Sapporo Snow Fest 2021 Moving Online
Like most big events in Japan these days, The Sapporo Snow Festival had been canceled for 2021 (except indoor exhibitions, …
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The Change of Drinking on Shinkansen, COVID style.
It takes some getting used to in the COVID New Normal. For instance, purchasing alcohol going away from JR Shinkansen …
What is Mokushoku? (黙食)
Mokushoku (黙食/もくしょく) is eating in silence, or “Shut Up and Eat”. This news clip yesterday mentioned the phrase. Apparently a …
The Japan State of Emergency just got wider.
Japan Prime Minister Suga had announced yesterday the widening of areas under the State of Emergency for COVID-19. All Kansai …
Kintetsu Renew Hinotori Schedule
Kintetsu had announced the new schedule for Limited Express Hinotori, upgrading the service to hourly, effective from February 13th. The …
[Case Study] How to plan a 22-day trip? Part 1/N
A twenty-two day trip across Kyushu and Honshu. How should you plan it? In this series, we will look into how to organize the trip and make it a pleasant experience.
Would you buy a guidebook with this kind of writing?
You know, writing is hard. Writing a travel guidebook is probably even more so, mainly because you are writing information …
JR Hokkaido opening unmanned mobile hotel in Sapporo
JR Hokkaido had teamed up with local share house operator Massive Sapporo in a new hotel called JR Mobile Inn. It is created to serve longer-term stays of foreign tourists and is located in the district of Kotoni in Sapporo.
2019 New Year Holiday Japan Transportation Bulletin! (Updated Dec 18th)
Update note:December 18th: Updated most of the TBA info, including all of Hokkaido, Shikoku, and Kyushu. What is TBA at …
Hostel with bookstore and bar in Kyoto opening this month!
Hostels are good places to stay in and mingle with people on the road. What if you get to stay …