Holiday to Japan

hi all, after wanting to go to japan for years i've had a look around and you can pick up a holiday in a 3 star hotel for 7 days for about £650-£700 in tokyo, thaty price is based on 13th jan 2011-20th jan 2011 (when the tokyo auto salon is usually held),

anybody else up for this? i'm going to go, probably put the deposit (usually 10%) down on the 28th may weekend when im up in bham incase anyone else wants to go, then you can pay in installments of however much you want (as long as its payed off before end of november-ish)

im thinking 7 days, go to tokyo auto-salon, tsukuba, fuji speedway and all the sick garages that are there. Everyone on here will want to go no doubt but is anyone avtually interested in it?

if enough people are down for it, im there!
will have to check with work but should be no problem.

god thats somthing to save for

well i worked it out to puttin say £100 deposit down, then pay like £100 a month till november and bang, payed for, £100 a month for 6 months aint that bad really and look what you'll get for it, probably the best holiday evarrr,

visitin mad garages and fuji/tsukuba circuits in the day, then if we rent a car go lookin for random races or go on the lash, twud be pimp!

im deffo down for it, somwhere i think weve all wanted to go for years, why not do it!

cant afford it atm

well just spoke to a few mates that are going ibiza in a group, apparently whoever wants to go, if w meet up and pay individual deposits then we can do it as a group so people can book at a later date in the same group, then you all have your individual 'accounts' that you pay your balance off to (not credit, but to the holiday provider) and you select a group leader that receives all the info etc,

based on 4 people in 2 rooms :
£755 depart 13th jan return 20th jan at Shinjuku Washington Hotel (3 stars)

plus at the minute online you can get 20% off flights and hotels at thomas cook

p.s. the deposit would be like £75 and then £100 a monthy till nov

everyone think about it. autosalon would be ridikalous
finding some mountain drifting in a rented toyota

just think:

TOA coverage of the Tokyo auto salon ======= WWIIIINN!!!

TOA picnic on mt fuji= win! lol, and barbecue at tsukuba

100% ultimate japanese experience
we need to organise it for a date that everbody can afford it

tokyo auto salons in january, any other time would be good but will be without the show, in march theres a national drift event/tour,

if i got p'sssssssss then im there, it would be nice to stay in a hotel but it i'd rather hostel it and cut the costs down and make more for spendin, a few people i've spoke to that have been said it was quite expensive.

yeah, shell reckons hostel would be waaaay cheaper, kinda want the luxury of a hotel tho

i was actually on holiday in Japan last year & must say, it's definitely worth the trip! i stayed in a hotel in Musashi-koyama, which is about a 15min train ride from Shibuya, but it cost me about $60.00 USD a night ( £39.57 if i'm not mistaken). the luxury of a hotel is fantastic, but why spend so much money on a room if you're going to be gone most of the day. all you need is a place to shower & "handle your business".

i suggest staying at a hostel. not as luxurious as a hotel room, but it gets the job done.

another suggestion: Tokyo is definitely a fun place to stay. awesome nightlife and tons of beautiful ladies! just speak a few words of english & you'll make the ladies go crazy! (i speak from experience. haha) But if you want to check out some awesome garages & the local street racing/drifting scene, i HIGHLY suggest visiting Osaka. that's definitely the mecca of anything jdm!

My gf stayed in a hostel and said it was way cheap and like you say was more than enough for just sleeping, showering etc.

I think we would all be making the trip mainly for the racing so id have to go with osaka, theres girls everywhere, lol, no need to go to japan for that

oh oh... pod hotels!

about £21.00 a night!

Awesome.

No chance claustrophobia !!!!!!!!! I wouldnt be able to sleep in one of them... its like a glorified coffin...

i have to agree with jay, i'd love to go in one or tryi it out but doubt i could sleep in there. such a sick idea tho LOL

all of this Japan talk makes me want to start a thread & show some of you guys my pictures from when i went last summer....

screw it, i'll make the thread tonight when i get home from work! (it's only 18:10 in Los Angeles)