Japan’s Unwanted Luggage: How Abandoned Suitcases Became a Travel Problem I’ve been fortunate to travel to Japan multiple times. It’s an amazing country and each time I go I admire how polite, clean and orderly everything is. However, there’s a… Johnny Jet , August 25, 2025
American man posts application for blind date to Japan and the Internet can’t get enough … and neither can I Nick Gray is brilliant. If you haven’t heard of him or haven’t been following along with his story, then I suggest you start now because something tells me this saga… Natalie DiScala , April 27, 2024
VIDEO: Can You Believe People Actually Pay Someone to Do This to Them? I was just doom scrolling through Twitter and came across a tweet from UberFacts that’s so outrageous that I had to share it. My first thought was that it’s totally… Johnny Jet , January 4, 2023
Warning: These Common Over-the-Counter Drugs Are Illegal in Some Countries I recently Zoomed into Leo Laporte’s nationally syndicated radio show and podcast The Tech Guy, as I always do every Saturday at 12:30pm PT. I usually talk about what’s going… Johnny Jet , September 30, 2022
Japan is Reopening and There’s an Incredible Sale to Fly There – Including in a Lie-Flat Seat I’ve been fortunate to visit Japan numerous times and it’s always been magical — especially the small villages like Kinosaki Onsen. Well, there’s some great news coming because according to… Johnny Jet , September 16, 2022
My Most Embarrassing Travel Story Involving a Japanese Ryokan In 2005 I went on a Memoirs of a Geisha fam trip where they took me to all the sites that were mentioned in the book/movie. We checked into an… Johnny Jet , March 27, 2021
What to Do If You Have Tickets to the Postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics In this tip last week, we shared how the major pro sports leagues in the U.S. are making full games available to stream for free while their seasons are on… Johnny Jet , March 30, 2020
This Tokyo Airport Hotel Offers a Room With a Flight Simulator in It Japan is full of amazing and unique experiences, from the Gassho houses of Gifu Prefecture to the yatai of Fukuoka City (featured in Ian Livingston’s recent piece on Fukuoka Prefecture)…. Johnny Jet , October 10, 2019
The Japan Airlines Seat Map Will Let You See Where Babies Are Sitting on the Plane When you fly, do you feel as though you’re always seated next to a crying baby? Japan Airlines sympathizes. Per CNN, the Japanese airline’s seat map now lets you see… Johnny Jet , September 30, 2019
10 Things to Do in Japan’s Fukuoka Prefecture Tokyo, the world’s largest and maybe best city, is hosting the Olympics next summer. In the heavy heat of July and August 2020, the Japanese capital and its humming subway… Ian Livingston , September 26, 2019
Kaikagetsu Brings Japan’s Famous Hida Beef to the Lower East Side Kaikagetsu, at 162 Orchard Street in Manhattan, is a space of dark woods, lanterns and woven bamboo. In ambience and menu, it is a simple shrine to Hida, a city… Ian Livingston , July 12, 2019
You Can’t Bring Certain Over-the-Counter and Prescription Medications to Japan I’ve written before about the importance of bringing a prescription (and refills) with any medications you need to travel with. But there’s a step you need to take before all… Johnny Jet , June 13, 2019
11 Things to Do in Japan’s Ishikawa Prefecture In March of this year, I dropped into Japan’s Ishikawa Prefecture on a swing through the larger Chubu region. I took an ice cream for a stroll through the pooled peace… Ian Livingston , August 2, 2018
How to Get a Free Tour Guide in Japan If you’ve ever been to Japan, you know it’s one of the most amazing countries in the world. It’s clean and safe, and people are so polite it’s remarkable. However,… Johnny Jet , April 3, 2018
A Great App for Travelers to Japan JohnnyJet.com has been in Japan several times in the past few months (see our stories at the bottom). Japan is an incredible travel destination, with amazing food, beautiful nature and… Johnny Jet , March 20, 2018
