My problem with selfie sticks
Almost every traveler has one, even I, that I’m going to complain about it. Not the selfie stick, but complain about the use people makes of it. If tourists were more conscious about their surroundings, then Japan wouldn’t have banned the use of selfie sticks in...
Japan travel apps from Hype in Tokyo
The convenience of being connected to our smartphones makes it easier for independent travelers to wander through a destination. The inconvenience is the need to be connected to the internet to use many of the apps. Sometimes we depend too much of the device and...
How to avoid the crowd at Fushimi Inari
Being the most important Shinto shrines, and famous for its “thousand gates” in Kyoto. Dedicated to Inari, the gods of rice and business. The popular believe amongst visitors is that, as its name implies from the Japanese “senbon torii”, there’s a thousand red gates...
GPS-guided articles for travelers from GPSMyCity
With the launch of the new design for Hype in Tokyo, leaving behind the blog style, and more focused towards travelers, I’m glad to bring one of the features I’ve been working for the past months, the GPS-guided travel articles, in collaboration with GPSMyCity. To...Follow the Hype
About Me
Travel photographer and journalist. Degree in Tourism management and master's degree in Travel Journalism. Lived and studied in Tokyo for more than 2 years, where I started my blog Hype in Tokyo. I kept the name from that period in Tokyo for my travel projects as a memento of where it all started. IATI TRAVEL INSURANCE 5% DISCOUNT
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