First Time Visiting Japan Part 3
Hey guys, what’s up everyone? Welcome back to our channel, Subliminal Escapes. My name is Steven Stangalini. We appreciate you being here. Want to give a quick shout out to everybody who found our channel. If you find our content useful or helpful to you, make sure you like, follow, or subscribe to this channel. It really helps us out in creating content like this. Again, you’ve already seen two parts of our continuing video series, our trip to Japan and Taiwan. The first of which was an intro, the second of which was a review of Zip Air. We continue the journey as we finally arrive in Japan. Keep it locked. Thanks for being here. [Music] [Applause] [Music] After a long flight, we finally arrived in Japan. After clearing customs and immigration at Narita Airport, we made two brief pit stops outside the arrivals hall. The first was to pick up our pocket Wi-Fi. Pocket Wi-Fi was our choice of means to stay connected while abroad as opposed to ESIM. More on that later in the video. Our second stop was a baggage forwarding service. There are a few options when it comes to baggage forwarding. However, we chose Yamato. We had our bags forwarded multiple times throughout our trip. After dropping off our bags, we boarded our train, the Casey Skyliner, to Yueno Station. Yueno station is not far from where we ended up staying. [Music] There are many different areas in Tokyo where you could stay. We chose Ueno since it’s one of the first stops when taking the KC Skyliner train into the Tokyo metro area. Also, Ueno station is a Shinkansen station as well. And after watching many videos on which neighborhood to stay in Tokyo, we decided that Ueno was for us. It’s a little quieter than say Shinjjuku or Shabuya, but we were okay with that. The hotel we chose was the Namaru Yueno in Archicho. It was basically a small apartment yet spacious, clean, and the employees were extremely nice and helpful. It was also a 5-minute walk to Narrio station or a 10-minute walk to Yueno station. The location was extremely convenient. There were restaurants, shops, isakayas, and convenience stores, including 7-Eleven and Family Mart, all within a short walk of our hotel. There were even many vending machines throughout the neighborhood, too. After settling in for our first night in Tokyo, it was time to get ready for our first full day in Tokyo. This would include learning to navigate the trainer subway system, a trip to Toyosu Fish Market, Team Labs Planets, Tokyo Tower, and whatever else may come to mind. All right, guys. A couple things to note regarding the baggage forwarding service. One of the best things we did while we were in Japan is utilize that. What it means is when you get to the airport, instead of taking all your checked bags with you in a taxi, an Uber, or whatever your means of transportation is, particularly if you take a train, you simply drop your bag off at a stand at the airport or a desk at the airport, similar to car rental or airline checkin counters. It’s a business. You drop it off there, you tell them where you want your bag forwarded, and it gets delivered to your hotel. That meant when we took the trains, which is our preferred method of transportation, we didn’t have to lug so many check bags around. Absolutely worth its weight and gold. It’s called Yamato. That’s one of many ways to do it. I think from Narita Airport to our hotel in Ueno was maybe $30 for two bags combined. And by the time we got to our hotel, our bags were there waiting for us. They beat us to the hotel. So worth its weight in gold. Um, the next video is day two in Japan, Toyosu Fish Market, Team Labs Planets. You’ll see a lot more in that video. Again, thanks for watching.
Video 3 of this multi video series on our first trip to Japan and Taiwan. This video follows our review of Zip Air. In this video, we conclude our long flight to Tokyo and finally arrive in Japan! Enjoy!
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g1066461-d14206059-Reviews-MIMARU_TOKYO_UENO_INARICHO-Taito_Tokyo_Tokyo_Prefecture_Kanto.html
https://www.kuronekoyamato.co.jp/en/
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