Category: Japan

Kamakura and Enoshima are separately, two beautiful day-trip destinations from Tokyo. If your time in Tokyo is short, combine the two trips to one in a jam-packed, Kamakura-Enoshima day-trip itinerary!  […]

If you’re looking for the best Tokyo viewpoints, there are more than enough skyscrapers to choose from. Looking down upon the largest metropolitan area in the world, 38 million people, […]

For Starbucks lovers, the world’s largest Starbucks, the Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Tokyo, is a sight not to miss during a trip to Japan. For anyone else who loves coffee […]

Hiroshima is a vibrant city located a little ways down the coast from Osaka and Kobe in Japan. Known for being one of two cities that was devastated by an […]

Naoshima, one of the Art Islands in central Japan, is the perfect place to spend a day between Hiroshima and Osaka during your Japan itinerary. Not only can you experience […]

Miyajima Island near Hiroshima is a popular day-trip destination for all travelers to Japan. It’s a place to escape into nature, explore beautiful shrines, and admire the famous Miyajima sunset […]

Japan is home to a tiny Island of Rabbits – Okunoshima. “Rabbit island” is only 4km in circumference, easily accessible from Hiroshima, and is covered in friendly wild rabbits. Sounds like paradise, right?  […]

One of the must-see museums in Tokyo is the MORI Building Digital Art Museum in Odaiba: the Teamlab Borderless Museum. But did you know there’s a second one made by the same […]

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My childhood was spent watching more Totoro, Kiki, and Chihiro than it was watching Ariel, Belle, and Jasmine (ok, except for Simba). Staple movies for any Japanese child were the […]

While scrolling through Instagram travel accounts, I kept pausing to examine one type of picture. The pictures were of people standing among infinite colorful hanging lamps, or between light-up bubbly […]