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  • Japan - What To Expect - Highlights
  • About Me & Where To Find Me
  • How To Get The Best Out Of Japan
  • Japan Travel Planning Tips And Highlights
  • March 21, 2022: Going To School
  • Driving In Japan
  • Car Rental Tips And Tricks
  • The Year In Japan
  • Discovering Tohoku
  • Japan - What To Expect
  • April 10: Seasonal delicacies at McDonalds
  • April 20: The Dangerous Japanese City Streets
  • The Five Seasons Of Japan
  • Read More Tips Here Every Other Week
  • May 3, 2022: Garbage Collection
  • Triple Toddlers In Tokyo
  • May 11, 2022: Vegetable fields close to Tokyo
  • Taking the train in Tokyo
  • Staying Safe In Japan
  • May 29 2022: Dog Pooping Not Allowed!
  • June 27, 2022: How To Navigate A Japanese Hotel Breakfast
  • Wisterian Watertrees Writing Samples
  • Sign Up For My Newsletter And More Here!
  • August 12, 2022: The Kei Truck
  • What Am I Writing Now?
  • September 7, 2022: Rainy Days And Traffic Dangers
  • September 25, 2022: Masks Will Not Go Away From Japan
  • October 15, 2022: Is It Open Or Closed?
  • My Current And Forthcoming Books About Visiting Japan
  • Worcationeering - how to prepare for remote vacation work
  • November 13, 2022: The Osaka And Tokyo Escalators
  • December 13, 2022: Seeing Around Corners
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How To Get The Best Out Of Japan

Whether you are driving or taking the train, shopping or checking in to your hotel, there are sure to be things you did not know about that will make your life easier. Regardless of what you were planning to do, there are sure to be large and small things that you had neither planned for or knew about that would have helped you.
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On this page I have collected some tips and tricks which are sure to help you when you encounter Japan for the first time. Or the second. Or third, or forth, or fifth.

Taking the train in Tokyo
Let us start with trains and train travel, which is something that always confuses foreigners (and Japanese not living in a big city like Tokyo or Osaka). Trains are the simplest way of getting around Tokyo, bar maybe riding a bicycle (when it is not raining). Here are a few things you may want to know about taking the train in Tokyo, and will find useful to know before you go.
Read the Q&A about taking the train in Tokyo here.

Staying safe in Japan
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Japan has one of the lowest crime rates in the world, and violent crime towards foreign visitors is even lower than the average. You will run greater risk of being scammed than being robbed.
That is not to say that Japan is entirely peaceful - but it is the nature in Japan that is violent, not people. Earthquakes, typhoons, tsunamis, floods, mudslides, rockfalls, volcanoes, wild animals - all of these make Japan a more dangerous place than most. The solution? Do like the locals and learn to live with it.

I try to write reviews of nice places we have lunch or dinner. You can check them out in my Google Maps local reviews list.

Feel free to ask additional questions, and I will answer as best as I am able. I will continue to add relevant questions here.
Oh and by the way, welcome to Japan!

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