Japan travel guides for budget travelers

Me being interviewed on national television!
Being interviewed on NHK Television!

Hello and Konnichiwa!

I’m Matthew, a bestselling author who has lived in and travelled extensively in Japan. Every month thousands of people use my guidebooks to plan their budget holidays. Let me show you how to enjoy Japan on the cheap!

Also check out my new site, Taiwanna Travel, if you are interested in going to Taiwan.

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Taking a relaxing stroll down Todoroki Valley, one of the sights from my Super Cheap Japan guidebook. See the link in my profile for more info 🗺 Today's Japanese apartment block names 😅 Gotta love them! Checking out the old fashioned trains outside the Tokyo College of Transport Studies north of Ikebukuto 🚂 Hikawa Tsuribori Park and the nextdoor shrine are worth checking out if you are staying in Itabashi or Ikebukuro ⛩ Head south of Itabashihoncho station 🚇 My best-selling book, Super Cheap Japan, is still doing well on the shelves of bookstores in Japan and Asia 😃 Here it is in a Kinokuniya! The view over Tama River on a sunny spring afternoon 🏞

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