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Tips For Traveling To Japan

Before Korean culture entered Indonesia in a massive way, Japan had spread its culture through comics, anime, and music. The creativity, discipline, and fragility of the cities in Japan also increasingly attracted the interest of many countries to explore Japan, including tourists from Indonesia. Here are some tips on what to do before travelling or holiday to Japan.
Preparation of passport and Visa documents

When traveling to another country, an individual needs a passport as a global identity. Make sure you've taken care of it all the day before your departure to Japan. Not only a passport, some other countries also require a traveler who enters a country to complete its passport with a visa. In the first, Japan was one of the countries that required the traveller from Indonesia to have a visa, but from January 2015, Japan waived the visa requirements for Indonesian Citizen (WNI). And, during the holidays to Japan, you should bring a photocopy of important documents such as passports, ID cards, family card, birth certificate, credit card and ATM card in case you may have lost your passport in the country of destination Holiday.




Complete information about tourist destinations
Travel with complete information about the map, the picture of your destination, how to visit it, your nearest train station information, departure time, ticket prices, and anything to see when Visit to your chosen destination to avoid the risk of getting lost. If you want to know all train station routes, departure times, and ticket prices in Japan, please check here.
Converting Rupiah currency into Yen

Redeem your rupiah currency into Japanese currency (yen). The amount of money to be brought depends on the conditions and needs of each traveller. At minimum you have to bring money in accordance with the budget details listed on your itinenary list, namely for the cost of daily life, paying for lodging, and transportation during holidays to Japan. Take the Visa or Master Card with your credit card to withdraw your reserve funds if you require additional cash or need to pay any other holiday using your credit card.
Bring clothes to the condition of the season
As a sub-tropical country that has 4 different seasons, Japan's average temperature is between 10-20 degrees Celsius during autumn and spring season. It ranges from-10 to 10 degrees Celsius during winter. And, when the summer comes, temperatures range from 20-35 degrees Celsius. Want to know the perfect time for a vacation to Japan? Please check the weather conditions in Japan via ACCU Weather website. When planning a vacation to Japan, be sure to check the weather and seasons when you visit it. Adjust the clothes taken according to the conditions of the season. Specially for winter, prepare some Longjohn clothes, sweaters, Windbreaker jackets, scarves, gloves, and hats to cover the ears.
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Carrying personal medicines
Japan has a very different weather with Indonesia. Thus, the traveller from Indonesia is advised to bring personal medicines as mandatory equipment that must be brought to overcome diseases that usually arise due to the presence of extreme climate difference in a country, such as flu, fever, stomach ache, or dizziness symptoms.
Understand how to communicate by phone and Internet in Japan
The most commonly used phone network in Japan is 3G. Mobile service in Japan is not a SIM Card model that can be filled in a weekly or monthly like in Indonesia. Mobile phone users in Japan must contract for two years with telephone providers available in Japan, such as NTT Docomo, au KDDI and Softbank. For temporary arrivals like a traveller, can use the Wi-fi Router. Internet access in Japan is available in many places, but most in lock and need to register to access it. However, don't worry, you can still use Free Wi-Fi which is usually available at the Inn or hostel. If you still need an Internet connection to browsingmap information or train schedules in Japan, there are two ways, sfview by renting a SIM card (Data Only) or renting a Pocket Wi-Fi.
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Specify the route/destination that travelers want to visit.
Transportation in Japan is quite complicated and expensive,
Therefore it is necessary to check before tourists travel!

And in Japan The TRAIN is the main transportation, a lot of train lines from Monorail, subway, cable car, tram, etc...