I say go for it ..... Pete

If you survived your first flight without any stopovers no wonder any itinerary seems like a short hop to you!!

Jaya

I did this trip a couple of weeks ago. Yes it is a long trip to Japan (12 hours to HK then about 4 on to Tokyo) but it is well worth it. Japan is great with varied food and culture then stopping off for 3 days in HK on the way home was a complete contrast.

I say go for it ..... Pete

Hi Pete,

I'm doing the Japan trip in September, and wondered about luggage! I appreciate it's a tour so will be a lot of packing and unpacking, but how arduous is it and is it worth seriously thinking about trying to take a smaller case, rather than the full 20kg or whatever the limit is.

Any other advice?

Thanks

Jean

Firstly I know you will have a great adventure. Japan is fabulous and very very different to any country I had previously visited. It is an exciting and lively place with excellent food.

Enjoy it !!!

I took a big case and a rucksack. Certainly it is a busy adventure with 6 hotels over 10 nights but it is well organised and I had no trouble with packing/unpacking at the various hotels and could carry everything I needed each day in my rucksack. Your big case goes in the coach or is transported separately when you take the bullet train. All in all a very well organised adventure.

Have fun and any more questions then post on the forum and I'll do my best to answer.

Pete ............

Final question ( for now) is travel adapters. I have a world wide one presumably that will work?

Thanks for your help.

Jean

A word of warning - although some restaurants do offer knives and forks, the majority expect you to use chop sticks so all on our group developed previously unknown talents and skills with chopsticks !!!

As for the plug, hopefully this link will clarify. Any adapter with flat pins works - I used the adapter I used in Australia and China with no problems.

http://www.worldstandards.eu/electricity/plugs-and-sockets/#plugs_a 

Pete ............

Thanks for the information - I'm doing this trip in September.

Not sure how I'm going to cope with chopsticks - but it's part of the experience.

Anna

Jean, some lunch meals are included. Other times we stopped at various places (stations, supermarkets etc.) and got food to go. Excellent selection and choice and,trust me, the service areas at which we stopped on motorways and whilst coach travelling are much much better than you get in England both for cost and variety.

A word of warning - although some restaurants do offer knives and forks, the majority expect you to use chop sticks so all on our group developed previously unknown talents and skills with chopsticks !!!

As for the plug, hopefully this link will clarify. Any adapter with flat pins works - I used the adapter I used in Australia and China with no problems.

http://www.worldstandards.eu/electricity/plugs-and-sockets/#plugs_a 

Pete ............

Gosh chopsticks! As Anna has said, part of the experience but not sure how I'll cope either! Any advice on malaria tablets? I seem to be having conflicting information here! GP said no but others seem to suggest I should.

Thank you again.

Jean, some lunch meals are included. Other times we stopped at various places (stations, supermarkets etc.) and got food to go. Excellent selection and choice and,trust me, the service areas at which we stopped on motorways and whilst coach travelling are much much better than you get in England both for cost and variety.

A word of warning - although some restaurants do offer knives and forks, the majority expect you to use chop sticks so all on our group developed previously unknown talents and skills with chopsticks !!!

As for the plug, hopefully this link will clarify. Any adapter with flat pins works - I used the adapter I used in Australia and China with no problems.

http://www.worldstandards.eu/electricity/plugs-and-sockets/#plugs_a 

Pete ............

Gosh chopsticks! As Anna has said, part of the experience but not sure how I'll cope either! Any advice on malaria tablets? I seem to be having conflicting information here! GP said no but others seem to suggest I should.

Thank you again.

I'm not sure that I would start with malaria tablets ... noodles would probably be easier to begin with

Ha ha and easier to swallow!

J

I appreciate I need mossie repellent and a plug in mossie thing, but anything else?

Have a great trip.

Help! I'm doing the japan revealed trip on 3 September and having a whole load of trouble trying to find out whether I need any vaccinations before I go. (It's probably too late now!) Gp wasn't any help as they ' don't do travel medicine'. Can anyone who's been on this trip, or to japan give me any advice?

I appreciate I need mossie repellent and a plug in mossie thing, but anything else?

Hi Jean,

I did Japan last October. I didn't need any specific vaccinations and you won't need mossie repellant.

I really enjoyed Japan - I am already planning on going back again next year. Do you know who your tour guide for this holiday yet? Hopefully you will have Sarah Wrightson - if so, you are in for a real treat.

Enjoy Japan.

John.

I'm on this trip.

I'm assuming you've got the bog standard jabs - tetanus/typhoid/hepatitis/diphtheria which your gp's nurse should be able to give you. The nhs website for travels say small risk of japanese encephalitis. My nurse at my gp surgery wasn't helpful in if I need this. And if I did they didn't stock it has expensive/not much call for it/expire dates.

I went to a Normad Travel Clinic and they were very helpful. Said with the area's we are going to, and staying in hotels and not camping outside at night theres only a 4 in a million chance and wouldn't recommend it.

If your still worried go to a travel clinic. I find Normad are good. If you don't have one close, I've noticed that the big stores of Boots in London are now offering travel advice/jabs

I will be taking mossie wipes/cream if do get bitten.

Anna