TheTechMatterAnswer: Japan Travel & Internet survival guide

The decision, should be based primarily on your budget. Depending on the  available money you can choose hotels more or less suitable to our needs. Generally, the more money you have available and the better the treatment, but for relatively low quantity (maximum 100 euros per night per person) the the cost dependence is not [...]

Today I added video streaming feature to my blog, so, I decided for the first “video time” to present you a very short film extracted from documentary we realized at Tokyo in this year travel. I selected a video of Gundam Statue in Shiokaze park located in the Odaiba Island of Tokyo. The statue now [...]

Every Thursday (or almost), there is the evening dedicated to the tasting of desserts at the restaurants of the area where I live. This week we were still at the restaurant/pizzeria “La Margherita” and we tried one of the homemade desserts: Tiramisù ai the Pan di Stelle. For those who do not know the “Pan [...]

An onsen is a Japanese bath. A rotemburo is an outdoor onsen. An onsen is not used for washing but for relaxing. Should be considered a kind of sauna because the water temperature reaches 42 degrees centigrade, so you can not stay too long in the tub. There are two types of onsen depending on [...]

Before talking about food and restaurants in Japan, I advance you that if you are Italian, anywhere in the world (including France) you are generally will eat worse than in your country. So if you are Italian, products such as Grana Padano, Parmigiano Reggiano, quality cheese , real-time sliced salumi, vegetables and fresh fruit in [...]

Given that in the Japanese Ryokan (traditional hotels) usually there is a small room that contains only the toilet and that to enter in this room you must wear special slippers at the entrance, in Japan there are two types of toilet, defined of Japanese style (or traditional) and Western style. Those in traditional style [...]

To use in your country, cameras, video cameras, various electronic equipment and DVD, CD and other audio/video products purchased in Japan, you must consider three factors: – The power type required for the device: For guidance on this point you can read the answer to the question “What kind of electrical network is used in [...]

The answer is: almost. It would be very nice to navigate as if we are already in the places that we want to visit and this is possible only for some cities in Japan. I’m talking about “Google Maps” and in particular of the “Street View” function. This free service allows us to see at [...]

In case you have lost your documents you should definitely contact the embassy or consulate of your country in Japan. The complete list of embassies and consulates of the countries of the world located in Japan can be found in the usual useful site of JNTO at this page: http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/arrange/essential/foreignemb.html Some recommendations to follow: – [...]

The best way to solve health problems that may occur in your holiday is to have a specific medical insurance for the journey you have undertaken. This must be activated before you leave (depending on the insurer, there are limits on the number of days before departure when you can activate the policy). You must [...]