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Great info! Delivered beautifully thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
I’m going to Japan for 11 days including travel time and staying in 2 to 3 city’s. Bringing minimal clothing, and planning to do some shopping and bring stuff home. Would a carry on suitcase 40L and a 40L backpack be better. Or one 100L suitcase and no backpack? This is not only my first time going to Japan but my first time out of the 50th state, this is all new to me. Any help would be appreciated Mahalos 🤙🏽
Wow! This is SO WELL DONE and TIMELY! Thank you!
You are so welcome!
I have a red eye flight arriving at 4:30am. Any suggestions of what to do until our hotel check in time around 2pm?
Year 2024, people all over the world don't throw away garbage, they recycle them and make another garbage to sell it back to you. 😅😅😅
Excellent video. Recommend updating the video to include the JR pass ticket office location and hours of operation.
Will there be free WiFi while waiting for the transit flight?
The airport has free WiFi.
Thanks!!
Is sushi an exception to the no dining with hands rule?
Yes. Onigiri also.
Thanks for the info
Hi there, I stumbled across your profile, and thank you for this informative information. Very helpful. I am going with my son at the beginning of October for 11 days! This is great news for us! :)
Glad it was helpful!
What if you aren't wearing socks. Should you carry socks with you?
Yes 👍 that’s a good idea.
Thanks for introducing Japan and Japanese culture. 👍
The UK is dead. I want to live in Japan.
I love this contents ♥️, Thank you.
Hello, very informative video. We will be travelling next year to Tokyo and trying to find a hotel so this helps. Do you have a video on the hotel recommendation. What do you recommend for choosing bed size. Many have single or double, so wondering if a double will fit two adults comfortably.
I deeply miss Tokyo 😢
Hi. My flight is going to land at 1 a.m at T3 Haneda airport. I have absolutely no idea what kind of public transportation system I can find at that time to take me to my hotel room. Could you please help and support? Thanks.
Public transportation shuts down pretty early. A taxi may be your best option with a flight coming in at 1AM.
@@JapanandMoreTours What about the airport shuttle buses? Have you ever tried to use them after midnight?
They shut down before the trains. You can try to contact your hotel and ask them for the best way to get to the hotel from the airport.
@@JapanandMoreTours Then what is your opinion about this table ? www.tripadvisor.com/ExternalLinkInterstitial?redirectTo=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.limousinebus.co.jp%2Fwww%2Fpdf%2Fnews%2Fkaisei_20231220.pdf
These late buses only go to Shinjuku and Ikebukuro. However, I think it would be stressful to try and catch a 2:20AM bus with a 1:00AM arrival.
Hi and thanks for the video very informative. I’m traveling there with my daughter in Nov and staying at the Sheraton Grande on the bay. Is the best way to grab a bus? I’m looking online and can see many options but a little confused. Any help with a simple explanation appreciated. Thanks guys
Hi, a happy subscriber here.thanks for your video. Would you like to give a suggestion what is the best option to reach Funabashi city from Haneda airport,arriving around 8pm?we have 4 suitcases😊thanks in advance
I don’t know where exactly you’re going in Funabashi, but it looks like the Keikyu line to Funabashikeibajo would be your best bet. It’s one train with no transfers. Keep in mind that the last train departure is at 10:17pm. With an 8pm arrival, this might be tight! We suggest staying one night at a hotel at the airport and then catching the train to your destination the following day.
Hi! I want to visit both the Fujiko Fujio and Ghibli Museums in one day from my hotel in Hearton hotel Higashi-Shinagawa. Is this possible, considering I want to avoid the excessive crowds in both museums. Furthermore, I want to take some nice pictures with the Laputa Robot on top of the Ghibli Museum. Thus, avoiding arriving at the Ghibli Museum in the late afternoon (say 4 pm?) Might be wise?
Where did you stay in Tokyo?
We’ve stayed at many places in Tokyo. Big budget - I recommend Shinjuku. Tight budget, Kanda has some good business hotels and it’s an awesome location.
Thank you
Excellent video. Thank you! <3
Glad it was helpful!
Wonderful information and thank you. Can you do a video with overlay of the map as you speak? Thank you again.
You guys live in Japan. Tourist lives in a hotel with small trash can that can fit one meal of bento. If you stay in the hotel for a week it will not fit. Not everyone wants a maid in your room everyday. So I put the trash in front of the door. Japan should have more trash can in public. Have the hotel pay for it. Hotels like APA hotel are doubling the hotel price in USD not in yen. If Japanese tourism companies are exploting Japanese worker by keeping the profits they should use that extra money that they are pocketing to help pay for tourism infrastructure. Japanese companies should pay their workers a fair wage so Japanese people will work in the tour industry instead of moving to Australia to do farming. Japanese companies are speeding up the population decline in Japan.
In Japan, there used to be a lot of trash cans in parks, but there aren't any anymore. The reason is counter-terrorism measures. It may be difficult for people who come for sightseeing, but the reason there is no trash on the roads in Japan is because there are people who take it home and volunteer to pick up trash. If you want to throw away small food waste, just throw it away when you go shopping at a convenience store. It is bad manners to throw away trash without buying anything.
@@usercaf then Japan should put garbage can everywhere. Japan now needs tourism to survive. I put my trash in front of my hotel room because the trash can isn't big enough. Image if you visit Japan for a week with a small trash can. It will not fit. You might not understand because maybe you have not done a long oversea travel and only live in Japan. I just arrived Japan today. On the news it was talking about travelers at Lawson's by Mt Fuji. Yeah... Japan is hopeless. Bagging on tourist like 15 years ago when I was living in Japan like the IT industry. Look at Japan now. Look what the Japanese media got Japan into. Becoming a hopeless country.
@@usercaf yeah. You must be watching Japanese TV. Just arrived Japan today and still on TV bagging on Tourist at Mt Fuji Lawson. Maybe if the tourist was white the reaction might be different who knows. Blaming tourist without a solution. Japan was like that 15 years ago when I lived there and still the same. Bagging on the IT industry making them look bad and making Japan hopeless. Nothing changed. Japanese can't do disruptive innovation. Japan need General MacArthur again to reform the country.
Where are the ww2 museums? I see online but many review’s say they are very biased.
Can we roam around in Departure area from Arrival in Haneda Airport Terminal 3? Can we check the shops in the upper floor?
Only if you go through immigration and customs. Then take escalators up to departures. If it’s just a layover you can’t.
Thank you 🙏 for sharing! 😊
You are so welcome!
I’m planning to visit Japan in mid November. Can you tell me the weather, clothes to wear and any other things to be aware of? Thank you
This is pretty detailed article about clothes recommendations for each season: japanandmore.com/what-to-wear-in-japan/#toggle-id-5
Thanks a lot for the video.. Going next week after golden week... Question is it the best option for a short 12 day trip to get Shinksnsen trains using Xsmart and bound them once we got the suica welcome passport? Getting to HND at 5am hopefully no issues getting money and the transport card
As far as I know, Smart EX only works with a registered Suica Card that has a credit card linked to it. I’m not 100% sure if it works with the Welcome Suica Card. If you have an iPhone, you can get a registered Suica through Apple Wallet and link it to a credit card in your wallet. Then you just use your phone as a Suica Card. That’s what we do. It’s super easy and it’s great for recharging the Suica. Never have to find a charge machine. Just do it through Apple Wallet.
@@JapanandMoreTours thanks a lot for the reply, I dont have an iphone ;( will try to find if Smart EX truly works only that way... O BTW, I guess that for those like me that prefers SIM card (my phone is not esim) in HND there are options too right?
Yeah. There is a Bic Camera in T3 that sells SIM Cards.
Thanks for your videos! I have followed Only in Japan, Japan By Food, Rion, and Paolo from Tokyo over the past several years. But yours covering all the airport and transport details is extra helpful. Have been waiting almost 13 years to finally go to Tokyo, will be there mid-May! Might be hard to actually leave and fly back to NY after realizing how amazing Tokyo is. IF you have videos on coping with Japan withdrawal, I'll watch them haha!
Thanks for the detailed information!
You bet!
arriving at Haneda airport at 8pm on a sunday night, can you still get a bus or is it trains only, going to the Hyatt yokohama
The buses stop pretty early. Your best bet is to catch the Keikyu Airport Line to Yokohama. Then you’ll either have to change to the metro to Nihon-Odori Station or take a taxi to the Hyatt. A taxi from Yokohama station to the Hyatt should run you about 1,300 to 1,500 yen. A taxi from HND will probably run you about 8,000 to 10,000 yen.
@@JapanandMoreTours thank you so much.
We all should imitate these rules. We , western people, are in most of times too rude :(
Just subscribed. I’m arriving Henada T3 late at night, are there any sleep pods in T3?
Terminal 1 has a capsule hotel called First Cabin, but I don’t think there is anything in T3 anymore.
@@JapanandMoreTours thanks for your reply folks….much appreciated 👍✈️
What's the best way to get to Narita airport from Haneda airport?
The best way is probably Taxi, but that would be VERY expensive. Probably a couple hundred US Dollars. You can also take a highway bus or some Keikyu trains (you will have to do some transfers). Here is a website to help you out: tokyo-haneda.com/en/access/narita/index.html?timestamp=1711516252264
The staying close to the train station is good info for Japan in general! People seem to become more and more aware of that. If you look at the booking sites, it's the places close to the stations that fill up quickest. Book well in advance if you want to take advantage of that knowledge. If you don't, you might only have the leftovers and the super pricey stuff to choose from!
Very true.
Thank you!
You're welcome!
Kinda late here but my husband and I will be in Japan in a few days and flying to Haneda. I know in order to get the JR pass we need a temporary visitor visa or stamp. Where would we go in order to obtain that?
You get it from the immigration officer upon entry.
@@JapanandMoreTours thank you. Is it issued automatically or do I need to request it?
Automatically.
We just came back from a small group of 20 persons from US. There are a family of 4 persons, I can say they should not visiting Japan. They did face time on bus, in Zen Medication, stepped on the floor after put on the shoes, they cut the line getting into bus. They put their feet in the chair to put the shoes on, they talked in the bus, bullet train. I am not sure their original country, but I saw they read Russian on the phone. They made local people have an unpleasant look at tourists. Does not matter we like the ways local does or not, we should respect local residents and at least to practice the same way as local doest at time visiting their country. There are a lots of things people around the would should learn from Japanese. BTY, I am not a Japanese.
Hi, I’m a first time traveler I’m landing in NRT and I’m trying to get to Izu Japan and how far is it from henada airport?
I’m confused. Are you landing at Narita (NRT) or Haneda (HND)? Also, what time are you landing? If it’s in the evening, you want to consider staying at a hotel near the airport and then traveling the following day.
Hi, does the welcome suica machine accept visa credit card? As arriving after midnight and will have no cash on hand
I’m not sure about that. As an alternative, you can put the Suica on your iPhone through the “wallet” app. I think it can be done on Android also. I do recommend setting it all up in your home country. Doing it while overseas could cause some red flags with your credit cards.
Soo useful, again. We'll get a pocket Wi-Fi for our upcoming adventure! We're renting a car and wondering if google maps is all we need for getting around. Can we enter an address in English, I wonder? Thanks!
Google maps works best. Good land marks. English works well.
Perfect! Thanks so much. This will help in so many ways 🙂
Great! 👍
No crowds?
This was recorded before Japan opened back up to tourism.
Wow.... this video is the best in term of explaining things. keep up the good work.
Thank you so much. 🙏
Great video. Are the Limousine busses in the new Garden mall area or in Terminal 3 Thanks
Just before the Garden Mall.
Red light; be very cautious with Japanese drivers running through it. Often one or two cars speed through when the pedestrian signal has turned green already.
Nice tip with the two sides of a footrest! Overall a great video.
Thanks 👍
In public surrounds especially with large groups, don't stop/stand in the middle of the walkway. Stand to one side so you don't disrupt the movement. This also goes for getting in/out of the train gate. Don't stop right in front of the gate and grab your ticket or ic card. Have it ready before you start to pass through.
Yes! Also, don’t stop right after getting off the escalator. Move away from the escalator and then get oriented.