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Nov 24, 20181 min read

Bar

Izakaya, pub type restaurant is a very popular place to dine and Izakaya restaurants are everywhere but it is a custom to order a food...

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Nov 18, 20181 min read

Travel adapter

If you are traveling to Japan and want to use charge your electronic devices, you may need a travel adapter. AC power plugs and sockets...

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Nov 16, 20181 min read

Torii

Torii is a gate, located at the entrance of the Shinto shrine. Torii is the boundary bewteen human and god's worlds. Materials of the...

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Nov 12, 20182 min read

Public telephone

As same as in other countries, the number of public telephones in Japan has decreased rapidly in 21th century, especially when people...

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Nov 10, 20182 min read

Bus

Due to tourist attractions are not always close to the station or the downtown, you may have to take a bus to reach your destination....

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Oct 29, 20181 min read

School

Japanese educational system is - 6 years elementary school, 3 years junior high school, 3 years high school, 4 years...

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Oct 23, 20181 min read

Room key

Mostly card keys are used at large hotels in Europe but hotels in Japan still use metal keys for their guest rooms. If it is card key,...

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Oct 17, 20181 min read

Rickshaw

Rickshaw is invented in Japan and spread to other nations in Asia since 1869. Horse carriage was the popular transportation before...

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Oct 9, 20181 min read

Sandbag

Unfortunately Japan is a place where several natural disasters can happen. Especially typhoons are hitting the nation each year. ...

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Oct 5, 20181 min read

Chairlift

Chairlift is not only at the ski resorts. There are chairlifts in Japan where you cannot ski at all. Matsuyama, the most populated city...

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Teddy

Oct 1, 20181 min read

Katana

Although gun was introduced from Europe in the middle of 16th century, Japanese sword, Katana was used till the 19th century as the main...

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Sep 9, 20181 min read

Armor

Samurai worn armors but these armors were not as same as the armors worn by the knights. Knight's armor was usually more than 10 kg but...

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Sep 1, 20181 min read

Shiso field

Although people think Japan is full of skyscrapers, of course there are fields and farms. Then, each prefecture has its own local...

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Aug 30, 20181 min read

Houses

Japanese think Japan is a tiny country but the fact is not. Honshu island is 7th largest island in the world and area bigger than Japan...

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Aug 2, 20181 min read

Smoking area

If you compare with EU regulation, Japan has a different regulation against smoking. Of course smoking is not allowed on trains, buses...

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Jul 31, 20181 min read

Night bus

Although Japan Rail Pass is very attractive price for foreign tourists but if you want to travel cheaper and save the accommodation cost,...

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Teddy

Jul 29, 20182 min read

Exchange kiosk

Exchanging foreign currency to Japanese Yen, JPY was a nightmare. Exchanging money was possible at banks(not all but only designated...

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Teddy

Jul 25, 20181 min read

TRAIN ITINERARY

Did you know that we can create a train itinerary for you? Unfortunately it is not free but we charge very reasonable supplement, EUR...

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Jul 19, 20181 min read

No smoking

Not like in EU, smoking inside the building is not strict in Japan. Almost all hotels offer smoking rooms and you can still smoke inside...

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Teddy

Jul 5, 20181 min read

Ads

May be one of the big difference among interiors of Japanese trains and European trains are that Japanese trains have a lot of ads,...

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