How to Use Buses in Japan: 5 Tips for Fearless Travel in Japan
As someone who never a day in her life in America rode a bus, they can be intimidating. Sure, I used the subway or metro in bigger cities, but let’s …
Vibrant Kitakyushu: How To See Kokura Castle and 7 More Sites
Have a Japan rail pass and like castles? Or even better yet, just riding the trains? Have an excuse to go from Honshu through the tunnel to the southernmost main …
200 Famous Castles in Japan: How to Best Stamp Rally!
Oh, Japan. Land of got-to-collect-them-all, including hundreds of castles in varying levels of existence. There are thousands of ruins from almost indistinguishable mounds to castle walls with no castle structures. …
What is Obon? Japan’s Festival of the Dead
If you are in Japan in August, most likely you will stumble upon a festival in the evening time. Obon – Japan’s Festival of the Dead, was officially from August …