How much will it cost to go to Tokyo?

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Ariel Giar

Me and 4 of my friends are planning on going to Tokyo for a month during summer break. We plan on getting a 2 bed hotel room and splitting the cost of that per night.. uh were planning on spending about 2000-3000$ worth of shopping and renting two cars. How much should it cost per person and total? :) Oh and for the plane ride well we're from Quebec Canada :P

Answer
If you mean this year, in Sept fares are about US$1050 and up per person from YUL. Peak times are worse and low season a bit better. Hotel is the same story. If you want a decent clean place without the frills, try the Toyoko Inn or Superhotel chain. You could get a double room for about $70 and up. There are even cheaper places in Tokyo as well. See:
http://www.wix.com/astroflight/accommodations
www.toyoko-inn.com/eng/
www.superhoteljapan.com/en/
http://www.kid97.co.jp/~jeh-group/jeh-group.html
And if you have never stayed in one before, I recommend you spend at least a night in a Japanese Inn or ryokan. There are some inexpensive ones in Tokyo, like the Kimi, the Tama, the Taito and the Tokyo Ryokan. See:
www2.dango.ne.jp/kimi/ryokan.html
www.tamaryokan.com
www.libertyhouse.gr.jp
www.tokyoryokan.com
If you really want a hotel room for 4, then you might check out:
http://www.olympic-inn.co.jp/k/kanda_e.html
http://www.belmont-hotel.co.jp/eng/
Transport depends where you go. Tokyo subway tickets are relatively cheap. There are rail passes where you can go all over. See:
http://www.japanrailpass.net
http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/pass/index.html
http://willerexpress.com

Unless you are familiar with Japanese driving on the left, and the steering wheel on the right, plus Japanese road signs and driving practices, renting a car is not a good idea. With 4 people it is more economical, but parking is often very hard in cities, gasoline is very pricey, and public transport will take you easily to most of the best places. Look into some rail, bus or air passes to save money.
Shopping again is up to what you want. A few dollars for a souvenir to the sky is the limit.
You need to figure out what you want to do with your time and where you want to go. The links below can give you more info.

where is the best place for ski and hot spring in shizuoka japan?

allen m

how to get there by car.

Answer
Yeti ski resort opens Oct 18(sat) today this 08-09 season.
Sorry but Japanese infos only here as below.
Not all gelandes open from first day.
If you register mail-magazine member, some discount coupon you can get.

http://www.yeti-resort.com/info/service.html
http://www.yeti-resort.com/info/access.html
http://www.yeti-resort.com/info/goodnews.html

You may take hot spa near Yeti, for example.
Hotel Oonoji
http://homepage2.nifty.com/oonoji/

Healthy park Susono
http://www.susono-shinkou.jp/helthy_park_susono/index.html
http://www.susono-shinkou.jp/helthy_park_susono/access_he.html

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where is the best place for ski and hot spring in shizuoka japan?

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allen m

how to get there by car.

Answer
Yeti ski resort opens Oct 18(sat) today this 08-09 season.
Sorry but Japanese infos only here as below.
Not all gelandes open from first day.
If you register mail-magazine member, some discount coupon you can get.

http://www.yeti-resort.com/info/service.html
http://www.yeti-resort.com/info/access.html
http://www.yeti-resort.com/info/goodnews.html

You may take hot spa near Yeti, for example.
Hotel Oonoji
http://homepage2.nifty.com/oonoji/

Healthy park Susono
http://www.susono-shinkou.jp/helthy_park_susono/index.html
http://www.susono-shinkou.jp/helthy_park_susono/access_he.html

How did the car get its name?

silvercome

Is it short for "carriage"? Or, "cart"? Or, something entirely different?

Answer
You answered your own question....which at Level 6 you should know better. You should know that it's against the TOS to answer your own question.

http://answers.yahoo.com/info/community_guidelines.php

Car is short for Carriage. <-----<<<EDIT: BOY! Was I __WRONG__ there!!! :(

Wiki says this:

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/car#Etymology

I found this, also:

>>>96/09/09 (Monday) Vehicles (5388)

A number of short words now commonly used to denote ordinary vehicles are actually shortened forms of longer words. "Plane", of course, is simply a shortened form of "airplane" and "bus" is a shortened form of "omnibus". "Van" is derived from "caravan" and "cab" comes from "cabriolet", which is a new word for me. According to the dictionary, it is "a two-wheeled, one-horse carriage with two seats and a folding top". "Taxi" is a shortened form of "taxicab", an automobile that carries passengers for a fare, usually calculated by a taximeter. And what do you suppose is the origin of the word "car". No, it does not come from "carriage" but from a Latin word for "chariot", which was a horse drawn, two-wheeled cart, used in ancient times for war, racing or parades.<<<..........

....Which is from:

http://cgi.biwa.ne.jp/~syobo/cgi-bin/open.cgi?numbers=5388

And this:

>>>car
1301, "wheeled vehicle," from Norm.-Fr. carre, from L. carrum, carrus (pl. carra), orig. "two-wheeled Celtic war chariot," from Gaul. karros, from PIE *krsos, from base *kers- "to run." Extension to "automobile" is 1896. Car-sick first recorded 1908, on model of sea sick. U.S. carport is from 1939. Car bomb first 1972, in reference to Northern Ireland. Car pool is 1942 (n.), 1962 (v.). <<<.......

......From: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=c&p=3

According to THIS site:.....

http://www.millville.org/Workshops_f/kess_mech/Kess_Auto/FuInject/carsection1.html

.....there are MANY origins of the word "Car".

On "Etymology":

http://wsgfl.westsussex.gov.uk/text/ccm/content/curriculum/international-links/bike-oz/scheme-of-work.en?page=8

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Who is the founder of Toyota car company?

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Q. Is it Mark Jacobson? I dunno. Please help because if it is Mark Jacobson, well I'm lucky. I met him before. Toyota car company remember. K? Thanks to all who answer!!
I used to live in Chapel Hill, NC, USA.

Answer
Kiichiro Toyoda is the founder of the Toyota Motor Corporation.
http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/history/index.html

I see that there is a Toyota dealer in Durham, NC, USA, named after a Mark Jacobson, but definitely not a founder of Toyota (but maybe of that particular dealership, however - that info is not listed on the dealership's site)
http://www.markjacobsontoyota.com/Default.aspx

How much will it cost to go to Tokyo?

Ariel Giar

Me and 4 of my friends are planning on going to Tokyo for a month during summer break. We plan on getting a 2 bed hotel room and splitting the cost of that per night.. uh were planning on spending about 2000-3000$ worth of shopping and renting two cars. How much should it cost per person and total? :) Oh and for the plane ride well we're from Quebec Canada :P

Answer
If you mean this year, in Sept fares are about US$1050 and up per person from YUL. Peak times are worse and low season a bit better. Hotel is the same story. If you want a decent clean place without the frills, try the Toyoko Inn or Superhotel chain. You could get a double room for about $70 and up. There are even cheaper places in Tokyo as well. See:
http://www.wix.com/astroflight/accommodations
www.toyoko-inn.com/eng/
www.superhoteljapan.com/en/
http://www.kid97.co.jp/~jeh-group/jeh-group.html
And if you have never stayed in one before, I recommend you spend at least a night in a Japanese Inn or ryokan. There are some inexpensive ones in Tokyo, like the Kimi, the Tama, the Taito and the Tokyo Ryokan. See:
www2.dango.ne.jp/kimi/ryokan.html
www.tamaryokan.com
www.libertyhouse.gr.jp
www.tokyoryokan.com
If you really want a hotel room for 4, then you might check out:
http://www.olympic-inn.co.jp/k/kanda_e.html
http://www.belmont-hotel.co.jp/eng/
Transport depends where you go. Tokyo subway tickets are relatively cheap. There are rail passes where you can go all over. See:
http://www.japanrailpass.net
http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/pass/index.html
http://willerexpress.com

Unless you are familiar with Japanese driving on the left, and the steering wheel on the right, plus Japanese road signs and driving practices, renting a car is not a good idea. With 4 people it is more economical, but parking is often very hard in cities, gasoline is very pricey, and public transport will take you easily to most of the best places. Look into some rail, bus or air passes to save money.
Shopping again is up to what you want. A few dollars for a souvenir to the sky is the limit.
You need to figure out what you want to do with your time and where you want to go. The links below can give you more info.

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