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Originally Posted by godwine
Do drop by Yokohama, I personally find it more interesting than Tokyo
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I just checked out Wikitravel, Yokohama can easily be reached 20-30 minutes from Tokyo depending on which line you take for a modest fee in Yen so I`ll definitly go stop by there for a day, it looks quite nice, probably quiter compared to Tokyo by the looks of some of the pictures and definitly more interesting than Odaiba does.
Another question just popped in my mind tough hoping you guys who`ve been to Japan don`t mind explaining.
Japan seems to have *alot* of different public transport companies, lines etc.
How easy is it to navigate for a foreigner ?
I can survive Paris`s subway system without problem for example.
But at least, that`s written in .. well Roman letters and you can just see where you need to go (which platform) even if you cannot actually read what it means
What about Japan ?
Is everything in a train/metro station noted in Kanji and would I need to be prepared to have a map of the system with me that notes both kanji and english translation next to it ?
Any help would be appreciated with the above topic.
I think that`s the only thing that I am still sort of worried about at this point.
Coming weekend when I have time I will finalise everything for my trip, I have 3 hotels to deceide from which I`m still undeceided upon but i`ll have to settle that this weekend, making notes on what I would like to see each day as a guideline - having already travelled alot elsewhere in the world I know not to cram things too much or really make a tight shedule cause you will most likely squander times on things of interest you might come across etc.