First Hour in JAPAN – What You NEED to Know (and Mistakes to Avoid) 🇯🇵

First Hour in JAPAN – What You NEED to Know (and Mistakes to Avoid) 🇯🇵

We just landed in Japan and we’re going to 
be going through everything that you need to know to have a smooth, stress-free experience as 
you arrive into Japan. We’re going to be going through a pre-eparture checklist, the things 
that you need to do before taking your flight, an in-flight checklist, and three critical 
things that you need to handle in your first hour in Japan. So, the first thing on our 
pre-eparture checklist is Japan visa requirements, which I’m going to pass over to Karolina. So for 
most people coming from Western countries, we are talking about the UK, US, Canada, EU, Australia, 
it’s good news because you have 90 days visa free, but there’s also nationalities that would need to 
have the e visa or ATA on arrival. So we are going to put an official website for you down below to 
check it out for yourself. So the next thing on our pre-eparture checklist is a travel adapter. 
So do you need one of these for Japan? Well, the plug types for Japan are A and B. So, if you’re 
coming from the US and Canada, so North America, you’re in luck because you have exactly the same 
plug types. Although, we highly recommend still getting one of these very portable travel adapters 
because not only does it cover you worldwide, but it just gives you peace of mind that you 
can charge all of your devices regardless of wherever you’re going to. And sometimes, even in 
Japan, you can come across some maybe weird plug types. And so, just for the peace of mind, we 
recommend getting one of these. And if you’re coming from the rest of the world, then you have 
no choice. you’re going to need to get a travel adapter and the one we recommend is from Tessan. 
In our opinion, these are the best travel adapters in the world. We’ve been using them for a year 
now, and not only are they very portable, but they charge your devices super quick. Um, what I really 
like is that they’ve got USBA and USB C ports, so you can charge devices at the same time, multiple 
devices, and they are very affordable. We’ll put a link in the description, or you can scan the 
QR code on screen to find out more information for yourselves. The next thing on our pre-eparture 
checklist is emergency cash. So, we’re going to be talking later in the video about how to withdraw 
cash from a ATM at the airport in your first hour. But what we’re talking about here is having some 
emergency cash that is separate from the rest of your cash that you keep somewhere in your luggage 
for emergencies. And that’s usually when your bank cards aren’t working, your travel cards aren’t 
working. Touch word for us that hasn’t been the case. And so we recommend holding around $300 
to $400 US. And the reason being is that a lot of people be like, “Is that all?” Like, you 
you’re not carrying any more. Like, don’t you need to bring like a,000, $2,000? First, we don’t 
like to have the risk of carrying that much cash around with you. And it really isn’t necessary. 
We’ve been traveling full-time for 2 years, and we never carry that amount of cash. We always 
withdraw cash from ATM, and that usually is all we need to do. We’ll be talking about that later. 
The next thing on your pre-eparture checklist is to make sure that your phone is unlocked. This is 
incredibly important to be able to use an eSIM or a physical SIM card to get data to be connected to 
the internet. Traveling in Japan without internet on your phone is going to be incredibly difficult. 
So, you want to make sure that your phone is unlocked. Now, if you don’t know what that means, 
essentially when you have a phone on contract with a particular network, they lock your phone to 
their network. Yes, very cheeky. So, we want to make sure that your phone is unlocked. So, we’re 
going to show you how to do it on iPhone. So, all you want to do is go to your settings. Then, 
you want to go down to general, and at the top, you’ll see about. This is very easy. So, you just 
scroll down, and you’ll see network provider lock, and it should say no SIM restrictions. Now, for 
you Android users out there, there should be a similar way to do this. Just have a little 
Google online. And if you’re still in doubt, even the iPhone users, you can ring your network 
and ask them to see if your phone is unlocked. And if it isn’t unlocked, they’re the people to 
unlock it for you. Talking about eSIMs, when you land into Japan, one of the first things you’ll 
want to do is to get connected. Without internet, it’s really easy to feel lost here. You will 
need it the moment you land to take public transport. You’ll need it for Google Translate to 
translate signs, menus, and even communicate with locals. You’ll need it for Google Maps and to stay 
connected on social media with those that matter to you. And that’s why one of the first things 
you want to do before taking a flight is to get yourself an eSIM if you haven’t used one before. 
An eSIM is essentially a digital SIM card that you can install onto your phone in seconds. You don’t 
need to be hunting for a SIM card at the airport. You don’t need to worry about losing your SIM 
card from your home country because you’re not swapping out SIM cards. And the best thing, you’re 
literally connected the moment you land. The eSIM we recommend is Sim Local. And here’s why it’s 
perfect for Japan. Sim Local partners directly with the best local networks in every country. So 
in Japan, you’re getting the strongest and most reliable 4G and 5G coverage wherever you go. And 
if you’re on the unlimited data plan, they give you a huge 10 gig per day at full speed. And all 
SIM local plans include hotspot and tethering, so you can share your data around to all of your 
devices as a part of your daily allowance. They also have a 100% refund policy, a super easy 
find my plan tool that helps you to pick the best plan for your trip. To get started, all you 
have to do is scan the QR code on screen or put a link in the description. Now, once you’re on 
Sim Local’s website, all you need to do is enter your destination. In our case, of course, it is 
Japan. And then you want to browse through all the data plans and pick the data plan that’s best 
for you. Now, to save some money, you want to use our code JAYKAROLINA to get 5% off your order. You 
want to do that at checkout. And then once you’ve purchased your eSIM, Sim Local will send you 
all the instructions to install and activate your ESIM so that you’re connected the moment you 
land in Japan. Thank you so much to Sim Local for sponsoring this video. So the next point on our 
pre-eparture checklist is to download Google Maps. And literally without this app, we wouldn’t be 
able to function here in Tokyo. So when you arrive to Japan, the first thing that comes to your 
mind is to how to get into the city. So Google Maps will tell you exactly the train, which one 
to use. But also when you arrive to the city, you need to know which public transportation to use, 
which platform to go to, what train type to take. It can be very complex in especially in Tokyo. The 
next It’s amazing. It’s very efficient, but it is like a maze. And so having Google Maps, it tells 
you again all the lines that you need to get onto, the transfers, even gives you like suggestions of 
which car to go in if one’s too crowded. Uh when we actually arrived, it was like peak time and it 
was absolutely chucka block. Uh we’ll be talking about that a bit later on. And a bit of a cheat 
code is that when you put in the destination that you’re going to on Google Maps, what you want to 
do, you’ll see in the top rightand corner there’s like these three dots. If you click on that and 
then you go to options, you’ll see wheelchair accessible. And so this will avoid steps and 
prefer lifts. So this is great inside of the metro stations, but also when you’re walking out onto 
the street towards your accommodation if you’re carrying luggage. I also would like to say that 
basically with Google Maps I can go wherever using the map and I’m not feeling lost like I actually 
know where to go to and it’s super easy to without Google Maps. Yeah, I don’t know how people don’t 
have Google Maps downloaded. And also we are going to be making a video about the best apps that you 
need for Japan to download before you come here. Um and so don’t forget to subscribe. That video 
will be coming soon. Now the last thing on our pre-eparture checklist is do you need a Japan rail 
pass? Now, for 96 97% of people coming to Japan, you do not need a JR pass. And that’s because 
they have increased the price by about 70% making it not very costefficient if you’re only 
taking a few trains. Most people are going to be doing the Golden Route from Tokyo to Kyoto 
to Asaka. You’re going to be taking, you know, just a few trains. And so, it doesn’t really pay 
off to get a JR pass. Now, if you’re taking many different trains and covering a lot of regions 
in Japan, it’s still worth considering because you can save money. If you want to check, you 
can go to the link in the description. There’s a JR pass calculator where you can put in all the 
different regions you’re planning to travel to, and it will literally tell you the amount it’s 
going to cost per ticket, and then it’s going to basically compare it to the JR pass and tell 
you very easily if it pays off or if it doesn’t. Next up is the inflight checklist. So everything 
you need to do on the flight as you’re flying into Japan. Now about 30 minutes before you land, it’ll 
hand out two forms. One is a customs declaration form and the other is a disembarkation card. So 
you want to be filling these out before you arrive into the airport and present it to immigration. 
And a little tip here, make sure to have the name of your accommodation and their telephone number 
handy because you want to be writing that down before you head to immigration and present it. But 
actually, we saved all the hassle of doing that because Karolina actually did it online for us. 
So, I did it all through the website called Visit Japan Web. We’ll put the link in the description. 
And it was really good because it didn’t take me too long. And you’re literally entering all of the 
details that you would be filling out on the form on the plane anyway. So, it was very convenient. 
They’re providing you with the QR code that you’re going to take later to immigration and customs. 
So you can do it as a part of your pre-eparture checklist as opposed to doing as your inflight and 
that’s what we recommend to do it before because it’s just so much more convenient and the QR code 
is really nice. So once you get to immigration you’ll queue up. It took us only 20 minutes to 
get through so it’s actually very efficient. We saw people with QR codes on their phones. They had 
them printed out and we saw just a few people with the handwritten forms that they filled out on the 
plane. So when you get to the immigration officer, you want to present either one that you’ve 
gone with represented by QR code and passport. And then they will take the what do they call 
fingerprints. Fingerprints. There we go. They will take a fingerprints and then they will um 
stamp your passport. And now you officially are in Japan. Woohoo. And so basically after that um you 
wanted to go collect your luggage. You just wanted to look on the screen to see where your luggage 
is arriving. Once you’ve collected your luggage, you’ll actually have to go through customs. after 
collecting your luggage. So, you still want to have your QR code or your uh customs decoration 
form. Most people actually, it was quite surprising, were going to the QR code line to go 
through customs. So, not many people are actually filling it out um physically on the on the plane. 
And so then once you get through customs, you’re now on to your first hour checklist in Japan. But 
just as a reminder, if you haven’t activated your eSIM by now, you could have actually done that as 
you landed, like literally landed on the tarmac. And so that meant that you had internet as soon 
as you landed. Then you can start getting all your messages come through. So what you want to 
do is you want to go to settings. Then you want to go to mobile service. This is on iPhone. And 
then you want to go to your SIMs. And you’ll see I’ve labeled mine as travel. And then you want 
to go down to the bottom and then turn on data roaming. And then you can just wait a few minutes. 
and then you’ll be connected to the internet. Next up is your first hour checklist. And there are 
three critical things that you need to do in your first hour. And the first one involves cash. 
Now, Japan is not a cashless society. I repeat, Japan is not cashless. You very much need 
cash and you’ll be using a lot of it. So, when you enter the arrivals hall, you need to be 
looking for the ATMs. So, you want to be looking for the visitor service center. You won’t miss 
it. It’s in big bold letters. And as you enter, you’ll be greeted with a Nintendo corner and a 
Mario with a suitcase. A massive suitcase. That was such a cool way to like enter into Japan to 
see this Nintendo uh corner with Mario. And also, we saw people playing Mario Kart, which was just 
amazing. I bet you can’t do that anywhere else in the world. Now, opposite there, you’ll have the 
SIM card shops. There’ll be quite a few of them, and they’re not very busy. Very good reason. And 
that’s because the eim is way more convenient. And not only is it more convenient, we actually 
checked the prices and they were expensive at the airport. And so eims have become so much more 
affordable. Now what you want to do from this area is you just want to continue straight and then 
eventually you’ll see an area on the right hand side for the ATMs. It would be like a ATM corner. 
Now the ATM we recommend to go to is the 7-11 ATMs and that is because they don’t charge you a fee. 
And what we really do recommend is you use a travel card. This is what we’ve been using for the 
last 2 years to ensure that when we’re withdrawing cash, we’re not losing money to fees. And that’s 
why we don’t need to carry a lot of money with us because we just withdraw it at very good rates, 
better than what you’ll find anywhere else. So, we use a stalling card. So, if you’re from the UK, 
you can get a travel card. If you’re not from the UK, you can use a Wise card, which we also have. 
And so essentially you just load money onto these cards and then you just withdraw and they do it 
at a very competitive exchange rate and there’s no additional fees. The only thing that will 
charge you additional fees is the ATM. But again the 7-Eleven do not charge you any additional 
fees. Now once you are withdrawing money, we recommend to withdraw the maximum amount 
you can. In our case it’s around I think $400. I would say $400 and that’s like a daily cap on 
the travel card. Uh, but that’s more than enough. And then you can just keep withdrawing it from 
7-Elevens because 7-Elevens in Japan will usually have these ATMs there. And then when you actually 
are withdrawing money, there will be a screen that pops up. Now, this is very important. It’s about 
the exchange rate. So, if it pops up Japanese yen, which it will do, and let’s say you’re from 
the US and it pops up US dollars, do not choose US dollars. Choose Japanese yen because you’ll 
get a more competitive exchange rate and you’ll end up spending way more if you choose the US 
selection. The next thing to handle on our first hour checklist is something that confuses a lot 
of tourists and that is getting an IC card. Now, if you don’t know what an IC card essentially is 
a card that you can use for public transport, you just tap on and tap off. It is so much easier than 
every time you want to take the public transport getting a paper ticket and having to deal with 
all the loose coins and cash. It is so much more convenient to use the IC card. We highly recommend 
it. Now, the question comes which IC card to get. And this is something that confuses a lot of 
tourists because if you come into Tokyo, there is the Pasmo card, there’s the Suica card, there’s 
various different versions of the Suica card, which we’re going to be going through in just a 
second. And also, if you’re coming into Asakusa, you’re going to be getting the ICOCA card. The one 
that we recommend you get is the very first one that you can get your hands on because it is about 
availability. So, when you’re at the arrivals hall, you’ve got your cash, you actually want to 
make your way down to the train station area where you can take either the Narita Express or you can 
take the Kaisai Skyliner. And in this area, you’ll find all of the icy cars for Tokyo that you can 
get your hands on. And so, what we recommend first doing is going to the welcome squeaker section, 
which is next to the Narita Express ticket buying area. And there you’ll see these vending 
machines where you I think you have to use cash. There’s sometimes you won’t be able to use card to 
buy things even at official places like the train station. And then you can choose up to 10,000 yen. 
And actually for the very first time coming to Japan, we got two welcome speakers and we maxed it 
out to 10,000. Yeah. And even if you don’t use all of the cash for just the transportation, you can 
use the IC cards in convenience stores or vending machines to pay for stuff. So it’s really useful 
as well. Definitely you want to be making the most of the vending machines. We made an entire 
video on vending machines. We’ll put a link in the description to it because that’s something you 
want to be definitely taking advantage of cuz it’s like nothing you’ll ever experience anywhere else 
in the world. And so there’s the welcome speaker. Now another thing that we wanted to get this time 
round and that’s because we’re making a video on IC cards cuz again as we said it confuses a lot 
of people. So we’re going to be making a video. So don’t forget to subscribe if you want to find 
out more about the IC cards. We went for a Pasmo card this time. So actually there is a area called 
the Kaisai Skyliner ticket office. It’s next to the JR ticket office and here you can actually 
purchase a ticket which we’ll be talking about to get the Kaisai Skyliner but here you can also 
get a Pasmo card. Now the difference between the welcome speakers the welcome speaker only lasts 
28 days and also you don’t have to pay a deposit for the card um but you can’t refund the balance 
off the card. But with the Pasmo, it costs 500 deposit for the card. But with the Pasmo and the 
Suica, it’s exactly the same for that for both of these cards is that you can actually refund the 
deposit off it. We did try to get the speaker card from the JR ticket office, but it wasn’t possible 
because they had sold out of the speaker cards and that’s why we say to get your hands on the first 
one you can get. We did manage to get later on, not from the station because we were a bit in a 
rush to get to our accommodation. But on the way, we actually at I think it was Ueno station, 
they had the JR ticket office there as well. But next to it, they had the ticket vending 
machines. At these ticket kind of machines, you can actually get the speaker card. And I 
actually got an engraved uh speaker card. It said, “Do you want to engrave it or something like 
this?” I thought it’d be like engraved into the card. I don’t know why I thought, but it turned 
out so bad. It was okay. like it was like kind of just printed, but it’s, you know, if you lose it, 
then at least your name’s on it. I think that’s the whole point of it. But if you just want a 
clean looking speaker card, you just don’t need to do the engraving. And so we got it from the 
machine there. And again, it’s about availability. If they don’t have it there, just have a quick pop 
into the jail, take it office, and see if they’ve got it there. So that’s the physical Suica. 
There’s the Welcome Suica. There’s a Pasmo. If you’re coming into Osaka, there’s their ICOCA, 
which is exactly the same as the Pasmo and the Now there is one other Suica card you can get. 
This is not available for Android unfortunately, but actually you can get a digital version of the 
Suica card. Now this, if you got an iPhone, this is the best thing to do because you don’t need to 
worry then about getting an IC card. So all you have to do is go to the wallet on your iPhone and 
then what you want to do is go to the plus sign in the right hand corner and then it will say add 
to wallet and then you want to go to travel card. Because we’re in Japan right now, we’re in Tokyo, 
it’s actually come up with the iicoka, Pasmo, and Squeaker. But if you don’t have that option, 
then you want to be searching one of these. We just recommend going for select the amount that 
you want to put onto the Suica card. So the nice thing about this is that you can actually recharge 
it digitally. Whereas with all the IC cards, including the welcome speaker, you have to go 
into a machine and use cash to top it up. Yeah. Only cash, which is annoying. So it can be a bit 
of a time waster, whereas digitally is actually um the best way to do this. And then you want to 
add the card. You want to agree to the terms and conditions. And then you’ll go through to pay for 
the card. And then what should happen is is once you’ve purchased the card, it will look a bit 
like this on your wallet and you will have the amount that you topped up. We’re now on to our 
third and final thing that you need to handle in your first hour in Japan and that is going from 
the airport into Tokyo and there are multiple options for public transport to do this. So the 
first thing you’ll see when you come out into the arrivals hall is an area that says lowcost 
buses. The lowcost buses are the cheapest way to leave Narita with tickets starting at around 
1,300 yen. They will take you into the city, but you’re limited to just one piece of luggage 
per person. Depending on the traffic, the ride can take anywhere from 90 minutes to over 2 hours. 
So, while this is the most budget friendly option, we still recommend taking the train if you want 
the fastest and most reliable way into the city. Next to it is a very good option if you have a 
specific hotel, and that is the airport limousine bus. Not like a limousine where like the rich 
and famous people would be riding in. It’s like a bus or like a coach. If you have a hotel that 
is listed, you can get direct transfer from the airport to the hotel. The airport limousine bus 
is a more comfortable and convenient choice. It’s more expensive, usually around 3,000 yen one way, 
but it does drop you directly into the main areas of Tokyo. Places like Shinjuku, Shibuya, Ginza, 
and even Tokyo Disney. Travel time is typically 90 to 120 minutes, and it’s a great option if you’re 
carrying a lot of luggage since you won’t need to haul it around the train stations. You don’t want 
to be kind of arriving and figuring out if your hotel is listed. You want to do it before and you 
actually can do this through KLOOK. So, we’ll put a QR code on screen or you can go to the link 
in the description. The prices that you’ll pay on KLOOK are exactly the same as at the airport. 
I promise we check this and actually if you use our code JAYKAROLINAKLOOK at the checkout, you’ll 
get some discounts. So, actually it’s cheaper than at the airport. And here you can check for 
all of the Tokyo hotels if yours is listed. Next is probably the most expensive option and that is 
to take a taxi. So you can use an application like go taxi. Um but the prices of going from the 
airports from Narita or Haneda into the city are going to be very costly. And so that’s why 
we recommend going downstairs to the train area where you’ll be taking one of the express trains. 
So the first express train that you can take is the Narita Express which is actually the one we 
took when we first came to Japan last year. And that’s because we’re staying in Shibuya. So all 
of these transportation options really depend on where your accommodation is in Tokyo. So with 
the Narita Express, if you’re staying in Shinjuku, Shabuya near the Tokyo station, all of these 
areas, we’ll put a list of the places that you want to be uh looking at for the Narita Express. 
If you’re staying in these areas, it is a very quick way to get in. It’s not the quickest, but 
it is the most expensive. So another option for the express train is the Kaisai Skyliner which is 
actually the fastest option to get into the city and we are staying in Asaka area. So it goes to 
Nepori and Yueno station. It’s the northeast of Tokyo. So if you’re staying in this areas, this 
is the best. Most people I believe are going to be taking the Narita Express cuz most people 
coming to Japan are going to be staying that side of Tokyo. But a lot of people will be staying in 
Saka. And you can purchase the ticket from where we also got the Pasmo card from. Yes. And also 
there’s the whole ticketing area. So you can just uh go there and just ask for the ticket and they 
would put you on the first train and you have the assigned seats. So where you go on the train, you 
can just leave your luggage because there’s plenty of space to put it and then you just go into your 
It’s a very similar experience to Narita Express. It’s great if you’ve got a lot of luggage with 
you and you just want to have the convenience of having your seat. um because there are other 
cheaper options for local trains as well, but you’re not guaranteed a seat. And we actually 
arrived into Tokyo during peak time. And so when you actually arrive into the city, you’re 
going to probably want to be taking like the metro or a bus or a taxi to get to your 
accommodation from wherever you are dropped off at. And if you’re coming at peak time, we 
highly recommend avoiding public transport. We came on with massive suitcases onto the metro. 
We lost track of time and didn’t realize it was peak time before it was too late. But I think 
actually a good recommendation is to take a go taxi to your accommodation once you’ve made it 
into the city. As a reminder, if you want to book the Narita Express, the Kaisai Skyliner, or the 
airport limousine in advance, you want the peace of mind of having it booked before you arrive 
into Japan, we’ll put a link in the description to all of these options through KLOOK. We highly 
recommend booking your tours, your experiences, your activities through KLOOK. They are the number 
one booking platform in Japan. They are amazing. We’ve been using them for the last year. And for 
the next 2 months, we’re going to be going on so many adventures and doing so many activities that 
are being sold through KLOOK. And the best part of it all is you’ll find great discounts there, 
but also if you use our code JAYKAROLINAKLOOK at checkout, you’ll also save money on all of your 
experiences and activities. So, highly recommend KLOOK. And with that being said, if you are 
completely overwhelmed, as a last resort, if you’re stressed out at the airport, don’t worry 
about it. There are tourist information desks all over the airport with very, very helpful people 
who speak very good English. There always people uh cues of tourists going up there because it can 
be an overwhelming experience. Um, but I hope all the information that we’ve shared in this video 
helps you have a smooth, stress-free experience into Japan. Thank you so much for watching and 
we’ll see you guys in the next Tokyo video. God.

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CHAPTERS
0:00 Japan Visa Requirements
0:45 Do You Need A Travel Adaptor?
1:53 Emergency Cash
2:45 Check Your Phone is Unlocked
3:45 Best eSIM for Japan
5:44 Download Google Maps
7:16 Do You Need a JR Pass?
8:08 In-Flight Checklist
8:38 Immigration & Customs Declaration
10:50 Japan Is NOT Cashless
11:51 How to Withdraw Cash?
13:26 What are IC Cards?
14:16 How to get an IC Card?
18:20 Transport Options Into Tokyo
18:31 Low Cost Bus
18:59 Airport Limousine
20:07 GoTaxi
20:24 Narita Express (N’EX)
21:01 Keisei Skyliner
22:00 Getting into Tokyo
23:16 Tourist Information Desks

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