What do I need to prepare for going to Japan? 20 18 Japan travel guide

Japan is a big tourist country, and many people will choose to travel to Japan. Perhaps the psychology of shopping accounts for a bigger part. What Bian Xiao wants to talk about now is the preparation before traveling to Japan. Only when the preparations are done can we have a good time.

visa

The visa is available on Ma Yun's dad platform. Chengdu is the signing of Chongqing, which can be completed in more than 200 weeks. To apply for a visa to Japan for the first time, you need to prepare: a copy of the real estate license/house purchase contract (both parents' names are acceptable, only the relationship certificate), a certificate of employment, a bank account for half a year (the deposit is not less than 1w), and a copy of the company's industrial and commercial registration;

JRPASS

Tell the truth, buy JRpass in more than three places, or you may cry for transportation expenses. If you are only in Kansai, you can buy JR Kansai for a few hundred dollars, which is still relatively cheap. If you need to travel around Tokyo-Kansai, you need to buy JRpass all over Japan. Of course, this all-Japan ticket can also take you to Hokkaido as long as you have enough time.

I am a round-trip ticket from Shuangliu, Chengdu to Narita, Tokyo, so the itinerary is divided into' Tokyo-around Tokyo-Kansai-Tokyo'. There is no 5-day option for JRpass national ticket, so we have to buy it for 7 days. The next day, I went to JR section of Disney Road, and the third day, I went to Kamakura era. All stations in Kansai rely on JRpass, just enough to return to Tokyo on the eighth night. For the specific JR package selection, you can go to the ticket details page of Taobao/Zhu Fei Travel Agency to learn more.

network problems

Wifi and phone cards are about the same price. As for the advantages and disadvantages, the comparison is as follows:

WiFi:

Advantages: the signal is stable, there is no speed limit, and the available network speed of many devices is enough for daily use. It is recommended to be light for calling cards. For a lazy person like me who doesn't want a backpack, calling cards really save too much trouble. If you need a lot of equipment, renting WiFi is not too heavy.

Disadvantages: heavy! The power can't last long at all, and you have to bring a charging treasure with you to charge WiFi. If heavy traffic is used suddenly, the speed may be limited, and sending photos and videos may be slow.

Calling card:

Advantages: the internet speed is enough for daily use and light.

Disadvantages: If you suddenly use large traffic, you may speed up and send photos and videos slowly.

Sentence summary of selection difficulty:

Recommend calling cards, such as lazy people like me who don't want backpacks. Calling cards are really too simple. If you don't need too much equipment, rent WiFi.

As for which calling card to choose:

I compared it for a long time. Docmo is the largest operator in Japan, but it is said that the network card speed is very slow because of too many users. The main reason is that the customer service of Taobao selling Dharma cards is too arrogant. It's always speechless to say,' You can't get a signal without buying another operator's Dharma card', so I chose the 100 million-point network card instead. The operator is Softbank, which may be equivalent to China's mobile and telecom. The network speed is basically stable, but it is said that sudden use of large traffic will limit the speed. I don't play games, but one day I received a long video, and then I sent messages slowly. I sent a message feedback to the customer service, which was quickly solved.

money

Change money as soon as possible

Until the last two weeks, I contacted the surrounding banks and told me that I had to make an appointment to change Japanese yen, but I couldn't handle it for two weeks. Finally, I asked my friend to apply across regions and got it a week later. I'm used to mobile payment and credit card in China, and I only changed it to 2w yen. It turns out that many places in Japan can only use cash, which is also the most convenient. But it is not recommended to exchange too much money. It's convenient to withdraw money. Convenience stores have ATMs, and UnionPay and visa can directly withdraw Japanese yen.

Except for the 2w I brought with me, I brought 2w in Japan, and I can basically brush it. In the end, I basically spent all my 4w cash, and finally I left a few silver coins to take home as a souvenir.

stay

The hotel booked in Kyoto is near Sigong. The fact is that living here is really convenient! The tram for Lanshan will get off at Sidagong Station. There are all kinds of trams and buses here. This is a big transit station, and it is also close to the business district. Hotels must be booked in advance, and there are often no rooms. The hotels on the reservation sometimes do activities, visit them from time to time, or add favorite hotels to the collection. Book a hotel before, 1000 for one more night. Suddenly one afternoon, I snapped up a 4.6% discount and got it.

Hotels in Osaka are very expensive. I want to live in a place with convenient transportation and experience Japanese-style houses by the way, so I booked a B&B on airbnb a few hundred meters in front of New Osaka Station.

Well, book a hotel, Airbnb & B, cross-check the price, and confirm the room in advance.

Phantom and Disney tickets

Taobao flying pigs can be searched in large quantities, and it is too late to buy them one week before travel. Disney can choose to have physical tickets. USJ is an electronic ticket. When you buy it, you should tell the store when to leave, but the e-ticket you receive (actually an email with a QR code) is valid for one year. In other words, if you can change your itinerary, check the weather forecast in advance to avoid heavy rain. When I went to USJ, it began to rain at noon, but it is also good to go to heaven when it rains. Many people left, and the number of people waiting in line for projects plummeted. Everything was brushed, and Harry Potter brushed it three times in a row. Ha ha ha ha ha had to laugh in my dream.

kimono

Kimonos can be booked and rented in Taobao or official website in advance. Suitable for babies who just want to have a leisure experience of taking pictures and can't wear or do their hair. You just need someone to go to the store and choose a good style. The waiter will help you get dressed and do your hair.

I bought a full set of vibration sets online in advance, packed my suitcase and took it to Japan. Because I have seen many shops in official website in the larger rental kimono shops in Japan, I always feel that all kinds of styles are full of sheets and sleeves, so it is better to buy an improved one. Wearing your own is to learn to wear a belt and bow for a long time. Facts have proved that a person can't put it on at all, and he must have the help of a small partner. However, I am very happy that I feel that walking on the road will not bump into money, and the style is completely different, hahaha.

Travel app

Google Maps, Multiplication and Division, Minimum Exchange Rate, Three Essentials.

Google Maps can find routes, including geographical location and traffic conditions. Suitable for people who don't know where to go by car and where to get off. But sometimes I feel that the tram meter is a bit wrong, and I feel that GPS is not as powerful as domestic maps. I often cross the crossroads, and it takes a long time for the map to respond. I'll call you back.

This is a supplementary usage in changing situations. How to change stations is clearly written. It is in Japanese. You have to guess. However, the best way to ask for directions is to use it. Suitable for people who don't know how to speak place names in Japanese and have poor English when asking for directions. Just show him this app and it will tell you where to take the bus. This is the lesson of blood and tears that I summed up after I got lost at Tokyo Station N.

The lowest exchange rate keeps your mind warm when you buy things, and it is converted into RMB to measure the cost performance;

Billion point connection is the phone card I bought. I can use this application to dial and transfer domestic numbers.

TokyoDMap, it's no use checking the queue time of Disney projects.

Learn Japanese or something. ......................

There is a translator, and I feel that I just downloaded one and feel safe. I never opened it. All in English. Although most Japanese people are really embarrassed by British honey juice, basic simple conversations are still possible. Even if I don't understand, I will smile at you, and then I just keep dancing, pointing, drawing and communicating.