Cheap Flights to Japan

Useful advice for travelling to Japan (JP)

Cheap flights to Japan serve as a dream come true for all travellers who have long aspired to visit this unique and majestic country. Buddhist monks that mill around cities on mopeds, mega cities filled with newest technology wonders, relaxing and soothing hot stream pools, deafening songs of cicadas, and wild festivities will let each and every Japans’ guest feel more than welcome in this fantastical island country.

Preparing for the trip

All tourists who wish to visit Japan for a period of 30 days or less are free to do this without a visa. There are also no particular vaccination requirements for entering the country. However, in order to feel as safe as possible, you should take care of travel insurance and get re-vaccinated against tetanus and diphtheria if necessary.

Transportation and travel charges

The best ways to see famous sightseeing objects of Japan are to use planes, buses, ferries, taxis, and bikes. Larger cities will also offer metro and rental car services; with the minimum age for renters being 18. Japanese roads are in impeccable condition; main road have English translations written on. Remember that Japan uses the left-hand-traffic system.

You can pay for your purchases using official local currency, Japanese yen (JPY). One yen is equal to approximately 0.0067 euro. Living costs in Japan are higher than in Lithuania. For example, you can have lunch in a cheap restaurant for 800 yen and buy a cappuccino for about 375.80. In local shops, a 1.5 litre water bottle will cost you 142.83 yen; you can buy one kilogram of rice for about 473.43 yen, while one kilogram of chicken breast will cost you approximately 873. Public transport tickets cost 200 yen, and a one kilometre long taxi ride will cost you approximately 330.

Additional information:

• National language is Japanese, but you will also be able to communicate in English.
• Japan belongs to the UTC +9 time zone.
• Direct distance from Vilnius to Japan’s capital Tokyo is 5575 kilometre’.

Best return gifts choices

Artfully painted hand fans, along with paper umbrellas, masks and kites will become a unique oriental decor detail for your home. If you’re looking for something even more impressionable, purchase one or few ceremonial clothes wearing dolls of unbelievable beauty, tanuki or other mythical creatures, and maneki neko ("beckoning cat") figurines.

Tea drinking sets, complete with special tea drinking ceremony tableware, will make perfect return gifts from Japan. Authentic Japanese lunch boxes bento with bamboo sticks will definitely pleasantly surprise your loved ones and friends. Such return gifts and your shared memories from the trip guarantee to beckon your friends and family to start planning a journey of their own.