Japan Travel Guide

Planning a trip to Japan can be overwhelming? What should you do to make the most of your limited time?

In this guide, we’re here to help you out. Heather and I spent two years living and traveling in Japan. Based on that experience, we’ve put together the following list of our favorite places to stay, eat, and see across Japan: (more…)

Nashville Travel Guide

If you think Nashville is only country music and bachelorette parties, you’re in for a pleasant surprise.

While it is an essential destination for country music fans, Nashville also has a fantastic restaurant scene, superb live music of all genres, and even some solid breweries.

Below, we cover some of our favorite places to eat, drink, and see in Music City. (more…)

Chicago Travel Guide

Chicago is an iconic American city; I don’t need to tell you that. But as I discovered during my first trip to the Windy City, there’s a lot more to Chicago than its famous landmarks and deep dish pizza.

I spent 3 days eating, drinking, and biking my way through the city with the help of my friend (and Chicago native) Kevin. Based on that experience, I’ve put together the following list of my favorite places to eat, drink, and see in this fantastic lakeside city. (more…)

Destination Diary: Japan

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Our Destination Diary series provides a great overview of a place that we’ve been, or in this place, lived!

Heather and I had the great fortune to be able to live in Japan for 2 years as we taught English, and started Extra Pack of Peanuts!

In those two years, we visiting many different parts of the country and learned quite a bit about how to travel around cheaply. Today we share those tips with you, along with a great list of where to stay, what to do, and what you should (and maybe shouldn’t) eat while you’re in Japan!

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In This Episode

  • 08:00 Mt. Fuji
  • 09:15 Catching the cherry blossoms
  • 11:00 Winter time in Japan!
  • 13:40 Some great places to eat
  • 16:53 Our favorite cities
  • 24:00 Tokyo
  • 27:00 Hiroshima
  • 30:23 Our favorite accommodation in the world.
  • 31:44 Activities throughout Japan
  • 35:00 Eating!
  • 44:00 Avoid these or try them once. It depends on how adventurous you are!
  • 47:00 Sushi is so much better in Japan
  • 51:45 Unique ways to stay
  • 62:00 Japan rail pass
  • 66:00 Flying domestic Japan on budget airlines

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Japan Survival Guide

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Last week we shared our experiences getting jobs teaching English in Japan, and how those jobs worked.

But what about Japan itself?

During the 2 years we were there we traveled throughout the country and picked up on a lot of basic etiquette and cheap travel tips!

In today’s podcast, we share some of our best tips on etiquette (both general and food-related), the cheapest ways to travel around the country, the huge range of accommodation options, and of course, our favorite foods!

We even go into some specifics regarding train and air travel in Japan (budget airlines!) that you’re probably going to want to check out as you start planning your trip!

Which is right now. Right?

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In This Episode:

  • 02:15 Why we’re qualified for this
  • 05:04 Japanese people are REALLY nice
  • 06:10 Etiquette
  • 12:19 Eating Etiquette
  • 19:26 Saving Money on Transportation
  • 37:00 Car Rentals in Japan
  • 39:23 Accommodations from capsule hotels to traditional inns
  • 52:30 Our favorite subject: Eating!
  • 1:02:31 Karaoke!

and much more!

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