Japan 47 aspiration

To date: 22/47 prefectures

日本北海道 Hokkaido
1. 北海道 Hokkaido (Sapporo, Otaru, Kutchan, Niseko, Lake Toya, Asahikawa, Sounkyu 2024/12)

日本東北 Tohoku

2. 青森 Aomori

3. 岩手 Iwate

4. 宮城 Miyagi

5. 秋田 Akita

6. 山形 Yamagata

7. 福島 Fukushima


日本關东 Kanto

8. 茨城 Irabaki (2025/04)

9. 栃木 Tochigi (Nikko 2024/05)

10. 群馬 Gunma (2025/04)

11. 埼玉 Saitama (Kawagoe 2023/10)

12. 千葉 Chiba (2025/04)

13. 東京 Tokyo (Tokyo 2018/02, 2019/11, 2023/03, 2023/10, 2024/05, 2025/04; Tokyo Marathon 2018)

14. 神奈川 Kanagawa (Hakone 2019/11; Kamakura, Yokohama 2023/10; Fujisawa, Kamakura, Enoshima 2024/05)


日本中部 Chubu

15. 新潟 Niigata

16. 富山 Toyama

17. 石川 Ishikawa

18. 福井 Fukui

19. 山梨 Yamanashi (Kawaguchiko 2018/02, 2019/11; Kawaguchiko, Fujiyoshida 2023/03)

20. 長野 Nagano (Nagano City, Yamanouchi, Yudanaka, Obuse, Matsumoto 2023/03)

21. 岐阜 Gifu

22. 靜岡 Shizuoka (Gotemba 2019/11; Fujinomiya, Shizuoka City 2023/10)

23. 愛知 Aichi


日本關西 Kansai

24. 三重 Mie

25. 滋賀 Shiga (Otsu City 2019/02, 2024/11)

26. 京都 Kyoto (Kyoto 2019/02, 2023/04, 2024/11)

27. 大阪 Osaka (Osaka 2019/02, 2023/04, 2024/11)

28. 兵庫 Hyogo (Kobe 2023/04, 2024/11; Kobe Marathon 2024.11.17)

29. 奈良 Nara (Nara City 2023/04, 2024/11)

30. 和歌山 Wakayama (Wakayama City, Naruto 2024/11)


日本中國 Chigoku

31. 鳥取 Tottori

32. 島根 Shimane

33. 岡山 Okayama

34. 廣島 Hiroshima (Hiroshima City, Miyajima 2023/11)

35. 山口 Yamaguchi


日本四國 Shikoku

36. 德島 Tokushima (Tokushima City 2024/11)

37. 香川 Kagawa

38. 愛媛 Ehime

39. 高知 Kochi


日本九州 Kyushu

40. 福岡 Fukuoka (Fukuoka City, Kitakyushu 2023/11; Fukuoka City 2024/06)

41. 佐賀 Saga

42. 長崎 Nagasaki (Nagasaki City 2023/11)

43. 熊本 Kumamoto (Kumamoto City, Mount Aso 2024/06)

44. 大分 Oita (Beppu 2023/11)

45. 宮崎 Miyazaki (Miyazaki City, Aoshima, Takachiho Gorge 2024/06)

46. 鹿兒島 Kagoshima (Kagoshima City, Sakurajima 2024/06)

47. 沖繩 Okinawa


Travel Log

2025

March 26 - April 27, 2025 (33D32N)
Japan - Tokyo, Gunma, Saitama, Irabaki, Chiba (Cherry Blossom Season)
  • ANA Air Ticket RM2,661.00
  • Anshin Odayo Tokyo Akihabara Denkigai Capsule Hotel 5N w/ breakfast: RM 1,067.81
  • Tokyo Shinjuku Kuyakusho-mae Capsule Hotel 4N w/o breakfast: RM 719.04
  • Tokyo Lightning Capsule Hotel Asakusa 4N w/o breakfast: RM 693.12
  • Tokyo Capsule Plus Yokohama Capsule & Sauna 3N w/o breakfast: RM 377.52
  • Gunma Takasaki Washington Hotel Plaza, Gunma 4N w breakfast: RM 1,129.74
  • Saitama Ref Omiya by Vessel Hotels, Saitama 3N w/o breakfast: RM 927.79
  • Irabaki Court Hotel Mito, Irabaki 4N w/o breakfast: RM 1,154.22
  • Chiba Hotel Sunroute Chiba 4N w/ breakfast: RM 1,047.08

2024


Travel Summary 2024




Dec 2-20, 2024 (18D17N)
Japan - Hokkaido (Sapporo, Otaru, Kutchan Niseko, Lake Toya, Asahikawa, Sounkyu)
  • Thai Airways Air Ticket RM 3252.00
  • Sapporo: Hotel Mystays Sapporo Station 4N breakfast RM1685.18
  • Niseko: Torifito Hotel + Pod Niseko 4N breakfast RM1864.13
  • Toya: Granvillage Toya Daiwa Ryokan Annex Japanese Style 2N breakfast RM877.36
  • Asahikawa: JR Inn Asahikawa 3N breakfast RM974.24
  • Sounkyo: Sounkyo Kanko Hotel 2N breakfast RM830.04
  • Sapporo: Sapporo Wahshington Hotel Plaza 2N no breakfast RM538.22
  • Total Hotel: RM6,769.13 (or RM3,385 per pax)
  • Others (Food, Transport, Entrance Fees, Shopping, Gifts, etc) in Japan RM3,625.00 (JPY127,860) RM3686 / 2 = RM1,843 per pax
  • Grab / ERL Express  = RM203 (RM102 per pax)

RM 3252 (air ticket) + RM3,385 / pax (hotel) + RM1,843 / pax (others) + RM102 / pax (local transport) =RM 8,582.00


Nov 5-26, 2024 (21D20N)
Japan- Kyoto, Otsu, Kobe (Kobe Marathon 2024), Wakayama, Tokushima, Osaka
  • ANA Air Ticket RM 2,841
  • Kobe Marathon 2024.11.17 Registration Fee RM670
  • Kyoto: Rumour Plaza Capsule Hotel 7N breakfast RM1,221.75
  • Otsu: Toyoko INN Kyoto Biwako Otsu 2N breakfast RM500.91
  • Kobe: Casabella Inn Kobe 2N no breakfast RM194.04 RM229.05
  • Kobe: Casabella Inn Kobe 2N no breakfast (marathon weekend) RM573.64
  • Wakayama:Wakayama Urban Hotel Wakayama Station 3N breakfast RM630.39
  • Tokushima: Smile Hotel Tokushima 3N breakfast RM730.07
  • Osaka: Capsule & Spa Grand Sauna Shinsaibashi 2N no breakfast RM263.88
  • Book: Odekake Nihongo Kaiwa 日本语会话 at Junkudo 淳久堂书店 Kobe on Nov 16 for RM60.60
  • Book: Diary 2025 at Kinokuniya Osaka on Nov 25 for JPY1,925 (RM56.20)
  • Others (Food, Transport, Entrance Fees, Shopping, Gifts, etc) in Japan RM1,750
  • Grab (Home <> KLIA) RM145.14
RM 9,672.59


Aug 26 - Sept 7, 2024 (13D12N) 
China - Xi An 5N, Chengdu 7N 
  • Aisasia : KUL - Xi An RM766.31
  • Air China : Cheng Du Tianfu > KUL RM696.00
  • JinJiang Inn Chengdu Taikoo Li Dongfeng Bridge 4N RM563.26
  • Food, transport, entrance tickets, etc RM972.84
  • Shopping (Sept 2: Skechers Go Run 7 Interval + Go Run Max Cushioning): RM563.26
  • Shopping (Sept 3: 3 pairs of Uniqlo socks): RM49.53
TOTAL: RM 3,609.39


July 19-27, 2024 (9D8N) 
Thailand - Pattaya (Pattaya Marathon 2024), Bangkok
  • Pattaya Marathon 2024.07.21 Registration Fee RM 112.02
  • Airasia Air Ticket RM 534
  • Red Planet Pattaya 5N RM 466.01
  • Red Planet Asoke Bangkok 3N RM 524.56
  • Food, transport, shopping etc in Thailand RM670 + RM62.02 (bell travel credit card charge)
  • Home <> KLIA2 MRT/KLIA express RM28.90
TOTAL: RM 2,397.51


July 8-12, 2024 (5D4N) 
Malaysia - Kedah
  • Visitations: relatives and friends RM 694.43

July 6-8,2024 (3D2N) 
Malaysia - Taiping, Perak
  • Keat Hwa 5A1 8085 Class Reunion in Taiping RM 882.00

June 5-26,2024 (21D20N)
Japan - Kumamoto / Mount Aso, Kagoshima / Sakurajima, Miyazaki / Takachiho Gorge / Aoshima, Fukuoka City
  • Singapore Airlines Air Ticket RM 2075.00
  • Kumamoto: Hotel The Gate Kumamoto 6N RM799.78
  • Kagoshima: Kagoshima Plaza Hotel Tenmonkan 6N RM1556.16
  • Miyazaki: Miyazaki Daiichi Hotel 6N RM1462.66
  • Fukuoka: 9h nine hours Hakata Station 2N RM250+RM12.16 = RM262.16
  • Home <> KLIA (KLIA Express RM16.90 MRT12) RM28.90
  • Food, Transport, Entrance Fees, Shopping, Gifts, etc in Japan RM2,222.78+RM153.17=RM2375.95
TOTAL: RM8,560.61


May 7-27,2024 (21D20N)
Japan - Tokyo, Nikko, Fujisawa, Enoshima, Kamakura
  • ANA Air Ticket RM 2,758
  • Grab (Home to KLIA) RM 69.51
  • Lightning Capsule Hotel Asakusa Tokyo (w/o breakfast) 5N RM 664.98
  • Nikko Station II Hotel, Nikko (with breakfast) 3N RM 775.56
  • Shinjuku Kuyakusho-mae Capsule Hotel (with breakfast) 4N RM 710.36
  • Almont Inn Shonan-Fujisawa (with breakfast) 3N RM 695.32
  • Nine Hours Hamamatsucho Capsule Hotel (w/o breakfast) 2N RM 295.88
  • Anshin Oyado Higashinshinbashi Capsule Hotel (with breakfast) 3N RM 591.90
  • KLIA > Home (KLIA Express RM8.50, MRT RM6) RM14.50
  • Food, Transport, Entrance Fees, Shopping, Gifts, etc in Japan RM 1,727.08
TOTAL RM 8,303.09


Jan 6-7, 2024 (2D1N)
Malaysia - Bentong, Pahang
  • Gibbon Retreat total expenses: RM 255

2023

Travel Summary 2023
  • 60 days (2 months) in Japan (4 trips)
  • 11 days in Taiwan (Taipei WJS Marathon)
  • 11 days in Indonesia
  • 11 days in Thailand (Pattaya Marathon)
  • 30 days in Malaysia (Frasers Hill, Penang and Kedah)
  • Total 4 months of traveling in 2023
  • Total 7 overseas trips (Japan 4x, Taiwan 1x, Indonesia 1x, Thailand 1x) + several local trips

Nov 23 - Dec 11, 2023 (15D14N) 
Japan - Hiroshima, Kitakyushu, Beppu, Nagasaki,  Fukuoka

1. Singapore Airlines RM2,142.00
2. Grab Taxi RM75
3. Sumiya and Spa Hotel, Hiroshima 4N (RM1033.78/2) RM516.89
4. The Star Beppu Hotel 3N (RM564.04/2) RM282.02
5. Nagasaki Orion Hotel 3N (RM805.93/2) RM402.97
6. Fukuoka Toei Hotel 3N (RM839.13/2) RM419.57
7. Food, Transport, Entrance Fees, Gifts, etc in Japan (145,115 Yen / 2 or RM4,675/2) RM2,338
8. Shopping - Uniqlo Winter Jacket (6,355 Yen) RM205

TOTAL RM 6,381.45


Oct 3 - 18, 2023  (15D14N)  
Japan - Tokyo, Kamakura, Fujinomiya, Shizuoka City, Yokohama, Kawagoe
1. Batik Air RM2024
2. MRT RM10
3. ERL RM16.90
4. Anshin Oyado Tokyo Shimbashi Capsule Hotel with breakfast 6N (Oct 3-9) RM1,060.95
5. Cabinhouse Yado, Fujinomiya no breakfast 2N (Oct 9-11) RM233.07
6. Kurutake Inn Premium Shizuoka with breakfast 3N (Oct 11-14) RM679.47
7. Shinjuku Kuyakushaoae Capsule Hotel with breakfast3N (Oct 14-17) RM520.43
8. Uniqlo shopping RM275.34
9. ASICS Evoride Speed USD10.0 RM382.00
10. 2024 Diary + 5-year Q&A Diary RM116.18
11. Gifts(chocolates, cookies) RM141.80
12. Food / Transportation / Entrance Fee, etc in JPN RM1,596.73
TOTAL RM 7,056.87

July 16 - 26, 2023 (11D10N)  
Thailand - Bangkok, Pattaya (Pattaya Marathon 2023)

1. Air ticket (Batik Air) RM467 
2. MRT RM10
3. KLIA Express Return Trip RM16.90
4. Red Planet Bangkok Asok 5N RM782.36
5. Ibis Pattaya 5N RM861.69
6. BKK to Pattaya Bus RM23  
7. Food, etc Expenses in Thailand RM933

TOTAL RM 3210.23


June 12 - 22, 2023 (11D10N)
Indonesia - Bali

1. Air ticket (Batik Air) RM600
2. KLIA Express Cyberjaya RM16.90
3. MRT RM10
4. Fave Hotel Seminyak 4N RM499.48
5. Yarama Cottages Ubud 4N RM522.63
6. Eden Hotel Kuta 2N RM263.60
7. Expenses in Bali RM686 

TOTAL RM 2,697.61

April 04 - 18, 2023 (15D14N)
Japan - Kyoto, Osaka, Nara, Kobe

1. Air Ticket (All Nippon Air ANA) RM3418
2. Capsule Hotel 14N RM2092.40
3. Grab RM134.50
4. Food, transport, entrance fees, etc in Japan RM1255
5. Shopping (Uniqlo, gifts) RM610.10

TOTAL RM7,510


March 17 - 27, 2023(11D10N) 
Taiwan- Taipei (Taipei WJS Marathon 2023 新北市萬金石馬拉松)

1. Air Ticket (EVA Air 長榮）RM1300
2. Hotel in Taipei 10N RM2052
3. KLIA Express, etc RM105
4. Food, transport, entrance fees, gifts, etc in Taiwan RM630
5. Taipei WJS Marathon registration & venue transport package RM254

TOTAL RM4,341


Mar 2 - 15, 2023 (15D14N)  
Japan - Tokyo,  Fujiyoshida,  Kawagushiko, Nagano City, Yudanaka, Obuse, Matsumoto

1. Air Ticket (Singapore Airlines) RM3091
2. Hotel accommodations 13N RM2086 
3. Airport Grab RM85
4. Food, transport, entrance fees, gifts, etc RM2150

TOTAL RM 7412

2022                       

Nov 30 - Dec 07             Bangkok / Pattaya, Thailand (meet my American family members)
Sept 24 - Oct 01             Bangkok / Pattaya, Thailand
July 04 - July 08             Singapore

2021

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2020

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2019

November                Tokyo / Kawaguchiko (Fuji Five Lakes) / Hakone / Gotemba, Japan
September               Phuket, Thailand
September               Chiangmai, Thailand
September               Singapore
August                       Taipei, Taiwan
July                             Singapore
June                            Pattaya Thailand
May                            Hatyai / Songhla, Thailand
February                   Kyoto / Osaka / Otsu, Japan
January                     Singapore


2018

November                Bangkok / Khao Yai, Thailand
September               Bali, Indonesia
July                             Yogyakarta, Indonesia
June                            Pattaya, Thailand
February                  Tokyo / Tokyo Marathon 2018 / Kawaguchiko (Fuji Five Lakes), Japan


Travel (17 countries)

South East Asia (ASEAN)
  • Malaysia
  • Singapore
  • Thailand
  • Indonesia
  • Philippines
  • Cambodia
  • Myanmar
  • Vietnam
Asia
  • Japan
  • Hong Kong
  • Taiwan
  • South Korea
  • China
The United States of America (USA)
Europe
  • The Netherlands
  • Belgium
Australia