Comments by "redfish337" (@redfish337) on "Life Where I'm From" channel.

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  7. For what? Spending money? Long distance travel? Hotels? Hostels? Plane? Just for basic daily local travel, food and spending money, I recommend about 50-70 USD / day plus a 200 USD buffer. So that's 550-700 USD. Note that Japan is a place where, while things aren't cheap per se, you can get by reasonably. Or spend a fortune in a day. It depends on your interest. Note that if your interests are cheap (eg, national museums, parks, shrines, people watching, window shopping, free public performances, hiking) then 25 USD/day is certainly possible. Then 50-70 USD estimate just assumes most people will have cheap days and expensive days that average out to 50-70. So your total is plane ticket + long distance travel + lodging + 700 USD. On only a 1 week trip, long distance travel within the country probably isn't recommended. If you REALLY want to Kyoto, etc, then try to clear 10-12 days total for your trip. Lodging, you can get a capsule at a hostel for about 25-35 USD/night. It's overall probably most economical if going alone. If going with one or more other people then getting a room will get you better amenities for 30-70 USD per person. Lodging can be done for 200 USD. If you want more than a hostel it may run closer to 150-250% of that. Airfare, depends on where you are, so I can't even make a guess. But prices around here are normally about 800-1000 USD, but can drop to 500-600 USD or so. Waiting for a deal is one of the easier ways to keep the price of the trip down. So, cost is potentially as low as airfare + 500 USD, but something around airfare + 1000 USD is a safer estimate, and again, the sky is the limit in Tokyo, and expensive tastes can burn through 1000 USD in a few hours.
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  8. 1) You can just use cash if you like. 2) You can buy the bus ticket at the airport in Japan when you arrive. I'm not sure which is better- I always take train. 3) Yes, but free wifi isn't that common since everyone has wifi connected to their phone plans... and your hotel probably offers it anyway to plan the next day and talk with family and post stuff. The main point in buying wi-fi is you're buying an active map... active train schedule, translation, etc. Hungry? Check the restaurant reviews nearby... and check which days of the week and hours they're closed while you're at it. All tied to the internet and not relying on what you have downloaded. It's helping you get where you want to go. Hunting down wi-fi when lost is a huge bother- the main point of the wi-fi is to keep things going smoothly... and you can just follow your position and walk to your pre-marked stars on google maps if you have internet access. 4) Yes, but even though some people have basically moved in there, by wary of waiting for the last moment to secure housing. Manga kissa are last minute housing, so they can fill. It can be a fun experience, but may be a bit of trouble to try to do all the time. Especially since it pretty much means you're stuck hauling any luggage around all the time. Personally, it may make sense for 2-3 days of your trip but I'd secure other housing for the rest. 5) You can walk, bus, taxi... bicycle in some cases (can be a hassle in downtown areas where you can't just leave it anywhere). But in general metro is the best option. My rule of thumb is I'll walk 2 stations (JR is farther apart so sometimes only 1 there). Most people are willing to walk 1. But after that you tend to want to take a train. Generally, you'd take the metro to the general area you want to see... then walk around. That may be multiple stations of distance... Akihabara to Sky Tree is about 3 miles/5km. But note that you probably aren't walking straight... you're winding around each district so it's probably more like 12+km on the day. Then you take metro back from there- cuz that's probably 10km back to your hotel or whatever. 12 km on the day is one thing... adding in 20 more just to walk to and from the district you want to see is getting to marathon distances.
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