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🇯🇵 Japan in 7 days | Osaka . Kyoto . Tokyo
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items Japan had been on my bucket list for years, and this 7-day itinerary took me from the incredible food scene in Osaka, to the temples of Kyoto, and finally the bright lights of Tokyo. These are the products, travel gear, and services that genuinely ma...
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Before you go
What I Packed to wear
Where we booked our hotels | and how to max points 🤭
Travel Services (websites and apps)
Everything Im still dreaming about Japan ⭐️ favourites
Before you go
I like keeping my passport, IDs, boarding cards and extra cash in one envelope, gives me more peace as I can grab and focus on only one storage for everything I would need
Waterproof Passport Wallets with RFID Blocking
You might want to bring an extra empty suitcase cause you might want to bring a ton of things back from Japan, from skin care hair care to most specially the snacks! A good luggage doesn't have to break the bank Choose a polycarbonate luggage, its fl...
Affordable Luggage Sets, Large Suitcases & More
Multiport chargers are a life saver specially if you have travels buddies and sometimes you are fighting for one plug, but since these has . multiple ports, everybody is happy or honestly it also helps if you have multiple devices, all of mine is typ...
Multiport Charger
Couldnt stress it out more how helpful these are, it captures more of the view and you get to be in it! Sometimes I also get shy asking people to come take a picture of me or us when I have travel buddies. Having a selfie stick or tripod is a game ch...
EUCOS 62" Phone Tripod for iPhone & Selfie
Powerbanks are a life saver specially if you are navigating, using data, olaying music, taking lots of pictures, these can drain your phone battery down and there no scarier moment than having your phone die in the middle of navigation or wanting to ...
Power Banks in Power & cables
This Bose headphones was given to me as a gift and I honestly cant leave/live without it anymore, this is great for beach trips and it made the list specially if you are like me who likes to listen to music while being on the beach maybe tanning or r...
Shop Headphones | Bluetooth, Wireless, Headsets
Like I mentioned on some of my recommendations there will be a lot of crossover between camping gear and what I feel like has become a travel staple 😅 these rechargeable hand warmers are a must have during winter travels
Rechargeable Hand Warmers in Camping Essentials
What I Packed to wear
It was winter in Japan when I visited, so here are some recommendations on what to pack specially if you are planning to pack light-mid
I never go to a winter trip without my Uniqlo Heattechs specially as a girlie who likes to be warm. Sometimes I dont even have to layer too much when I use my heat tech wearables
Women's HEATTECH Crew Neck Long-Sleeve T-Shirt | UNIQLO US
heattech leggings are a must specially if you are going to walk a loooot. I like pairing it with my Uniqlo washable knit ribbed pants (in different colors 😅 cause thats how much I love them)
Women's HEATTECH Leggings | UNIQLO US
These are my absolute favourites, and has been my airport/ travel go-to pants. Very comfortable and so easy to pack as it doesnt crease, versatile enough to be casual / and semiprofessional. Did I mention it has pockets? I think the Only color I dont...
Women's Washable Knit Ribbed Pants | UNIQLO US
Another favorite as in Japan you will walk a lot, there is just so much to see so much to be at and if you are travelling winter time I highly suggest this, specially when you are planning to wear cutesy outfits like skirts, dresses, boots i like to ...
Women's HEATTECH Knee High Socks | UNIQLO US
I almost always travel with my lulus as I like walking/hiking and these are just super comfortable and easy to pack as well.
Women's Leggings - Lululemon
I have both the round necks and turtle necks I personally like the round necks and prefer to wear scarves, but I highly suggest packing one or 2 turtle necks as well as sometime it can get extra cold.
Women's HEATTECH + Thermal Clothing | UNIQLO US
I have had this for 5 years, in gray and green, so versatile and like mention it is packable, also perfect for layering
Shop Women's Down Jackets & Coats | UNIQLO US
Water proof trench coat doesnt only look dressy but are also very helpful specially on subtropical countries ☺️ Im based in Toronto and Canadian winters are brutal and I can attest to what can actually keep you warm, uniqlo will be your go to 🫡
Shop Women's Trench Coats | UNIQLO US
My favorite travel “pouch” the gold hardware is so pretty, I feel like I can also wear it if I want to be dressy or sporty and you’ll probably be able to spot it on some of my travel snap that I sneak in here.
Belt Bags | Kate Spade New York
Honestly very easy to pair with any outfit and very comfortable for a lot of walking as well.
Nike Court Vision Low Next Nature Women's Shoes
Bring a coin purse ☺️😌 sometimes you can use the coins to pay for transit, the convenience stores and you can also use it when throwing coins to make your wishes on temples 🙏🏻🏯
Circular Coin Pouch In Signature Canvas | Accessories
Where we booked our hotels | and how to max points 🤭
When you book a hotel dont forget to link it with any rewards or point system program, if you are in Canada I highly recommend aeroplan, I used my sceneplus rewards to book the hotels, and it accumulated so much points for us that after the trip we w...
I never had a problem with booking.com. So when we planned to go to Japan, we booked APA hotels which we highly recommend through booking.com everything was seamless from checkout to checkin across Osaka, Kyoto and Tokyo!
Booking.com
If you are going to Japan look for APA hotels, clean, has everything you need and you didnt think you needed. Can be the affordable option as well
Apa Hotel & Resort Roppongi-Eki-Higashi Station East
Like I mentions use your points/rewards systems, we booked some of our hotels since we were going from one prefecture to another through a mix of booking.com and Expedia scene plus
Scene+ Travel
Travel Services (websites and apps)
These are my favourite reliable sites I have been using through my travels, and the list here has also been very helpful with our Japan Trip
I have included a snap of our email from klook when we used it to book our JR pass ☺️ pretty straightforward to purchase and use.
JR Whole Japan Rail Pass
I’ve been using KOHO for international travel because it has worked really well for me when paying abroad. One of my favorite perks is the included travel eSIM data it meant I had data as soon as I landed, making it easy to use Google Maps, look up d...
KOHO Prepaid Mastercard
Dont foget to add your suica Japan (local trains) card to your apple wallet ☺️🫡
Add a transit card to Apple Wallet in Japan
Everything Im still dreaming about Japan ⭐️ favourites
I still up to this day believe that my wishes that I made here in this walk through the thousand gates was granted when I wished it there. It was so beautiful a culture you can feel deep in your bones, and just thinking of how they made this is just ...
Fushimi Inari Taisha
Do me a favor, if it will be your first time in Japan please go to their convenience stores, if its not your first time.. can you please go back and get me the family mart socks? 😅 kidding aside I think Canada should also have the evolutionary “hot ...
FamilyMart
Kyoto’s The Kyo Train Garaku, I almost forgot I wasnt in a moving hotel lobby but an actual 🚂 train my its so beautiful
Hankyu Kyo Train Garaku Guide and Map
Tokyo’s Camera lanes 🥹
Tokyo Camera
Japanese arcades are open till late night 🥹we won a giant capybara and giant yoshi
GiGO Akihabara Building 3
You will find ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING here at Don quijote, dont forget to bring extra bag 😅 as you or maybe pack an empty suitecase
MEGA Don Quijote
This is one thing I miss about Japan that the izakaya experience can never be the same again. Even if we have a ton here in north america nothing compares to the OG 😭
TORIKIZOKU USA ｜ Yakitori Restaurant