Category: Japan

Tokyo Subway Ticket Pass – Travel Cheap

Going around Tokyo can be expensive. Train tickets can cost from around 200-400 JPY for a one-way trip (depending on your destination), and for tourists who are basically commuting the entire day, this can easily go up to 1,000 JPY a day. The Tokyo Subway Ticket 72-hour pass costs only 1,500 JPY per adult – […]

Tokyo in 4 Days – Itinerary

Tokyo is for me, what New York is for others. It’s my ideal city! There’s so many things to do, that you can’t possibly fit it all in a month! But, given the circumstances of a working adult, where you can’t really leave work that long, we have to settle with shorter trips. I am […]

Japan Tourist Visa Application for Filipinos

The application for a Japan Tourist Visa is not as difficult as let’s say, applying for a US Visa.  Everything is coursed through an agency, and there’s no need for personal appearance (with the Embassy).  Japan has relaxed the requirements for Filipinos to encourage tourists to visit their country. Traveling to Japan is at its […]

TORIAEZU – Japanese Phrases for First Time Travelers!

I’m going to start off my series of Japan Travel posts with some essential Japanese phrases that would be good for you to know (and hopefully use), when you are traveling to Japan.  I am not an expert in Japanese, but I have on-and-off studied Japanese formally and by myself since high school (more self […]