Transportation Yumeshima Station Kim Bergström Opened on January 19th, Yumeshima Station is poised to play a pivotal role as a primary entry point for the Expo 2025 Osaka-K...
Transportation All Aboard the One Piece Shinkansen Kim Bergström This year, One Piece fans visiting Japan will have a new way to experience the world of the Straw Hat Pirates—with the launch...
Transportation JR East to Launch First Ever Shinkansen Mystery Game Kim Bergström Travel enthusiasts and puzzle lovers are in for a fun new experience starting in late February. JR East’s Niigata Branch has ...
Transportation Uber Ride-Hailing Services Are Now Available in Japan Veronica Carnevale On Monday, April 8, 2024, Uber Japan launched its ride-hailing service in Japan, which allows people to use their personal ve...
Transportation Kumamoto Says Sayonara to IC Cards Kim Bergström A number of bus and train operators in Kumamoto Prefecture have ceased accepting IC cards for fare payment as of November 16t...
Transportation Let’s Taxi App “GO” — Navigating With Japan’s Most Used Taxi App Tiffany Aguilar With the largest coverage area across 46 of 47 prefectures, the “GO App” provides you with a reliable way to get where you ne...
Transportation Seishun 18 Kippu: Japan's Cheap Nationwide Train Ticket Veronica Carnevale The Seishun 18 Kippu (Seishun Juhachi Kippu), which translates roughly to Youthful 18 Ticket, offers five days of unlimited n...
Transportation Alaska Airlines Adds New Tokyo Route Kim Bergström Alaska Airlines will introduce nonstop flights between Seattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA) and Tokyo Narita Internatio...
Transportation Haneda Airport Ranked World's Cleanest Kim Bergström Japan is often highly regarded for its overall cleanliness, which was affirmed by results from Skytrax's World's Cleanest Air...
Transportation Tokyo One of the World's Most Walkable Cities Kim Bergström Tokyo took out 6th place on Compare The Market's World's Most Walkable Cities list. Notably, Japan's capital was the only non...