tripler 0 Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Matsumoto city is giving away 5000 yen to fly from Matsumoto airport to any destination of your choice, offer limited to first 600 applicants and a minimum of 2 people per trip. The airport has flights to Fukuoka and Sapporo. I highly recommend the northerly direction, if only to enjoy great views of the Japanese Alps (get a seat on the left-hand side of the plane) and a warm welcome from the staff of this very small airport. Link to post Share on other sites
marku 0 Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Yeah but how much are the flights tickets?? Link to post Share on other sites
tripler 0 Posted November 12, 2011 Author Share Posted November 12, 2011 20,000-30,000 yen one-way, depending how far ahead you book. To get the 5000 yen, you have to book a return. Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Hmmmm...Tokyo-Matsumoto return is 12,400 on JR, + 40,000 Sapporo return, + whatever it costs station-airport return -- even before a few beers to make the three-hour train trip (each way) palatable that's gonna add up to some expensive mountain-viewing, even with the 5k rebate. Link to post Share on other sites
tripler 0 Posted November 12, 2011 Author Share Posted November 12, 2011 probably more useful if you live near Matsumoto. I use to be 20 mins walk from the airport and I walked from my house to get to Sapporo, sending the luggage via takubin. But that was one-way; on the way back I hitchhiked to Otaru and took an 18 hour ferry to Niigata, then a 9 hour local train to Matsumoto for 190 yen. Link to post Share on other sites
marku 0 Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 probably more useful if you live near Matsumoto. I use to be 20 mins walk from the airport and I walked from my house to get to Sapporo, sending the luggage via takubin. But that was one-way; on the way back I hitchhiked to Otaru and took an 18 hour ferry to Niigata, then a 9 hour local train to Matsumoto for 190 yen. A return trip even if you live in Matsumoto (which i do) still seems expensive to me. But Ive only ever flown on the old ichi-man birthday tickets in Japan that i think no longer exists which is a real shame. Im impressed tripler with your return trip though! 9hrs on a local train, that is something i def couldnt do! Nice effort. Where are you skiing/boarding this season btw?? Still living in matsumoto? Link to post Share on other sites
tripler 0 Posted November 12, 2011 Author Share Posted November 12, 2011 Im impressed tripler with your return trip though! 9hrs on a local train, that is something i def couldnt do! Nice effort. It was ok till the happoshu ran out and I couldn't leave the station at the changes to find a supermarket because I only had a 190 yen ticket and didn't want to pay the rip-off station combini prices. Nice scenery where the train runs right next to the sea, through tiny little stations. You miss all that on a shink. I'm a little north of Matsumoto now, not far. My PMs don't work but if you want to chat offline, email roquet34 AT tesco.net Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I've driven that coastline; parts are really beautiful. How was the ferry? I've heard the Sea of Japan can be pretty rough in winter. Link to post Share on other sites
tripler 0 Posted November 12, 2011 Author Share Posted November 12, 2011 This was September, not very rough. The ferry onsen is fun, water sloshing around with the swell. The annoying thing is after crossing over from Hokkaido it docks for several hours before continuing on to Niigata. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 did you "lose" your train ticket? Link to post Share on other sites
tripler 0 Posted November 13, 2011 Author Share Posted November 13, 2011 no, by the time I got to my local station the ticket office was closed. What a pity! Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 That airport must lose so much money. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 no, by the time I got to my local station the ticket office was closed. What a pity! haha, nice one Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 But Ive only ever flown on the old ichi-man birthday tickets in Japan that i think no longer exists which is a real shame. The what's?!? Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 10,000 yen birthday tickets! Curious! Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 I remember them, I didn't use em though Think it was fly anywhere in Japan on yor birthday for 10,000 yen.....I think it was return. Link to post Share on other sites
dyna8800 3 Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 Ahhh, the good old days of 10,000 yen birthday fares... Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 did you "lose" your train ticket? I once went to Nagoya by local train and unfortunately lost my ticket.......6hrs for 380￥.....damn cheap! Link to post Share on other sites
marku 0 Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 I remember them, I didn't use em though Think it was fly anywhere in Japan on yor birthday for 10,000 yen.....I think it was return. Yeah thats right apart from that they were single tickets for ichi-man. Still they were an absolute bargain plus the fact you could take 3 friends on the same deal. Used them on a couple of trips to Sapporo and Okinawa. A shame they are no more..... Link to post Share on other sites
iiyamadude 6 Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 So who actually ran these 10000 yen campaigns? Matsumoto airport or some airline or what? Never heard of that one. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 I think both JAL and ANA did it. The campaigns ran for several years. At one point it was two weeks either side of your birthday. You can get packages now that are for up to seven days but only include one night's accom for 25000 or so, so its pretty much the same deal. Have a look at Yahoo Travel etc. If you've got a car, an ANA credit card will get you a free return flight in a couple of years if you put everything on it. Link to post Share on other sites
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