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Posted on October 15, 2017February 5, 2018 by theroyaltourblog · 2 Comments

4 of the Best Day Trips from Tokyo

Tokyo is an amazing city, and worth spending time. From exploring its varied neighborhoods, eating its incredible food, to even learning to be a samurai, the experiences you can have there are diverse.  However, Tokyo also makes a perfect home base for seeing other places in the region, and the marvelous Japan Rail system (more…

Posted on October 12, 2017February 5, 2018 by theroyaltourblog · 6 Comments

Tokyo: Metropolitan Marvel

I've shared my thoughts on how to be a samurai while in Tokyo, and tips on how to eat really well, but what about the city as a whole? I will admit, I didn't expect to like Tokyo, and was not really excited to visit, with the exception of some restaurant reservations I was able to…

Posted on October 8, 2017February 5, 2018 by theroyaltourblog · 7 Comments

4 Tips to Eat Your Way Across Tokyo

Ok, I'm going to say this right now: Tokyo is easily one of the best food cities in the world. In the several days I spent there, I did not eat anything that wasn't really good, from Japanese food to other cuisines. You really can't go wrong, but here is a brief guide to how…

Posted on October 5, 2017February 5, 2018 by theroyaltourblog · 8 Comments

How to Have a Samurai Experience in Tokyo

Samurai are one of the most famous cultural exports from Japan. For me, I have been fascinated with samurai culture ever since reading Shogun by James Clavell nearly twenty years ago. (It remains my favorite book to this day.) The samurai period ended with the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1867, but the concept of…

Posted on September 28, 2017February 5, 2018 by theroyaltourblog · 2 Comments

Trip Itinerary: Beijing and Japan

Last year, one of my best friends went through a pretty rough divorce. To give him something to look forward to, I offered to take him anywhere in the world he wanted to go. "Japan," he said, "but I want to see the Great Wall first." So here we go! Below is our general itinerary,…

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