Comments on: Japan, Day Three http://yogurtsoda.com/2010/01/japan-day-three/ Gratuitous food and travel. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:43:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: zoey http://yogurtsoda.com/2010/01/japan-day-three/comment-page-1/#comment-3950 zoey Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:01:18 +0000 http://yogurtsoda.com/?p=1276#comment-3950 Thanks a lot. It is helpful indeed :) Thanks a lot. It is helpful indeed :)

]]> By: Mariam http://yogurtsoda.com/2010/01/japan-day-three/comment-page-1/#comment-3883 Mariam Sat, 23 Jan 2010 07:07:17 +0000 http://yogurtsoda.com/?p=1276#comment-3883 Hi Zoey, my pleasure! I don't speak a word of Japanese and I don't have the best sense of direction either, but I managed to get from Tokyo to Kyoto without getting lost. :) It's completely doable, and this is a great link for figuring out the train schedules from Tokyo to Kyoto: http://www.hyperdia.com/ If you haven't already, you may want to consider getting a Japan Rail Pass like I did. Depending on how much you plan on traveling in Japan, it can save you a lot of money: http://www.japanrailpass.net/eng/en001.html As far as transferring, there is no need to transfer trains if you get on the correct shinkansen (high speed rail). (Although this depends on your departure station.) I took the train straight from Shinjuku Station in Tokyo to Kyoto Station and it took just under two hours. I highly recommend you reserve you seat before you get on the train - this can be on on the day of your trip as long as there is availability. As far as getting lost goes, the train stations in Tokyo tend to be huge, but people are very helpful. The shinkansen platforms are in a different area than the inter-city train platforms, but if you get lost in the station or need help deciphering your ticket, just ask an attendant. Hope this helps! :) Hi Zoey, my pleasure! I don’t speak a word of Japanese and I don’t have the best sense of direction either, but I managed to get from Tokyo to Kyoto without getting lost. :) It’s completely doable, and this is a great link for figuring out the train schedules from Tokyo to Kyoto: http://www.hyperdia.com/

If you haven’t already, you may want to consider getting a Japan Rail Pass like I did. Depending on how much you plan on traveling in Japan, it can save you a lot of money: http://www.japanrailpass.net/eng/en001.html

As far as transferring, there is no need to transfer trains if you get on the correct shinkansen (high speed rail). (Although this depends on your departure station.) I took the train straight from Shinjuku Station in Tokyo to Kyoto Station and it took just under two hours. I highly recommend you reserve you seat before you get on the train – this can be on on the day of your trip as long as there is availability.

As far as getting lost goes, the train stations in Tokyo tend to be huge, but people are very helpful. The shinkansen platforms are in a different area than the inter-city train platforms, but if you get lost in the station or need help deciphering your ticket, just ask an attendant.

Hope this helps! :)

]]> By: zoey http://yogurtsoda.com/2010/01/japan-day-three/comment-page-1/#comment-3880 zoey Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:02:05 +0000 http://yogurtsoda.com/?p=1276#comment-3880 dear Mariam, thanks for writing :) i am going to tokyo for a week in 3 weeks, and your post made me think about visiting kyoto as well. i checked on maps.google and it says that i need to transfer 4 trains. i know absolutely no japanese and the in picture i see no english in the sign in the train station. do you think i can manage to get to kyoto w/o getting lost? sorry for the long question. dear Mariam, thanks for writing :) i am going to tokyo for a week in 3 weeks, and your post made me think about visiting kyoto as well. i checked on maps.google and it says that i need to transfer 4 trains. i know absolutely no japanese and the in picture i see no english in the sign in the train station. do you think i can manage to get to kyoto w/o getting lost? sorry for the long question.

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