How much Japanese should I know before going to Japan?
Japan has its official language: Nihongo, or simply Japanese. Suppose you’re planning on visiting Japan. This, perhaps, raises the question, do you need to know a bit of the language to survive a trip to Japan?
10 things you need to know before you travel to Japan
Japan is a unique country. On one hand you can see the modern characteristics in the big cities like Tokyo and on the other hand you can see the traditional, Japanese features in the inland and small towns…
15 things you should absolutely do when you are in Japan
In this article I will give you a few of the many things you should really do when you pay a visit to Japan. Japan is a unique country with many traditional and cultural features. 1. Take…
48 hours in Tokyo
If you read the other ‘Japan’ articles on the blog, you may know that I have made a roundtrip through the south of Japan in 2014. During the one week roundtrip, I visited Kyoto, Nara, Hakone and…