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Tokyo Tower Tokyo
10 Reviews When you are in a crunch time, you don't have to visit the Tokyo Tower. There are many other places to see close to the Tokyo Tower. The line going to the Tokyo Tower just to purchase tickets is very...
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Food and Dining Kyoto
7 Reviews If you are a picky eater, make sure to point the food at the window gallery if you wanted a particular food. Don't choose the food that you don't know how it looks like or taste like. The reason why?...
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castle Osaka
4 Reviews u will see travel books introducing this place ** but there is really nothing to see here besides sakura ** ** there are so many such kind of similar castles in japan ** during spring time this...
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Amusement Facilities / Theme Parks Tokyo
7 Reviews These shops at the entrance sell all the Disneyland merchandises. You may just keep swiping you plastics (credit cards) because all your friends expect you to bring back some souvenirs. Most of the...
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Gion (Geisha District) Kyoto
3 Reviews Looking for geisha's? Be satisfied with the knowledge that you are not gonna see them in Kyoto. Even not on the time the billboards in the hostel (J-Hoppers) says they are on location. One should say...
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America Mura Osaka
2 Reviews I always have a tough time with the "American" quarters that you can find in the major city of Asia. It can be interesting if you're not a "Westerner" but otherwise, why would i be amazed to see...
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Ginza Tokyo
5 Reviews Ginza, the famous shopping and entertainment district in Japan, full of department stores, expensive boutiques, art galleries, restaurants and theatres. Here you will find the department stores...
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Toei Movie Village Kyoto
2 Reviews This place is recommended if you have kids, but my kids were less than enthusiastic about this place. It is quite expensive and many rides and shows cost extra when you get in. The rides were not that...
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Dining / Drinking Tokyo
7 Reviews Not quite a trap, its all usually authentic enough, but unless you're happy sitting on the floor on your knees for 4 -four- hours where the prize is a terribly tasting green poridge- like tea, well...
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Kyoto Tower Kyoto
2 Reviews You can´t miss Kyoto Tower. It is standing tall above the city, opposite the Kyoto station. I t is built in 1964 and is 131 m high. The observationdeck is 100 m high. The admission fee is like the...
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Shinjuku Station Tokyo
2 Reviews Don't bother going to Asakusa to look for overpriced, unimaginative souvenirs. It's crowded and over-hyped!! If you're feeling adventurous, walk along the small lanes and streets and look for mom &...
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Asakusa Tokyo
2 Reviews DON'T shop around this area i.e. Asakusa. The souvenirs here are exhorbitantly priced. DON'T shop at major department stores too unless there's a MAJOR sale going on. If you can, refrain from shopping...
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*Day Trip out of Tokyo Tokyo
1 Review I would NOT suggest this TOKYO big buddha for your itinerary. I can't really remember the entrance fees for this one, but in short it's just NOT worth to visit. And it's about 30minutes away from...
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Akihabara Tokyo
2 Reviews Be forewarned that before you buy any electronic items like phones and music gadgets, be sure to check with the store if they will work in your home country since a lot of items appear to be cheaper...
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Time Zone Tokyo
3 Reviews Almost every traffic in Tokyo gets too heavy within these time zone.7:00-9:3017:00-19:00I mean almost all. Both railways and roadways including The Metropolitan Expressway. Every train will get...
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Rainbow Bridge Tokyo
1 Review Strong winds, clouds of dust, heavy and noisy traffic, endless one way walking without any additional scene......Excellent preparation if you'd like to become a maintenance staff of the Rainbow...
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A time to reflect on the past, present or future and also look at historically beauty and feel calm. I don't consider Shrines and Temples to be tourist 'traps', I consider them to be a must see!! Architectually, some of the buildings, structures and statues left in awe!I've been going through some unsettling times recently and psychologically, I need to re-focus on what's important. I felt that I could do so at places such as these.I felt at peace!
This might not be a trap or even a danger per se, but I though that it's worth mentioning that you might run across a Japanese person or two who wants to pracitice their English on you. I'm not talking about somebody who passes by and just says "hello," or somebody who sees you in need of help and assists, I'm talking about people who will stop you and begin a whole spiel on some subject. My family and I were walking around Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park and right as we were going to walk toward the museum, an elderly Japanese man on a bicycle came up and said in English, "Excuse me, I'm not a salesperson, but I would like to tell you that if you're interested in going into the Museum you can take this walkway, turn left, go through the doors and your can purchase your tickets at the counter." He said some other detailed instructions after that but by that time I was already "done" with...
This really didn't have much on the floors, some displays, but most not really interactive. The gaming room had games, but they were in Japanese, so hard to figure out. Area to buy Sony products, but the prices were better at Bic Camera or other stores in Tokyo
This is not so much a tourist trap as it is MISLABELED in Lonely planet. I trekked all the way up to morioka and then caught a really expensive bus to see this farm and it's marvelous views of Mt. Iwate. Well, it was a place for little kids. Everything shut down around 5 pm, including the busses out of there, which I unfortunately did not discover until after I had taken a hotel room (which by the way was IN a train car), and the main grounds took me all of 30 minutes to cover. But I did get to visit the petting zoo before it closed... Bring a book and prepare for a long long walk to the nearest train station the next morning, as the busses don't start running again until after 10:30 am. I actually ended up sticking out my thumb and hitched a ride. Skip it, unless you have kids.
As many people consider, Japanese people are harmless and Japan is one of the most crime-free countries in the world.But, as you may have already heard of this, yakuzas do exist. As long as you being a traveller, you don't have to be so scared but I suggest not to have any contact with them. Make an emergency phone call "110" to get help by police when in trouble.
well, nothing is really cheap in Japan, but if you want to spend money in excess, go up some 30 floors on one of the fastest elevators (20$) and buy... a postcard (2$), chokolade(10$), a coffee (in plastic cup) sets you back 5$ go to ground foor and searh for bakeryone of the few good bread purchase stations have a cup of coffee(10$) in "coffee-shop", where you can read comix (with sexual or violent content, very trendy it seemed) and watch locals
It is difficult to travel through the country without reading some Japanese. Because Japanese is so difficult to read , I found that it was good to have a map with the names of cities in English and in Japanese. That way you can compare the signs and soon you will know how for example Osaka or Nagoya is written.
Though most Japanese write and read English pretty well, not many will use this language as for their pronounciation and the fact that Japanese want to do the honourable thing by - if speaking English - speak it perfect. However, some universities have on their bulletinboards annoncements from English-students that want to exercise their English by giving free tours. This way the tourist is helped and they as well. Also ... it might happen that - in their honourable hospitable and helpful way - a inhabitant of Japan sends you in the wrong direction rather then telling you that he/she doesn't know the way him/herself. Don't be angry, but know that the true Japanese spirit remains a mystery for us.
One of the biggest tourist traps has to be Tokyo tower. After being plied into a tiny elevator your taken to a small cramped platform above the smog of Tokyo. Where you're competing with the locals to look down at the high rise towers. The only thing that made the visit interesting was watching Mt. Fuji in the sunset, but even that had i had to get past everyone
Check all the different railfairs on the way to Nikko we took an express train which was twice as much as the rapid service but only 30 minutes shorterThe pictures are taken in Nikko. the temples and shrines. The famous see, hear and speak no evil monkeys.
Park Hyatt Tokyo Tokyo
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Hotel Granvia Kyoto Kyoto
6 Reviews and 743 Opinions We stayed 3 nights at Kyoto Granvia Hotel from Feb. 27 to Mar 1, 2008. We paid Yen 17,600 per night,...
The Ritz-Carlton Osaka Osaka
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Q: Hi there, Will arrive in Tokyo, Narit Airport for a layover and wanted to take advantage of seeing something. I will arrive at...
A: youre lucky to be arriving so early, so you will likely pass through immigration fairly quickly. lets still count with an hour just in case. you can either take the...
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