Must Know JAPAN Travel Tips (and what NOT to do)

before you close out this video to start working on your game plan be sure to watch this video all the way through because you might be able to save some money okay let's talk about money before we got to Japan about a month prior we went to our bank and we had them convert a lot of our USD into Japanese Yen this was the best conversion rate you can also go to an ATM in Japan or also convert at your airport however using the bank for us was the best conversion rate it's been recommended to carry about thirty thousand to fifty thousand Japanese Yen with you every day now I know what some of you are thinking I don't think I want to carry that much cash with me because that's a lot of money and I don't want to be targeted but don't worry everyone's carrying that same amount so you're gonna be just fine but also even though Japan is really safe just always use your common sense another tip for you to remember about Japan is that there's no tipping at restaurants even though you had the most amazing food with the most amazing service and you're wanting to give them extra instead just say arigato gosemas which means thank you so much also the more slurping in the the more smiling you do and the more excited you are when your food comes out the better I mean like the food is amazing you guys just trust me when you get to Japan and you're eating at the most delicious ramen places you'll see that there's a long line don't worry you're supposed to stand in all the lines especially if they're long that means it's good once you get to the front of the line you may notice that you have to pay for your food right then so there's going to be this little machine with buttons look at the menu click it put your money in and now it's going to come out with a ticket and you just paid for your food then from there you're going to wait for the people to serve you give them your ticket and then you say arigato go say Mas which means thank you so much sit down enjoy your most delicious food and then when you're done and then leave basically that long line it actually moves so fast they are so efficient there another thing that we saw in Japan is when there's a tray usually you want to put your money on that so you're not really handing them your money you're putting it on the tray then they'll take the money from that tray then they'll return to you your change on that tray this is if you're not using a machine to get your change okay okay let's talk about the suica card no matter where you are staying in Tokyo or in Japan just get a suica card the suica card is basically e-money so you can have this on your phone or you can have a physical card like this one and what you can use this for is at different restaurants convenience stores you can use them on all the local lines really this is like a catch-all if you don't have cash with you or your Jr pass is not covering this specific line in Tokyo you will see that every local person has a suica card on their phone for the suica cards you can buy these at the ticket machines and this week a card that lasts 10 years is the one that we recommend getting at the Travel Centers they do have an option for you to buy the temporary suica card which lasts for like a month however the lady said she didn't recommend this one because it's hard to get your money back but if you get the long one the 10-year one first of all it makes a really good souvenir second you can get your money refunded back to you so just load up we put maybe 10 000 Yen on it right 500 of the Yen was used to was the deposit so we had nine thousand five hundred left and basically yeah we put about 75 on it and we've just been using it throughout the last two weeks we were told to keep your suica card purchase receipt with you so basically the four things you should have are your suica card swing a card receipt your passport and your Jr pass just keep all that together in case there's any problems at any of the gates this is the symbol for suica now Japan is still very much a cash based place however there are some restaurants where they're gonna go cashless convenience stores okay convenience stores are the best there is so much delicious food there and I'm like oh man I wish our 7-Eleven was this wonderful but yes we hear that 7-Eleven is the best so that is where we went like nearly every day they have smoothies you can microwave food there they have all these different kind of sushi snacks and delicious chips here in Japan convenience stores are also known as conveni we're here in Japan in the spring and it tends to rain a lot so we're really happy we brought a couple umbrellas we you can also buy these at the convenes one of the biggest culture shocks for us when we came to Japan was there are literally no trash cans anywhere no trash cans anywhere so make sure you carry with yourself a couple plastic baggies to hold your trash the one thing that's so beautiful about Japan is that there's not a lot of litter anywhere so be respectful pick up trash if you see it and take your trash home when you go to the convenience you can actually buy a plastic bag for about three to five Yen each when you're getting all your stuff so that's normally what we did we got our snacks got a plastic baggie then we just use that for the trash and just kept it in our backpacks what you'll also notice is that there's going to be a little box where the receipts come so if you don't want to keep your receipt you can just put it right there in the Box instead of carrying that trash with you another thing that I noticed is in some of the train station bathrooms there's actually no soap like it's not like they ran out of soap there's just no soap so bring some hand sanitizer if you would like okay let's talk about manners in Japan now when you are in the public transportation areas you want to make sure you're really quiet like quiet I am being really loud right now people are usually resting reading or on their phone after a long day of work we've been here now for about two weeks and like there was this one couple that was really loud and they definitely weren't from Japan and it was so obvious like how much they are disturbing everyone else so remember we are going into their culture it's really important for us to respect them especially if we want to be invited back also we heard that it's not okay to say huh you know like in America we go huh what instead go a or hi and that is okay we heard that going huh is actually really rude and it can actually start some confrontation so try not to go huh I'm really good at saying huh but don't say it in Japan people drive on the left side of the street which means they're usually walking on the left side of the street so try to not like walk through everyone just move to where everyone's walking kind of like in Finding Nemo where they're trying to like get to Australia and you're like in the fish just go with the flow go with the flow also when you're on the escalators make sure you're to the left or at least least whatever side that they're on go to one side so people that are in a rush they can go right past you and get to where they need to be if you're wanting to buy something from a window what you could do is take a picture of it and then show the Lady or the man and say like one or two or three you know and then from there they can serve you and you don't have to say anything in Japanese if you don't know any Japanese for passports make sure you bring this with you everywhere you go because if you're going shopping you can actually go to the tax refund service center and get some money back you have to show them the receipt as well as your passport and then you also need your passport when you're traveling through the metro and the rail systems this is in case there's any problem with your Jr pass or your suica card so then the people at the little window can help you if you are going to an Onsen they might not let you in if you have tattoos so make sure you research the Onsen beforehand or go to a tattoo friendly Onsen if you like what you see so far and like the various tips and attention to detail here at build your Moxie I'm actually a finance Channel where I take heart topics and break them down into simple ideas imagine having Financial freedom and being able to take multiple trips to Japan without having to worry about the stresses of money that's basically what I cover in build your Moxie if you are wanting to create a life where you can do a lot of things that you enjoy then click that subscribe button I would love to have you be part of the family let's say you are shopping or you have some of your luggage with you and you just want to go around and explore what you can also do around the train stations the airports or even sometimes along the shopping mall areas there's going to be a lot of coin lockers so it's just like a few hundred Yen for the day but it's actually really safe and we see a lot of people using them coin lockers I'm going to show you some pictures right here coin Locker coin Locker coin Locker coin Locker coin Locker for the coin lockers you can use coins and then sometimes you can also use your suica card I just love the suica card okay so for clothing we are here in the springtime and everyone here just dresses so nice and so pretty and so fashionable so if you're like kind of wanting to fit in bring your slacks if you're a girl like you know those high-waisted trousers bring some really nice neutral colors trench coats trench coats are a big deal I'll also bring an umbrella but yeah everyone dresses really cute here also if you're someone that likes to wear a lot of leggings like me yeah no one wears leggings here so cover your butt save yourself some space in your luggage and just don't bring them another thing you should bring from home is deodorant deodorant is really hard to find here in Japan because they don't normally use deodorant so don't be that smelling person on the train bring your deodorant also be sure to check which medications are banned in Japan because you don't want to get arrested or get in trouble I'll be sure to link the important information from this video below I wanted to show you the app that was really helpful for us it's called Papago change your language to Japanese take a picture of what you want to translate and voila it is translated here are a few of my favorite travel tips and this has just been really helpful for us but number one getting Apple Air tags we had a really bad experience where my luggage got shipped all the way across the world back to Korea and I didn't have my luggage for a long time and I didn't trust the airline to bring it back to me and having Apple Air tags now for this trip has made such a huge difference for me I don't like any static stress to be in the back of my head so if I know where my luggage is and I can see it on my phone and I can track where it is and yes it's been on the plane and now it's landed yes in Japan I just feel so much better so Apple Air tags they're about 25 each we got four of them put them in our most important bags and I have just had so much less stress knowing where my bags are I also like printing out our hotel information especially if you're going to a country where you don't know the language you can always just point and then everyone here is really helpful I also keep a screenshot of it on my phone and then save the emails in a folder another thing we do is always tell our bank that we're going to be out of the country just so they don't freeze our accounts another thing that we are really happy to have was our portable white noise machine also in Japan for their wall sockets they have those two vertical lines the ones that look like this but if you have a cable that looks like this with the three holes then make sure you bring yourself a travel charger also if you have never worn compression socks before these are the best compression socks and I'll be sure to link them below but you know like when your legs get all tired on the airplane these make a huge difference also for long car rides even though Japan is really clean I still don't like my bag on the floor so this is one of my favorite bag hangers called a Clipper bag hanger and I've actually had this one for about five years now since 2018 and it can hold up to like 33 pounds or something like that but yes super good quality if you're looking for a good bag hanger this is the one if you found these tips helpful you might like this next video which I'll link right here

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Length: 11min 0sec (660 seconds)

Published: Thu Apr 20 2023