Hokkaido Travel Guide 4 Niseko | wifi rental japan

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About 2 hours away from downtown Sapporo by car, Niseko is a town located on the northern Hokkaido Island. There is a famous dormant volcano mountain called Mountain Yotei, which gives perfect geographical features on this area to build ski resorts. Major ski resorts in Japan such as Niseko Mountain Resort Grand Hirafu are located in Niseko so that annually tons of people who love winter sports visit here. There also are resorts where you can enjoy both snow and  hot springs. Read More

Hokkaido Travel Guide 3 Abashiri : Okhotsk Train | wifi rental japan

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The Okhotsk Train is a limited express train service which runs between Sapporo and Abashiri. Many tourists use this train to get to Abashiri even though it takes more than 5 hours since there are some factors people can enjoy while taking this train. Abashiri is famous for ice floe and every year many people including tourists and researchers gather here to observe huge ice floes. Then why Ice floe in Abashiri became famous?

The water in Okhotsk Sea starts freezing from October due to the influence of cold weather from Russia. The frozen sea water grows thicker and bigger and finally start floating away over the sea. Thanks to freezing cold weather, it is also possible to observe ice floes until early March. Abashiri has been academic spots for researchers from many countries who especially are studying ice floes. Nowadays ice floes in Abashiri are being researched for global warming issues. Read More

Tokyo Travel Guide 10 Nakameguro : Restaurants | wifi rental japan

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As Nakameguro is popular residential area in Tokyo, you can find a lot of family-friendly restaurants. Even though Nakameguro is considered as high-end living district, dining out is not really expensive as in posh restaurants in Ginza. Nakameguro has many places where you can enjoy Japanese food such as ramen and tempura, and these are the food local Japanese people enjoy for daily life. You can experience intermediate-high local Japanese life here rather than having expensive one meal at a Michelin star restaurant. Read More

Tokyo Travel Guide 9 Roppongi : Attractions | wifi rental japan

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Roppongi’s transformation surprised the world. Originally it had the image of ‘dangerous’ since the city was strongly connected to mafia. Drug related crimes frequently happened in this district, though it happens from time to time now as well, Roppongi successfully transformed its image from dark to bright. Roppongi is famous for both museums and nightlife. In this article, we will look for attractions you can enjoy daytime and nighttime.

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(1) Mori Art Museum

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Tokyo Travel Guide 8 Ginza : Attractions | wifi rental japan

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This fascinating high-end district in Tokyo offers fabulous shopping opportunities and fancy restaurants to you. If you could have a lot of fun at upmarket fashion shops and fine dining restaurants, it’s time to enjoy attractions. Some of you may not be really interested in shopping so you might think you don’t have to visit Ginza. However, there still are a lot of things you can enjoy in Ginza except going for shopping and dining.

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Tokyo Travel Guide 8 Ginza : Restaurants | wifi rental japan

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In my previous article, we have looked for some shopping places in Ginza. Ginza is basically famous for luxury shopping so here will be the greatest place if you want to buy high end brand products with tax free price. However, this is not all about Ginza. There are also a lot of places where you can have nice meals. As Ginza is well-known for luxury shopping, let’s focus on luxury eats in this article as well.

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It is usually called as BVLGARI RESTAURANT but the original name is “BVLGARI IL RISTORANTE LUCA FANTIN”. This restaurant got Michlin one star and was ranked 28th on Asia’s best restaurants in 2018. The restaurant is located inside BVLGARI TOWER and you need to go through information center where will check if you made a reservation or not. The restaurant itself is decorated well with luxurious goods and servers there will treat you well. Read More

Tokyo Travel Guide 8 Ginza : Shopping Malls | wifi rental japan

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If you are planning to visit Japan, you may have heard of this area at least one time. Ginza! The most expensive area in Tokyo! Ginza is definitely high-end shopping district in Japan. This area is full of department stores and high-end international brands. Just having a cup of coffee will cost JPY 800~1,000. If you need a piece of cake with coffee at a fancy cafe, well, you will have to pay at least JPY 2,000~3,000. (Of course there are places where you can have coffee with reasonable price as well.) Read More

Try Japanese Hair Straightening | wifi rental japan

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Some people who are born with curly and frizzy hair wish to straighten their hair. There may be another case well. In my case, I used to get my hair permed and become sick of it after few months. Then I got my hair straightened to refresh my feeling. For sure, this gave a critical damage to my hair even though hair at that time felt very silky.

However, already around 10 years passed since I had this experience. Japanese hair straightening technique has developed significantly and it is said that your hair will get little amount of damage. I am not saying it will rather make your hair in good condition. Doing ‘something’ to hair always brings some kind of damage. However, at least you can reduce the damage and get your favorite hair style. It depends on which shop you are visiting and how much you are willing to pay, though. Read More

Tokyo Travel Guide 6 Yokohama : Restaurants | wifi rental japan

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Eat, eat, eat! Many people travel for food. You can enjoy gourmet food in this beautiful port city in Japan. As Yokohama is one of the biggest cities in Tokyo, There are many places where you can have wide range of foods from traditional Japanese food to International cuisines. In addition to this, there is a Chinatown in Yokohama so that you can try Chinese food as well as a bit transformed Chinese food with Japanese taste. In this article, we will mainly look for menus in Chinatown.

There is the largest Chinatown in Japan in Yokohama. There are a lot of Chinese restaurants and shops where you can eat and enjoy Chinese food and goods. This colorful street becomes more beautiful when it becomes night. The contrast of dark night and red and yellow lights produces mysterious atmosphere. You will feel like you are in China. Read More

Tokyo Travel Guide 6 Yokohama : Attractions | wifi rental japan

Many people fall in love with this beautiful port city in Japan. In particular, the night view of Yokohama makes people feel sentimental. Calm and peaceful waves of water, soft wind coming from sea, and gorgeous meal with your favorite people… Everything is so perfect here. (Sorry to bother your imaginary but it’s extremely humid and hot during summer, though.) So, it’s time to check which interesting attractions you can try in Yokohama.

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It is usually said that you can find Chinatown wherever you visit in this world. Yes, there is a Chinatown in Yokohama as well. As I described on my previous article about restaurants in Yokohama, you can try Japanese-Chinese cuisine here in Chinatown. However, that’s not all about here. If you visit Chinatown at night time, you will be able to see beautiful illumination which decorates whole area. The harmony of dark sky and shining lights will make you feel like you are in China for real. Read More