by Angelie | Last updated Jul 21, 2026 | Japan Travel
Tokyo in summer does something to a family holiday that nobody warns you about. The humidity sits on your chest before nine in the morning, and by midday even the most enthusiastic six-year-old is done with temples and wants somewhere with air conditioning and...
by Angelie | Last updated Jul 17, 2026 | Japan Cultural Experiences
For years, sake for me was just the stuff arriving in a small ceramic flask at the end of an izakaya dinner. It was something I drank because it was there rather than because I understood it. Living here long enough, you start noticing that most visitors treat it the...
by Angelie | Last updated Aug 4, 2026 | Japan Travel
We at Flip have spent years building itineraries for people visiting Japan, and we keep watching the same pattern play out. Someone lands in Tokyo with a list of spots pulled from some old blog post, tries to cram all of it into a few days, then goes home having...
by Jessica | Last updated Jul 14, 2026 | Summer in Japan, Tokyo Experience Guides
Visiting Tokyo during the summer can be amazing. There are non-stop festivals and fireworks displays, and who doesn’t love eating kakigouri (shaved ice) on a hot afternoon in the sun? But we also know the season can be a challenge. Let’s be honest, the weather is...
by Angelie | Last updated Jul 10, 2026 | Japan Travel
Kyoto tends to get filed under “serious” travel, the place you go for history and culture rather than fun, and I think that reputation puts a lot of parents off before they have even looked properly. Almost every year we visit family in Osaka over the...
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