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iirc the highest price for a bottle of water I saw was something like 250 but in a VERY isolated location.

Hard agree here... I basically give up coffee in Japan, not worth the time and effort to search imho...amazingly I survived (so far)!

Ah the latest QF shenanigans is doing me head in... Android user so I'm still me but hopefully no one else is also me?!

No idea about when CX will do their thing...but if you are going late Mar early Apr, to some popular places, then I suggest book hotels like now...Peak travel time is no joke. Last year I was in Kyoto early April and the tourist info office there literally posted a sign saying "no hotel vacancy...

Bathroom and showers at the back...if we are talking about the PP near the EVA lounges... Yes there is another one!

Thanks! It is done now, all things considered not too bad...they said I should need 3-4 days recovery. But damn my throat hurts, alot! Apparently mine is too small for the tube! Surely they have different sizes?! 😭 Surviving on soup and smoothie and silken tofu now...

Hmm slight problem! Two weeks ago I got a phone call from hospital, remember you are on the wait list for some elective surgery? Yeah time is NOW. Bah, I've been on that wait list since Jan 2023, and before that waited 4 years for the specialist clinic appointment...🤢 It is truly not urgent...

I may or may not have mentioned before, but the Japan Alps 日本アルプス is one of my favourite regions in the country, especially the Northern Alps. Okay Kyoto will always be the No.1 in my heart but damn the crowds can get to you...and ofc there's something about Tokyo that is nothing like the...

Personally I'd say Plaza Premium. With EVA you get The Infinity, which imho is average at best, and often quite crowded. Food is meh... at least in PP you have made to order noodles.

Tenshu has long gone in Kanazawa, but the other parts remain (or have been rebuilt) so I reckon it's still a Castle!

Cash problem aside, wouldn't Airport Express be better for the foot than trying to find uber? It's literally right across the hall when you clear immigration?

Hmmm, in fact I've never counted this 🤣 Let's see, Osaka, Nagoya, Kumamoto, Okayama, Kanazawa, Toyama, Hiroshima, Sendai(does that even count)....

Just need to plan a trip to Shikoku and you'll knock 4 in one go! 😉

How many have you done now? I'm at 6, still long way to go!

I'm going back to Nagano, next month! The Dormy Inn there was great but this time booked a Shukubo instead! Would be fun....

@RooFlyer Toyoko Inn is probably the largest chain business hotel in Japan? I think there are several hundreds of them. It's called business hotelビジネス ホテル because originally the target clientele are businessmen. Other similar ones are Super Hotel, APA Hotel, Route Inn, Comfort Hotel, etc. Daiwa...

Yeah I am not a fan of the Apex suites. Sure if you get the window seat privacy is great, but that's only 33% chance... And the lack of storage is shocking! The biggest pro of this seat imho is no footwell but completely irrelevant to me 🤣🤣

I know interline on separate tickets is a hot mess....just hoping someone might have some first hand experience. So first flight is CI58 MEL TPE landing at 0445. Next flight is CX450 departing TPE at 1250. Both awards, separate bookings though from QFF & QR avios. Obviously I can clear...

Don't you just love people staying near Kyoto Station want to visit Kinkakuji then Kiyomizudera then Arashiyama then Fushimi Inari Shrine then Nishiki Market at 9pm?! 😉

Oh I know what you mean. I was stuck at the dungeon the first time! And it was packed to the rafters 🤢 All the midnight departures to AU & US were there! Only until I got back home and talked to my friends did I know there's another one upstairs and even nicer one at T1. My own fault for not...