Travel Essentials

Japan is, in many ways, an easy country to travel around. Public transportation is usually reliable, convenience stores are everywhere, and clean restrooms are easy to find at stations, shops, and major sightseeing areas. Eating alone is common, and visiting museums, temples, shrines, or cafés by yourself rarely feels unusual. But Japan’s convenience does not […]

When traveling in Japan, you will sometimes come across places that are difficult to reach by train alone. Hot spring towns in the mountains, small-town shrines and temples, museums, lakes, and waterfalls are often easier to reach by local bus. At first, Japan’s bus system can seem confusing because boarding and payment methods vary slightly