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Plum · Nov 4, 2025 at 7:10 AM

dennisboothstash said: ↑

Back from nigh on 3 weeks in Japan

Fantastic trip.

We do tend to prefer City breaks to beach holidays and it was a bit like a massive City break so was perhaps just up our street and maybe not for everyone, but fantastic nevertheless.

Pricey to get there, particularly for direct flights at a good time, but although we stayed in some nice hotels, because we weren’t sure whether we’d go back so splashed out a bit, there is a wide range of hotels at lots of different budgets. (Maybe not the ‘love hotels’…their prices look cheap but are by the hour…)

Certainly good value for food and drink when you get there. Mostly cheaper than Hull and everywhere a lot cheaper than London.
We had some amazing meals and even the cheaper ones were immaculately presented and really tasty. Considering we were only eating vegan we had great choice and although not for us the fish particularly looked incredible, again even at cheaper cafe style places.

Did all the sights from Mount Fuji to the big theme parks (which are pricey and need fast passes really if you do go. We did but I can’t see how you could do it without them really)

Stayed in hotels in Tokyo, Disneyland, Kyoto, Hiroshima and Osaka and did a day trip to Miyajima Island.

All the stereotypes are right. Trains bang on, society so polite (but really friendly and helpful too) Virtually no litter at all (despite there hardly being any bins. It’s just culturally normal that no one eats or drinks while walking so there’s no food rubbish anywhere and everyone carries there own small bag and any rubbish they do end up with they bag it themselves and take it home)

Had an amazing time and I’d thoroughly recommend it.
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rovertiger · Nov 4, 2025 at 8:06 AM

Did you bump into these ladies while you was there Den?

AlRawdah · Nov 4, 2025 at 8:31 AM

dennisboothstash said: ↑

Back from nigh on 3 weeks in Japan

Fantastic trip.

We do tend to prefer City breaks to beach holidays and it was a bit like a massive City break so was perhaps just up our street and maybe not for everyone, but fantastic nevertheless.

Pricey to get there, particularly for direct flights at a good time, but although we stayed in some nice hotels, because we weren’t sure whether we’d go back so splashed out a bit, there is a wide range of hotels at lots of different budgets. (Maybe not the ‘love hotels’…their prices look cheap but are by the hour…)

Certainly good value for food and drink when you get there. Mostly cheaper than Hull and everywhere a lot cheaper than London.
We had some amazing meals and even the cheaper ones were immaculately presented and really tasty. Considering we were only eating vegan we had great choice and although not for us the fish particularly looked incredible, again even at cheaper cafe style places.

Did all the sights from Mount Fuji to the big theme parks (which are pricey and need fast passes really if you do go. We did but I can’t see how you could do it without them really)

Stayed in hotels in Tokyo, Disneyland, Kyoto, Hiroshima and Osaka and did a day trip to Miyajima Island.

All the stereotypes are right. Trains bang on, society so polite (but really friendly and helpful too) Virtually no litter at all (despite there hardly being any bins. It’s just culturally normal that no one eats or drinks while walking so there’s no food rubbish anywhere and everyone carries there own small bag and any rubbish they do end up with they bag it themselves and take it home)

Had an amazing time and I’d thoroughly recommend it.
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I went to Tokyo ten or so years ago. My sense was that it was quite like London in terms of layout and parks, but with all the ****s removed.

And yes, the trains are utterly incredible.

bradymk2 · Nov 4, 2025 at 9:21 AM

dennisboothstash said: ↑

Back from nigh on 3 weeks in Japan

Fantastic trip.

We do tend to prefer City breaks to beach holidays and it was a bit like a massive City break so was perhaps just up our street and maybe not for everyone, but fantastic nevertheless.

Pricey to get there, particularly for direct flights at a good time, but although we stayed in some nice hotels, because we weren’t sure whether we’d go back so splashed out a bit, there is a wide range of hotels at lots of different budgets. (Maybe not the ‘love hotels’…their prices look cheap but are by the hour…)

Certainly good value for food and drink when you get there. Mostly cheaper than Hull and everywhere a lot cheaper than London.
We had some amazing meals and even the cheaper ones were immaculately presented and really tasty. Considering we were only eating vegan we had great choice and although not for us the fish particularly looked incredible, again even at cheaper cafe style places.

Did all the sights from Mount Fuji to the big theme parks (which are pricey and need fast passes really if you do go. We did but I can’t see how you could do it without them really)

Stayed in hotels in Tokyo, Disneyland, Kyoto, Hiroshima and Osaka and did a day trip to Miyajima Island.

All the stereotypes are right. Trains bang on, society so polite (but really friendly and helpful too) Virtually no litter at all (despite there hardly being any bins. It’s just culturally normal that no one eats or drinks while walking so there’s no food rubbish anywhere and everyone carries there own small bag and any rubbish they do end up with they bag it themselves and take it home)

Had an amazing time and I’d thoroughly recommend it.
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yea i've not been yet

but its the flights that are the really costly part, like you say, the actual itinerary in japan is way cheaper than you expect

i wish we had a society here where people had respect and didnt litter etc
where did we go wrong?

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