i'm thinking about doing a vacation in japan. figure i'll visit tokyo for a few days then head over to suzuka to see formula 1 racing.

my quick search for airline tickets from San Francisco ranges from 650 to 1000, average seems around 850. is this a good price? this is for october 2004.

what about accomodations? did you stay at fancy hotel or cheap hostel type housing?

any other info would be helpful.
thanks

 

I asked the same question as i'm going next month.

http://forums.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.p...highlight=japan

Lots of good info in there.
Kyle

 

pm tokyo_james...he lives in japan.

 

I used to live there and was just there last fall on vacation with my wife.

What's your budget for hotel? You can get very decent hotels from $200/night. I wouldn't do the hostel thing.

Staying in Tokyo will be cheaper than staying in "vacation" destinations. You pay like $600/person/night at a traditional inn.

Travelling to Suzuka will be expensive. Be prepared for that.

Let me know if you need anything else.

 

I'm leaving for Japan at the end of this month

All business though...maybe I'll finallly be able hook up with James this time...

 

Talk to Japanese travel agents. There's a few of them in the US, H.I.S. is one of them. I have gotten tickets under $600 easily from them - on major airlines like United and Singapore.

 

Japan is a lot of fun...i go there every 2 or 3 years. ton of things to do, and since the majority of the train stops are in english, it's very easy to navigate