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The Japan Travel Starter Kit
Japan is easy to travel once a handful of decisions are settled before you fly.This is the short pre-departure guide we wish every first-time visitor had open on the evening before their flight — the questions that, left unanswered, turn day one into an expensive scramble.
Four pages. No filler, no itinerary you will never follow. Written from Japan, for people arriving from somewhere else.
What’s inside
- Connectivity — what to settle before departure, not in the arrival hall.
- Leaving the airport — why Narita and Haneda are not interchangeable, and the five things to write down before you land.
- IC cards — the one decision that actually matters, and why you do not need both Suica and Pasmo.
- Cash — where yen still appears in a card-friendly country.
- Packing — for walking, and for taking your shoes off more often than you expect.
- Three etiquette rules that prevent most awkward moments.
- Seasonal pressure — the peak windows that change what a route costs you, including Obon 2026.
- A final 48-hour checklist you can work through the night before.
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