10 Essential Tips for Japan Trip

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Chapters:
0:00 Top 10 Japan Travel Tips
0:12 Packing Essentials
3:35 Travel Hands Free in Japan
4:56 Hotel Tips in Japan
8:04 Phone & Internet Tips
12:37 Transportation Tips
13:36 Language Barrier
14:56 Dining Tips in Japan
19:17 Sight Seeing Tips
21:23 Money Tips for Japan
22:50 When in Emergency

in this video I’d like to go about
several essential tips about Japan trip
that you might want to know before you
come to Japan so first let’s start from
the what to pck for your suitcases so
something you might want to make sure to
bring is the daily care product daily
care product is like like a contact
renes and skincare product and hair care
products in case you forget to pack what
you have to bring to Japan you still can
get in Japan especially in a city it’s
easy to get those things however Japan’s
environment is a little different the
products and things you find might be
different from your country after the
long flight and coming to especially
from far away country to Japan you have
time reference and there’s a jet truck
you might not want to looking around the
stores for essential things and another
thing you might want to make sure is the
medicine and supplement that you are
taking daily and but this is something
you might want to be careful is there
are different regulations in Japan make
sure you check the regulation of Japan
most of the case personal use medicine
are allowed up to 30 days of personal
use there’s a website of the Ministry of
Health you can check as soon as you
decide your trip and I put this in the
description too and probably the saming
Occupy most of your suitcase is a cloth
so first let’s see if there are any kind
of taboos about clothing or fashion in
Japan in most of the cases Japan really
has any taboos about cloth the only
thing is you cannot actually walk around
or do jogging without shot you might
want to put a tank top at least uh no
house small it is that should be okay so
something probably might wonder is when
you go to Temple or shrines can you go
in tank top shorts for Japanese Temple
shrines usually it’s okay to go in the
style you like the weather in Japan is
very similar to what it is in the east
coast of the United States between New
York and Washington DC around there in
case you travel to Japan in winter and
if you go to the mountain regions or
Northern Japan you might want to make
sure to bring a warm jacket like down
jacket and warm inner and Boots if you
are visiting in summer it’s much easier
and lighter very humid and hot so you
might want to make sure bring kind of
sun block and sunscreens and same that’s
same uh sunglasses light cloth but still
make sure that you bring the extra
jacket some St can be really cold and if
you forget what to bring you can go to
different stores like unic during your
travel in Japan you might walk so much
more than you in daily life so packing
the walkable shoes or comfortable shoes
that you’re used to is a good idea for
all of those it tends to be really big
packing and uh it’s almost impossible to
pack small to guide says packing light
is a important tips and it makes your
trip much easier so it’s good idea to
get of something you probably don’t use
also you might want to consider using
laundry machine in case you stay Japan
for long but it is difficult to pack
light because you have to pack light you
cannot bring the your favorite cloths
and favorite boots your mood is low
because you cannot dress as you want
then it’s better to bring what you like
to wear also if you can only sleep with
certain pillows and you have to leave it
to pack right it doesn’t make sense so
you might want to pack those things too
still it’s in to pack light but sometime
it’s difficult then what if you have a
big luggage and let’s see how you can
handle Luggage in Japan big suitc cases
might not be allowed on the side sing
spot or local buses in any station in
Tokyo or Japan you can find the coin
lockers there’s a small one and big one
but the number of the coin Locker that
you can fit the big suitcase is are very
limited and there’s a luggage storage
place and you can search with this site
called EO and this one is good because
you can make reservation so the best
idea is actually you send to the next
destination the delivery service of the
luggage for the falling tourist is very
developed recently there’s a delivery
service between airport and the hotel
hotel to hotel in this case most of the
case you have to kind of send the
luggage by previous day and next day you
will find your suitcase in your hotel or
sometimes the nice hotel bring that into
your room already it is costly and it
can cost like a 2,000 to 3,000 yen per
suitcase but it’s very convenient that
you can travel around Japan without any
suitcases always when you use Del make
sure you keep your important belonging
with you and never put a passport or
kind of money in it and in case you
don’t use a DA service another kind of
choice is choose a hotel near the
station choosing hotel is a really
important part of your travel so let’s
go over some essential tips about hotels
in Japan just like any other country you
find lots of different choices in Japan
like International brand uton Mario tat
especially in Tokyo CTO and Osaka you
see those International brand and
another thing is that Japanese brand
kind established brand hotels Tokyo
imperal Oka Palace new utani is a kind
of luxury Japanese brand hotel and also
they kind of ko Plaza and Prince Hotel
business hotel in Japan is a type of the
hotel that there’s a small room for
businessmen it’s usually made with the
one bet for single person the Merit of
the business hotel is it’s usually very
close to the station business hotels are
very competitive so usually it’s very
clean and it’s very well functioned with
fridge electric Kett in the compact room
and usually they have Landing machine so
that’s also a good idea only thing is
the room size can be very small the
business hotel room can be about 10
square M 107 Square ft and this is 13
size of the typical motel room in United
States if you’re not used to it you
might feel a little bit of
claustrophobia something you might want
to consider is like a decent increasing
the kind of Premium business Hotel
usually these Hotel have a same function
as business Hotel well functioned room
but has a little more larger rooms many
rooms are made for two people the major
brand like Richmond M Garden d roet n
Saria if you ask for the full function
of the hotel you might want to avoid
business hotels so and in case you use a
public transportation you might want to
make sure that the hotel is near the
train station and there lots of other
choices like a capsel hotel youth hostel
guest houses and another thing something
characteristic about Japan is a
traditional Japanese in calleda and I
have sever video so please take a look
at if you have time but uh it’s uh
usually comes with two meals and
sometimes most of the case it come with
a public bath and in Japanese Hotel you
might find a washing toilet when you
push a wrong button unless you are
sitting on the chair it doesn’t usually
walk water doesn’t come out like on your
head so do not worry about it let me
explain a little bit about it and there
are lots of different types that you can
wash your kind of bat or kind of front
of that and kind of wide angle and
softer version and different things and
usually crushing button is here it
really depends some toilet has a machine
next to you on the chair so Japanese
electric plug is type A so if you are
from United States Canada most of the
case you can use what you’re using in
your daily life and in case you are from
a country with a different types of the
adapter you can purchase on the Amazon
too like plug like this and there are
lots of different things available next
one is a phone and internet of Japan
usually when you arrive Japan your phone
doesn’t work because there’s no data
plan in Japan but to keep your phone
stay connected to the internet there are
similar things you can consider and
first one is the International Date P
this can be really depends on which
country you are from and what career you
use depend on the country you might not
have much Choice the good part of this
international data plan is you know how
to do much setting you can use
immediately after you arrive Japan and
you can keep your phone number the con
is it can be very pricey depends on your
phone company and this is again really
depend on your country what choice you
have and another thing is uh lenal Wi-Fi
the lenal Wi-Fi is a a portable device
that you can borrow and you can share
with in your group the good part is you
don’t need to do any setting on your
phone and you can use just as a Wi-Fi
and also you can share with your group
or you can use with many different
devices Co is you have to carry around
the device and you have to also charge
the device and what I hear often is that
that is a little bit too much work for
some people and another case is a
physical SIM card that you can put in
your phone and uh you put the littleit
pin and and take it out usually SIM card
is a really reasonable Choice it’s a
little bit risky that you might lose
original tips that you have for your
phone but the thing is you lose your
phone number while you are putting
another sim card so recently and this
might be a little bit getting a little
bit dated choice because Bally most
people use eim and from here the
sponsored section by cook eim is very
easy to use you can download with QR
code on your phone you don’t need
physical SIM card so no worry to lose
your sim card or having trouble opening
the phone also it’s usually very
reasonable comparing with other choices
when you look for the eim card a great
side to take a look at is cl.com or you
can also see the app of Cl on the eim
page you can choose the length of your
stay data package and the price comes up
you get QR code upon booking and you can
do setting on your phone after you arriv
in Japan Kook is a popular travel agency
s in Asia and it’s getting big in Japan
too and clook is not just for this as
you can look for other ASM card L passes
and attraction tickets and everything
you need in Japan trip you can look for
in this one site for example if you
click your favorite destination in Japan
the attractions and choices what you
have in the destination comes up and you
can also learn what kind of choice you
have in your trip if you are from the
United States you can use the code kchan
5 off and you can get $10 off for the
most of the services and products of
clook for the first order when your
total order is $100 or more I put the
description below and once your phone is
connected to the internet there are
similar apps that you might want to get
during you travel in Japan and the first
thing is everyone know the map apps like
Google Map or Apple’s map especially for
Google Map if you put your current
location to the destination lots of
different choices the buses and trains
comes up and another thing you might
want to make sure to have is a Google
Translate in Japan almost everything is
in Japanese so you might have a bit Lost
in Translation moment but uh if you have
Google Translate app you can use the
Google Lens in it and you can just put
kind of everywhere on the sign or kind
of package of the products and
everything will be translated to your
language in case of there something
disaster or kind of big earthquake
happens in Japan during a travel
something might want to be careful is
the fake news it’s great to know some
trustable site and that can be the Nerf
disaster prevention site and this is a
app and that you can get notification
before the ask comes which is only like
10 seconds before you can see if there’s
a tsunami warning if you are near the
coast and other sites for news is the
NHK the Japanese broadcast company have
a MultiLing link I put all of these in
the descript too so along with other
train company site like JL East JL West
it’s good to bookmark these sites just
in case and fifth essential in Japan is
transportation in Japan train system is
a little bit complicated there are lots
of different companies private Railways
so something good to know is that you
can get icy card it’s called sua in
Tokyo and eoka in Osaka
area if you get one in Hoka you can use
in Tokyo too if you get one in Osaka you
can use in support too for IA you can
also get in Apple pay too you go to the
Apple wallet and add Transit card you
can add s and public transportation is
very convenient but in case you have
mobility issue or you cannot walk long
distance or when you travel in Midsummer
in the heat you may want to think of
using taxi to get a taxi there’s a taxi
app like taxi app is like a go Uber
having this app it’ll be very convenient
when you travel in Japan Japan essential
number six is language I mentioned a
little bit about eara but uh getting
Google Translate is very important and
in Japan most of the station and
everything has English recently so you
might not have actually much problem and
you can get by without speaking any
language but it going be nice and more
fun if you speak a little bit phrases
like five phrases of Japan so let me go
over quickly probably the most used one
is a thank you which
is repeat after
me and excuse meat after
me and next one is hello
is so repeat after
me and good
morning and when you want ask where
things are you can say where is
something for for example where is the
toilet and let’s say
toilet when you order called and when
want to say please you can
say when you ask something and may you
kind of finish the conversation you can
also say
ah and dining is a very important part
during a travel so let’s go over some
essential tips that you may want to know
for the dining experience in Japan
breakfast is not a something you eat
outside most people use at home so you
might not see many stores that you can
eat breakfast so I made a video about
where to eat breakfast in Tokyo but a
good idea is to go into some chain
restaurant that such as like a beef ball
shop have lot of different variety of
the Japanese style breakfast if you go
to the coffee shop they might have some
uh sandwiches so also like family
restaurant is open for the breakfast
time so it might be also a good idea to
book a hotel room with a breakfast p in
case you usually eat good amount of
breakfast the lunch usually start at 11:
or 11:30 so many stores open from 11 or
1130s if you go to very popular store
that you might have to like a line up
it’s better to go early and be the first
customer of the day even some
established restaurant that are
expensive at night and feel a little B
intimidating to go or too expensive to
go sometimes lunchtime you can get a
plate for the reasonable price lunch is
a kind of good opportunity to try that
restaurant and for the dinner some shops
like in tourist area might close a early
like 7 or 8 so when you try to eat
finally they almost closing the store so
in that case you might want to come out
to the town where the Japanese people go
after walk and there are several things
you may want to know about dining in
Japan or if you go to Quick Ramen Shop
like a noodle stand you might want to
not stay too long after you eat it’s
okay to eat slow I’m very slow eater and
it’s okay to eat really slowly and uh
you don’t have to rush about it but
after you finished your meal and you
might want to avoid staying too long
like checking your phone or talking with
your friends especially if someone
waiting behind you and something you
might visit for night dinner is isaka
and isaka is like a Japanese style bar
and something a littleit common
misunderstanding between Japanese
society and international Travelers are
isaka usually gives you little small
plate called OSI and they charge for it
and usually you have no choice I hear
some uh traveler from foreign country
it’s it’s getting common to kind of
reject it no I don’t need OSI but um
it’s actually I don’t know very
difficult to choose the right word but
it’s just not uh but if you reject OSI
you probably want to choose as a family
restaurant or different style restaurant
because that is part of culture and uh
some bars operating considering the
price of the autoi usually it’s a great
place to have a drink and eat lots of
food when you go to isaka the price can
be a little bit pricey it’s not
something you order one plate and one
drink some places are like that but many
isak are made more like for stay for
like 2 hours 3 hours and slowly eat with
the beer so it might be a little bit uh
get expensive as the result usually like
like 4,000 5,000 per person so it should
be like more than $30 per person when
you travel in Japan You Don’t See Much
sign of the vegan or gluten F options
there are some vegan choices like a
vegan lamen and vegan hamburger it’s
still not something common you may want
to make sure with the store certain
ingredients is not included in the
product it’s also good idea to go to
like a supermarket or Comin store and
purchase so in that case you can use a
Google lens and check the ingredients
and in Japan you don’t need to leave a
tip so in some culture especially United
States it might be almost like a almost
got mandatory to pay the tip but in
Japan you don’t have to leave tip and
sometime you cannot leave tip some store
might have a littleit u kind of
accounting
problem so when you go to some popular
spot of the site thing you might need
reservation so that is something you
might want to check at least a month
before for example Shia Sky Tokyo Sky
Tree team love they need preservation
and in case you be there on that day if
it’s busy you cannot even enter the site
and Shia SK is very popular attraction
and for the Sunset hours it saw that a
month before so they start to sell the
ticket a month before and but it sell
out the ticket on that day if you like
to go to the exact time during the
sunset time or a little bit earlier than
that you might want to make sure that
you book a month before and another
thing to be careful for the side thing
is the Mondays many museums and the
gardens are closed on Mondays I live in
Tokyo and I still make mistakes and I
always end up going on Monday to these
places when the holidays actually on
Monday they are open and close Tuesday
instead and when you do some research
about where to go lots of other good
YouTube site of course but I also have
some videos so kindly click like button
to this video and also uh check some
other video too thing you always want to
pay attention is a restroom and most of
the station has a restroom inside the
gate and not outside the gate before you
leave the station you might want to make
sure that you look for the sign of the
toilet and go to the restro and in Japan
convenience store is also working at the
rest stop and they even have the big
sign of the restroom but in City Center
it might be a little difficult to use
com store as a restaurant depend on the
store so when you need a little more
cleanness you might want to see the
coffee shop or department stores or
shopping malls usually they are clean
and in Japan rest room is usually free
and no charge so actually Japan is not a
difficult place to look for restroom but
you always want to make sure to go if
you find instead of waiting until the
last minute Japanese money is Japanese
Yen and you can get Japanese Yen cash at
the bank or shops in your country or
after your arrival you can find in the
airport or in the city for most of the
places you can use great card in Japan
but still it’s always convenient to have
a cash of Japanese G another way to get
the cash is using the 80 of the 7-Eleven
the 7even bank is always in the 7-Eleven
store or sometime using the stations too
and this is a convenient ATM that you
can get Japanese Eng cash with your card
either Cash Card or credit card for
credit card it might cost for the kind
of interest rate so please be careful
when you use to cashing in Japan there
Sal tax of 10% some who are 8% but
mostly 10% usually any stores has a
price of before tax and after tax price
written and usually after tax price is
written very small under so so if you
are cost conscious sters please make
sure to check the after tax price in
case you purchase more than 5,000 a day
on the one store you can use dutyfree
and duty free condition is you have your
passport and show passport and you don’t
open that product until after you leave
Japan and you purchase more than 5,000
yen on that one store drugstore
department stores they have the dutyfree
counter so if you go to that counter
it’s easy in case you in trouble and you
like to call police the police number is
110 on the
emergency call but if it’s not that
emergency and for example when you lose
your passport or wallet or you you lost
something or we you don’t know the
direction japane city has a little small
police box called Coran like this one in
a su here there’s always one or two
police and for example if you lose your
passport or wallet you might want to go
to the police box and make a kind of
police report so when someone bring it
to the other police you will get
contacted by police let’s see the case
of the medical emergency that you don’t
feel good or you have some pain
somewhere so there are three stages and
first is the case that it’s not that
urgent and probably you might want to
find Pharmacy First in that case you can
go to some Pharmacy in town and there
major there are some major drug store
that you see like masot Koshi Tomos so
in the US it’s more like a kind of world
green CVS drugs are usually get lots of
snu and the next Cas is you it’s a
little bit serious and you have to find
a hospital but not as urgent as looking
for ambulance in that case you might
want to make sure to call your insurance
company maybe let the hotel know that
what is going on so they might be able
to provide some information for you in
case you need some medical information
service like looking for Hospital you
can call this number and uh they might
tell you the F hospital to go or how you
can solve this situation and this is
again the case calling ambulance is too
much if it’s more emergency is time to
call ambulance the ambulance number is
119 they ask you if it’s for fire or
medical emergency and you can say
medical emergency which is QQ you can
ask for the English assistant calling
amulance in foreign countries is really
big thing and uh kind of intimidating so
hopefully nothing like this happen to
you in this kind of case it’s very
important to have travel insurance
travel insurance comes with great card
in many cases but you might want to make
sure that it works in Japan or in
foreign countries and that is all for
the Japan typ Essentials thank you for
watching have a great trip to Japan have
a great week until the next video