Tired of the expensive queues at Tokyo's Tsukiji Market? Just over an hour's drive from Tokyo, Ibaraki Prefecture's Nakaminato Fish Market offers freshly shucked giant oysters, budget seafood rice bowls piled high, and hearty fish auction calls — a northern Kanto gourmet hidden gem that seafood-loving independent travelers must not miss.
A tenfold surge in just ten years — why do Japan's syphilis cases keep hitting record highs? How did dating apps become the "USB drive" of a modern plague? An in-depth analysis of the penicillin shortage crisis triggered by a Pfizer equipment failure, and the self-protection survival rules travelers to Japan must know.
Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, in line with new ICAO rules, has fully upgraded power bank flight safety restrictions. Japanese carriers such as Peach Aviation are already strictly enforcing them: a limit of 2 per person, with charging and power supply absolutely prohibited on board. A must-read analysis of the new rules for travelers to Japan before boarding.
