[Gwenster]

One more question popped my mind after having read a few things here and there about Tokyo transit.
There is apperantly a green coloured chip ? based card that you can put credit on.
This card is valid to use for metro and (JR) train, just pass a gate and it deducts your money.
Something they still havent worked out fully yet in my own country :P

What`s the name of this card and is there a specific booth or machine to get it from ?

Cause i`d rather pocket that than going to probably one of the many different kinds of vending machines that multiple public transport companies may or may not have.
Hmmm ,now that I think of it I think Houseteek may have mentioned this card somewhere in his Tokyo guides, better re-read those as well.

Originally Posted by Firebird

Have you thought about making it half/half. Like spend some cheap days in Ueno and than head for a nice place in Shibuya for 2 days?

Actually, I have never tought about splitting it up like that.
That`s a great suggestion !
I will be packing light, so moving to another hotel won`t prove that much of a hassle.

With that suggestion in mind I was thinking about sleeping in Shibuya for the weekend I arrive there (I arrive on a Saturday morning) and pull 2 "all niters" or in my case probably till 4 AM ish , not having to worry about catching the last train and just walking back, that way sleeping 6 hours still wakes me up around 10.
That way I`ll have seen the nightlife of Tokyo and (hopefully) get rid of my jetlag :-)

Monday I would then move to Ueno and stay there for the duration of my trip.
I will be skipping Kyoto on this trip, since it`s already more or less planned that i`m going with my best mate to Japan in 2009 for two weeks, which will net me more than just 2 days Kyoto which I think the place deserves.

Originally Posted by Sangetsu

Roppongi Hills and Roppongi are different places.

Haven`t tought of that before.
Just checked a map I have of the different Tokyo areas.
Indeed, Roppongi hills looks like a small hub to the left of the general area around Roppongi station.
This is good to know beforehand :-)

Originally Posted by Sangetsu

I'm sure you aren't visiting Tokyo just so you can drink at an Irish pub or Australian bar.

Hehe - no . Plenty of those in Amsterdam where I live plus I haven`t gone to a Irish pub in nearly a year.

Originally Posted by Sangetsu

You should definitely add Odaiba. Yokohama is also a lot of fun, and the shops are less expensive than those in metro Tokyo.

Odaiba, Yokohama are both on my list of places to see, tough I think I will skip Disneyland, already having been to the one in Paris two times.
I`ve heard if you`ve seen one of them you`ve seen them all.

Thanks for all the great tips guys, it`s truly been helpfull.
I`ve been quite busy lately but today I am finally going to sit down and put all the things on my list in a concrete plan by day.
So that I have a structured list of what to see, and what things of interest are in that area.
Offcourse I wont pack it tightly since I have a feeling I will be wandering around alot But some sort of structure is always good.