by Tokyo Becky | Feb 23, 2025 | Japan Travel
Are you ready for the perfect three days in Kyoto? Then, you, my friend, have come to the right place. I recommend everyone to visit Kyoto on their first trip to Japan because this 1131-year-old city is like nothing you’ve ever seen. But there’s something...
by Tokyo Becky | Feb 16, 2025 | Japan Travel
What if I told you that there was a place in Tokyo that could introduce all the fun that the city has to offer with a lot less of the walking? In my self-published guidebook, “Shimokitazawa – A Tokyo Beginner’s Guide to the World’s Most Walkable Neighborhood,” I...
by Tokyo Becky | Jun 30, 2017 | Japan Travel
Konnichiwa, Japan fans, and a very happy June to you! This month, I would like to give you all the details of my trip that I took earlier this month to the Nakasendo, an ancient route running through the Kiso Valley that connected Kyoto and Tokyo. What is the...
by Tokyo Becky | May 21, 2017 | Japan Travel
There is a place in Japan that you’ve probably never heard of—in fact, most Japanese people have never even heard of it, except for those already living in the area. I first heard about this place in 2005 from an Australian colleague at my English teaching school in...
by Tokyo Becky | Apr 29, 2017 | Japan Travel
They say that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step but I would say that my journey of considerably less miles began with an Instagram photo that looked a little like this: It turns out that the location in this picture is on a sacred UNESCO world...
by Tokyo Becky | Mar 18, 2017 | Japan Travel
It is about that time again, Tokyo lovers—the most gorgeous time of the year, the time when you pull your picnic blanket out of your closet, dig out your cooler, charge up your camera and smartphone, and start inviting your friends out to sit under the nearest cherry...
