TRIPPING WITH BEN

SAGANO BAMBOO FOREST, ARASHIYAMA

Perceptions of events are shaped by the people around you. It’s like the day of your birthday; without being congratulated on surviving…

Your departure date is creeping up closer and you’re scrambling to save up enough money so you can over-indulge on cultural excursions…

Unless you want to ride a pushbike from one end of the country to the other, or rent a car and have to figure out where to park the thing…

You’ve booked your flights and your dream trip is slowly working up into a reality. “Slowly” is good because you still need time to save up…

If you’ve been to Japan, you already know. If not, I doubt you’ll be surprised that Japanese food actually made in Japan is Next Level…

Having visited this city a whole bunch’a times we have seen and done just about everything there is in Tokyo. It’s a huge place where…

Unless you intend to stay in Tokyo for a long time, the name of the game is prioritise. Turn any corner in Tokyo and you’re gob-smacked…

Yoyogi Park is a paradise, a gem of green in the middle of a concrete jungle. If you’re in Tokyo and anywhere near the Harajuku or Ginza…

The Ghibli Museum is an interactive trip through Japan’s most famous animation studio. Home to a hands-on adventure through the world of…

Even though we have been to this city a shitload there’s still some trips we haven’t taken. Tokyo is insane in size and to try to see and…

I’m sitting at a blue-green cement picnic table in a park beside the beach. I can’t see the beach, dense vegetation blocks my view, but I…

There is a high standard of how sushi must be prepared, presented and eaten all over Japan, particularly Tokyo, and no sushi restaurant…

Japanese Convenience stores are not your average corner shops. They are a way of life in Japan (known to them as konbini, short from…

Ignoring your phone/laptop/life is something that must be done at some point while travelling. Unfortunately this blissful ignorance of the…

Staying on top of your travel budget is a constant battle. It’s a balancing act between experiences and their cost; between the blow out…