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8 Useful Apps While Traveling In Japan
Japan
Don’t understand Japanese, but still want to have a trip to Japan? Let me help you with this issue! It is always challenging to travel to a new place, especially if you do not understand the local language. However, don’t let that ruin your trip. Japan i...
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Speak Japanese Instantly With Imiwa Dictionary App
Japan
Who said you need to study Japanese to be able to communicate in Japan? Imiwa is a very handy multilingual iPhone app translating Japanese from and to English, Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese, German, Korean and Russian. It is very easy to use, works...
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Navitime helps you navigate Japan's trains
Japan
Navitime is one of the main navigation services in Japan. The interface is very easy, with a small icon as your virtual self walking along your route on your phone's screen.Download!Apart from Navitime, there are other companies offering navigation servic...
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Have A Drink With Gyaru At The Gyaru Café
Tokyo, Japan
10sion The different styles within the 'gyaru' genre are extremely fluid, with their adherents as one of the most mobile and online groups of people in Japan. If you want to stay up-to-date, a visit to this café, located in the more gyaru-dense area of To...
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Singing Without Spectators: HitoKara
Tokyo, Japan
Hitorikaraoke, a combination of hitori (by oneself) and karaoke, are karaoke booths especially for one person. The booths at OneKara in and around Tokyo are miniscule. But that’s all you need for one person. Singing karaoke, leisure time consumption numbe...
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Shake it at one of Tokyo's Dancing Schools
Tokyo, Japan
Get your groove on and workout while hopping around on your favorite music. Whether it’s salsa, hip-hop, modern or rock and roll, anything is possible! Nao Dance Academy One of the main schools for dance in Tokyo, Noa Dance Academy offers a myriad of ge...
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Things To Do In Japan: Sharpen Your Golf Game At One Of These Courses
Tochigi, Japan
There are many golf courses all over Japan. Figures, as it is one of the world’s leading countries as far as business goes. You didn’t think all those business deals were made in the boardroom, did you? A golf course is a much more dynamic and healthy pla...
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Be Above All of Tokyo at the Tocho: How To Access The Tokyo Metropolitan Govt. Building Observatorie
Tokyo, Japan
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building has two towers, which are both open for public. Not only fun to go to for the magnificent view, but the souvenirs here are great!North TowerApart from a different view than you’d have from the South Observatory, ...
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Poolside Tanning or Workout? 3 of Tokyo's Better Pools
Tokyo, Japan
Is swimming your workout of choice? Many pools are part of gyms that only allow members, so finding a publicly accessible pool can be quite a hassle. Unless, of course, you’re reading my list below ↓Tokyo Prince Hotel Sky Pool A luxury pool with a match...
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The Office Away From the Office: Where To Get Work Done In Tokyo (Business Travel)
Tokyo, Japan
Where to work when you are in Tokyo A ‘home away from home’ is often not hard to find; every other website claims to offer you the nicest of hotel rooms at the sharpest of prices. However, what if you have some work to do, and you need a quiet place to ...
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Animals in the City: Ikebukuro Aquarium
Tokyo, Japan
Ikebukuro’s Sunshine Aquarium reopened in 2011 as a state-of-the-art metropolitan aquarium. It features cool attractions like the “Sunshine Aqua Ring” with its view of sea lions or penguins swimming overhead and the dreamlike “Jellyfish Tunnel.” You can ...
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Run Around The Imperial Palace
Tokyo, Japan