tokyo
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Japan [food and shopping]
And now for my FAVORITE part to write – the food and the shopping!! You’ll definitely want to bring an extra duffel bag or maybe even cop a suitcase from a Don Quijote store (they’re reasonably priced!) for the souvenirs and gifts you can get in Japan. Now that you have the context from my…
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Japan [places and things]
Part 2 – oh the places we’ll go in Japan! I felt like locations and things to do needed its own highlight. You can take quite a few day trips from Osaka, Kyoto and Tokyo. Staying at all three of these main hubs and doing day trips is how you see the most. However, I’d…
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Japan [best timing and travel strategies]
Japan, oh where do I even start?! I’ve been procrastinating writing this because it’s such an overwhelming undertaking to summarize our 2-week trip. I’m going to start off by saying, we visited during the small window of peak cherry blossom season, so tourist numbers were at an all-time high, not to mention 2025 has seen…