ChapterTwoTokyoHacks | Japan travel tips

Locals' tricks for your Tokyo trip: airport, trains, cash, manners 🚃 Shared by a hostel team in Asakusa. Your base in Tokyo is one tap away 👇

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2 easy-to-miss tips 💡
• Missing one item from a receipt = no refund for that whole receipt
• Do it within 90 days of purchase, and leave extra time before boarding

Official guide: https://t.co/O0ierZoKe6

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From tomorrow (Nov 1), tax-free shopping in Japan isn't free at the register 🛍️

You pay the full price with tax, then get the tax back at the airport when you leave.

Key rule: do it BEFORE you check your bag 🧳

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How it works at the airport ✈️
• Go to the Tax Refund Kiosk in the departure lobby, before check-in
• Scan your passport and have every item with you
• Green = done. Red = show your items to customs
• Refund comes back via the shop's method (often card)

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@tokyotimes @NickDwyer Love this! For first-timers, many music kissa treat the music as the main event, so people keep chatting low and everyone orders at least one drink. A lovely way to slow down in Tokyo.

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@japan_nobunaga If you want to ride it yourself, the Hokkaido Shinkansen gets from Tokyo to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto in about 4 hours. Grab an ekiben (train bento) at Tokyo Station before you board!

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Myth: "Japan is cash-only." Not anymore. Cards work at most chains, stations and convenience stores.

Just keep that ¥10,000 for the places that don't, and you're set 🙌

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How much cash do you need in Japan? Honest local answer 💴

About ¥10,000 per person as backup. Cards and Suica cover the rest.

Cash still saves you at ramen ticket machines, shrine charms, rural buses and family-run spots.

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Cash cheat sheet 🧾
• Topping up a physical Suica/PASMO at station machines: cash only
• Welcome Suica (no deposit, 28 days): Narita, Haneda T3 and big Tokyo stations
• Need yen? 7-Eleven ATMs take foreign Visa and Mastercard 24/7, in English

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@TokyoCheapo Local rainy-day trick: big stations like Tokyo and Shinjuku have long underground walkways, so you can hop between shops and food halls without getting wet.

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@HiltonDadJP One easy one: save phone calls for later on trains and keep chats soft. People really appreciate it, and you'll love how calm the ride feels.

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More tips for the night:
• No smoking on Shibuya streets, use marked smoking areas
• Carry your trash, bins are rare
• Sat Oct 31 = huge crowds and road closures
• Shinjuku's Kabukicho asks the same

Have fun and look after each other 🧡

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Halloween in Shibuya? Read this first 🎃

• No street drinking near the station, 6pm–5am
• Oct 31: shops asked not to sell alcohol
• Hachiko is fenced off Oct 30–Nov 1

Party in a bar or at an event instead 🍻
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Late landing in Tokyo? ✈️🌙
HND: night bus from Terminal 3 till 2:20 AM, ¥2,800
NRT: last bus ~11:30 PM, ¥3,000 (cash/IC only)
Or pre-book a shared taxi (best by 6 PM the day before).
Info as of Oct 2026 — check official sites.
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