OUHEN No. 02 - Hello Japan

"OUHEN" (往返/おうへん), is a short series documenting a trip to Japan I took between August 11th to August 19th, 2007. In only a short week, I met many people, took many risks, and found myself in many problems I hadn't foreseen or planned for. On this episode...

I arrive in Narita International Airport, and find myself lost on my way to my next location. A nice lady behind an information desk sets up a hotel reservation for me, but I'll have to take a train from Narita to Ueno. By the time I reach Ueno however, it's much later then I expected, and eventually get lost.

Music:

♫ kaiser chiefs - modern way
♫ kaki king - goby

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• ouhen
• 往返
• hello
• japan
• 日本
• narita
• 成田市
• tokyo
• 東京
• sendai
• 仙台市
• appi-kogen
• 安比高原
• nagano
• 長野県

[skateboardsteve409]

hey man , i am going japan in april i have booked hotel and flight,,, how do you get JR PASS, i need a train ticket i can use for 2 weeks and i need to use bullet trains can you help me . i going tokyo and osaka,, i need to get bullet train tokyo to osaka, i do not no what i am doing lol . cheers

[shrgnatlas]

Google the following, "JR East Pass", and you can read up information on where you'll need to purchase the pass, and how you go about retrieving one. To be safe, I bought mine through my travel agency in America first, then used it's receipt as a voucher for tickets in Japan. Either way is fine for you, but the JR center is right outside the arrival building in Narita.

[skateboardsteve409]

hey , i found a place in london where i can buy jr pass voucher that i exchange when i arrive in japan, do i exchange this as soon as i step off plane or when i exit airport. please need help lol ,i well nervous lol cheers

[shrgnatlas]

When you exit the airport. There are English Help centers in many locations throughout the Narita airport, I used them extensively before I left for OAK Hotel, (in fact, they reserved a room for me the night I arrived, they were a HUGE help)!

[skateboardsteve409]

is it scary walking round japan alone, i am travling alone too .

[shrgnatlas]

Well, I may not be the one to ask, to be honest with you. I had no planning for my trip, outside of knowing I needed to be in the Aomori area on the 16th, and then in the Nagano area on the 18th. That's it. Everything else was just filling, and I tried my hardest to entertain myself on the way there. Is walking around japan alone scary though? No. However, that's only my "un-informed" opinion. You'll just have to feel out the country for yourself.

[skateboardsteve409]

i have already booked my room at the oak hotel for a week.

[yokai1968]

OMG! you made it!

[mate3337777]

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeeeeeeeeeee