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Otoshi, a small automatic appetizer charge, shows up on almost every izakaya bill in Japan, not on the menu, not explained, not optional. Real Hiroshima yakitori pricing too.
A day trip from Osaka to Kobe, specifically for Kobe beef, real restaurant pricing (12,000-17,000 yen lunch courses), and an honest account of a steak that didn't live up to the name.
A purikura session runs around 400 yen, coins only at most machines. Real pricing, the actual process, and what caught our family off guard the first time.
Hiroshima's Dreamination light festival is free, start to finish. Yokohama's Red Brick Warehouse Christmas Market has a paid core inside a free zone. Real 2026 details for both.
Kani Doraku's giant moving crab sign is hard to walk past. Real Kyoto course pricing, 4,730 to 7,260 yen per person, for the crab kaiseki dinner on the other side of it.
A Greenlight-style kids debit card works internationally in Japan with no foreign transaction fee, but gacha machines, small shops, and temples still want coins.
Real SafetyWing and World Nomads pricing for a Japan trip, a real claim story, and what an uninsured ER visit in Japan can run. Information only, not a recommendation.
JR Pass, Klook, 12Go, or the station machine: real 2026 prices for booking shinkansen tickets in Japan, and when the national rail pass is and isn't worth it.
Yokohama's Red Brick Warehouse Christmas Market has free illuminated zones, but the main market area needs a paid ticket. Real 2026 prices, dates, and what we paid.
