While traveling in Japan, you may find yourself with an empty plastic bottle or a snack wrapper and suddenly realize: “There’s no trash can…” In Japan, you won’...
As you travel around Japan, you’ll see vending machines almost everywhere — on train platforms, near hotels, at tourist spots, and on street corners. They’re co...
I’m Japanese and have traveled in the United States, Poland, Egypt, the UAE, Vietnam, Taiwan, and South Korea.
Those experiences showed me that everyday things don’t always work the way you expect when you travel to another country.
Here, I explain the everyday rules, customs, and “What should I do here?” moments you may run into while traveling in Japan — from a Japanese perspective, with occasional comparisons from my own travels.
If you have a question about traveling in Japan, feel free to ask me.
