It's not a mess once you get to know the Japan railway system by heart. It is actually incredibly organized and a breeze to use. Yun nga lang, mahal pa din if you think about it in terms of Pinoy standards but in Japanese standards, it's reasonably priced. Or so I think. Well, to put it in perspective, riding the MRT or LRT will cost you a mere 15 Pesos. Riding any of the Japanese train lines ( while Manila has 3 lines, Japan has over a hundred) will cost you 210 Yen which is approximately around 125 Pesos. Cheap, huh. That is only for nearby stations. If you go beyond like 7 stations or more, the price also increases. So, I haven't been around much of Tokyo yet. I must prioritize meals first. Although, I've been to a couple of places already. The trendy place for the fashion-conscious and the young, Shibuya, and the famous Takeshita Dori of Harajuku. I've been to Ochanumizu also which is just a station short of Akihabara, the electric city of the world. I've never gotten out of Shinjuku station which is the biggest and busiest station in Japan yet. I've been to Kichijoji a couple of times. And since it's the closest cool place to where I live, and it's a national holiday tomorrow, the autumnal equinox, I just might go there.
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i guess you havent really coped with japan yet huh? i dunno. i used to be like that when buying shit here-like a pen would cost me 4 bucks and id be like.shit that'd be 200 pesos if i were in the philippines.
but then if you think about it, doing that would just deprive you of stuffs you really need. like a pen or a ticket. meh. i talk shit. ignore me hahaha
hey, comments are always appreciated.. hehe well, im not saying I haven't coped with Japan yet, but i also havent had serious problems so far. when it comes to money, im slowly getting the hang of not converting everything to pesos. i realized that, too. i couldnt enjoy anything if i always think in pesos..hehe
i stopped thinking in pesos after a week. it's useless. get a JR railway pass for extensive travel. it's really cheap. ask the student services for help. and when you travel to the cities in japan, you can also always go to the youth hostels to stay. they are very, very cheap.
please go to miyajima island near hiroshima. just trust me on this. you will not regret it, ever.
im not thinking in pesos anymore. but im poor. as in poor in yen...i payed na kasi the dorm. and i havent even travelled yet. sa spring pa dagay..
how do i find these youth hostels?
that'd be difficult in my situation. the stipend is just enough.
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