Getting the most out of your layover in Tokyo is tricky. Earlier this month, Jia and I started our journey as digital nomads by hopping on a flight from Chicago’s O’Hare Airport to Bangkok, Thailand. It’s a place we’ve always wanted to visit, and, because of it’s world-class infrastructure and…
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How to Get Your Suica Card to Work (Tokyo, 2023)
Preparing for a long trip is incredibly stressful. When we were prepping everything to leave for Bangkok on a one-way flight, we put off loading up our Suica Card for the Tokyo metro (we had a 23 hour layover there) until the night before. This was a massive mistake (yes,…
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Getting Scammed in Tokyo, Japan
I know this is going to be a controversial post because of how much people love Tokyo, but this wouldn’t feel like an honest post if we didn’t mention the fact that we ended up getting scammed in Tokyo during our 23-hour layover in Japan. It wasn’t the biggest scam…