What to bring?

Things to bring
Of course, don't forget to bring your pants, shirts, underwear, toothbrush etc.
However, I recommend not buy new things such as sweater etc (if you want to buy, go ahead).
You can buy second hand stuff over here.
e.g rather buying a new 5000~6000yen sweater, you can get used a 1000yen sweater.
After you reach Japan, buying used furniture, used home appliances can save a lots of money.
Trust me, the second hand items over here mostly are in perfect shape ( some items can be categorized as junk too). Some items do come with box and manuals.
Some of the famous second hand shops are Hard-off, 2nd street (Kansai), Ryohin-kaikan (Kansai).

If you have time, go to the flea market. At flea market, they sell new and used items.
The schedule in Kanto area is here and in Kansai area is here. I recommend you to go to the flea market at Nissan stadium at Yokohama.

Food

Food
Besides Japanese food (Sushi, Tenpura, Sashimi), there are Mcdonalds, KFC, Pizza etc.
You can also find Pakistani or Indian restaurant selling naan, tandori chicken etc as well as Thai shop, Indian shop selling spicy, chili etc.
There are shops selling imported foods such as Jupiter, Kaldi, Yamaya etc.
For muslim, HALAL food can be ordered online. One of the famous shops is Baticrom.
Some mosques is selling HALAL food too.

Some said Japan is an expensive country (in term of foods) but in real, some shops do offer reasonable price (unless if you want to eat at Ginza or Roppongi).
Cheap tendon (tenpura+rice) is around 500yen and cheap pasta is around 500yen @ Saizeriya.
A plate of cheap sushi cost around 105yen per plate (cheaper than the price selling in Malaysia etc). Cheap soba or udon ( Japanese noodle) cost around 200yen.
You can get free Ocha (Japanese tea) and water (while in other country you have to pay for a glass of water)


Anyway, we recommend you to bring your own spicy etc as much as you can before coming to Japan. Because some of the spicy etc sold here is not the same as you imagine ( e.g might not be hot as you expected)

Where is Japan?

Japan map

Source: Google map

Source: Google map

Japan is located in Asia.
Major cities are Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Sendai, Sapporo, Nagoya, Hiroshima, Fukuoka etc.
Currency is YEN.
Language is Japanese (Kanji, Hiragana, Katakana). English is seldom used.
Voltage is 100V (but the frequency of electric current is differ 50Hz - Kanto, Tohoku, Hokkaido area and 60hz - Kansai, Kyushu etc )

Regions of Japan
Hokkaido: Hokaido
Tohoku : Akita, Iwate, Miyagi etc
Kanto : Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, Ibaraki, Kanagawa etc
Chubu : Nagano, Niigata, Toyama, Yamanashi etc
Kansai : Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Nara etc
Chugoku : Hiroshima, Yamaguchi etc
Shikoku : Tokushima, Kagawa etc
Kyushu : Fukuoka, Oita, Miyazaki etc

Introduction

This blog is dedicated to people who plan to come to Japan; travel or plan to live here.
We plan to update it regularly. We also welcome any comments and questions about Japan.
We hope the information here will give you the general idea about Japan.

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By GoToJapan-Travel