Forum Categories

Overview Message Boards   Questions   Trip Reports   Living Reports Classified Ads   Friends   Business Partner   Language Schools   Language Tutors   Language Exchange   Accommodation   Travel Guide   Other Services   Offer Goods   Search Goods   Moving Sales   Announcements   Events    Member Area

Japan Sightseeing Guide

Hokkaido Sapporo Otaru Hakodate Furano Abashiri Noboribetsu Niseko Lake Toya Daisetsuzan Shiretoko Rishiri Rebun Akan Tohoku Sendai Matsushima Hiraizumi Akita Kakunodate Nyuto Onsen Aomori Hirosaki Lake Towada Shimokita Hanto Dewa Sanzan Aizu Kanto Tokyo Yokohama Kamakura Nikko Kinugawa Hakone Kawagoe Kusatsu Ikaho Minakami Narita Chubu Nagoya Inuyama Mt.Fuji Fujigoko Izu Peninsula Nagano Matsumoto Kamikochi Kiso Valley Hakuba Yudanaka Sado Island Takayama Shirakawa-go Gujo Gero Onsen Kanazawa Kansai Kyoto Osaka Nara Kobe Himeji Kinosaki Mount Koya Kumano Yoshino Amanohashidate Hikone Iga Ueno Ise Shima Chugoku Hiroshima Miyajima Onomichi Okayama Kurashiki Matsue Iwami Ginzan Iwakuni Yamaguchi Hagi Shikoku Takamatsu Kotohira Naoshima Matsuyama Uchiko Kochi Tokushima Naruto Kyushu Fukuoka Dazaifu Nagasaki Kumamoto Mount Aso Minamata Beppu Miyazaki Takachiho Kagoshima Kirishima Yakushima Okinawa Honto Miyako Yaeyama

Survey

How can tourism in Japan be improved? More foreign language information Preserve natural and historic sites Ease immigration requirements Reduce cost of travel Make sights less crowded Other No improvement needed see results Other Surveys: Budget for ryokan stay Next trip to Japan Improvements to Tourism Financial Crisis Ski Destination Preferred way to stay at a ryokan Purpose of visit Most popular region Have you recently entered Japan?

japan-guide.com newsletter

Keeping you up to date on Japan travel and living related issues and site updates. Click here to subscribe!

Dear visitor, if you know the answer to this question, please post it. Thank you! Help needed on Hozugawa trip 2009/6/8 Kyoto City I'm trying to figure out whether I need to book this trip from Kameoka to Arashiyama in advance of my trip. The website (http://www.hozugawakudari.jp/) isn't giving much away and the only thing I can get is that you should ring that day in case of cancellation. But it doesn't seem to discourage just turning up 15 mins before the boat leaves and jumping on. Can someone with better Japanese than me (that would be everybody) just check it out? Or if you've taken this trip before, let me know how you arranged it. It's just me, so no tour or anything. by mgal   As far as I can read off the website 2009/6/8 As it seems, if you are not with a group of 10 or more people, no advance booking can be made. http://www.hozugawakudari.jp/ryoukin.html According to this page, departures (March 10 to Nov. 30) are at: 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, and 15:30, but on weekends the boat leaves on somewhat irregular schedule - probably as they get full they might just leave. You just queue up and board. If you have tight planning for the rest of the day, I would probably show up a bit earlier than just 15 minutes prior to departure, but maybe that is ok as well. Note that they say on Feb. 25 (already past, though) and Sept. 9, 2009, they will be closed for maintenance. by AK rate this post as useful Boat 2009/6/9 Ooh, thanks for the heads up about maintenance. I was aiming for the 9/9, but can easily move it to the 10th, a Thursday so I guess they leave on time. I'm aiming to arrive at the station at half past the hour. Between getting hopelessly lost and the 10 min walk to the pier, I should just about make it :) by mgal rate this post as useful I took that tour last year 2009/6/23 ... no booking required! We just showed up, filled in a form, and waited for about 30 minutes before there were available seats in a boat. Everyone seemed to do the same thing. It was nice to be able to do some sightseeing and rest one's feet at the same time. Being in Kyoto involves loads of walking. :) by Sarah (guest) rate this post as useful