount Fuji is Hakone and although it is almost always shrouded in clouds on a clear day the peak becomes visible.
The adventurous among you will be pleased to know that there are 6 ascents to the peak of the mountain of varying difficulties. Depending on the weather you can climb in the months of April to October although the “”official”" climbing season is from mid-July to the end of August.
Lake Ashi can be found in the volcanically active Izu National Park in Japan. The lake is breathtaking and was apparently formed in the caldera of Mt. Hakone 3000 years ago after the volcano’s last eruption. This is a popular tourist attraction which is well known for its hot springs and stunning views of Mt. Fuji on a clear day.
You will have the opportunity to take cruise boats resembling pirate ships along the lake where some small towns are located on the shore.
Nikko is a small city at the entrance to Nikko National Park. Here you can experience the famous Toshogu shrine which is Japan’s most elaborately decorated shrine.
Nikko National Park offers one of the most scenic landscapes, boasting mountains, stunning lakes, impressive waterfalls, hot springs. You can get close to the wild monkeys on one of the many walking trails.
Hiroshima is the largest city in the Chugoku region on the largest of Japan’s islands and was rebuilt after World War II.
You cannot mention Hiroshima without it conjuring up the reminder that it was the first place in history to be subjected to an atomic bomb by the United States of America.
Thankfully in modern times, new buildings have grown all over the city. Now proclaimed as a City of Peace by the Japanese parliament, Hiroshima has become the seemingly appropriate place for holding international conferences on peace.
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The reason you dont hear much about it in Japan is because unlike many other countries, Japan actually enforces Immigration laws. It is illegal to be a temporary visitor/tourist and work around for money.
If you want to do that you need a visa.
Some people on this board just drive me insane with their incorrect answers please provide useful information please folks.
You just need a proper visa to work.
For example, if you are from the following countries:
* Australia
* Canada
* Denmark
* Germany
* France
* Ireland
* Korea
* New Zealand
* United Kingdom
And between the ages of 18-25 you can get a working holiday visa, that is valid for 6 months to one year (depending on what country you are from).
If you are not on that list or if you are too old, then you then usually need a full work visa, which usually entails having a job sponsor in Japan, and meeting immigration requirements for a work visa, which usually includes having a university bachelors degree.
As for how easy is it for a white guy, well In this economy its hard for anyone to get a job, my friend is white, and he's been unemployed for a while now. It's not about skin color, its about what you can do. Don't speak fluent Japanese? well good luck because the green guy who can speak fluent japanese or the other white guy who can speak fluent japanese is going to get that job.
@sharestyle01 ya but thats one of tokyo’s best features
Check these blogs.
i’ll make sure to stay there whenever i go to japan…
Backpacking whether alone or with friends requires a lot of prior planning. First and foremost, you need to work out a budget. Only with a budget, the other plans could be laid out.
After budgeting, identify your destinations and estimate the duration of your travel. Once you have identified your destinations, find out more about those places ( eg. the people, language, culture, cost of transportation / accomodation / food etc, precautions to be taken, safety situations ). Google about these places and also try to read travelogues / travel journals from backpackers to get a rough idea of what to expect. Remember some of the information could only be found in these self penned journals not on anywhere else. After this, plan your itineraries so that you would be able to meet your duration limit and from there sort out all the visas required.
If you have not been backpacking before, i suggest you try to do it by going to places not far from the place you come from, eg. somewhere in your country. This might not interest you a lot but it would allow you to experience backpacking before you embark on a proper and more challenging one.
My advise, when going backpacking alone, make it a point to update your family about your whereabout DAILY. At least they would have a rough idea when to locate you in the event something unfortunate happens to you.
With the airlines charging (in some cases) for EVERY piece of baggage, I've started taking an absolute minimum – mostly just wearing jeans, jacket and comfortable shirt to travel in (or sweats, depending on how long the flight is) and buying stuff in my destination city. There are stores everywhere and my husband and I came to an agreement that he won't come unglued if I wear the same clothes over and over (he thought it was weird that I kept changing clothes….) and I won't come unglued as long as I can wash them overnight and put them on clean the next morning. So my baggage usually consists of a bathing suit, change of underwear, raincoat (one of those plastic jobs that you buy at the dollar store and can be thrown away at the end of a trip) and pjs.
yeah will look foward,maybe for my further studies.
If you have to catch an early flight from Narita before 10AM, you'd better stay around near Narita because it takes more than 60 to 90minutes from Ueno to Narita and you need to check-in to the airport counter before at least 2 hours to flight departure time there.
Keisei Skyliner limited express starts its first servise from Keisei Ueno on 6:30am to Narita airport on 7:29am, which is considerably somehow too late or dangerous to check in for some of the early filights but it is the earliest train from Keisei Ueno. If you try JR, time and distandce are much more critical.
If you prefer JR to Keisei, you must arrive to JR Tokyo before 6:15am
to catch Narita express no.1 departures on 6:30am from the very deep bottom platform there very much far away from the surface platforms for other trains which you may take on from JR Ueno. You must leave JR Ueno before 6:00am. The Narita express no.1 arrives to Narita airport on 7:29am too. This is the earliest train to Narita airport from Tokyo or Ueno or Akihabara etc.
You can see many large coin lockers at Keisei Ueno station and JR Ueno station quite often. But those are well sold out in travel season.
You would have to drop in some manga kissa near the station together with your trunks. It costs free anyway.
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Evil drops with atomic bombs, the needle flops with sonic wrongs, the onyx on, blow heads into lethargic moms!!the spark is gone, cuz I'm sharp with song, park on your front lawn with the harness on so that I can bark till the stars are gone…evil will
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buck-and-deloy; spit-the-tower-of-tarot-cards
the-mission-is-toyed, leave-the-flower-of-berreta's-scarred
you-risk-and-avoid, the-hour-of-better-is-jarred
cuz you ain't sh!t-with-the-loins-cuz-my-fetters-are-tarred!!
Here are some tips from my experience.
You can try staying at capsule hotels and small business hotels. $30 is could be a bit short, especially with the current exchange rate. I would actually budget $50 a night.
A few years ago I stayed at a capsule hotel. The basics are all there common bath, showers and a place to sleep. Capsule hotels are usually found near major stations.
You can also walk into a travel agency and ask for a business hotel and specify the rate you would like to pay. This may run you about $120 per person.
Food
Local knowledge and the ability to read Japanese can save you a lot of money. To get to the point, you can find bargains at grocery stores in the deli sections. Another good way to save money is to live off of instant noodles and other foods from the convenience stores.
Transportation
There is something to be said about the JR Rail pass, one trip one the bullet train and it pays for itself. But if that does not work for you here is an alternative. You can take the local trains over a long distance, but that requires transferring and understanding where the train terminates. If you can figure that out you can save about 40% of the fee.
Another option is to take a red eye bus between large cities. This will cost you about $50.
cool.i wish i can go Japan
but im still 15 lol.
Thank you very much .
We hope to see you again some time !!
Don’t worry.
They are waiting.
See you someday at J-HOPPERS!
Nice house. Kyoto has so much more room to move around than Tokyo.
ur video was vary helpful! thanxx
Please stay with us when you visit Kyoto.
Btw, ur house is cool, too.
It that your property?