| A Kmetz |
11 December 2002 |
Stayed at ANA Hotel Kyoto - Kyoto, Japan.
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Kyoto subways and buses are easy to navigate in English.
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| A Kmetz |
03 December 2002 |
Stayed at ANA Hotel Narita - Tokyo / Narita, Japan.
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Convenient free shuttle to/from airport.
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| R Dell |
19 October 2002 |
Stayed at Shinagawa Prince Hotel - Tokyo, Japan.
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Tokyo is a great city with wonderful food and friendly people. If possible, use the train to get around because a Tokyo taxi can become very expensive, especially during a rush hour.
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| P Wong |
14 October 2002 |
Stayed at New Otani Osaka, Hotel - Osaka, Japan.
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We visited Osaka to take the kids to Universal Studios and the aquarium, both of which were excellent and well worth visiting. (We did both in one day.) Because it was a holiday weekend in Japan, we could not get a hotel room in Kyoto, so we commuted from Osaka to Kyoto each day - the bullet trains take 15 minutes and could not be faulted - directions are easy and English signage is abundant, trains are punctual and clean. Kyoto has a wealth of things to see - they are hidden so you need to prepare your itinerary in advance and know where you are going.
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| G Sweeney |
16 September 2002 |
Stayed at Shibuya Excel Hotel Tokyu - Tokyo, Japan.
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Excellent location, easy access to metro, shopping and parks.
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| L Floreano |
15 September 2002 |
Stayed at Shibuya Excel Hotel Tokyu - Tokyo, Japan.
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The hotel's situated in a great and easily accessible area. As well, its great that the hotel has a airport limousine service.
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| U Zoppi |
14 September 2002 |
Stayed at Nagoya Kanko Hotel - Nagoya, Japan.
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Visited castle, shrines, orchid garden, zoo,
Little World of Man.
Recommend Royal Host restaurant for air conditioning and kind attention to children.
One day subway pass was convenient.
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| J Baker |
13 September 2002 |
Stayed at Gion Fukuzumi Ryokan Hotel - Kyoto, Japan.
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Take the 206 bus south to Sanjusangen-do and back to Kiyomizu-dera, then it is a nice long sightseeing walk northward to Ginkaku-ji. Good kaiseki lunch at Nakamura-ro on the southern edge of Yakusa shrine is pricey but worth it for the experience. Day trip to Hiei-zan from Kyoto station was also worthwhile.
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| B Ellis |
31 August 2002 |
Stayed at Osaka Airport Hotel - Osaka, Japan.
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Itami is the 'old' airport in Osaka. The area is mostly light industrial, so it's really just a business site. Most internal flights tend to land in Itami rather than the new Kansai International airport. To get to Umeda station you can take the monorail from the airport to Hotarugaike, then change to the Hankyu line to get to Umeda. From there you can take the Subway to Shin Osaka if you want to take a Shinkansen (bullet train) somewhere else.
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| D Frizzell |
22 August 2002 |
Stayed at Century Hyatt Tokyo - Tokyo, Japan.
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We enjoyed Tokyo once we got over jet lag, the overall drabness of the place - it's a big city after all, and the lack of English signs or help. We took the Sunrise Tokyo Dynamic Tour which enabled us to see a lot places in the town in one day. We also took the Nikko shrine tour which was lovely. The lunches served in both tours were excellent. We used the subway to get around the city. Very little English so it was difficult at first but with a little work, you can figure it out. To be fair, every subway stop had at least one map with the English names on it - you just had to find it! People did stop to help us when I pulled out the map and looked lost. We enjoyed the shopping at the Oriental Bazaar and other big name stores. We enjoyed Japan and want to go back.
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Traveller's Tales: Getting around in Japan
