Category: General

Federal government departments, civil regulations, emergency services, cultural affairs, and consulate services that may be of use to tourists visiting Japan. Emergency Services Emergency call to police Call 110 to report an accident or crime to the police call center.   Emergency call to coast guard Call 118 to report an accident or crime at [Read More]

Disclaimer: You must not rely on the information on this website as an alternative to medical advice from your doctor or other professional healthcare provider. If you think you may be suffering from any medical condition you should seek immediate medical attention. The medical information on this website is provided “as is” without any representations [Read More]

Major thanks to Megan Morris for many of these tips to start us off. You can see her original thread here (https://www.facebook.com/groups/2307368 … 937468625/). We will expand on the list from the comments in the thread as well as others we’ve come across. Please feel free to leave a comment if you have any suggestions [Read More]

This is the guide for the island prefecture of Hokkaido. Official Tourist Website Hokkaido Tourism JNTO’s Hokkaido Website Hokkaido Prefectural Website Festival & Events Sapporo Snow Festival (early Feb) Asahikawa Winter Festival (early Feb) Obihiro Ice Festival (late Jan to early Feb) Kamiyubetsu Tulip Festival (early to late May) Sea Urchin Festival 天売ウニまつり (mid to late July weekend) Sapporo Autumn Fest (early [Read More]

This is the guide for Gunma, Tochigi, Saitama, Chiba, Ibaraki prefectures. Official Tourist Website Chiba prefecture – Choshi, Narita city Gunma prefecture – Minakami Ibaraki prefecture – Mito Saitama prefecture – Kawagoe(aka Koedo), Chichibu Tochigi prefecture – Nikko, Nasu-Shiobara Festival & Events in Shin’etsu Narita Gion Festival 成田祇園祭 (early July) Shiobara Onsen festival 塩原温泉まつり (mid Sept) Koedo Kawagoe Spring Festival (late March to early May) Chichibu Night Festival (early Dec) Hotels/Ryokan/Hostels  Recommended Accommodations by [Read More]

Shin’etsu is the combined name for Shinshu, the old name for Nagano prefecture, and Echigo, the old name for Niigata prefecture. This region is known for soba and rice production and heavy annual snowfall. Official Tourist Website Nagano Niigata Festival & Events in Shin’etsu Ueda Sanada Festival Nozawa Dosojin Fire Festival Suwa Lake Fireworks Festival [Read More]

Hokuriku region comprises of Fukui, Ishikawa, and Toyama all along the Sea of Japan coastline. In addition, most people tend to use Kanazawa as a stopover point for Shirakawa-go and Takayama so the Northern part of Gifu (aka Hida Takayama) is included). Southern Gifu (Gifu, Gero onsen, near Nagoya) will be in the upcoming compilation [Read More]

These are the official prefecture tourism websites, by each prefecture’s own tourism association. If they have a language choice page, that will be the link, if not, then the English page will be the link. Please tell us if any of the links are down. We will randomly check the links and update if there [Read More]

(Updated Jun 24 2018) Expanding on the seasonal activities from the Before You Ask document, here’s the main event of each season, popular enough that websites dedicate a special section for them. photo credits: http://www.hirosaki-kanko.or.jp/en/edit.html?id=edit14 on Sakura(Spring Cherry Blossoms) JNTO Sakura Japan Guide Sakura Yokoso Sakura Tohoku Sakura Dream Road by Rakuten (Japanese) Rurubu Spring Sakura (Japanese) Yahoo [Read More]

All apps will be either available in English or Japanese, although many may also include other languages, for the purposes of our group, English and Japanese apps will take precedence. If Japanese name comes first, it’s likely that app is Japanese only.  Some apps may not be available in all regional stores.  There are online [Read More]