How To Plan a Trip To Japan | IN DEPTH JAPAN TRAVEL GUIDE 🇯🇵🌸
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- Опубликовано: 30 июн 2024
- I'll tell you all how how to plan a trip to Japan as a first timer. I included lots of vlog footage as well. There are TONS of tips sprinkled in on the screen so please be sure to check them all out!
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🍙 Timestamps 🍙
🌸Intro - 00:00
🌸Pre-Planning Tip - 01:36
🌸Flights - 02:34
🌸Flight Saving Tips - 03:30
🌸Itinerary Planning - 07:22
🌸My Itinerary & Things We Did - 09:10
🌸Resources Used for Planning (Websites, Groups, Books & RUclipsrs) - 11:12
🌸Accommodation Tips (Sites we used & AirBnB tips) - 16:31
🌸Where We Stayed During our Trip - 19:56
🌸Transportation (JR Pass, getting around & tips) - 21:45
🌸Money (Cash, budgeting, currency exchange & what I budgeted. Note that totals are not given until the section listed below) - 26:31
🌸Shopping Tips - 31:52
🌸Favorite Activities - 34:13
🌸Regrets - 38:14
🌸Parting Tips (Total costs, tips & what’s next) - 42:05
🌸Cost Breakdown - 42:35
🌸How We’re Planning For Our Next Trip - 44:50
🌸Future Japan Planning Video Ideas - 46:10
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This is great! You have some great advice. My biggest piece of advice is especially in Tokyo, spend some money on your hotel/air B&B so you don’t end up with little friends in your space.
Also only bring one suitcase. I had multiple suitcases and didn't send out my luggage ahead of time. It was so stressful.
Little Friends?? O_O
@@SavvyFaerie yep. Found cockroaches in our air b&b. We left the next morning after getting no sleep and got a room at an APA hotel. It was small, but it was clean, the bathtub was GREAT and we had no unwanted guests! An added bonus was that we were walking distance to a train station.
Thank you for this because I cannot handle roaches.
My tips from our trip:
-get a credit card without international fees!
-take your passport everywhere, because you never know when you'll want to buy things duty free!
You’ll also legally need to have your passport on you at all times anyway.
Just stumbled across this video as I'm waiting for Japan to open. You are the first vloger who gave the practical advice of "what is it that you really want out out of your trip". That is the best question when you start planning a trip. Great video. 👍👍👍
Oh thank you I appreciate it. Hope you found this video helpful ✨
It's opening Oct 11 and I am booking my flight for Week of Oct 20th. Lol
OMG!! The over doing the itinerary is totally me! Thank you so much for the tips!
I'm trying so hard not to over do it next time. Glad you found this video helpful and thank you for watching
@@Kimbuucha This was perfect! I will be going for my first time next spring and you covered a lot of things I wanted to know. I'll be going with my Fiancé as a Graduation gift to self. I want to enjoy myself but take it easy too. It was really beneficial!
So happy that this was the top suggested video for me💜 Thank you for making the intimidating task of planning an int’l trip seem less stressful! I appreciated your perspective on not being too strict on spending and just going with the flow. I can’t wait to plan my trip!!💟
Me, out here scribbling notes for later because traveling is on my bucket list
I can't wait to get our of corona jail
I love the whole video. Great job!! I’m planning a family trip on 2024. Your itinerary is what I was thinking.
Thank you!!
Oh I'm so glad this video was helpful for you! I hope you have a FANTASTIC time in Japan. It truly is an amazing place.
This video is so fun and very helpful. I've just started planning and I'm very overwhelmed but now I'm excited. Thank you for your honest and down to earth attitude.
Hey I would love to plan with you too if that’s cool me and my friend are planning to go in august but extra help about talking abt food destinations etc..
Loved your video and tips, I am scarred to death about my first coming trip to Japan (and Asia), specially about the language barrier. Thank you so much for your tips.
Sorry it took so long to get around to this comment. I appreciate you watching. Is it the plane that scares you or the language difference? I think you will get by totally fine so long as you have Google Translate. I was able to communicate with the employees at Japan Post who spoke zero english by just typing in what I needed and showing them my phone. Highly recommend it. Also, Japan is really good about recognizing tourists and sending English speakers to help. Trust me, once you land you're going to get over that anxiousness and have a BLAST! Hope you have a great trip Paul :)
Thank you a lot for this video! There was a lot of useful information in one place. I usually don't put comments on videos but this one is just great :)
Aww shucks thank you for the kind comment. I’m glad this video was useful for you and I hope you have a great time planning your trip ☺️
Thank you so much for this. This is the best one on this topic I’ve seen so far. I’m planning a trip to Japan in December of 2022 for my 30th birthday and this was so helpful 🙏🏽
We hope to travel to Japan!! Thanks for sharing!
It’s such an amazing place. Currently dreaming of our next trip. Hope you get to go someday too and thanks for watching ☺️
Thank you! This was really helpful and you are sooooo lovely. Also thanks for including the "regrets" section, that was also really interesting 💞
Thank you for this! Im planning on surprising my husband with a week trip to japan hopefully next fall. This is so helpful!
Oh my gosh how awesome! You will LOVE it. Hope this video helped you out a little bit. Best of luck planning 💖
Really enjoyed this. I laughed when I saw your spreadsheet because I did exactly the same thing and completely overbooked our first trip. For our second trip a few years later, I did cut back significantly (although my husband still felt that it was more regimented than he would like!). But I like to know that the framework is all planned and booked and I don't need to worry about buying train tickets or where I'm going to stay that night. Then I can relax during the day and just take in the sights. The only aspect I think you didn't mention is that Japan is not a country to navigate while trying to haul enormous suitcases. It's a lot better to travel light, for example there isn't room on public transport for really big suitcases. Plus the more you buy, the more you have to carry. I could have bought so much more but couldn't because of a) the weight of having to carry the purchases around the rest of the day, b) the weight limit on suitcases on the flight home, c) room in said suitcases etc. The luggage forwarding service is great, but not every hotel offers that service, and we got stuck in Tokyo when our (not budget) hotel refused to store our cases overnight while we were spending a night at Disney, even though we were booked to come back to that same hotel the following night. There are luggage lockers around Tokyo and in stations but most are too small for big suitcases to fit into and the few bigger lockers were all booked, we dragged our suitcases all around Ueno station for an hour before finally finding lockers in a sub basement area , not fun. I'm interested that you sent boxes home, how did you manage that?
Always great to see worthwhile content about Japan Traveling. Thank you for sharing!
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More to come!
Thanks so much for this video! I was watching a ton of vids on planning for Japan but your tips really helped! Especially planning out the shopping part even tho it sounds dumb, it would be a good idea to keep a list of specific stores I want to go to and even a lil list of things I want to buy so I don't forget when I actually get there lol
This is such a helpful video. Thank you so much. ❤
Super helpful video! Once the world gets back to normal I’m definitely planning a trip to Japan 🇯🇵
Thanks for watching and glad it helped. I hope to start planning for another trip again soon as well
That Portland story is pretty wild. My bf and I had a similar situation where a girl who sat next to us at a Tsukiji sushi restaurant happened to have gone to the same small town university my bf graduated from. Small world. Thanks for uploading this. Im an experienced traveler, but I always love learning about other people's experiences and hope to add them to my future travel plans when the pandemic clears up
Oh no way!!! That’s so cool. The world is so big but yet so small. Thank you so much for watching. Oh man I’d love to hear any tips you have about traveling to Japan sometime 😎
Thank you for your hard work! My friend and I are also going to Japan in 2022. See you there! I’m like you, because I’ve created a huge itinerary for us. I will be sure to tone it down and leave free space!
Best of luck planning. You’re going to have a great time!
This is the best video and exactly what I was looking for. Love how authentic you are and your real experiences help a lot!
Oh my goodness thank you so much for saying that. I’m glad this video was helpful. I was really excited to talk about Japan and still am. Hope you have a great trip, whenever that day comes 💓
I was in Japan 🇯🇵 in October 2019. I went to Hokkaido because when I was in college there that was one of the spots I missed.
Hey, how's the Japan travel planning going? I've been hoping for another video in this series as I'm hoping to go next year!
Love this!!!
Great in depth video, much love
I'm also from Portland and am planning my trip to Japan now that travel limitations are being lifted. Super excited to get a chance to refine my Japanese speaking skills and make use of my kanji knowledge. Thanks for the tips!
Oh please put me in your suitcase! J/k. I’m dying to go back. You’ll love it! Super cool you’re learning Japanese. When are you headed?
@@Kimbuucha lol, yeah. I've been learning Japanese for about a year now. I am looking to go sometime around fall of 2023. I want to have adequet planning, funds, and speaking skills for an extended trip. Maybe you will be ready for another go by then also and you can run into another Portland again xD
Just arriving a few months late to this video. . . I have had the chance to visit Japan four times now between a 100% work trip, 50% work trip and two actual trips.
I def had a detailed spreadsheet with my friend when we went to visit our friend who lived in Kyoto at the time. Thankfully, we controlled ourselves and only allowed 2 things per day that were what we wanted to do. We also had a do nothing day which was good, but we were still hanging out with our friend which really helped. I traveled solo for my 50% work trip and honestly, I was fine with just doing my own thing. I also boldly traveled with my mom when we visited my brother who was working in the Tokyo area at the time.
I did the small suitcase of clothing in a larger suitcase which was mainly empty the first time. It was okay, but I cheated by leaving the large on in my friend's place. It was a bit much, so the next two times I used a normal sized suitcase and put a duffel bag in. That way when I was coming back, I could shove all my dirty clothes in the duffel bag and all my goodies in the suitcase.
Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto are all neat, and I've loved going to temples/shrines/museums in all those places, but I've also been able to visit smaller or less popular cities like Shizuoka, Gifu, Nagoya, Koya-san, Hiroshima, Kagoshima, Miyazaki and Aoshima (Kyushu). I personally preferred many of these smaller cities Hiroshima and Kagoshima being my favs as well as the relaxed ocean environment of Aoshima and Miyazaki. Furthermore, these smaller cities are a lot cheaper to visit as the hotel rooms are a bit larger. Another good thing is to hit up the local grocery stores to find whatever produce is in season and if you are someplace like Kyushu not only will you get say, amazing mikans, but they will be half the cost and have more in a bag. My mom was a mikan fiend when we visited in Dec/Jan 2019/2020.
There are also a lot less tourists in places like Kagoshima and still lots of really neat places to visit like Sengan-en or Sakurajima. I will say though, once you get to the smaller cities, signage and some transit may not have english so knowing a few key kanji came in handy. I was really excited to visit Kyushu and enjoyed visiting it though Hokkaido is my future target for a trip - sometime. . . .
How lucky were you to be able to go to Japan multiple times?! Can you put me in your suitcase?! Hiroshima is definitely on my list and hope to be able to visit some less popular places. I think for the first trip its common to go to the big 3 but on subsequent trips, do the less popular places. I'll be adding those places to the list. Thanks for watching, I really appreciate it :)
@@Kimbuucha Oh, I certainly have been lucky since things really lined up, especially with the third trip for work. I knew how to navigate after the previous trip with my friends so that really made me feel much more comfortable. I wouldn't have gone most recently if it weren't for the fact my brother had been working there at the time.
I've see all sorts of opinions on how many places to go as a tourist. For the one trip, my friend and I didn't even bother with Tokyo. We flew into Osaka which I found much less stressful than Narita.
I know the first time I went to Tokyo, I messed up underestimating how much time it takes to get around. Good or bad, I've adopted the "I must do multiple trips so that I can see all the islands in detail." ^_^;;;
Good luck planning you next trip!
My friend and I are planning to go and I just wanna be prepared.
Omg I love you !
I am in australia thanks for video :D
Found this gem of a video after me and my bestie decided to say "Fxxx it" and go on a vacation later on this year. This made planning way easier that it had any right to be. (I say this because I'm a worry-wart and over-plan hehe)
Aww shucks that means a lot to me that people are still finding value in this video. I hope you have an AMAZING trip 💗
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Fun video! What group did you travel with?
youre a great soul
Thanks for sharing. My teenage son wants to go and I’m in the process of planning now. Any suggestions for teens.
Thanks so much for watching. I'd say it really depends on your kids ages and what they like but just off the top of my head, I'd say if they love anime / figurines / arcades and things, research the neighborhood of Akihabara which is great place for that. It's like the mecca for all things anime and nerdy. If they love to shop for fashion, the neighborhood of Shibuya is great for that. Both of those are in Tokyo. There is also Tokyo Disney Sea. Universal Studios is in Osaka and has a huge Harry Potter land from what I hear. And then there is a cool family style indoor onsen in Tokyo (I don't remember the name) . There are also tons of cafes like the Owl Cafe in Tokyo that has live owls. Also I vote for seeing any of the castles, they're really impressive. Himeji was our favorite. There are TONS to do, just depends on you :)
I plan on visiting different parts of Japan aside from Tokyo. Would you recommend staying in 1 hotel only during the whole trip or should I book different accommodations in each place where I plan on going? (My plan is to stay for like 2 weeks)
Sorry I’m so late. How far apart are the places you’re visiting? If you’re visiting to different prefectures or if the places are a pretty far, you’ll definitely want to book accommodations in those cities so you don’t have to rush. Also staying in the other places allows you to really explore and stuff. Where are you planning to go?! So exciting!!!
I'm planning on going to Japan for my bachelor and bacheloret celebration is their any fun cute events we could do to kinda highlight that?
Thanks for the awesome tips! How hard/expensive was it to ship items back to the US from Japan?
Thanks so much for watching and leaving a comment! We shipped two boxes (the largest they have at Japan Post, like a medium size uhaul box roughly) and it was $100. Hope that helps 🙂
I’m traveling to Japan this November and honestly I have no clue what I’m doing 🥲🥲🥲
hey how did it go?
I do want to go japan..which saving up to go for a week.
When booking the flight and hotel, how do you book them to correspond with each other?
Hello, my name is so I'm trying to go at the end of April to Japan for 7 days but was wondering if you can help me with some advice or a tour guide I can get to show me around
Any suggestions for anime/pop culture sites to see?? You mentioned a Studio Ghibli museum? Anything else?
Has anyone traveled to Japan from the UK? And if so, what was that like! Me and a couple friends are planning a trip at the end of next year and apart from Save save save, aren’t sure where to start looking at travel and visas etc.
If anyone has any advice, would be very grateful 😊 Thank you!
Hope all your trips are great!!
Salute. I wanna solo travel there.
Hey! Do u know how u can take the bullet train from tokyo to kyoto ?
How did you receive the suica card? did you buy it online to deliver to the states or buy it there
I received it in Japan. They should issue it at the machines at any station 🙂
Do you know any Japanese or were you able to easily travel primarily knowing english?
I learned a tiny bit by using an app called Lingo Deer. Mostly learned how to ask where the bathroom and numbers for shopping. Otherwise I used Google translate the whole time. A lot of things are in English and you can use the camera function to translate things 💕
When I travel, I will come wiry an empty suitcase or just buy a cheap one there. Never had to ship anything back.
How does it work when u wanna send boxes back to home and where do you do that
Head to any Japan Post (the Japanese version of a post office) and you can box up and ship things there. They have everything you need there. You can’t ship liquids though so I recommend just shipping bulky things like clothes or toys. Also there is a value limit so try and keep the value under like $500. We just used Google translate on our phone to communicate with the staff by typing stuff out on our phone and showing it to them. Another place you can use is Yamato (green logo with a black cat).
Just check your box. You get a certain amount for free.
Is there restrictions to travel rn??
Fully open on Oct 11th. Right now just tour guide travel only.
omg long videos do suck editing!! a lot of work
haha 3000 dollars a person for 12 days? u have been trapped. you can do that for 1 month if u watch out a little
Found this gem of a video after me and my bestie decided to say "Fxxx it" and go on a vacation later on this year. This made planning way easier that it had any right to be. (I say this because I'm a worry-wart and over-plan hehe)