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Re: Visiting Japan in January - Who's Been Before?
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Narita express is 1000Yen if you get in a regular carriage of 2700yen if you go in the fancy one. We were in the fancy one and didn’t know why there weren’t any people in there 
If you are only planning to go around Tokyo area, I wouldn’t get a rail pass. I got a one week pass but I went from Nagoya to Osaka to Himeji to Kyoto to Tokyo and back to Nagoya. It was definitely worth it.
I wanted to see workshops and that but I found it very hard. I had some addresses to a couple of shops and I got lost looking. Asked train guy and he sent me to the wrong place! I can speak a bit of Japanese so that helped also as you could ask anyone in the street rather than trying to find someone who speaks English.
There are so many people there that will go out of their way to help you e.g. First day in Japan. Was in Nagoya and had to take my sister’s massive suitcase (staying there for a year) to her uni. We sort of knew where to go. Didn’t even know how to buy a train ticket. Someone helped us do that. Then took us to the right platform. Then another person heard us talking about where we wanted to go and was going on that train so we were talking to her. She said that her friend was getting off at some stop and that if we went with her that she could drive us to the uni (as there wasn’t a train station out there). So we get out and she says chotto matte kudasai (please wait). So we wait there for about 5 minutes and she comes back with little presents for us! We were extremely surprised and gave her a present back but she wouldn’t take it. Anyway, head off to the carpark and she takes us to her car. White JZX100 chaser complete with doilies on the back seat. Fork yeah! Got a ride in a Chaser to the uni 
That is just one incident of people being helpful to us. In happened nearly everyday I was there. Even when we weren’t asking for help.
I took a heap of video but I wish I took more photos instead. Oh well, live and learn 
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Danners | Wed, 02 November 2005 04:18 |
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4agte | Wed, 02 November 2005 12:53 |
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illuminatus | Wed, 02 November 2005 22:25 |
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Danners | Wed, 02 November 2005 22:57 |
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Adam Laws | Wed, 02 November 2005 23:25 |
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4agte | Wed, 02 November 2005 23:41 |
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no_tofu_speed | Thu, 03 November 2005 10:06 |
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Chris Davey | Thu, 03 November 2005 23:29 |
