in this video I'm gonna share with you
guys what to do when you first land in
Japan this video is brought to you by
mobile SIM cards more about mobile later
on in this video so most of you coming
to Japan for the first time may be a
little bit intimidated you might be
confused because it's like completely
different language a whole new country
so in this video I wanted to kind of
show you my tips and tricks about what
you should do when you first come to
Japan and since I've been Lavigne Japan
for more than 15 years now I kind of
know my way around this Airport so I
really want to share my tips and tricks
but before I start this if you guys
let's see what I'm doing on a daily
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description alright so let's get started
and what better way to start then at the
airport traveler find and took you for
the first time have an option to fly in
deny Rita or Haneda Airport I often get
asked what's the difference between the
two airports so let me clear things up
for you Narita is the larger of the two
airports and is generally known to have
more international flights while anita
has more domestic flights both have lots
of dining and shopping areas but since
Haneda is newly renovated I have to give
Pineda the overall edge when it comes to
attractions biggest differentiator
between both airports is a distance to
Tokyo Narita is about one hour away by
Express train while honey is about
fifteen or thirty minutes train ride
away so it's a little cheaper
transportation wise from Haneda so one
of the first things that I recommend
when coming to any country is to have
some internet connect
I know that there's Wi-Fi in like
different spots but in Tokyo you can be
traveling to so many different places
that I definitely recommend getting a
SIM card fortunately in this video
mobile has sponsored us and has given us
a SIM card to use what's nice about
mobile is that they can send you the SIM
card to your home country free of
shipping before you even get to Japan so
you're connected and you're all covered
and there's nothing to worry about
but in case you didn't have time to get
the SIM card in advance they actually
have places you can pick up at the
airport or all throughout Tokyo and
Japan
what will even offer English customer
support alright so now that I have my
SIM card we can get into some business
what's really nice about the sim card is
that it's the same SIM card as my soft
bank the one I regularly use what I'm
living in Japan so I know that it has a
coverage in fact Softbank has covered
99% of all of japan so wherever you go
and wherever I've been I've always had
pretty good reception what's nice is
that it's unlimited data plus its 4G so
it's super fast now that we're connected
let me show you some favorites that you
guys definitely need when you come to
Japan it'll make your life so much
easier one of the things that's really
daunting for a lot of people first
coming to Japan is the transit like the
Metro because of all the different
transfers now what a lot of Japanese
people use as they use and Jordan and
Nabi time but it senses Japanese I don't
actually recommend that you guys use it
there are some English apps but in fact
what I've found is that Google works
pretty well it actually gives you pretty
good directions you don't have Google
then I would just definitely download
the Google Maps app it's just searched
from above where you are to your
destination and you should be able to
get like the train schedules based on
that you might have some specific travel
apps for your language but if you really
want like something that's pretty
up-to-date definitely just use Google
Maps oh and another cool app is the
Google Translation app if you guys don't
know this turn download the Google
Trends
and when you don't know the language or
you don't know like their menus or
anything you can put it up to the
picture or the menu item that you're
looking at and it'll translate
on-the-fly it's like something pretty
cool
now if you're looking for what to eat
and where to eat we're sure check out my
past YouTube videos as well as my Tokyo
zebra comm website for more maps and
guides but if you want local restaurant
reviews
don't bother with Yelp or TripAdvisor
everyone in Japan uses that table d'hote
website for this although the site is
primarily in Japanese it does offer an
English interface with useful info about
the restaurant and pictures of the food
all easily accessible from your device
at anytime with your mobile sim also
another local tip although the uber taxi
app is popular in most parts of the
world it's really not that popular in
Japan one because it's run by a private
company so the rates aren't any cheaper
than normal taxis and sometimes even
more expensive too it's so easy to grab
a taxi in Tokyo no point in waiting to
call a taxi when one's already there
finally if you plan on making some
Japanese friends everyone here uses line
messenger if you're looking to change
contact details of someone this is the
way to go
download it before you get to Japan and
save yourself some time so if you're
feeling a little funky there's actually
several places you can take showers here
and there abort one is this capsule
hotel even take naps there or stay
overnight which is fairly cheap I need
to have the shower spot called 9 hours
at terminal 2 it offers clean shower
booths and is also a typical capsule
style hotel while Haneda has first cabin
at terminal 1 in addition to the showers
it has a pretty decent sized onsen bath
which is pretty dope for being at an
airport you guys down anyway either
these capsule hotels are also worth
considering if you have an early morning
return flight I've actually done a video
on the capsule hotel in Haneda as I say
a luxury capsule hotel and it's pretty
cool so you're flying in from Ananda you
might want to check that out but they
also have like dedicated shower rooms
all
narita i'll leave a link in the
description there's actually several
ways to get into the city
I also discuss this in another video
it's a guide from the dita to Tokyo
several different options there's a taxi
which is just like super expensive so no
one ever takes that so it leaves you
with two other options you can either
take the train or the bus if you're
going to a big hotel then I recommend
taking the bus
um because it'll actually like take you
to the specific hotel but since I live
in Shibuya and I'm going I go straight
there it's actually easier for me to
take the money that expresses straight
into this shoe biryeo from here so it
really depends on your location find up
with the closest drop-off spot for the
bus and for the trainees and then I
would plan my trip accordingly and use
that transportation but the nutty text
bus as well as the buses that roughly
the same price did we take the limousine
bus cheaper buses if you want there a
thousand yen you can take those but they
only go to very very specific spots it
might be really popular in the hotel so
it may not be worth taking that because
it's just like so difficult to get to
your hotel for me all right so now we're
on our way to Tokyo another nice thing
is to get a suit a card or a pasmo card
basically what these are our prepaid
cards a lot of people come in Japan will
get the jr. real fast but that actually
doesn't work on the Metro we can buy an
icy card at the ticketing machine at any
transition you can get one here at
Narita Airport just in front of the jr.
Naruto Express entrance you need a 500
yen deposit for the card and if you turn
it you'll get it back you can load the
car up to 20,000 yen which is roughly
180 dollars the IC card can be used on
most train and subways all throughout
Japan but also at convenience stores
kiosks vending machines some restaurants
and even at major electronic stores and
don't worry
Sarika and pasmo work exactly the same
even though they're issued by different
companies now that you got some time to
come and train before you reach Tokyo
might as well take advantage of your new
mobile SIM card you can finally upload
your new Instagram stories or if you're
staying at an Airbnb I suggest messaging
the hosts to let them know you're on
your way if you have trouble finding
their apartment which happened to me
before
you can call them since the mobile SIM
card comes with a real Japanese phone
number which even receives local calls
and texts for free perfect for
short-term and long-term visitors and
did I mention that it's super easy to
order online with no complicated
paperwork no contracts no activation
fees no termination fees and no taxes
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it a better place too as always links
are in the description of this video
all right so I hope you guys are now all
ready for Tokyo I just again to mobile
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