Japan LoT Swanking 2009 (Updated Info)
 

Hi all,

Greg & I have set the finalised dates for this monumental event:

The Lashpair and MIL will be at Tokyo Disneyland Fri April 10, 2009 and Tokyo DisneySea on Sat April 11, 2009.

Sunday, we are throwing Momma on the plane.

The Lashpair will then be returning to TDL & TDS on Mon & Tues the 13/14 April.

Wed 15th April we are going to Fujikyu Highland

Thurs 16th April we are catching a Shinkansen to points Northern.


Accommodation for all Tokyo nights will be at the Taito Ryokan -
¥3000 per night. :snap: 45 mins to TDL/TDS


Required time45min(Taking time 27min)Distance17.6 km(Transfer 2)Total amount of money¥370(Fare ¥370 Charge ¥0)TransferArrival
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Route and Train nameFareChargeTime
tableInformationLinkAirlineJ RRent-a-carMapHotel 08:14TAWARAMACHI(TOKYO) %8min Tokyo Subway Ginza Line¥160 3min08:22
08:25KANDA(TOKYO) %3min JR Yamanote Line(Outer loop) 15min08:28
08:43TOKYO¥210 %16min JR Keiyo Line 08:59MAIHAMA

Link to Japan Train Route Trip Planner

Please to join us !!

Oooooooo It loses formatting when pasted in.... *oops*

still, just go to the trip planner, and go from Tawaramachi Station to Maihama Station to arrive 9am on Fri 10 April 2009 You'll see !! :blush:

For the uninitiated, the per-night cost for the ryokan that they'll be staying at in Tokyo comes out to $28 a night at current rates. Who says Japan is expensive?

Wow! That is an eye-opening rate! What a trip, Tokyo with the Lashpair! :cool:

I'd go for it, but I know a lot of people who wouldn't care for the traditional environment at all. Sleeping on a tatami mat. No TV in the rooms. All the rooms sharing a single shower and bathroom (though it does appear they have American-style toilets). Sharing the room with a stranger if you're by yourself. So for them they'd probably think $28 was too much.

The bathroom sharing is the only thing that would get me. I hardly need a TV in a hotel room. Sleeping on a tatami mat would be like the Romans, and fine by me.


On the other hand, and while I think it would be swell for us all to stay in the same place, and double swell to not spend the maximum amount of money possible on this trip .... I wouldn't mind exploring some more upscale accomodations.


It's likely going to be my only trip to Nippon, so I don't exactly feel like scrimping.

Oh, man! I had yet another Japanese dream last night. I think the country is calling to me. Hrmm... 2009... passport will still be good... gives me time to decide... Hrmmm... Japan... visit family...

Was it subtitled?

No, since most of my younger family members speak English... or Engrish. Whichever. ;)

Most of the older members are gone now, with the exception of a sister or two of my grandma's. I'd visit them, but with a familiar translator.

Don't want to totally derail, though I have a tendency to do that with threads, but does anyone actually dream with subtitles?

I don't but I think my cat does.