by josephbautista | Sunday, August 12, 2018 | Travel Tips
All you can do at conbini stores in Japan “Let’s go to the conbini”. It’s one of the most heard sentences since I’m in Japan. For almost every situation. Like the (wrong) saying that humans only use 10% of the brain potential, usually tourists only use the...
by josephbautista | Sunday, June 24, 2018 | Giveaway, Travel Tips
GPSMyCity subscription giveaway Up until recently, you could read and download some of my travel articles directly to your smartphone through GPSMyCity services. This has changed this year, to a fully yearly subscription system where you can download as many articles...
by josephbautista | Sunday, June 3, 2018 | Hyped, Stories, Travel Tips
Japan is one of the most desired and dreamed countries to live, that’s a fact. Constantly applying new regulations for long-term residents, students, and trying to open to highly skilled professionals, still Japan is not that friendly affordable for student pockets....
by josephbautista | Sunday, April 22, 2018 | Hyped, Japan, Niigata, Things to do, Travel Tips
The capital city of Niigata prefecture, in the northern coast of Japan may not be amongst the most popular destinations for tourists. The summer breeze, the seafood, the scenery, the crafts and sake breweries, just 2 hours shinkansen ride from Tokyo. Not enough...
by josephbautista | Sunday, August 13, 2017 | Hyped, Stories, Travel Tips
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...
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. 
