Getting from Narita Airport to Tokyo Station (or vice versa) can be challenging for many first-time Japan visitors. Tokyo is a huge city that is home to several train and bus lines that can be overwhelming the first couple of times you encounter them. Fortunately, there is the Tokyo Shuttle service that can make things less stressful for you as…
Are you having second thoughts about going to Japan on your next vacation because you do not know a lick of Japanese? Does imagining yourself asking for directions to the train station or ordering a bowl of ramen at a restaurant using only gestures or the three Japanese words you managed to learn before you left give you anxiety? To…
Tokyo is one of the most desirable, most visited and most love cities in the world. It is not only the capital of Japan, a megalopolis, but also a unique fusion of the Eastern and Western cultures. Here you can experience the modern nightlife, the street fashion of Japan, as well as the traditional face of Japan. However, this comes…
Rail Pass or Air Pass? Japan is long. Although smaller in area than the state of California it consists of several islands stretching over 3,000 kms north to south. If superimposed on a map of Europe it covers the tip of Norway to the bottom of Portugal. That’s not a train journey I would recommend! Yet almost every tourist to…
