After living in Japan for almost ten months, there are a few things that have become obvious. The food is fantastic, the public transport is beyond convenient, and there are far too many places to visit in a year, let alone a holiday. So if knowing where to visit in Japan was becoming an issue to me, I thought it
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Other than Shinkansen and Japan’s last sleeper train, flying is probably my
Moving to Japan was one of the best things I’ve ever done.
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Just over an hour away from Tokyo Station on the Yokosuka Line, Kamakura is the perfect seaside retreat after you’ve spent a few days wrecking your feet on the streets of the capital city. Whether you’d prefer to lace up those hiking
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Whether we like it or not, our travels are inexplicably tied to the internet. Unless you’re looking to channel your inner Marco Polo and go “old school” with paper maps, you’re gonna need some kind of way to stay connected. Here are
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Having lived in Japan for a year, and spent most of my time darting back and forth between geeky shopping centres like Nakano Broadway and slightly more trendy places in Tokyo, it was time to connect with nature once again. Hitachi Seaside
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If you’re coming to Japan for the first time, I can almost guarantee you’ve put Kyoto somewhere on your itinerary. Now you need to figure out how long to spend in Kyoto, so you’re confident that you’re making the most of your
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In case you haven’t realized I’m fairly geeky about a lot of things, Japanese video games included. I’d imagine many of you are as well and one of the main reasons why so many of you visit Akihabara is to go searching
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While I don’t claim to be a custom keyboard expert, I do type a lot. While I’m traveling, most of that typing is done on some form of the magic keyboard by Apple, but when I’m at home I use my incredibly
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