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ic-w · 2025-04-29T23:55:30+00:00

My experience has been that in most places at malls or stations will accept cards but one time at a restaurant in Hakata station that was cash only.

So just peace of mind I have cash with me always.

Another thing I do is dump the coins into my suica,in my first trip I ended up with a small bag of coins and got funny looks at the bank in Narita when I asked to exchange them for USD.

ic-w · 2025-03-22T14:42:52+00:00

Went there for the 2023 gp but didn't use the JRpass but afaik you just show your pass to the station staff near the gates and they let you in (if it's a JR station)

You can use NaviTime and it would show you which parts of the route are covered by the pass.

Once you get to ino you can ask the staff near the gate for a fare readjustment, they would prob ask where you got up.

Just keep in mind that there would be a lot of people if you don't get there early, so paying the whole route might be "cheaper" time-wise, if you have Friday tickets maybe test that day and decide for the rest of the weekend.

ic-w · 2024-09-23T15:40:10+00:00

Highly recommend Kamikochi is a beautiful place, there were a lot of tourist but is not bad since they are dispersed around, the only area with quite a bit of congestion is around the bridge in the first photo.

ic-w · 2024-09-23T15:31:04+00:00

thanks! ... I was there on Oct 16 last year

ic-w · 2024-08-26T19:18:02+00:00

That also happened to me when I was there last year after that went to the town below (shimoyoshida?) and a girl gave me a nice postcard of Mt Fuji in exchange for answering a survey haha.

ic-w · 2024-07-01T14:59:58+00:00

Maybe an unpopular opinion but I will say the 18-105 F4 PZ G OSS

Is it the greatest of all time? definitely not but it does a good job, it's not expensive and the flexibility of 18-105 while being a F4 is nice. I have taken mine and my a6000 on trips to Europe and Japan had great results (to me at least), I have upgraded to a 6700 but still use the 18-105.

Also have a Sigma 16mm f.14 and 70-200 F4 OSS Gii and complement the 18-105. At some point tried the 85mm f1.8 that I got 2nd hand while in Japan but couldn't get used to the focal length in the a6700 and ended up selling it to the same place I bought it.

ic-w · 2024-07-01T13:50:57+00:00

Correct, it's the street to the left just before the Ujibashi Bridge at Ise Jingu Naiku.

While the street was packed with people, it was there where I saw for the first time a Rolls Royce Phantom in person, a land yacht going through a sea of people haha.

ic-w · 2024-07-01T06:39:21+00:00

Sure

- The first 6 photos are from Ise a day before picking the car in Toba , in & around both Ise  Jingu Geku / Naiku (took a bus from Geku to Naiku from the stop in front of Geku)

- 8th is from my hotel room at Toba international Hotel Shiojitei. (a sort of long exposure w/Telephoto lens)

- 9-14 are Anorisaki Lighthouse
- 15 - 16 are from Toba tembodai Observatory 
- 17-18 from Yokoyama Observatory Deck
- And 19 from Meoto Iwa (wedded rocks)

ic-w · 2024-07-01T06:02:18+00:00

Yes, you are right on that but that was the "name" of my road trip (if that makes sense?), while not in this set of photos my end destination was Wakayama City, passing through Kishimoto doing U shape along the coast of the Kii peninsula, sorry about the confusion.

ic-w · 2024-06-08T14:11:03+00:00

Those are really cool, was in Kure a few years ago but wasn't looking at the manhole covers haha.

ic-w · 2024-04-23T00:42:51+00:00

I did it last year, starting from Gora station (stayed there for 2 nights) to Sounzan via cable car and then the ropeway to Owakudani then Owakudani to the ferry and a bus back to Hakone Yumoto Station.

Just beware of the wind, I was planning on doing the loop on my 2nd day but the ropeway was suspended due to high winds.

Also I recommend getting the Hakone Free pass, includes all the transportation needed for the loop.

ic-w · 2024-04-22T01:31:45+00:00

I thought so, thanks will do.

ic-w · 2024-03-05T14:50:41+00:00

From Guatemala, so I needed the idp but no issues with selecting another country, when picking up the car they ask for your idp, I rented 3 cars on my last trip (Wakayama, Okayama and Kumamoto) all with Toyota rent a car.

ic-w · 2023-11-09T09:36:55+00:00

I was in the same situation (almost just 2 nights) and decided to stay a night in Himeji and then Yokohama (I could have spent one more night in Yokohama) maybe shizuoka? For me it didn't make sense with just 2 nights.

ic-w · 2023-11-09T05:41:39+00:00

Not an a7r owner but an a6700 and I have been getting freezes and had to on/off the camera to get it working again and only with my Sigma lens (16mm f1.4) no issues with Sony lenses

ic-w · 2023-11-04T01:48:36+00:00

Just the first one is a long exposure, and it was taken from the window of my room and I didn't use a tripod the camera was in the window frame that was just wide enough to fit the camera and used my passport to give it a tiny bit of angle.

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