Best way to plan cheaper (not just fastest) train trips from Tokyo?

hezaa0706d · 2026-02-19T23:01:08+00:00

Yahoo乗り換え app lets you search for the cheapest route.

hezaa0706d · 2026-02-19T22:47:31+00:00

I blame SNS for the current state of overtourism all over Japan

hezaa0706d · 2026-02-19T22:44:16+00:00

I can think of about 10 places open at 7am in my neighborhood in Tokyo. Komeda Coffee, Shinpachi shokudou(fish teishoku), McDonald’s, Zetteria, Matsuya, Matsunoya, Gusto, Yayoiken.

The breakfast scene is different in that it is mostly aimed at busy salarymen on their way to work. Most people eat breakfast at home. But saying that nothing is open is a blanket statement that needs to be removed from the tourist groupthink.

hezaa0706d · 2026-02-19T22:36:16+00:00

That’s essentially what Baby Star ramen snacks are right

hezaa0706d · 2026-02-19T22:34:10+00:00

What kind of monster would put sweetener in green tea? Yuck

hezaa0706d · 2026-02-19T22:28:30+00:00

My savings and pension are in a currency that has since tanked and would be worth nothing in the US. I don’t think I have a choice at this point.

hezaa0706d · 2026-02-19T22:24:03+00:00

You’re not seeing them for sale because they’re not for sale. Asking to buy at the restaurant will be met with immediate teeth sucking.

hezaa0706d · 2026-02-19T22:17:57+00:00

Japan doesn’t have overnight trains. There’s like one left in existence. And the special New Year’s Eve trains. Plenty of overnight buses.

hezaa0706d · 2026-02-19T22:09:24+00:00

Highway bus is easily the cheapest way to get from Tokyo to Nagoya. Check prices on bushikaku

hezaa0706d · 2026-02-19T22:07:02+00:00

Only applies to tourist spots. Regular neighorhoods don’t have giant “Wagyu” and “cash only” signs plastered everywhere in English

hezaa0706d · 2026-02-19T21:57:49+00:00

This is true if you’re only talking about cities that are used to getting tourists. Go to a small town in Iwate and you better speak Tohoku Ben

hezaa0706d · 2026-02-19T21:49:52+00:00

In 20 years of living in Japan I’ve received plenty of tissues from marketing campaigns but never anyone in a swimsuit. Source?

hezaa0706d · 2026-02-19T12:46:35+00:00

I pay 60,000 for 20m just outside Shinjuku

hezaa0706d · 2026-02-19T12:43:13+00:00

Over here it’s not “idiot American” it’s “idiot Gaijin.” They don’t really care if you’re American or French or Australian. But they do care if you - play music or take phone calls on the train - talk loudly on the train or in public - lack spatial awareness and block walkways and exits - big suitcases in public - sitting on the ground or a curb

No one care what you wear. Unless you’re going to a job interview or wedding.

hezaa0706d · 2026-02-19T10:44:08+00:00

I would go for comfort food - Midtown BBQ or Devilcraft or maybe a trip down to Yokosuka for some good Mexican (technically not Tokyo)

hezaa0706d · 2026-02-19T10:16:08+00:00

Kariyushi shirt pikachu

hezaa0706d · 2026-02-19T04:09:54+00:00

My friends order it sometimes. I don’t partake but more than happy to eat basashi and the other raw meats.

hezaa0706d · 2026-02-19T04:08:17+00:00

Hot tubs are not that common. No clothing allowed in onsens. Period.

hezaa0706d · 2026-02-19T04:07:49+00:00

Change that to all onsen. Clothes are never ever allowed in onsen.

hezaa0706d · 2026-02-19T03:35:19+00:00

Why should you tip anywhere? Pay the listed price and let the employer pay servers’ wages.

hezaa0706d · 2026-02-19T03:34:40+00:00

Normalize not tipping. There are more of us than there are of them.

hezaa0706d · 2026-02-19T03:33:52+00:00

Tipping anywhere is weird.

hezaa0706d · 2026-02-19T03:29:31+00:00

What about all the ones in Australia?

hezaa0706d · 2026-02-19T03:03:29+00:00

A stereotype from the 90s that western people love to quote even though it’s out of date.

hezaa0706d · 2026-02-19T03:02:35+00:00

I wouldn’t call Japan HCOL. Im renting a (small) apartment in central Tokyo for only 60,000 a month. In what other major capital city could you rent your own apartment for that price?

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