There is a reason you’re seeing headlines about bans on Kyoto’s backstreets and new fences blocking Fuji views: Japan is full. In 2026, simply showing up with a smile isn’t enough; you need to know the rules that have…
Here it goes: there’s one particular obsession that consistently pulls me back to the Land of the Rising Sun: Japan’s infamous claw machines. If you’re planning a trip to Japan, you simply cannot miss the electric atmosphere of their…
I just went from a 16-day trip to Japan (my third trip BTW… yes, I love Japan!), stayed in Tokyo, Hokkaido, Osaka and Hakone. And let me tell you, their convenience stores, or kombini, saved me from hunger and thirst…
