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Ready-made routes and checked, honest tips for your first trip to Japan — trains and Suica, money and manners, the dates to avoid. One easy PDF on your phone.

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Save them to your phone and open them offline in Japan. Every page links to official sites, so you can check the latest hours and prices.

Cover of the Japan Travel Essentials guide
Free39 pages · A5 PDFChecked Nov 2026

Japan Travel Essentials

  • Best & worst dates for 2027, month by month
  • Suica / PASMO on your phone, step by step
  • JR vs Metro vs private railways, explained
  • Money, tipping (don't), tax-free shopping
  • Shinkansen, luggage, onsen and toilet how-tos
  • 20+ Japanese phrases and emergency numbers

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Cover of the Osaka in One Day guide
$923 pages · A5 PDFChecked Nov 2026

Osaka in One Day

  • Hour-by-hour route: Osaka Castle → Kuromon Market → Shinsekai → Shinsaibashi → Umeda Sky Building → Dotonbori
  • Route map, train map and how to ride
  • Tickets & passes: when the Osaka Amazing Pass pays off
  • Where to stay: Namba vs Umeda, 8 hotels in 3 budgets
  • One-tap buttons: official site · tickets · Google Maps

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Japan Pocket Guide is a small, independent project based in Japan, sharing travel tips on Instagram and in PDF guides.

  • General travel information, written for first-time visitors
  • Facts checked against official sites, with the date we checked
  • Photos we took or licensed for reuse (CC0 / CC BY), with credits
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  • No personal trip planning or custom itineraries
  • No booking or travel arrangements on your behalf
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