Am I crazy for booking a trip to Japan? Dec 2022 - Jan 2023

[Colin G]

Fuel prices are going up and I had some points to use so I just booked a trip to Japan from Dec 15, 2022 - Jan 2, 2023.

I am hoping Corona won't be a real issue and Japan will be open for tourists by then. Fingers crossed.

 

[Turnip]

Travel broadens the mind, as we say here.
So as long as you don’t fly or stop over Russia you could spend your money way worse imho.

 

[Boyo]

obviously Take out travelers insurance in case circumstances occur outside your control... but I'd go tomorrow if I could.

 

[steve u]

Go for it.
My Wife is going to try to go to Nagano this summer.
Wish I was going.

 

[Colin G]

obviously Take out travelers insurance in case circumstances occur outside your control... but I'd go tomorrow if I could.

I rolled the dice that tourists will be able to enter by December and went for it. I can always postpose for a small fee but I'm hoping things will be good to go. I'll probably have to get a vaccine booster but I am hoping nothing more than that. The trip is ten months away but things can happen.

Japan was the last place I visited before lockdown and hopefully it will be the first place I visit post-covid.

 

[Brandrea33]

Have fun on the trip Colin.

My wife and I went to Italy back in May between the second and third lock downs … the bonus was that Venice which is normally quite bustling, was quiet and calm.

 

[Colin G]

I need to book hotels asap. Can anyone recommend an area in Tokyo? I was looking at Hotels in Ginza which are nice and surprisingly affordable right now. I need to book in Kyoto and Osaka too but I've been to Osaka and will stay in Shinsaibashi or Namba area again.

 

[steve u]

We always stayed near the Ueno Park Station in Tokyo. There's Business hotels very close and expensive ones also.
Ameyoko (across the street) has a lot of restaurants(night clubs) and shops (clothes shops too).
On the other side of the station are lots of motorcycle shops. Check this link out..https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/leather-jacket-stores-in-tokyo.98985/