About Tips on Etiquette & Customs in Japan “Polite” and “Japan” are synonymous for many outside of the country, and it is true that by Western…
About Japan Rail Pass For visitors to Japan who intend to explore outside of Tokyo, the Japan Rail Pass is without doubt…
A Checklist Before Leaving for Japan Check Your Visa Status Currently visa exemption arrangements are in place with 67 countries, and nationals from almost…
About When is the Best Time to Visit Tokyo? Whether it’s enjoying a picnic under the cherry blossoms or sitting in the intense silence before the clash…
About The Post-War Era & Modern Japan General Douglas MacArthur, who had been commander of the United States Army Forces in the Far East, landed…
About The Meiji Restoration & Imperial Japan The relative ease with which power shifted back to the emperor stood in contrast to the huge task…
About The Edo Period & Tokugawa Rule Tokugawa Ieyasu installing himself as shogun did not wash away the grievances felt by those daimyo with ambitions…
About Samurai Rule & Civil War The ebb and flow of power between various factions dictated domestic history for much of the following centuries.…
About The Emergence of Japan The first humans to inhabit Japan walked over from the mainland around 35,000 BCE at a time when…
About Driving in Japan: Rules & What to Know Japan drives on the left like the UK, New Zealand, and a handful of other countries. Almost 99%…
