by Tokyo Becky | Nov 20, 2025 | Japan Travel
Aren’t you afraid to be going somewhere where you don’t know anyone? How can you eat raw fish? Aren’t you afraid you’ll get sick? Aren’t you worried about going so far away? How can you leave your family? What if something happens to you?...
by Tokyo Becky | Nov 15, 2025 | Japan Travel
After living in Japan for 13 years, here is why Osaka is the perfect base for first-time visitors and how to plan the ideal Tokyo visit. When I first moved to Japan, I thought I would stay for a year. Thirteen years later, I was still there, eating ramen after work,...
by Tokyo Becky | Nov 13, 2025 | Japan Travel
Whenever I’m in Tokyo, there’s one place I never miss – even if I am only in town for a week: Thermae-Yu (1-1-2 Kabukicho), the enormous six-story hot spring complex hidden just a few steps from Shinjuku’s famous Golden Gai. This is actually Tokyo’s...
by Tokyo Becky | Nov 9, 2025 | History and Culture
When you think of Japan you might picture cherry blossoms, all-night karaoke, sushi trains, and vending machines selling just about everything. What you might not expect is that Japan also has a whole plethora of quirky, surprisingly strict, or...
by Tokyo Becky | Nov 8, 2025 | Japan Travel
When most people come to Tokyo, they hit up three main places: Harajuku/Meiji Jingu shrine, Asakusa and Sensoji Temple, and the Shibuya Crossing (the famous huge crosswalk with all the TVs at the top of the buildings featured in most non-Japanese films set in Tokyo)....
