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#First Time in Japan

Essential basics for first-time visitors—transportation, etiquette, currency exchange, SIM cards, and more.

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Budget cosmetics on a Japanese drugstore shelf beside a Tax-Free sign

Japanese Drugstore Cosmetics: Budget Skincare, Makeup & Tax-Free Basics

Shelves of over-the-counter medicine at a Japanese drugstore, where cold medicine and painkillers are sold without a prescription

Buying Medicine in Japan: What's Over the Counter, and What You Can't Bring

Exterior and entrance sign of the Nintendo Museum in Uji, Kyoto

Nintendo Museum Tickets 2026: How the Monthly Lottery Works and What to Do If You Miss Out

View over Tokyo at night from the Tembo Deck at Tokyo Skytree

Tokyo Skytree Tickets 2026: Prices, How to Buy & Skip the Counter Fee

Sunset view over Tokyo from SKY STAGE, the open-air rooftop deck of Shibuya Sky

Shibuya Sky Tickets 2026: How to Land a Sunset Slot Before It Sells Out

The main façade of the Kabuki-za Theatre in Ginza, Tokyo

Kabuki-za Tickets: Single-Act Seats, Prices and Same-Day Entry

Entrance gate at Ghibli Park in Aichi, with visitors arriving

Ghibli Park Tickets 2026: Premium or Standard, and How to Buy from Abroad

Exterior and entrance sign of the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Tokyo, beside Inokashira Park

Ghibli Museum Tickets 2026: How to Buy from Abroad (Even When Sold Out)

The exterior of Ryogoku Kokugikan and the surrounding Ryogoku neighborhood in Tokyo

Where to Stay for Sumo in Tokyo: 5 Hotels near Ryogoku Kokugikan

The exterior of Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, the arena that hosts grand sumo tournaments, lined with colorful banners

How to Get Grand Sumo Tickets in Tokyo (2026): Seats, Prices, and Sold-Out Options

Ryōgoku Kokugikan, the Tokyo arena where grand sumo tournaments are held, with tournament banners outside

Sumo Tickets Sold Out in Tokyo? Resale, Tours & Jungyo

A traveler tapping a contactless credit card on a Japanese train fare-gate reader

Tap to Ride Japan 2026: Which Trains Take Contactless Credit Cards (and Which Still Need a Suica)

Kiyomizu temple at night

Getting Around Kyoto in Autumn 2026: The Bus Day Pass Is Gone — Use the Subway and Trains

Illuminated autumn maples reflected on the pond at Rikugien's evening night viewing

Tokyo Autumn Illumination 2026: Koishikawa Korakuen from Nov 13, Rikugien from Nov 25

An autumn Japanese table — grilled sanma, matsutake mushrooms, chestnut rice, new-crop rice, and Shine Muscat grapes, all in season from September to November.

Autumn Food in Japan 2026: What's in Season and Where to Eat It

A plate of ohagi, glutinous rice balls coated in sweet azuki red bean paste, a wagashi eaten around Japan's autumnal equinox

Ohagi and Japan's Autumnal Equinox 2026: What It Is and Where to Buy It

A tsukimi display of stacked rice dumplings and pampas grass with the near-full autumn moon rising in the east

Tsukimi 2026: Japan's Moon-Viewing Night Is Sept 25, Not the Full Moon

The Yasaka Pagoda and the old streets of Higashiyama, Kyoto

Where to Stay in Kyoto 2026: Best Areas and the New Lodging Tax

The golden ginkgo avenue at Meiji Jingu Gaien, seen from the Aoyama-dori entrance

Meiji Jingu Gaien Ginkgo Avenue 2026: Peak Color and the Free Golden Tunnel

Adding a Japan travel eSIM through a smartphone's settings screen

Japan eSIM 2026: How to Choose, Buy, and Set One Up Before You Land

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