Blogger Ben: Thoughts on travel insurance
Japan has a fairly comprehensive public health care system which individuals can join. You can read all about it in Wikipedia and the official government pages. However, for people like myself on a working holiday visa with permission to stay for at most a year, we are not eligible for said health benefits. Accidents do [...]
Blogger Ben: Going to Tokyo from Narita, with the help of the black cat
I’ve been looking at the different ways of getting into Tokyo City from NRT (Narita Airport) lately and the options seem quite overwhelming. You can take the train, the express train, the super express train, the limo bus or the taxi. That’s just crazy. My last visit to Japan, I remembered taking the super cheap [...]
Blogger Ben: Booking Your Flight to Japan
Finding an inexpensive/affordable flight to Japan from anywhere outside Asia is tough. The recent recession has pushed air fare down to unbelievably low prices, but face it, it’s still going to be in the neighbourhood of about USD/CAD $1000 after taxes and fees (depending on where you’re at). This post will probably be Canadian-centric but [...]
