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Help Me Add on to this List of Tips in Travelling in Japan (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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  1. Download Tokyo Map for Offline use in Google maps
  2. Use Google Translte (check if it can do offline translate) 1.Get a suica card for transport and for paying
  3. DiDi Taxi App
  4. Try Tsukemen over Ramen
  5. Shimokitazawa (clothes + thrift) and Punyus
  6. Akihabara and Nakano Broadway for Anime stuff
  1. Book an AirBnB instead of a hotel (bonus if AirBnB gives out Portable Wifi)
  2. Buy data sim/portable wifi in the airport (expensive but useful if no other options).
  3. Try International data instead

Context: Family will be going to Tokyo this January 2024.

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[-] TanakaAsuka@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

No, Suica can be used for all trains in Tokyo. It can also be used in various other cities across Japan as well but that is beside the point.

Different types of card exist (pasmo, Suica, etc) but they're all fundamentally the same and can be used interchangeably.

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