Tranportation in Japan

By bus
travel by bus in Japan, especially taking advantage of night buses

By train
travel by train in Japan, all you need to know about trains in Japan and how to take a train

Coin lockers
handy lockers to store your luggage or anything else; they are scattered throughout the city

Japan Rail Pass
how to easily explore Japan by train thanks to the Japan Rail Pass

No-panic guide to the public rail transport of Tokyo
The Tokyo metro and urban railway networks are not so difficult to be used as someone could image. Read this article and find out how to get around Tokyo without any problems

SUICA / PASMO / ICOCA cards
prepaid cards that allow you to go around easily with public transport in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto (and many other places)

Guided tours, activities and other things to do

If you are planning a trip to Japan and you want to do something more than just visiting famous places and monuments, we suggest you to use Rakuten Travel Experiences.

How to use Rakuten Travel Experiences

Rakuten Travel is a very useful website to enrich your travel experience, especially if you are going solo or it's your first time in Japan.
Because of the language barrier (and more), in Japan it is very difficult to interact with the locals and to get off the tourist track.
Thanks to Rakuten Travel you can find a lot of interesting and sometimes unique guided tours and activities all over Japan (and not only in Japan), that you would otherwise never be able to enjoy.
But there's more: on Rakuten Travel you can also buy tickets for several famous attractions, events, transportation and other useful services for tourists. Last but not least, you can reserve a table in hundreds of restaurants.

Some examples

• You can buy tickets in advance to visit some very popular attractions and skip the queue at the ticket office, such as the Tokyo Tower, the Tokyo Sky Tree, Tokyo Disneyland or Universal Studios Osaka
• You can book unique and funny tours and activities, like driving around Tokyo or Osaka on a go-kart dressed as Super Mario, or dueling with real Sumo Wrestlers
• You can learn about traditional Japan, for example by joining a tea ceremony in Kyoto or by attending a crash course on Japanese Calligraphy
• You can reserve your table in a lot of cafes and restaurants, for example one of the legendary 3-star Michelin restaurants in Japan, or crazy cafes like a unique Owl Cafe in Tokyo or one of the many and nowadays worldwide famous maid cafes
• ...

Take a look at Rakuten Travel Experiences

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