TRAVEL 21

Yuhuu! I'm back again. So, before I start writing about the trip itself, let me, like usual, start with the preparation and budgeting stuff. There are several differences between my 2017 and 2015 Japan trip. What are those? So this time I already had an e-passport, so yes, I just had to make a visa waiver for free! A few weeks before I issued my visa waiver at the Japanese embassy, I just knew that right now you can no longer issued your visa there. If you have a usual passport, you must go to Japan Visa Application Centre located at Lotte Shopping Avenue to issue your visa, and other than the visa fee, there is also extra IDR 115,000 administration fee. So, yeah, having an e-passport is more profitable. The second difference is, this time I bought JR pass, since I was planning to use the shinkansen here and there. Bought the 7 days pass at a travel fair for around IDR 3,300,000, and yeah, it was worth every single penny! Third difference, this trip was a little bit shorter than th...

Well, hello! I think it has been more than a year since my last blog post. Just got back from an autumn trip to Japan last week (as I promised myself I would go back there), and will post soon about this trip. Meanwhile, enjoy a few teaser pictures, and please drop a comment if you have any questions and I will answer it on my upcoming posts.  ------- JAPAN TRIP SERIES 2019 Furano-Biei Day Trip: Farm Tomita, Shikisai No Oka, Blue Pond Sapporo: The Food Journal Sapporo: The Vibrant City of Hokkaido (And Where to Stay) Falling in Love with Yokohama's Charm Starbucks Reserve® Roastery Tokyo Reasons to Stay Around Asakusa (or not) My Third Japan Trip - The Intro JAPAN TRIP SERIES 2017 Konnichiwa! I'm back! JAPAN AUTUMN TRIP 2017: Preparation and Cost JAPAN AUTUMN TRIP 2017: Back to Dotonbori JAPAN AUTUMN TRIP 2017: Fall Foliage at Minoo Park and Quick Visit to Kuromon Market JAPAN AUTUMN TRIP 2017: Autumn in Kyoto JAPAN AUTUMN TRIP 2017: A Day In Takayama JAPAN AUTUMN TRIP 2017: No...