by aPF6ybxADw | Apr 19, 2023 | April 2023, Japan
JAPAN Rail Pass Increase On April 14, 2023, the JR Group dropped a huge bomb and announced that the cost of the popular Japan Rail Pass will be drastically increased sometime around October 2023. The exact date is yet to be confirmed. The pass still won’t...
by aPF6ybxADw | Oct 24, 2022 | Japan, October 2022
JAPAN Visa-free Entry I Japan has finally reopened its borders to independent foreign travellers and reintroduced visa-free entry from October 11, 2022. Travellers are now able to enter Japan almost like before the pandemic again, especially triple-vaccinated...
by aPF6ybxADw | Jul 26, 2022 | Japan, July 2022
JAPAN Mount Fuji from the Shinkansen Japan is famous for it’s high-speed bullet trains and a special term has been coined in the Japanese language to describe those who are pleasantly obsessed with rail travel – densha otaku, literally translated “train...
by aPF6ybxADw | Jun 23, 2022 | Japan, June 2022
JAPAN Tourists needed! After more than two years, one of the world’s most popular travel destinations reopened for tourists. Yet few, if any, came. No exhausted-yet-exuberant travelers following a flag-carrying tour guide were spotted at Tokyo’s Haneda...
by aPF6ybxADw | May 26, 2022 | Japan, May 2022
JAPAN Inago no Tsukudani – Grasshoppers Don’t worry, we’re not after the macaque. We just thought he was cute! What do you think Japanese people normally eat at home? Sushi? Tempura? Wagyu Beef? These are available everywhere in Japan, but there are...
by aPF6ybxADw | Apr 27, 2022 | April 2022, Japan
JAPAN The Return of Hanami Hanami, a favourite festival of the Japanese, was cancelled for two years. However, picnic parties with sake in the park have made a comeback this year. The cherry blossom is a spectacle for locals and tourists alike. For the first...
