Visitors to Japan may not realise that even from Tokyo, there are some great day tour options to visit the snow nearby at Mt Fuji, and either ski, snowboard, or just play in the snow. In addition, if you want to get some real snow, there is a great day tour option via shinkansen to visit … Read more
We have put together this detailed checklist for Japan travel to help you plan your trip step by step. This Japan travel checklist is sequenced in order to help you plan your Japan trip in the right sequence to ensure you do not miss out on key activities. To help you go through the pre-departure … Read more
The Black Friday sales are being held on 25 November 2020 and Cyber Monday sales on 28 November 2022. We have a great range of deals for you to book to save on your trip to Japan. As new deals become available we will add them to this article. Klook Deals for Japan Klook has … Read more
On our most recent trip to Japan (pre-COVID19) we decided to rent a Ninja Wifi pocket wifi to use when travelling. We found the Ninja Wifi pocket wifi to be very easy to set up and use, so are happy to recommend this option to you. Ninja Wifi offers great value for both short and … Read more
With Japan now reopening for international tourism it is a great time to plan your visit to Japan. Whilst some tourism icons were lost as a result of COVID19 border closure, there are still many great activities to explore, see and do. Some new guide books have recently been released so you can get up … Read more
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
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
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