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Help Me Add on to this List of Tips in Travelling in Japan (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Download Tokyo Map for Offline use in Google maps
Use Google Translte (check if it can do offline translate) 1.Get a suica card for transport and for paying
DiDi Taxi App
Try Tsukemen over Ramen
Shimokitazawa (clothes + thrift) and Punyus
Akihabara and Nakano Broadway for Anime stuff

Book an AirBnB instead of a hotel (bonus if AirBnB gives out Portable Wifi)
Buy data sim/portable wifi in the airport (expensive but useful if no other options).
Try International data instead

Context: Family will be going to Tokyo this January 2024.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I believe the SUICA card is for JR rail where is the MetroCard is for the Metro around Tokyo. Anyway you can buy it at the ATM machines when you get here no rush

Line is a messaging application that's very popular in Japan. So when you meet people you will want to be able to talk to them via line.

You might want to load up the hello talk application. And meet some people in the places you're going to visit have some conversations with them and then when you're in town you'll have a local that you can bounce ideas off of and perhaps making sure you around a little bit.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

No, Suica can be used for all trains in Tokyo. It can also be used in various other cities across Japan as well but that is beside the point.

Different types of card exist (pasmo, Suica, etc) but they're all fundamentally the same and can be used interchangeably.