in this video I'm gonna show you guys my
top tips before leaving Japan so coming
to Japan that trip goes by super fast
and then at the last minute you realize
oh I didn't get any souvenirs for anyone
autumn at the airport where should I eat
all these general tips that I just want
to share with you guys in this video
I've already provided so many other tips
like what you should do when you arrive
in Japan
definitely check out that video but I
figured I might as well just wrap it up
in one nice bun and show you guys what
to do before you leave Japan but before
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merch alright let's do this now this tip
is for those of you who have early
morning flights so a lot of the times
your hotel will force you to check out
by 10 11 or 12 o'clock in the morning
one thing you can do is grind it out
which I've done plenty of times but one
option you can take is to actually go to
an onsen in Tokyo instead of spending
your last day in Tokyo trying to get
around with all that luggage why don't
you just go to a Japanese onsen in fact
you can go 200 onsen who offer travel
packages which includes the entrance fee
as well as shuttle bus transfer plus the
let you store your bags there while
you're relaxing all day long now say if
you're flying out of a Haneda you can
check into the onsen at 11 a.m. in the
morning and check out 5 a.m. the next
day and the earliest shuttle bus will
get to the airport at 4:20 a.m. and the
last one will get you to the airport
about 5:40 now if you're flying out of
Narita Airport you can get discount
tickets which is cheaper than the
regular entrance pass but you have to
also pay for the shuttle buses
separately and for Narita you can check
in after 3 p.m. and stay until the next
day up until 6 a.m. I don't know it just
sounds like a good idea to hang out at
once and all day before your flight
alright so let's talk about returning
your IC card to either your pasmo your
Sarika or wherever else you got it from
so a lot of people when they're here in
Japan they get an IC card but when
you're returning home you can actually
cache those back in for 500 yen so if
you want to save a little bit money then
here's a spot somewhere to do it first
of all if you have a G
Suika card you're in luck you can get a
refund at any JR station with a ticket
office for example at Narita Airport
terminal 2 it's just behind an oddity to
express counter if you have any money
remaining on the card you'll be roof on
that balance plus 500 yen for the card
but - a 220 yen processing fee now if
you got a pasmo card you can return it
at any non jr station like the K he nor
K say lines yep it's that simple
on to the next stop this woman I'm kind
of excited to share with you guys
because I recently discovered it it's a
service called pocket change and if
you're anything like me and you visit a
country you end up with a lot of loose
change in fact if you ever come to Japan
you know that it's very much a cash
based society so you end up with even
more change and what's even pretty sweet
is that you can take only like a few yen
and you can convert it into usable funds
back at home which a lot of standard
money exchanges won't accept it's really
the perfect solution let me show you how
it works so I recently discovered this
green magical machine that instantly
changes bills and coins of various
currencies into electronic money or
vouchers that you can use in your home
country blown away how awesome and easy
to use it is first you choose a country
where you want your yen to be converted
into vouchers if your country isn't
listed right away you can hit the more
button for more currencies then based on
your selected currency you can convert
your yen for example in the US convert
to reward links with shops like Amazon
or simply get a voucher for spots like
Target or Domino's I'm at RJ fan so
let's go with that
insert your currency including coins and
machine counts it up then you press
confirm and Zippity Zoo you get a
receipt for your voucher and it's as
easy as that look it even exchanges
multiple currencies and allows you to
convert a foreign currencies to Japanese
yen for things like IC cards in fact
this is one way you can charge your
pasmo card or Suika card with foreign
currency and for those of you who have a
kind heart you can even donate the money
to various charities like UNICEF so this
machine is located at Narita Airport at
Terminal one just behind the first floor
visitor center but pocket change has
machines located at multiple Airport
through
Japan as well as spots in a city like
donkihote and Shibuya my home is fine
don't worry I'll leave a link in the
description so you can find the closest
one to you when you're visiting Japan
now you don't need to bring back that
useless change home so now my favorites
food spots Narita in her native airport
have quite a few decent restaurants to
choose from but I want to take you to
one of my favorite spots in case you
can't make a decision when I leave from
Narita and I want to get my ramen fix on
I head towards Tomita at terminal 1 I
mean when's the next time you'll be able
to get a dough full of ramen again this
spot is known for its pork and fish
based game and noodles which means the
noodles are served separately from the
dipping rock what you may not know is
this broth is cooked more than 20 hours
creating this magical carpet ride
experience to mommy city it's rich
texture elegant lightness finished off
with a hint of yuzu what's nice is a
super salt quite thick that has onions
lots of lots of like chopped onions it's
justice so deep flavors are amazing that
is so deep now let's take a pork chop
right there and let's just dip it in I
would say is a dirty dirty
Michael threw down on the regular ramen
bowl wood cleaner show you soup but I
recommend getting this game in and if
you're looking for a vegan ramen then
this is the spot t is Ton Ton they
mainly have containment but if you're
looking for something that go they also
have been toes and sandwiches oh and for
my vegetarian and vegan fans don't worry
there's options at each of Airport just
look for the signs so let me show you
another one of my favorite spots at
Haneda since we did ramen already let me
show you something a little bit
different so this spot is a traditional
type of Japanese restaurant called yep
goes in and located in the international
terminal the store serves rice made with
a traditional Japanese pot oh come on
and it goes to these beautiful little
dishes so I really wanted to take you
guys to the ramen shop set the Gaea
because you just love wrong but since we
already did not eat that I figured I'd
do something a little bit different
also I wanted to take you sat at on thon
but you've already seen that one in my
Roppongi video so that's actually a
pretty good food or place to so I'm
taking you guys to the next best place
called the yuccas in it's a very very
like traditional style and Japanese
restaurant so what they call it here's a
fun as I said yet assortment of Japanese
dishes some rice and miso soup and if
you want to add on you can also get 10
pora
you really want a Japanese meal and this
visit thing might go about it but you
know me guys I really like my fried
varies I just couldn't help myself
so instead I went with a gear cut so you
can see it's already like stilling fall
off and basically it's a Wagyu beef and
you can see how its marbled with lovely
tenderness and joy right there and it
has kind of like the punko bread crust
let's take the get cuts it and drop that
in there
drop it into some rice like that oh look
at that that is a mouthful oh that is
amazing it has it's like the little
pockets of fat in there Marvel in with a
meat which is really delicious yeah so
you can't go wrong it even the rice here
is quite nice and at Haneda Airport they
have this a ramen food court that has
three different ramen shops in one
location it's pretty dope if you want to
try three different types of ramen oh
and before you continue on I wanted to
mention that I've already done a video
on vending machines and then Airport has
some pretty cool ones so if you want to
see that then check out that video I'll
leave a link in the description alright
now let's talk about luggage now after
visiting Japan you may have collected a
few items here and there and you might
have more luggage than you expected this
tip is specifically for you first of all
there's a delivery service that will
pick up your luggage from your hotel and
deliver it directly to the airport which
is super convenient for those of you who
have a lot of luggage you usually have
to send it out two to three days in
advance and you can leave it at the
airport for up to one week before your
departure day there's quite a few
different services but don't worry I'll
make sure to leave a link of all of
these different services as well as all
of the other locations we've visited
oh yeah there's another cool service for
those of you who are traveling from a
hotel to hotel in Japan a delivery
service will actually come and pick up
your luggage and deliver it to the next
hotel which makes it super simple to
travel alright so now let's talk about
souvenirs everyone knows that coming to
the airport there's a lot of places to
get souvenirs to bring back home
the thing is airports are usually a
little bit more expensive than if you
were to get the souvenirs in the city so
I wanted to show you guys my top spots
outside of the airport to get some
souvenirs the quick and easy answer is
to get something at the airport but we
all know you're gonna have to pay a
premium for it and you have a limited
selection so let me quickly break down
the two easiest options especially when
you're in a time pinch the key here is
to go to a shop that sells everything
under the Rising Sun first we have
donkey Aude which more than carries its
weight
random goods including those elusive
KitKat's and random souvenir snacks look
at all these options the second option
is believe it or not an electronic store
big camera in addition to electronics it
has cosmetic products toys for the young
ones I choose You Pikachu and even that
Japanese Go juice sake as well as
Japanese whiskeys also something to note
these days Japanese whiskeys have been a
hot item at the airport duty-free so
sometimes they don't have any stock so
just be careful and this one is a little
tip between you and me what a lot of
people don't know is that big camera
provides next day airport delivery so
instead of carrying all your souvenirs
back to the hotel you can just have it
delivered to the airport my kind of
service so those are my spots in the
city but I know sometimes you guys don't
have enough time so let me show you
around the airport itself the internet
eat it and you have it so more time to
kill just by the restaurant section
there's a whole entire shopping mall
area you have ABC Mar which is like a
shoe store and then right here you have
unlike that well that's ABC might as
well shopping and check out this place
if you're looking for a kimono or yukata
or just something that's like handcraft
made in Japan right before you leave you
didn't have enough time then this is the
spot it's called Yamato craft gallery
because it is a smaller store in the
airport they don't have a huge variety
but in a selection that they do have
this stuff is pretty cute well these
Maiko is telling me other cute so I have
to agree with her oh yeah Fuji sells do
cut is in a summer as well alright so
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