This coming December, 18th to 27th, 8 days. Helping my friend Wilson to make this trip happen.
Reasons why you should go:
1. It’s a lot cheaper than you follow tour/go sendiri, confirm dot com dot jp. We are pricing it about RM5500 now for 8 days. If we can find more people, it would be even cheaper. If we manage to get cheaper air tickets, we will give everyone a even lower price.
2. It’s Hokkaido.
3. White Christmas.
4. Snow Crab.
5. Ikura sushi, Uni sushi, giant Hotate, etc etc etc etc etc.
6. BECAUSE I WILL BE GOING!
7. And because i really really reaaaaally want to go and i hope to share this with you.
8. Everyone deserves a break if not a holiyear. FFS it’s Christmas! IN JAPAN!
9. If this one tak jadi again i will go kill myself with a mouse trap.
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If liddat also i fail to convince you to go, you may as well go be an alga and get eaten by fishes that are bored because you are uninteresting like that.
So!
Faster apply before 31st Oct!!!! More info is at Titanplanet.
Please email wilson@titanplanet.net if you have any enquiries. Or email me to get the application form. 🙂
Read more about Japan Homestay HERE.
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BB Update
My Xpax free 7 days data has expired. And i tried to save money by not renewing. For one day. And it was the most miserable day of my life.
No X, no Life. My BB was so damn kesian i didn’t even touch it for one day. Without the Xpax plan it’s just like a bloody useless blinking calculator. FIL.
The next day i succumbed and Type BB ON and sent it to 28882.
Subscribed to the 250 plan.
It’s only RM2.50 anyway for unlimited usage.
Go get one la. It’s worth it one.
onsen or rotenburo inclusive too?
ur host family might bring you there. During my nagano homestay i went: http://cheeserland.com/2008/12/hot-spring-and-snow-mountains/
hokkaido is where i am from !! it’s very beautiful place, I’m sooo happy that you’re going there! hope u hav fun! but be aware that hokkaido in december is veryveryVERYVERYVERYVERY cold.
how nice T_T
but why did you come to KL? ^^
Ringo,
Have fun in Japan. Your previous visits have been facinating to read and your photos capture so much of the land and the people.
Open to Malaysians only, that and I am no longer a student.
I will look forward to the reports of this trip.
David
BTW- are you familiar with this site: http://www.polkadotpigs.com/
oh never been there before why?
Cheesie,
Found the lpolkadotpigs link on another site this morning.
Being the fashion maven of that of the world I though you might want have another fashion source.
Yeah!
The weekend is here! (okay it has been weekend over there for about 2 hours.).
You are on the better side of the dateline.
David
Yeah Yeah!! comon let’s go hokkaido!
👿 😈
Kei,
北海道出身でいまマレーシアにいる？
マレーシア暑いんだろう。 😀
dont buaya my readers!!!!!!
wooi.. where got buaya la…
i love hokkaido & “dou min” mah… (ask kei, she will tell you wats dou min)
dun blaff.
sobz…i had wished to go. ><" but it falls on my exams period. T_T
ooh. i may fall on my period.
HAHAHAHAHA! sad weh! zen zen zen zen……
ya. period in winter is sien one fml.
going to US already, if not, I will surely join you! Btw, the coat has arrived! Thanks so much it’s lovely!!
aiyo sob so wasted 🙁
I’ll save up now and go next year. Thanks.
woot! 😈
Awesome place. I wish i can go but expensive la..haha
save $!
T.T
T.T
T.T
If only traveling to another country is as easy as your blog says it is.
(As in, somehow I’m in Aussie now)
(I wish I was)
(T.T)
eh u can see the flag? it doesnt work here T_T
I wish to go too…more over you are along right??
Too bad I have no cash now >.<
ask boyfriend!
Single and available de
i want to go too.. but.. hmmm.
final exam is around that time. 😥
ya i realized a lot people exam. join us next year ok!!! host family will be damn happy to get pretty dotter like u
sure! haha, now i see why your previous host family is so happy. ^^
but then maybe then later the dad happy mom jeles.
yah yah.. sure dad happy till death..
pls join me~~~ heheh **buaya**
kyochan’s dad hensem anot.
kyouchan’s dad? so so lor…
you convinced me, alright. BUT still fail coz i’m poor…. my life savings oso don’t have 5k u think leh… T___________T i want white christmas osooooooooo T_______T
nemaii la, i just sit here and wait for your japan blog posts coz anything about traveling in nihon is my FAVOURITE posts T____T
^^ enjoy yourself there!!! sob sob i really wanna go…
i know, it’s MY favorite too T_T
I can and want to go but I think my boss will kill me. 😳
no! i helptchu explain to him 😈
Yay! Help me help me! 😀 I want to go!
GIMME YOUR BOSS’s BB PIN !!! IBBM him RAWR
plenty of time to apply for leave now no?
Not enough days left. 😳 And Dec damn hard to get leave approved. 😥
try! dont care!
Orh. 😉 Really really really wanna go! 👿
fire your boss.
come i send u application.
I think I’m being super-duper ignorant here, but what is that in no. 11?
And, like electronicfly said, “If only traveling to another country is as easy as your blog says it is…”
hah, i was scratching my head too when i saw that.. :dunno:
CRABSTICKS!!!!!! LIKE, REAL, CRABSTICKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
your post totally make me wanna fly off to japan now. look at those big ass crab meat stick and the fish roe. winter in japan, sounds delicious.
CRAB MEAT STICK!!! ALIENNESS!!! 😯
comeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
cindy,
yes! you can eat 3 of it legs raw, and 3 of it steam!
super duper yummy! gonna eat that again! muahah 👿
u belanja one leg ok.
okok!
cindy come i belanja u 1 more leg~~ hehe
ok u haz convinced me riao..
i iz wanna go
but i have no monneh 🙁
guess I’ll have to work extra part time liao
omai… can i haz those salmon eggs?
u got 2 months!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! gambateh!!!!
I really miss HOKKAIDO! It’s soooo beautiful with fluffy white snow! Wanna go there again! 🙂
come then!!!!!!!!!! 😈
your post is more interesting with enticing pics! Hhahahahaha
oH! u mean no pic no interesting. i emo. 😥
It’s one of my must visit places also…but wife is pregnant and not good to go there alone lar….
bring wife!!!!
hey random questions here,was wondering where did you do the skinning for ur BB?
oh. neh i got it at Xpax party for free one.
i wish togo but next year can?
this year got exam t.t
ok u say one ah!
hi Cheesie, i like ur this layout. Nice. U look gorgeous.
thank you!!!
I’m in Hokkaido too! Awesome-est place ever! 😈
why ur flag aus one what turf.
Got on the wrong plane? 😯
lol
How cold is the weather during December? Thinking of signing up ler, but cannot tahan cold weather 😳
in Sapporo average is about -1 in December. ^^
http://kanko.pref.hokkaido.jp/flower/english/benri/weather.html
Link not working, lol. Seriously considering 🙂 I just need to talk to my boss about this on getting leave XD
heh. the link works for me!
faster decide ok. If you want i send you the application form. ^^
Got the application form from the website d.^^
Alot of things to be done and submitted @_@”
Do we have to pay for the visa application or travel insurance?
Panda,
Just need to pay only once you are accepted.
submit application first.
haha cool then!!! Well visa is taken care of. Im not sure if we have to pay extra insurance. Let me check with wilson.
haha yea the application form is a bit intimidating. but if you don’t have photos and stuff liek that, you can submit later, bring it along when u go to see wilson. 🙂
yay! we go eat snow crab!
If i passed the interview la 😛
so at the current stage, i need to submit application form, 2 passport size photo and also 2 3r/4r photos?
Or only the application form, then I bring the 4 photos during interview?
You can just email the application form to me 1st.
hardcopy of pics only needed during interview.
pls note japan embassy changed their passport size photo to 4.5cm x 4.5cm WITH white background!!
mafan…
i don’t feel like going but i don’t wanna be an algae T_T
ok ok, you are a seaweed then.
Omygosh!! I wanna go so badly! =( Maybe next time! It sounds freaking awesome! Have a blast! Can’t wait to read your entries about the Hoikkaido homestay in the future! Hugs!
🙂 promised!
😥 why oh why is it in Dec? If only it’s in Nov, I would have definately sign up d.
🙁 why dec annot!
Because Dec is a very very busy time for me lor.
But,,, hahh hahha… guess what, I will be heading there in Nov. Yeh… yippieee… Can’t wait. 😆
if xmas falls on Nov,then we will go on Nov 👿
I made my first visit to Sapporo this past March. Besides the gorgeous scenery, I liked the New Chitose Airport. To get to the ticket counters, you have to walk a gauntlet of food vendors hawking seafood to go like raw crab and local specialties packed in dry ice for the flight south (to Tokyo and beyond).
Unfortunately, since it is raw food, dun think USDA would allow me to bring it back and would force me to dump it at the gate….
T_T make me wanna go nao.
oh i smuggle mentaiko back before no problem.
Mentaiko is a Hakata product. So many great things come from Kyushu!
Guess bringing it back to Malaysia is easier than bringing it back to USA; over here they want to either take it away from you or tax it so much that it’s not worth it… 😯
never been kyushu b4. i wanna tour around the whole japan!!!
yah yah.. i was also thinking to do backpack in japan with steven… wanna join ? 😛
sounds interesting.. ill be back to KL soon, but i’m not Malaysian.. :@ can I still join??
would u be around in dec?
would be around untill around 20s dec,then will have break. if have nothing to do go back hometown. but want to go somewhere for holiday.. and this homestay sounds so good.. but ive asked my parents, they said expensive 😥
anyway, just wanna know if foreigner is allowed to join annot? thanks
hey. let me ask wilson. but then the home stay is from 18-27. u oredi back here?
if i go to the homestay, then it will be my holiday for the break. but, d chance of me going is very small.. if my parents oledy said expensive then they may not sponsor me going. if they don’t sponsor me I cant go la.. :@
just curious to ask if foreigner can join or not. coz if yes, then maybe ill save up for the next homestay 😀
next year then. non-malaysian shouldn’t be a problem if you fit other criteria
If foreigner, we need to know if you are residing in msia or not.
we need
1) interview you in person in PJ, msia
2) meet at KLIA to depart together to Japan.
and pls note THIS IS NOT A HOLIDAY/VACATION trip.
It’s meant for culture & language exchange.
If you got the chance to go travel, then that is BONUS.
🙄
why RM5500???? omfg whyyyyyyyyyy????
i wanna go T.T
why RM5500????????????????????
😥
next yr la..after i grad..
it’s quite cheap oredi. 🙁
yalo..haiz i’m still a student ma..
ask dad sponsor me to hokkaido meh?he will fry my skin and stab my bone..
next christmas la..grad soon..hehe
u say one ah!!! 😈
LOL..eh so did this post work?
did u manage to recruit orang ah?
shut turf!!! u dowan go shut turf!!!! >_< or find me people who want to go >_<
lol..eh~dont la like that..i feel guilty wan =(
i will go with you someday wan 8D..i promise you this
(i wana dress up kaokao ..here too hot =A=)
ps..eh wtheck..y canot post comment..
can. i wanna buy fur coat >_<
Onsen under snowwwww
😉 …yes a great bargain for sure … no way on earth can get this BARGAIN … not even Big Apple Travel or GTT can offer this~!!! 😈
….but … i got not enough money leh :dunno: kakakaa 😛
if got RM5500, guess i would buy bazooka 70-200 lens LoL
am saving money for next year Perth vacation … much cheaper one that I can afford 😳
*Looking forward for 2molo Jackpot, if kena …then I bring my gf go 2gether lah * 😛
No need 70-200mm la. Go there and take photo with your current lens = priceless.
😆 even without purchasing that … still not enough money lehh kakaka 😛
nevermind lah… u ppl go n blog more about it loh … i later check check got strike d jackpot boh 😛
got kena anot. no kena wed buy 4D again ok!
kakakaka~
😳
Lottery tada kena lahhh …kakaka 😛
Jen Xi,
Great reply!
For the rest, let MasterCard handle it for you!
hehehe MC is my good fren.. 🙄
u dun teach people bad i tell u
where got… it is true mah…
Homestay in Japan with locals = priceless
speak alien language with locals = priceless
laugh with them = priceless
cry with them = priceless
for the rest, let MasterCard do it for you~~!!
oo.. save $$ go next year 😛
pls do!
oh wait… must know how to speak in jap?
no need ! that’s the whole point!
OH?! i would so love 2 go >__<"
nxt yr? mayb drop my hubbie over philipine if overbudget again ;p
wedding aredi over budget 😥
honeymoon!
saving for honey moon nxt yr^^ either milan, itali o melbourne coz got relatives n frens der ^^
tho i still ave some contacts in japan, but nagoya la….ish >_<" can any 1 sponsor?
Would love to go but maxed out my leave for the year.
Maybe next time?
All the best!
next year ok
I want go!!! send me appli!!! Fast Fast before I change my mind
sent. fast enough anot?
ok!! done
EHH RM5500 considered quite cheap hor? hokkaido worr… hmmmm tempting… but if i go, it would be the first time i travel so far aside from SG lol -.-
thats why. chance in a life time. if u want i send u form now. ^^
go lah brada 😉 hope u can go ~
n snaps more pics ya~ 😆 😈
Go Cheesie! Pls blog a lot about winter in Hokkaido so that I can go next time! 🙂
Here’s my recommendation for you:
星の庵 at Biei. My personal favourite.
http://homepage3.nifty.com/hoshinoanne/
wa u stayed ther?
but we will be staying with our host so next time maybe!
wahhh this place is super expensive…
some more it is done so commercialised…
the place is not at sapporo. it is at center of hokkaido, biei/asahikawa.
quite a distance from sapporo (drive i guess 6-7 hours?)
you can use their washing machine. +300 yen
toiletries are not provided. but you can rent it at 300yen
nice place though. good for travel, but not culture & language exchange homestay.
Hi Ringo.. Nice blog you have & you’re so beautiful~
Will it be less fun if I couldn’t speak Japanese for the homestay trip?? =Worry= 😳
Hence, need your good advice on how u pick up japanese language & where have you studied?Do you have JLPT? ^_^
not at all. it will only make it more fun!!
yea i passed my Level 2!
Wah.. Level 2.. Great 😈
really wanna go! but it’s so cold in the winter there! plus, i cant speak japanese well, how to communicate with the host family? 🙁
that’s the fun part of it!! limited eng + sign language + everything else. 🙂
Love your blog!! just wondering whether married couple can go? our age are less than 25..
Setoberi,
Married couple are welcome but we will place 2 of you in different host family.
so, how much is e price tour now?
still RM 5500?
hope it’d be like RM3k only..
hahahahaha. 😀
hey!! i would like to go.!
can you send me an application form?
btw im from singapore,what are the other criteria??
Hi Joshua,
You can download the application at our website http://titanplanet.net/application.htm
However, Hokkaido Dec09 homestay is already closed! We just got our tickets… hehe
Singaporean is ok. However, we need you to come to our office in PJ for interview, orientation & depart from KLIA to Japan in a group.
Apply now & we will interview you when we return from Japan!
Regards,
Wilson
thanks.im fine with coming down to pj for an interview but since the hokkaido dec 09 homestay is already closed, just wanna ask is there any japan homestays coming up??
I went to Hokkaido last year for skiing, they have the softest snow ever! and I really love their hot drinks machine.
Hi sweetie,
abt hokkaido homestay. 8 days in hokkaido wudn’t it be too long… hokkaido is one of the places i wanna go so much however, i wud like to cover 2 other places in one go ie osaka & kyoto…. just wanna hear yr views on these places if u have been as well.
aims.