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Already read about it here:
http://www.dannychoo.com/post/en/26284/Free+tickets+to+Japan+from+the+Japanese+government.htmlThanks for sharing :D
Wow, thank you for sharing this.
There’s a less than 1% chance I’ll go (if I am lucky enough to convince my Mum and Dad) but I’m going to try! ^_^
I wish people would stop spreading this, I want it to be a dirty little secret so I can get one ;P
Even if you’re accepted you’ll need even more money than normal because you’ll be doing a lot. However, I will still try incredibly hard to get accepted. I’ll beat you all! >:(
Yeah, I saw this really cool post about it on Tofugu: http://www.tofugu.com/2011/10/11/travel-to-japan-for-free-really/
The only problem is… correct me if I am wrong on this… but from what I read it only pays your airfare you still have to pay accommodations, food, transportation so on so forth… I’ve been to japan before actually just last April and besides the JR rail pass Airfare was the least of the prices…. so them paying your airfare really isn’t saving all that much money… unless you’re staying for a month then you can stay at a place that has a monthly deal… or if you have family or friends over there then ya it would be a huge deal… but otherwise i really don’t think its all that great of a deal, but that is only my opinion.
Well they are putting 1.1 billion yen into this and it’s 10,000 free plane tickets – if it saves you a bit of money then there’s no reason why you shouldn’t try and apply. :)
The problem is I already got my plane tickets for my trip over 3 months ago… it came with the package, I got hotel, airfare and transportation for two people for an entire month for only about 2800 dollars Total.. so like 1400 dollars a person… all i need to worry about now is food and like Museums and stuff… my suggestion is scour Travelocity and Hotels.com for deals because sometimes they have deals that only happen for a day and there like 1/4th the price of the original price if not better. :)
It also depends on where you live. Plane tickets to Japan are really, really expensive here, so getting one for free would save quite a bit of money for me. That being said, I’m not going to participate in this, even if it does seem tempting xD
I live on the west coast of the United states, I fly out of Portland International Airport
Some clarification http://www.mlit.go.jp/kankocho/en/page01_000222.html
Major point being the project hasn’t even received budgetary approval yet.
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