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How Much To Budget For Backpacking in Japan

We’d dreamed of visiting Japan for what seemed like forever, but never thought it would be possible on our frugal backpacker budget. However, when we were in China we decided to set aside a backpacking Japan budget. We just couldn’t resist the temptation of being so...

Exploring Tokyo: A Budget Travel Guide

Renowned for being one of the most expensive places in the world to visit, Tokyo wasn’t an obvious choice for our budget backpacker destination list. But we desperately wanted to go. So we made the decision to just suck it up and see how cheaply we could...

How to Eat Ramen Like a Boss in Japan

When we added Japan to our travel plans I was unbelievably excited to be visiting the home of the high speed train, robot cafes and heated toilet seats. And quite a lot of that excitement stemmed from the fact that I was going to taste authentic Japanese food for the...

Visit Japan on the Cheap: 5 Useful Budget Travel Tips

Japan is one of the most fascinating countries on the planet thanks to its unique skill in effortlessly combining the ultra-modern with the highly traditional. Known the world over for being at the cutting edge of modern technology, it’s also a country still governed...

The Strangest Hostel in Japan?

Sarah snickered as I told her there was a camping shop which doubled as a guesthouse. “Don’t laugh” I joked “at these prices we may end up staying there.” 45 minutes of scouring every booking site known to man later, and… Well, she...

Hiroshima: A Hope For World Peace

Humbled, sad, astounded, angry, heartbroken and ashamed are just a few of the emotions I felt shortly after we arrived in Hiroshima. We piled off our coach from Fukuoka at 6:30am and not being able to check into our apartment until 3pm we put our bags into a storage...