gaz

jees... fingers crossed it gets cold soon then!

whats the overall condition/amount like up north?

haha.... im impressed the the level of humer on here!!

haha.... well im gunna check jet* everyday for a cheapy other wise im gunna have to bite the bullet an pay the $1000 that im finding. thanks for the info tho ladies and gentleman! gazza.

cheers guys... thanks for that! good to get a usefull answer....

yeah... i havnt updated my settings yet.... back to the piont in hand...................

hey.... as the subject says im looking for a cheap airline flying out of melbourne to narita. Can anyone point me in the right direction??!! im only coming up with crazy prices!!! HEEELLLPPPP MEEEEEE PPPLLLLEEEAAASSSEEE!!!!!!

can anybody shed some light on the jr pass?? im being told on the website that u can only buy it when your out of the country. But friends of mine say it better to wait till your in japan to buy one because its cheaper??

im in austria and people are saying the same.... they think that just because the last two winters the snow has come by the end november beginning of december that that is the norm. now that its coming closer to xmas and it hasnt been snowing constant everyone thinks its gunna be a bad winter. the best winters i remember where the ones that really kicked off in jan! I'll be in hokkaido by the 10th jan... i certainly hope theres a good dump by then!!

cheers... i found a hostel in narita where the owner omes an picks u up even when its a late arrival like mine. an its around 20 euro per night which is sweet. Im only plannin on stayin one night, then headin over two Nagano.

whats a skite?

ah... thats all good. ive heard that its not so cheap in japan off alot of people but then others say its not bad. hows the snow conditions in the north at the moment?? we had just under a meter fresh fall over sunday/monday.... perfect riding weather the last two days.....

500 yen for a beer sounds ok. Is that in the tokyo area? does it get cheaper the further north you go or not? (im tryin to figure out my budget, an its usually right when i use the price beer as a guide believe it or not).... Ive searched on hostel world for places to stay an from what i gathered is the average charge in a hostel/backpackers is 1800 to 3500 yen a night. would this be relative to cheap hotels aswell? (i have looked, but as im sure u can understand there are alot.) Also, one more question, Ive been told that visable tatoo's can cause alot of offence to locals.

can anyone point me in the direction of some cheap (ish) hotels that arnt too far from tokyo airport? i land at 11pm so i dont wanna be dealing with tube rides. just wanna find a bed. An can some one tell me the average price of a beer???

hey, Nice one for the links Mr moderator. I have looked threw them but im sure u understand that after a while i get sick of staring at the screen readin stuff. Ive contacted couple of places just to get rough cost ideas but i havnt followed them thru. Im not sure how it works over there but is it common to have a kinda house share thing going on? Tubby, at the moment im not sure where im gunna end up but i definatly wanna go to Nagano because im flyin into tokyo. So it probably the first stop ill make.

hey Im new to S.J and all this forum game so ur gunna have to bear with me. Im travelin to japan at the beginin of january by myself. Can anyone recomend some where in the niseko area, preferably close to the hill that you can book for up to 2 months? Not fussed if its a backpackers or small hostel or whatever. Obviously cheaper the better. Also, will it be possible to just rock up to somewhere when i arrive, and find a bed for a few nights? whats the normal cost? And is it worth checkin out the Nagano area before hand? cheers, gaz.

Can anyone throw some light on the many rail passes that i seem to be finding? Im in japan for 2 months from jan and i need a pass to cover me for most of that time. ive been told that when you buy it befor you get into the country its a third of the price???