Lucky Wi-Fi Official Blog – To make your stay in Japan better

May 15, 2019

Introducing Lucky Wi-Fi blog

For non-Asian travelers a trip to Japan can be quite an endeavor due to sky-high prices of plane tickets, language barrier that may cause you trouble when trying to do your daily activities, mysterious and indirect rules of Japanese savoir-vivre or even a hard time to get a secure and fast internet connection (but let us take care of that)....

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July 26, 2019

Playfully under night’s bright sky – firework displays in Japan

Brightening up not only the sky but people’s moods as well firework displays are loved and anticipated by many. Most often carried out on special occasions or holidays those spectacles of vibrant colours and flashy lights are a worldwide concept, therefore they are known to everyone regardless of their nationality or current whereabouts. And they are a huge thing in...

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July 19, 2019

Jigokudani Park in Nagano – get natural with monkeys

If you are in for an adventure and love animals very much, you should consider visiting Nagano Prefecture, where you will find a secluded place called Jigokudani Park. It is a home for Japanese macaques, monkeys not much taller than 1’6″ (50 cm) and extremely vigorous jesters. They are however very intelligent individuals and act jointly inside a group. If...

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July 12, 2019

Golf, fishing and baseball in Japan and how did they get so popular here.

During your stay in Japan it is very likely you will be invited by japanese people to golf courses, baseball matches or fishing trips. Which one of these three will depend on the situation, since most businesspersons prefer golf over baseball (or even if they do not the former is more business-like than the latter) and a large group of...

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July 5, 2019

Traditional fashion in Japan – kimono

Japanese wardrobe has been gradually westernizing these last couple of decades, but exterior influences in fashion had been present for even longer than most people imagine. Western fashion in Japan is available in stores since the 2nd half of 19th century, the beginning of Meiji Era. At the start it was mostly adapted for military purposes, but suits, tuxedos and...

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June 28, 2019

Kuuki wo yomu (Reading the air) – how to understand Japanese social relations and why it is better to give up on it

Reading the air is a basic element of Japanese social relations and a local equivalent of the phrase “to read between the lines“. It applies to business situations as well as casual meetings and random encounters that happen every day. Kuuki wo yomu is an ability to predict the consequences of words said or actions taken when interacting with others...

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June 21, 2019

Game centers, arcade and pachinko.

Japanese obsession for arcade and pachinko games makes these stores one of the biggest entertainment markets in the world. Pachinko parlours in particular get an extraordinarily high income, bigger than the gambling capital of the world – Macau. In fact, yearly revenue from pachinko is equivalent to over 4% of the Japanese GDP. Popularity of arcades in Japan is yet...

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June 14, 2019

Getting friends in Japan

Meeting new people in Japan should not be a problem since contact with different people is just another daily activity. Yet many people struggle with getting into a relation that will last longer than a 5-min talk. Foreigners are not the only people searching for new acquaintances though. Japanese people too are often stuck in the same circle of friends,...

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June 7, 2019

Can you visit Japan without knowing Japanese?

With several thousand characters, two syllabaries, bunch of slang as well as very official vocabulary Japanese is a challenging language to learn. Though basic conversation skills can be developed in a duration of several weeks, it takes years to master it. You should not feel overwhelmed though, because you will not be needing this much time to prepare for your...

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May 30, 2019

Internet connectivity in Japan

Wireless connection to Internet in Japan is considered a problem. A metropolis such as Tokyo compared to other big cities does not really have a fast and free public Wi-Fi nor is it always secure to use it. Connecting to city public Wi-Fi is not a pleasant procedure and connectivity issues often occur. What it means is that getting lost...

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May 24, 2019

A bullet train or an airplane – how to travel efficiently in Japan

There is a bigger chance of you entering Japan by plane than by any other mean of transportation. You are most likely to land in one of several biggest airports in Japan, probably Tokyo Narita or Haneda, not only because Tokyo is the most visited city by foreign tourists in Japan, but also because those two airports receive most of...

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