Tag: Japan

  • What you need to know about renting a car in Japan

    So i’ve just made the car rental arrangement for my upcoming Japan trip. This would be my 4th time renting a car in Japan (well the 5th time including the rental on Yakushima Island). You could say i’ve learned quite a bit along the way. For the upcoming car rental, i chose to go with…

  • How to use digital FastPass at Tokyo Disney Resort

    How to use digital FastPass at Tokyo Disney Resort

    Using a digital FastPass (i.e. get FastPass on your phone) is essential at Tokyo Disney Resort to reduce waiting time for the rides. Unfortunately, there is a lot of difficulty involved in achieving this for foreigners. I managed to do it with the help of these two guides, and i have more details to share…

  • Okinawa 5 days itinerary

    Took advantage of the now available budget direct flight to Okinawa. There’s not so much to see in Okinawa, to be honest, but it’s Japan nevertheless. Here’s what we did in 5 days. Day 1 Ashibinaa Outlet – Aeon – Hamabe-no-chaya Teahouse – Banta Cliff The flight touched down at budget flight kind of timing,…

  • Hokkaido trip report card

    Hokkaido trip report card

    I took more photos of food than sights in Hokkaido, so that tells you something. Granted, i was there right smack in between flower blooming seasons of which Hokkaido is famous for. After landing in New Chitose Airport, we picked up the rental car and headed to Mitsui Outlet Park. This was a last minute…

  • Hokkaido food review part 2

    Seafood Although you can get seafood from any part of Japan, Hokkaido justifiably lays claim to having a special association with seafood. Prior to visiting Hokkaido, the seafood we ate, when visiting the other parts of Japan, were limited to Sushi and Bentos. While in Hokkaido, we had the priviledge of trying a few things…

  • Hokkaido food review part 1

    Hokkaido food review part 1

    Part of many traveller’s motivation of travelling to Japan is to sample Japanese food. For me, you could say it’s half the reason I’m there. I know exactly what I want to eat and plan for each meal of my trip. Hokkaido is choke full of food offerings. Here are the food I sampled in…

  • #yenkaitravels #Hokkaido

    #yenkaitravels #Hokkaido

    Time flies and it’s almost time for my Hokkaido trip. To be honest, i have the feeling it will be anticlimatic in comparison to my Europe trip, but nevertheless, there is food and tranquility to look forward to, not to mention the extremely hot weather in Singapore that i’m so so happy to leave behind. I spent…

  • Renting a car in Hokkaido

    Renting a car in Hokkaido

    The rental car business is a very competitive one in Hokkaido, because the majority of visitors to Hokkaido will rent a car. This means plenty of choices and relatively low prices. I booked a rental car for JPY 32120 (S$405) for 7 days, which is only S$58 per day. This is inclusive of a one…

  • Hokkaido 9 days itinerary

    Hokkaido 9 days itinerary

    It took 3 days to work out this itinerary and book all the hotels, so you could say a trip to Hokkaido is actually not difficult to plan for. I do still need to work out details like where to go for meals, finding exact view points to see, as well as to book a rental car (that will…

  • Now is the time to book your 2017 vacation flights

    My brother-in-law alerted me to the availability of cheap flights on Thai Airways, which his friends found out through Skyscanner. Well, without hesitation, we went ahead and booked flights to Sapporo on the official Thai Airways website for next June, since it was a very good deal. S$1485 for 2 adults and 2 children. Sometimes…