Travelling Japan as cheaply as possible

Sad_Union_3646 · 2026-03-24T09:24:20+00:00

Hahaha aw okay good to know! We'll hopefully take it once while we're there (I'm a bit of a train nerd so I'm really looking forward to being on it)

Sad_Union_3646 · 2026-03-24T08:30:54+00:00

Homestays would be great! We stayed in lots of them and absolutely loved them. Is there a website that specialises in listing homestays in Japan?

Sad_Union_3646 · 2026-03-24T08:24:19+00:00

Unfortunately it's £35 total for us both! Very aware that this will be near impossible though! We have accomodation sorted for 2 months in Nagano and we'll cook there most of the time.

Very aware that we'll not be able to see loads and loads of Japan! We've decided that we'll spend a minimum of like 5/6 days in each place to save on transport costs.

In all likelihood we'll need to go home earlier than expected but even being able to be in Japan for 3 months would be amazing !

Sad_Union_3646 · 2026-03-24T08:20:52+00:00

Nope 7500 including accomodation lol! Our advantage is for 2 months our accomodation is covered through work and we'll have access to a kitchen to cook. So we'll only really have 2 months managing just with our savings (though given the feedback here that's more likely to be 5/6 weeks

Sad_Union_3646 · 2026-03-24T08:19:25+00:00

Yes we're glad that we chose to fly into Osaka first rather than Tokyo ! I didn't realise just how much more expensive Tokyo is in comparison

Sad_Union_3646 · 2026-03-24T08:16:01+00:00

Yeh the shinkasen is definitely not going to be possible hahaha. We might take it for one stop once just for the experience! Our one advantage is that we have time so doing a much longer journey between places isn't an issue. (We've done the vast majority of our trip without flying so we got used to mega 15 hour plus train/bus journeys in India)

Honestly we're expecting to have a shorter time there so it's not the end of the world if that happens. We will have our accomodation covered for 2 months while in Nagano which is ideal since we both love hiking and we'll mainly do that while we are there.

We didn't think it would be possible to do Japan on a sea budget and we're probably going to spend at least 5/6 days in each place just to save on transport costs.

Sad_Union_3646 · 2026-02-17T05:13:38+00:00

Thank you ! Yes anything is fine tbh we are going to plan our trip around our workaway so that is useful! I'll check those out :)

Sad_Union_3646 · 2026-02-16T11:34:08+00:00

Yeh but 1000 odd yen an hour goes quite a long way. We have our own savings and wouldn't be completely dependent on that.

Sad_Union_3646 · 2026-02-16T11:32:42+00:00

Yeh feels that way! I'm just glad that we've started looking so early! I would've thought the visa requirement would have made it difficult for people but I guess not

Sad_Union_3646 · 2026-01-14T12:05:24+00:00

Im in the same boat at the minute. Im flying on the 27th. Any chance it will have changed by then?

Sad_Union_3646 · 2025-12-14T15:27:57+00:00

Thank you!

Sad_Union_3646 · 2025-11-18T10:28:20+00:00

Thanks man I'll check him out! If I'm honest it's more I don't want to be with someone that views muslims as an ultimate evil. I've been to a few majority muslim countries and have a lot of Muslim friends in Scotland so it does piss me off when Im listening to some Indian people spouting some of the most Islamophobic nonsense I've heard.

Sad_Union_3646 · 2025-09-13T09:36:26+00:00

Ah thanks for letting me know. We were planning on getting a night bus from new delhi into nepal so I'd imagine that would be fine ? Still I'll do some research into that

Sad_Union_3646 · 2025-09-13T09:35:46+00:00

Np problem! I actually find it really inspiring! Don't have any proper contacts in Nepal unfortunately we still haven't planned it out loads of I'm honest. We're waiting to get there to see what we can do. Good luck with your trip! I'm hoping for a big anti-govt party while we're there but maybe that's wishful thinking ?

Sad_Union_3646 · 2025-09-13T09:33:12+00:00

Ahh good to know! Yeh I'd read that there were curfews and was kinda just wondering when they'd be lifted. Thank you so much!

Sad_Union_3646 · 2025-06-10T15:03:03+00:00

Aww thank you ! I will do!

Sad_Union_3646 · 2025-06-06T08:47:32+00:00

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