TheTechMatterAnswer: Japan Travel & Internet survival guide

In Japan, the currency is the Yen. To know what’s the value of one yen recommend using the excellent currency converter of Yahoo: http://finance.yahoo.com/currency-converter/#from=JPY;to=EUR;amt=1 Here, on the official website of the Bank of Japan you can see the notes and coins currently valid: http://www.boj.or.jp/en/type/list/yuko/okane.htm Is advisable to change a certain amount of your currency into [...]

Choosing the most appropriate period depends on your commitments (obviously), by personal preference (if you like more heat, cold, or something in between) and from the city you have to visit in Japan. So the main factors to consider are the weather and things to see in different cities. In fact, for example for the [...]

TRAINS Since public transportations in Japan are very efficient I recommend you use them, especially the trains: they are mainly operated by the largest railway company of Japan, the Japan Railwais (JR) and other private companies for  a small portion of rails. JR train timetables  for the different routes can be found on this page: [...]

For a trip planning is essential a map of Japan relatively cheap (for example, can be purchased here (or on ebay) in a water proof version), After choosing the places to visit, you can request an information brochure on paper, usually with some maps(for those that live in Europe) at: http://www.tourisme-japon.fr/contact/index.php and also use the  [...]

From today, given the requests that I received, I decided to start translating the previous posts in two languages: English and Italian. I hope that this will be useful for the Italian people that dont’t speak english… and for people that want to learn Italian and want to exercise them. So, in these next few [...]

The first question and relative answer has been added to the Japan Travel Guide section. I remember you as usual, that that page is dynamically changed according your suggestions The questions will be proposed in a such a manner that one traveler can use it in the exact order they will be published to prepare [...]

The day of departure from Japan was a Monday (of July). Very early in the morning we left our hotel in Ueno, and by Keisei Skyliner train we arrived at the huge Narita airport (which has 99 gate) and by an Airbus A340 we reached Helsinki after 10 hours of flight. After another 3 hours [...]

For this last day available for the visiting Tokyo we spent the morning with a last ride to Akihabara for a last shopping at the Tokyo Anime Center, a shop (contained in a large building for the conventions of Akihabara) dedicated to exclusive goods related to Japanese cartoons (where among other things, I bought a [...]

When the first day in Tokyo we visited the artificial island of Odaiba with our 7 Japanese friends, because of time constraints, we have not seen many shows at Miraikan and we have not seen all the most famous attractions. On this day, a Saturday, I and one of my other traveling companions, we decided [...]

Reporter from Nagoya:  today we have a friend in Japan that has just transfered from Italy to Nagoya. For now, he sent us some photos of the area where he lives made with his new phone Softbank 821SC (which is a rebranded Samsung). He paid it only 6900 yen (exactly 50 Euros): it can receive [...]