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• 倍金萬
• 2018/04/15 (Sun) 10:34
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#281 Mr. Technician,

Oh, I see. I looked it up on the net and found that foods with "meat extract" in them are not allowed, too bad.


#282 Nihon-san,

Airbnb is an introduction site for only private accommodations that originated in the U.S. I guess there is a Japanese version, but in my case, I found it from an English site, so everything was done on the American site and payment was in dollars. I paid by credit card. I paid by credit card, but I did not check whether they take PayPal or not.

Regarding the number of payments, you can pay the full amount at the time the reservation is made, or you can split it into two payments, with the other half being deducted 5 days before arrival. The payment is fully controlled by Airbnb to ensure that there are no missed payments, and you can never make a deal directly with the host on site.

I am totally ignorant about cabs in Japan, but I learned from another topic that major cab companies create accounts for their customers like Uber in order to keep their customers who take cabs for company business, and they do not allow customers to pay in the car at all. However, just as Uber hardly works in Japan, it makes no sense for us travelers to open such an account just for the duration of our trip, and we also take cabs in places other than that cab company. Well, I think they take credit cards at major companies except private cabs, but I think the driver will not like it for short distances, and it is still safer to take a cab with a card and cash. If there is anyone who often travels to Japan on business, please let me know more about this matter.

• にほん
• 2018/04/15 (Sun) 14:58
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#282x goldman
thanks as always for your sincere advice.
I see that aibnb is managing the property, so that's a relief then. I had thought that I was supposed to negotiate financially with a private home.
I was worried that I would pay the money in advance and then be scammed ？ when I arrived.
Japanese cabs are clean and the seats are comfortable, but they are very expensive.
I still think cash is safer.
I used to be Citi Bank, so I could drop off my money at ATMs at the post office, but now I am WellsFargo, so
you can't drop off cash at the post office ？.

• 田舎もん
• 2018/04/16 (Mon) 02:36
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Now that the number of Chinese tourists has decreased, I don't understand why you recommend sleeping in the same room with strangers
when you can stay at the Ava Hotel for a few thousand yen extra.
When I returned last year, the APA Hotel near Narita Airport was less than 5,000 yen. When I returned last year, I stayed at APA hotel near Narita airport for less than 5,000 yen.
I don't get the point of staying at a private accommodation.

• ？
• 2018/04/16 (Mon) 04:06
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I thought airbnb wasn't sharing a room with someone else ？ I thought it was renting someone else's house, but the landlord isn't home during that time ？.

• 日本
• 2018/04/16 (Mon) 09:19
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#285
For a few days stay in APA hotel, a few thousand yen extra won't hurt, but if you are going to stay in Japan for about 2 weeks traveling here and there, a little cheaper private accommodation will save your travel expenses
For example, 5000 yen ❎ 14=70,000 yen
3500 yen ❎ 14=4 29,000 yen
3500 yen plus extra, the difference is about 20,000 yen. You can use that for a nice meal or cab fare.
I don't even know if the hot springs near Narita are really hot springs ？
And I don't want to spend even one night in a boring city like Narita.
I once spent a week in a weekly apartment in the Nihonbashi area of Tokyo, and it was very convenient, but I don't think I would stay in that area ？
What I want to do now is to stay for a week around Kojimachi, where my uncle and aunt used to live (I could walk to the Imperial Palace). I would like to stay for a week in Kojimachi where my uncle and aunt used to live. Ginza, Tsukiji Honganji, and Higashi-Ginza are places I visit every time I go there, and I can take a bus from Kojimachi (JR pass allows me to take a bus for free)
The Kojimachi area may be a shadow of its former self now that it has become a building district, but I feel I can see the spirits of my uncles and my old self. It is an interesting place with the old Prince Hotel Akasaka and a certain TV station around.