With things slowly starting to move in the right direction for travel again, we thought that this would be a good time to write the sequel to our ‘How much should your trip to Japan cost?’.  In that article we mainly gave our readers pointers on how to plan a trip of their own, and how...Read More

The Goto Islands are one of our most unique destinations. The laid back atmosphere there breeds characters that you wouldn’t see outside of the islands on the mainland. As part of our series of videos on the islands, we decided to visit the winery there and ask its matriarch Kumiko Kitagawa a few questions. Mrs....Read More

On Sunday, I decided to go to one of Japan’s most famously controversial festivals, the Kanamara Matsuri in Kawasaki. The area was completely packed with foreign faces looking to participate, and to deep throat phallus-shaped lollipops. The first thing that struck me was how small the actual shrine, and  festival area was. Since it’s such...Read More

You’ve booked your trip, you’ve got your bags packed… now what? Well, we’ve got you covered. This article has some basic information about what you need to bring with you to Japan, what Kichi Japan requires (if you’ve booked your trip with us), and we even have you covered on what you don’t need to...Read More

We will be producing a short series of videos on the Goto Islands soon. Goto is the furthest west island in Japan. Situated between South Korea and Japan, the archipelago has over a hundred islands, but the five main islands (Fukuejima, Hisakajima, Narushima, Wakamatsujima, and Nakadorijima) are where the archipelago gets its name from. I...Read More