Buying a Cheap Plane Ticket

How to get to Japan? If you check at the right places you can now get extremely cheap tickets to Japan. The cheapest agencies are usually Navitour USA and IACE Travel but you can sometimes find better deals at HIS USA, JTB USA, or Kintetsu USA. See the "Special Offers" and "Satogaeri" sections for prices. Check a couple of agencies before buying a ticket, prices can sometimes vary $100 or more. Most of these agencies also have offices in Australia and Europe.

The amount of English on the pages varies a lot. Don't give up on MapTour just because there's hardly any English on the page, they may be much cheaper than the others and you can always call them and speak in English.

Samples of how low prices can be include a round trip ticket to Tokyo from Los Angeles at $450 and from New York at only $500, but it depends a lot on the time of year you travel. Be careful that the price you check is for a flight originating in the US ("Satogaeri"). Flights originating in Japan ("Yobiyose") are up to 30% cheaper than ones from the US but unfortunately there's no way to be clever and get the cheaper price, I've tried and they said the first segment of the ticket must be a departure from Japan.

 

Source: ravimontenegro.com

Antique Markets in and around Tokyo(2)

Aoyama Oval Plaza
Where	Aoyama Oval Plaza 5-52-2 Jingumae Shibuyaku Tokyo
When	6:00-sunset Held the 3rd Sat. of every month
Information	It will be held even if it rains.
Getting There	5 minutes walk from Omotesando station (Hanzomon, Ginza, Chiyoda lines), Next to Kodomono-Shiro (National Children's Castle), across from Aoyama Gakuin University.
Arai Yakushi-ji Antique Market
Where	Arai Yakushi Temple
When	8th 18th and 28th of every month. Dawn to dusk.
Information	N/A
Getting There	5 minutes from Arai-yakushi-mae station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line.
Iidabashi Ramura
Where	Iidabashi Ramura 1-1 Kawagishi Chiyoda-ku Tokyo
When	6:00-sunset Held the 1st Sat. of every month
Information	(It's held even if it's raining)
Getting There	Right near Iidabashi station(JR, Tozai, Nanboku, Yu-rakucho lines),It is in the shopping center Iidabashi Ramura Central Plaza.
Ueno park
Where	Ueno park 2 Ueno Kouen Taito-ku Tokyo
Spring Antique Market	Sakura Matsuri (Cherry blossom festival) 31 days in spring season (End of March to the beginning of April) Mar 18 - April 9 (Time is subject to change) 10:00-20:00 It's lit up in the evening, It's held even if it rains
Summer Night Antique Market	Natsu Matsuri (Summer festival) July 17 - Aug.10 16:00-22:00 It's lit up in the evening, It's held even if it rains.
Autumn Antique Market	Autumn antique market --Aki Matsuri (Autumn festival) October 1 - October 31 9:00 - sunset It's held even if it rains.
Getting There	Near Ueno station (JR, Ginza lines), Keisei Ueno station (Keisei Hon line). It is held near Shinobazu Pond.

Source : weekender.co.jp