Japan Travel 101

Food & Drink

Japanese Tea

Many people say they want to buy Japanese Tea for sourvenirs. But it is a little confusing sometimes because there are s...
Transportation

Buying Shinkansen Tickets

When you buy Shinkansen tickets, you can either buy online or go to stations. If you would like to ask questions, you ca...
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Orientation in Tokyo

If this is your first time staying Tokyo and would like to learn about transportation, here is a suggestion of orientati...
General Information

Shinkansen (Bullet Train)

If you are travelling to Japan and travel domestically, you are likely to use Shinkansen (aka bullet train) They are ext...
General Information

Charging your phone

Japan's Electrical Outlets (Plug type)Japan uses outlet type A at voltage of 100V and frequency of 50Hz/60Hz. Eastern Ja...
Transportation

Child Fare for Transportation

When you are travelling with your kids, you might wonder what are the Child Fare for the transportation? what are the ag...
Planning

SUMO

Many people are interested in Sumo because it is so different from other sports. Sumo originally started as religious ce...
Shopping

Japanese Cosmetics

My daughter (in her 20's) is a beauty freak and she helped me write this article. Major Japanese Cosmetic brand ranking【...
General Information

Japan by regions

As you may already know, Japan is a country consisting of 4 main island (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu) There are...
Language

Useful Japanese phrases 2

Here are more useful Japanese expressions:1.Arimasuka? Do you have?2.Iidesuka? Is it OK?3.Doko? Where?4.Nandesuka? What ...
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