by Angelie | Last updated Jul 24, 2026 | Japan Itinerary
The first time I saw Lake Biwa properly, from the window of a Biwako Line train pulling into Otsu, I was surprised by how big it actually is. You hear “Japan’s largest lake” and your brain still pictures something you could walk around in an...
by Angelie | Last updated Jul 15, 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...
by Angelie | Last updated Jul 8, 2026 | Japan Travel
When parents start researching things to do in Japan with kids for their trip, they usually end up frustrated, staring at a list of temples and shrines that look stunning in photographs but are absolute torture for an energetic five-year-old. Living in Japan and...
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