Tag: japan
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Maximizing your Japan Rail Pass
When I published my Japan travel expenses, most of you balked at the price of my train ticket: Php 23,000 or ¥45,100. I also had the same reaction when Ivan told me about the pass, but upon reading up on it and calculating the amount of money I’ll save vis-a-vis buying the tickets separately, I…
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Snapshot Japan: KIX once more
Snapshot Japan: KIX once more, a photo by nina_theevilone on Flickr. I am officially stamped out of Japan. As I exited the Kansai airport train station, I glanced down at my JR Pass. Tomorrow’s the last day of its validity. "I still have one day," I thought. I can still hop on another train or…
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Snapshot Japan: Snowy Sapporo
Snapshot Japan: Snowy Sapporo, a photo by nina_theevilone on Flickr. I left Tokyo early yesterday morning to embark on what became a 12-hour journey to Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido. Just as I was getting used to the cool climes of the Kanto region, I braced myself for even colder weather. While the southern half…