2023-05-17 / Last updated : 2023-05-17 mien GENERAL

General “The Face Masks”

As of May 2023 Regarding the Covid-19, Japanese government officially announced: 💡 Wearing the face masks are not necessary from 13 March, 2023. 💡 To enter Japan, vaccinations and PCR tests are no longer required from 29 April, 2023. 💡 The Covid-19 is categorized as a normal flu from 08 May 2023. Dear Travelers to Japan If you are healthy and are not sick, you DO NOT need to wear face masks in Japan. However, you will be surprised to see almost 90% of Japanese people are still wearing face masks. Why? 🙁 Reason 1: Because most of the other people are still wearing. Reason 2: Because […]

2019-09-09 / Last updated : 2019-10-12 mien GENERAL

GENERAL “TAXI/CAB” IN JAPAN

🙂 Pictures and reports are what I actually seen and taken. Features ☆ By Meters. No tip is required. ☆ Additional fee may be applied when called or reserved. ☆ Time fee will apply when under 10 km/h. ☆ Highway fee applies if used. ☆ 20% additional fee on 22:00~05:00. ☆ Doors are operated by the taxi driver. ☆ English speaking drivers are not many. ☆ Taxi starting & additional fares are different by prefectures. If in the cities 💡 It is safe & easy to catch a taxi on roads. 💡 Usually waiting at the train stations. If not in the cities not easy to catch on roads. Need […]

2018-01-31 / Last updated : 2019-07-03 mien EATING

JAPANESE CUISINE FOR NEW YEAR “OSECHI”

THE TRADITIONAL JAPANESE “OSECHI” WORLD MADE BY THE PROFESSIONALS FOR EVERY NEW YEAR. Features ☆ The first meal to eat on every 1st of January. ☆ The contents and tastes are different by regions. – the East way – the West way ☆ Prepared in the specific tiered boxes as one complete set. – Traditional: 4 boxes – Nowadays: 3 boxes ☆ Each content has given a meaning with Japanese wording. ☆ Most of all are preserved foods. – Mostly: Sweet or Salty or Sour, and Cold. ☆ Not popular among young Japanese people. Price Range One Set: JPY 10,000　~　JPY 2,000,000 or more 💡 Poplular Range　JPY 15,000 ~ JPY 50,000 […]

2017-10-31 / Last updated : 2019-07-03 mien GENERAL

WHEN TO VISIT AND STAY IN JAPAN

SOME CLUES FOR YOUR PLANNING TO VISIT JAPAN by Climate COMFORTABLE: 🙂 🙂 🙂 MARCH-APRIL: Spring -Generally, Sakura starts to bloom between the end of March and the beginning of April. After starting, Sakura lasts about one week only. -Starts to bloom earlier in South of Japan and later in North of Japan. 🙂 🙂 OCTOBER-NOVEMBER: Fall -Leaves starts to turn yellow and red. 🙂 MAY: Sunny days /Calm -Fresh green leaves everywhere. NOT COMFORTABLE: AUGUST: Extremely hot and humid / Typhoon -Very exhausted day and night. -Transportation is affected by typhoons. JUNE: Rainy days / Very humid -mold season JANUARY & FEBRUARY: Extremely cold -Transportation is […]