A great deal of hardships has ushered in my graduation. Graduation trip is like a ceremony, arranged as a big plan in my agenda ~ Naturally, the destination is chosen as a foreign country I have never been to: Japan, one as Where Chinese people have complex feelings for it.
This is my first trip abroad. I have been struggling with whether to go with a group or not. But according to my previous self-guided tour in China, I finally decided to go with a self-guided tour, so the journey was slowly prepared with concern and excitement. Now.
As before, I read countless guides before traveling. I would like to thank you for your travel posts for your predecessors. I have great help in my first trip abroad. In order to be able to play all the famous places in Kansai in a limited time, I really tried my best to walk. In my friend's words, I was walking wild every day, and I felt that I was aging ten years old after the trip... Ha ha! But in the end, I still feel very accomplished. If the poor travelers who are energetic and want to visit Kansai in a limited time, they can refer to my itinerary. For some people who want the itinerary to be relaxed, they can do some The itinerary was slightly deleted and modified~
Because my itinerary was only 6.21-6.29, and the 20th and 30th were actually on the road, so I made a plan based on 9 days! In order to be able to walk Kansai in one breath (really one breath left in the end), we selected the four most important cities in Kansai in Japan: Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Kobe, and then attached Uji City near Nara , Fushimi Inari, Saga Arashiyama near Kyoto, and Himeji Castle near Kobe. There is also a special one who wants to go to the cool USJ for a day~ so the itinerary every day is very full. How to play all places in a limited time has become a feature of my travel notes~
Recently I will update every day. If you have any questions, you can leave a message below to ask me directly. As long as I see it, I will reply~
first make a record of the transaction!
DAY1 6.20 Hangzhou-Shanghai-Osaka
DAY2 6.21 Osaka-Nara-Hingfuku-Todaji-Metō-Nara Park-Karaka-Daisha-Uji City-Naminumura-Fuji-Uji Bridge-Uji Shrine-Genji Story-Osaka
DAY3 6.22 Osaka- Himeji City - Himeji Castle - Haoguyuan - Sannomiya Station - Ishidaya Kobe Beef - Kobe - Kobe Mosaic Plaza - American Park - Kobe Tower - Osaka
DAY4 6.23 Osaka-Kyoto-Kikimizu-Tianjin-Landlord Shrine-Nianzisaka-Ninging Road-Ishikaji-Yazaka Shrine-Tsuen-Gion-Kenko-Kanmiji-Ken-Takata-Ken-Taiwan-Ken-Taiwan-Ken-Taiwan-Ken-Taiwan-Ken-Taiwan-Tianjin-Taiwan-Tianjin-Taiwan-Tianjin-Taiwan-Tianjin-Taiwan-Tianjin-Taiwan-Taiwan-Tianjin-Taiwan-Tianjin-Taiwan-Taiwan-Tianjin-Taiwan-Taiwan-Tianjin-Taiwan-Taiwan-Tianjin-Taiwan-Taiwan-Tianjin-Taiwan-Taiwan- Temple-Kagua-Kyoto Pagoda-Osaka
DAY5 6.24 Osaka-Kyoto-Fushimi Inari Taisha-Chengmoi Torii-Saga-Tenlong Temple-Totsuki Bridge-Arashiyama-Kukayama Park-Sagano Bamboo Forest-Nomiya Shrine-Kyoto- Osaka
DAY6 6.25 Tongtiankao-Zoo-Kuromon Market-Kuromon Sanri-Nibashi-Ichiran Ramen-Dotonbori Cruise-Shinsaibashi
DAY7 6.26 Osaka Park - Tensou Pavilion - Osaka Museum - Santa Maria Cruise Boat - Tensho Mountain Ferris Wheel - Umeda Observatory
DAY8 6.27 USJ All day, play all the quick ticket projects, Harry Potter, Flying Wingdow, Hollywood Reversal World, Spider The hero, the ashes of the fire, Jurassic Park, the great white shark, the devil's terminator, the flying of the eagle horse, Snoopy Izakaya at night
DAY9 6.28 Crab Dora - Takashimaya - Shinsaibashi - Matsumoto Kiyoshi Pharmacy Store
DAY10 6.29 Rotary sushi -Dotonbori-bic camera-Xuanpin Pufferfish-Muji
DAY11 6.30 Osaka-Shanghai-Hangzhou
If you have any disagreement, just take a picture
(all taken by mobile phones, and have not had PS!)
DAY1 The sunshine after the rain at Pudong Airport in Shanghai.
HELLO! Osaka!
DAY2 Nara's deer
super beautiful and quiet Uji
Uji's matcha dessert
DAY3 Himeji Castle
Kobe Tower
DAY4 Beautiful Kyoto Tower
Kikimizu Temple
DAY5 Fushimi Inari
Paintings of Saga Arashiyama
DAY5 Tongtiankao
DAY6 Santa Maria cruise
day Baoshan Ferris wheel
Umeda Observatory (Osaka Night)
DAY7 Universal Studios
DAY8 Crab Dole
DAY9 Gree Gao
[Fee]
Number of people: 2 people
Number of days of travel: 10 days
Visa fee: 318+25 (round and round express) = 343 yuan
Air ticket: round and trip 1240 yuan
Insurance: 10-day insurance bought on ZFB, 28 Yuan
Accommodation: 940 yuan per person for 9 nights
WIFI: 50 yuan per person for
Hangzhou and Shanghai round-trip trains and subways: 49 yuan + 16 yuan = 65 yuan (That's right, it's relatively close anyway, so I don't take the train to save money!)
USJ: Tickets 400+ Quick Tickets 4300 yuan = 700 yuan
Japanese transportation: Kansai jr Pass 4-day ticket 346 yuan + Osaka 2-day weekly ticket 172 yuan = 518 yuan, Kansai ICOCA card 2000 yen
Japanese tickets: Haoguyuan + Himeji Castle ticket 1040 yen + Kiyomizu Temple ticket 500 yen = 1540 yen If
does not include food and shopping, the total is about 4100 RMB in 10 days, which is considered a poor trip^-^~
[Visa]
In fact, the most worrying thing is the visa. I heard that a Japanese visa is more difficult to apply and requires a lot of asset certificates. What’s the matter, but as a student party, I have simplified many of the procedures! The main thing is to find a reliable store on Taobao that requires less materials, and then prepare according to the requirements issued by the customer service, so you can wait for your visa to come out with peace of mind.
If you haven’t applied for a visa or bought a plane ticket, if you see an attractive special air ticket one day, you must look at the time. Usually, it takes 10-12 working days to apply for a visa. Add to the preliminary preparations, and to be on the safe side, It is best to reserve a month for visa preparation! Otherwise, it will be very nervous in the later stage. Although it is OK to speed up visas, if time allows, you can apply for it early. There is no need to spend this in vain! Of course, the rich man can handle my visa on Taobao. Including the postage, it costs 343 yuan in total, which is even more expensive if it is expedited.
Students need materials different from ordinary people, mainly student certificates. If there is no deposit for assets, one of the parents can use the asset proof as long as there is a bank statement list, the company's on-the-job certificate and an annual salary of 100,000 yuan.
[Accommodation]
Location: Except for the first night because the plane was late, I made some reservations at the airport in the early morning, and I stayed in Namba, Osaka for the whole journey. I learned that Osaka is not very far from Kyoto, Nara, etc., so we The coordinates of the accommodation are all set at the same location: Osaka, and then they go back and forth between Osaka and other cities, which avoids the process of luggage handling, which means that it takes a little time to go back and forth between cities.
Before traveling, I looked at Japanese hotels. They are basically very expensive, and Japanese accommodation is usually calculated based on the number of people, so I had to switch to B&Bs. I used airbnb to book a homestay. The price is much cheaper than a hotel. It is super suitable for poor students like us! ! ! Moreover, there are additional discounts for ordinary B&Bs such as staying for 7 days or half a month, and the situation of each B&B is different. In addition, using the invitation link, and the original housing price was 266 yuan, which was still very cost-effective.My friend registered first without knowing it, which resulted in the fact that it was not available when clicking the invitation link. He then quipped another email to re-register. In order to save money, we also worked hard, haha! If you are traveling for the first time like me, you can check it out~
airbnb's invitation link:
http://zh.airbnb.com/c/54e924?s=8
Because I went to Japan for the first time, and my friends and I The Japanese foundation of two people is basically zero, and they can only be the simplest "thank you" and "goodbye" and so on. So in order to avoid any accidents, we found a B&B that is a Chinese landlord. The landlord is a Chinese student. If you have any questions, you can directly It's quite convenient to ask.
【Transportation】
Then there is an equally important transportation voucher. Friends who have seen it in advance know that Japan's transportation is really expensive. It costs more than ten yuan to convert a subway. If you don't do your homework, you can just take the bus in Japan. You can eat dirt directly when you come back
Because we went to Kobe and Himeji, the distance was relatively long. After referring to each guide, we chose JR Pass for four days. We bought it on the universal Taobao for 346 yuan, which is cheaper than buying it at Kansai Airport. I will introduce the specific reason why I chose this later. Then I bought a Osaka tour ticket for the 2nd day. As long as there are more than two places to play in a day, it is absolutely cost-effective to use the ticket. How to use this will also be introduced in detail later. I bought another ICOCA card from Kansai, which is a card similar to the watermelon card. It is very convenient to use it on days without transportation coupons.
Some people here may wonder what the difference between ICOCA card and melon card is. Let me explain to you that the purpose of these two cards is the same. They can take various transportation and can even be used in convenience stores. The only difference between consumption is that if you need to refund the card, the ICOCA card is refunded in Kansai~
【WIFI】
We rented wireless WIFI through Taobao. When we arrived at the airport, we could rent it by paying a deposit of 500. It is based on the number of days. The cost is calculated. A total of 100 yuan is 10 days. There should be no traffic limit. Multiple people can be used together at the same time, so it will be cheaper if there are too many people, but it is not clear what the signal is if there are too many people.
We use it for both of us, the signal is very stable and can also be used in the elevator. Basically, I can hold on until night, but I still need to use a power bank later. You must bring a power bank! ! ! Otherwise, your phone and wifi will not be able to hold on for the day. The only disadvantage is that the two people cannot be separated, otherwise the other person will lose contact! ! We started to want to go shopping and it was inconvenient, so we later asked the landlord for a WIFI, which was very convenient.
Of course, you can also use Damocha in Japan, which is equivalent to a Japanese mobile phone number. There seems to be a traffic limit. I am not very clear about the specific details, so you can ask Taobao personnel.
【USJ】
About USJ, because it is rare to go there once, I hope to get all the fun projects. It is inevitable to queue up in such places, especially the Harry Potter Hall. If you don’t enter the morning, After that, it was basically about 3 hours. I guess the flowers had faded in line like this. So in order to have a good day, we chose to buy fast tickets. There are many types of fast tickets, and local tycoons usually buy fast 7. The price at that time was 460 yuan, which was beyond the ticket. At this time, the saying "time is money" is really not a big deal, haha.
fast 7 is actually a fast ticket that can go to 7 designated projects, and the same is true for fast 3, fast 4, and fast 5. We comprehensively considered the prices of each express ticket, and then thought that it was the end of June when we went there, which was neither the cherry blossom season nor the red maple season, nor the peak season of summer and winter vacations, so we finally decided to buy 4, then get up early to go wait. Finally, I played all the popular projects:
Harry Potter, Flying Wingdow, Hollywood Reversal World, Spider-Man, Infidelity Heart, Great White Shark, Jurassic Park, Eagle Horse Flying, Devil Terminator, Snoopy .It's still very worth it! ! ! !
! Special reminder! : Fast tickets are different from tickets. They have a specified date and cannot be changed after buying them. They generally have to be purchased in advance. Some people just bought them too late and then didn’t buy them. I had a friend who thought it was too late to buy it, and he didn't get it. In the end, the Flying Wing Dragon failed to play it, which also became a regret for him.
[Convert Japanese Yen]
I went to the Bank of China to exchange yen. Generally, I have to make an appointment in advance. If the amount is small, the bank may have cash. You can call Bank of China to ask. Of course, before changing, please pay attention to the recent exchange rate. When I went there, the exchange rate was rising day by day, which made me feel heartbroken, so I changed it earlier. But for people like us who don’t exchange yen, it’s actually just a few dozen yuan apart.
Regarding the exchange amount:
Actually, this really varies from person to person. Let me first refer to the prices in Japan. Basically, the cheapest water in the roadside beverage machine is 100 yen, an ordinary restaurant. If the meal is cheap, it is about 500-1,000 yen. Of course, there is no limit on the expensive ones. It depends on your personal situation.
Recommend the amount of redemption in two situations:
1. If you don’t shop, don’t eat expensive things, and save money, it’s about 2,000-3,000 yen a day. The difference can be bought for some souvenirs or something. of.
2. If you want to eat expensive and you want to buy, you can consider redeeming 5,000-10,000 yen a day.
Then multiply it by the number of days based on the number of days you have been playing.
[Card swipe and credit card]
In Japan, you can directly convert the RMB to yen based on the real-time exchange rate. You may also need to convert it into US dollars and then to yen when you go to other channels, which will be more expensive, so try to do so Use UnionPay!
Because I am a student, I need to mention the credit card matters specifically. I asked the Bank of China before that students are not allowed to apply for credit cards. I went to China Merchants Bank to apply for UnionPay credit cards for students. If you want to apply for a credit card, there is no limit for students to use. You can only recharge your money in the card now before using it. In fact, it is equivalent to It’s a savings card, so why do you need to apply for a credit card? Because you can get a cashback offer when applying for a credit card, different banks offer different offers. If I have time in the future, I will add it.
Special attention:
Students must remember to apply for credit cards in advance, because banks also need to review, make cards, issuing cards, etc., which takes several working days. It is better to be one month in advance for insurance.
[Shopping]
Shanghai Rishang Shopping:
When shopping on the Rishang, you can store the thing there first and pick it up when you come back, otherwise it will be a disaster to carry it abroad and then carry it back!
In addition, the daily exit and entry duty-free shops are different. Some things are incomplete, so it is best to buy everything you want when leaving the country! ! ! ! ! Otherwise I will regret it. However, you can ask some things when you don’t see them in the store where you enter Rishang, because some of them are not displayed, but the clerk will help you take them out.
Japanese shopping:
If you shop, you can get a tax refund if you spend 5,000 yen. Please note that this is the amount before tax. After tax, it is 5,401 yen. You should be optimistic about it when shopping. You can also ask the shopping guide first. They will help you with your answers enthusiastically. All the tax refund items are sealed in a bag, but they can actually be removed. Some of them have been removed, and some have not been removed. The main reason is that some of the bags are too big and they will not be able to put them down if they are not opened and sorted out the box. In fact, It should be okay if you don't need the things inside. In addition, when you are refunding the tax, the cashier will also order shopping tickets on your passport. When passing the Japanese customs, you will ask you to tear it off and throw it into the basket, so you don't have to consider what shopping items are too many. What's the matter.
tips:
If you don’t want to open the bag and are worried about buying too many things, you can ask the cashier to pack the bag separately when loading the bag. They will all agree, so it’s easy to carry the things like this, haha!
