Japan Travel Guide needed!!?

Travel Info
Hi, i don't speak Japanese, but i plan to travel my self. Beside that i have limited of time, said 7 day. I love susi, ramen, and Japan culture. So do you have any suggestion how to travel, where to go, and place to stay.

Travel Tips

I just traveled to Tokyo a couple of months ago. People there are actually very friendly and if you speak to the younger people they can understand English plus give you directions.

I suggest that you travel using the subway. It saves a lot of time and can get you virtually anywhere.

Where to go really depends on your interests. In Tokyo, there are actually a number of fun places to visit such as:

Harajuku which is filled with lots of teens wearing a bunch of crazy clothing. They sell a lot of hip trendy clothes in the area. Takeshita Dori one of the streets there has a 4 storey Daiso 100 yen store.

Ikebukuro is just loaded with shopping malls. You've got Seibu, Tobu, Parco... the only problem is everything's so expensive. If you love to go food hunting the ground floor of supermarket usually sells a lot of different kind of food which taste great. Shinjuku is another shopping district while Ginza is one of the priciest places in Tokyo.

If your in to cultural places, you can go to shrines and palaces. Meiji shrine is also in Harajuku. They perform traditional baptisms and weddings there, however the walk to the main shrine is a killer. Imperial Place is just located at the Sakuradamon station. Nothing much to see there since you can't get in, but its great for picture sake.

Mount Fuji is also something you shouldn't miss. Take a day tour c/o your hotel. We rode a scenic boat in the area and it was awesome. The bus ride to the fifth station is also cool plus once you get to the fifth station it's actually freezing and there's snow. Dropping by Fuji means also dropping by Hakone there are a number of hot springs there great for relaxing although i didn't get to try it. There is also a museum and a Shinto shrine near the area.

Finally, Disney... You can't go to Japan and not see it. Go to the Maihama station. There's theme park there called Disney Sea. It's so cool. It actually feels like your in Europe with the Venetian theme and all.

From what i heard Odaiba's not bad as well. There's a theme park there called Palette Town with a really huge ferris wheel and Sega Joypolis.

Oh yeah Akihabara has some mad cool gadgets we don't even have in our country.

I really love Tokyo. Hope you enjoy it there too... Source(s): by the way when we were planning our trip we used this site: http://www.japan-guide.com
Other Travel Tips

i love japan. Watch lost in translation, read number9dream first..
If you know what city you are going to, you can write the International exchange department at the city hall, and request a volunteer bilingual guide to show you around.
You can do just fine traveling by yourself. Japan is a big country with a lot to do. Think about what you like and then do some research. Check out these sites.
http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/
http://www.japan-guide.com/
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/d...
If you are in Tokyo, you can check out these guys: http://www.tokyofreeguide.com/

If you are traveling elsewhere in Japan, you could always join: http://www.couchsurfing.com hit the Japan group and post a message that you are looking to hang out, or be shown around, most couchsurfers are amazing people and will bend over backwards to show you around (the idea of couch surfing is that they open their homes to you to stay at for a night or two)

Oh, and if you do use the couchsurfing site, look up Mochan when you are there, that guy knows how to make people feel super welcome, I went to 4 of his parties in a month, he took us to Tea Ceremony, drove us 3 hours from Tokyo to Shizuoka, and let us stay at his places in Tokyo and Shizuoka.
He runs a Hospitality club with many members called Wish Club. http://www.wish-club.com/english/01/...