salad_bread

She said:

So I think she means those tours (Hato bus local tours) are Japanese only.
布小熊 發表於 2009-10-16 15:42

Hato bus has Chinese and English Travel guide, but you need to book and pay ahead.
Google "Hato Bus"

zuesel

I don't like the push to buy stuff fr. guides, However, i love tours for the reason they introduce the history, culture, etc much makes things more interesting and the appreciation becomes greater!

When I went to Japan for the first time, we booked tour and tickets to Japan on the way to HK fr. Vancouver. The tour was in Cantonese. We got basic glimps of the country and didn't have to worry about getting lost, etc.

there are a variety of tours though. I always go for the most deleux pkg (better food and less rushed type). Also good for elderly to join tours, if they are tired, they can stay and rest in the bus if don't feel like walking/shopping.

We will be going to Japan again in January, this time on our own. It was good to get a basic idea through the 1st tour.
((( again, don't get sucked in to buy whatever the guides tell you to!! )))

Littleprince

我參加那個團完全無 SELLING PRESSURE 架﹐有興趣 PM 我喇﹐我唔想幫人賣廣告咋

salad_bread

Never asked to buy anything during the Japan Local Tour

khaki

呢邊跟團好處係由頭帶到你落尾囉。有老人家我就覺得方便少麻煩係最重要，Ｄ老人家其實幾鐘意聽導遊吹水架麻唔係咩？lol 我有聽過signature tour幾好呀。不過我未跟過團架其實

小叻

I won't join tour~ coz me and my hubby are lazy type..we dun want to be rush and want a relax vacation..and the places we like are toys/ decorations/ game stores....love to go to SEGA more than historic museum hahaa~ love to go to aquarium more than going to park/ brand name stores..so tour won't fit us~ haha and both me and my hubby can understand and read some Japanese so we can walk around and play around by ourselves no need to pay tour fees or waiting other tourists~
I am planning a trip to Japan next yr too.. but of coz need to make sure budget is enough sin la.... already helped my frd to plan for her Kansai trip for this Oct~~ lol while I am searching and planning for mine~~ planning is so exciting!! XD

Bikki

I agree that it's easy to manage in Tokyo area..

布小熊

... I personally hate to 跟團. But with parents, it's a very different story.
I rather do my own research and read about places before I do my own self guided tours.
Cos I hate to hear guide's blowing water and I can't get up at 6 a.m. everyday  LOL.

布小熊

26# 小叻
Kansai is lovely! I want to visit Kyoto and Nara again and again and again. LOL
And I don't even speak japanese.

小叻

... I personally hate to 跟團. But with parents, it's a very different story.
I rather do my own research and read about places before I do my own self guided tours.
Cos I hate to hear guide's blo ...
布小熊 發表於 16-10-2009 17:50

me too haha.. we usually wake up after 10am.... lol