We were tired. We were hungry. We were lost in Tokyo Station. We had all of our luggage with us. And we had minimal local money left. All in all it was a less than glorious start to our long planned family holiday to Japan. While I am an experienced international traveller this was my … Read more
Our recent family adventure around Japan with Klook was a real highlight in terms of overseas trips. We spent four weeks travelling around Japan at the peak of the springtime cherry blossom season and had so many great experiences and highlights. Klook was an essential partner for us to have a great experience – we … Read more
On our recent trip to Japan one of the things which made travelling around Japan really easy was using a Japan Rail Pass. When you have a JR Pass you can easily reserve seats for your preferred train services, switch and change your reservations and also go around Japan on the unreserved train carriages. In … Read more
We were poorly organised when we first visited Universal Studios Japan in Osaka. While I had done a lot of research on most of our planned destinations for some reason I did not spend much time on USJ – and we paid the price. We did not buy our tickets in advance, we did not … Read more
Most visitors to Japan are keen to have a sumo wrestling experience, however the main sumo tournaments are only held six times per year. A great alternative option is to watch a sumo training session as it is a great way to learn more about this fascinating Japanese tradition, and you are also a lot … Read more
Universal Studios Japan doesn’t have a free line-skipping system such as the Fast Pass at Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea. Instead, USJ has various Express Passes which need to be purchased in addition to a standard Studio Pass. An Express Pass is a fantastic queue-jumping tool. With an Express Pass in your hand, you will spend … Read more
If you are visiting Universal Studios Japan Harry Potter fans of all types (die-hard or casual) must visit the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. In fact, even if you are interested in nothing else at USJ Harry Potter is reason enough to visit Universal Studios Japan. Hogsmeade Village and Hogwarts Castle have been faithfully recreated … Read more
When we were planning our recent trip to Japan we decided early that we were keen to see a sumo wrestling tournament in Tokyo during our visit as a different way to experience the Japanese culture – and it certainly was a great experience which I would definitely recommend to other visitors to Japan! You … Read more
A popular option for many tourists is to rent a Japan pocket wifi or wifi egg, this enables you to have ready access to data and the internet when you are travelling, without the hassle of trying to find free wifi, As you should be aware free wifi anywhere can often have dubious security, plus … Read more
After a fantastic day at Edo Wonderland, we were starting to feel a little tired and we were all ready for a relaxing experience at Hoshino Resorts KAI Nikko. However, after we had left Edo Wonderland and passed through the town of Nikko we started to enter some mountainous terrain and my adrenaline levels suddenly … Read more