The Japan Rail Pass: Is It Worth the Cost? (Updated 2026)
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Bottom line: A national Japan Rail Pass is worth it when your week is packed with long Shinkansen...
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7 Tips to Travel Japan on the Cheap
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utside the usual travel cost-cutters such as taking transit over taxis and hostels over hotels, there several simple ways...
The Ultimate Itinerary for a Trip to Japan: Unforgettable 7, 10 and 14 Day Journeys (Updated 2026)
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Getting Around Before we get to the itineraries, there’s one important piece of planning to keep in mind...
Japan Rail (JR) Passes: The Ultimate Guide (Updated 2025)
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ou grew up watching their cartoons, fell in love with their cuisine when you first tried sushi, and...
Naoshima: A Guide to Exploring Japan’s Art Island
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From afar, Naoshima Island is a familiar site to the Japanese traveller. Turquoise shorelines sparkling in the sunlight,...
How to Be a Frugal Foodie in Japan
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Whenever people try to tell me how expensive food is in Japan, my first query is whether they’ve been...
10 Reasons Why Japan is Weird & Wonderful
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I don’t like picking favourites but Japan is by far, my #1 favourite country to travel in the...