In-depth guides and local insights from our team in Japan.
In this article: Introduction February is when Japan is coldest and least visited, and those two facts are related in a way...
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In this article: Introduction Tokyo in January is dry, cold, and remarkably sunny. The Pacific side of Japan gets most of its...
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In this article: Introduction Japan’s tourism problem is not a volume problem, it is a distribution problem. Visitor numbers have hit successive...
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In this article: Introduction Step into a Japanese apartment and you enter a small masterclass in efficient living: not a square meter...
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In this article: Introduction Parents often worry that Japan will be hard with children — the language, the crowds, the trains. In...
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In this article: Introduction Moving to Japan is one of the more rewarding relocations an American can make — safe, orderly, endlessly...
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In this article: Introduction The paper immigration and customs cards handed out on the plane still exist, but you no longer have...
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In this article: Introduction Japan’s electrical setup is straightforward for most travelers and briefly confusing for a few. The sockets take flat...
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In this article: Introduction Japan’s consumption tax adds 10% to most goods (8% on food and some items), and foreign visitors have...
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