General Information Sending Luggage and Packages
In Japan, people often send luggage. There are several companies such as YAMATO, SAGAWA, Japan Post (Yu-pack) and you ca...
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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...
Uncategorized 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...