by josephbautista | Sunday, May 21, 2017 | Travel Tips
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...
by josephbautista | Sunday, October 23, 2016 | Hyped, Japan, Kyoto, Travel Tips
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...
by josephbautista | Monday, October 10, 2016 | Giveaway, Travel Tips
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...
by josephbautista | Sunday, August 7, 2016 | Harley Davidson, Japan, Kanagawa, Road Trip, Shizuoka, Travel Tips
It finally happened, after all this years riding my Harley Davidson in Europe, and my trips to Japan, I could combine the two aspects of my trips for a weekend ride on the Central Japan roads. An experience that was for long time in my bucket list, and it’s still at...
by josephbautista | Sunday, April 10, 2016 | Tokyo, Travel Tips
With a massive amount of both train and metro stations, the capital of Japan is one of the most convenient cities to move around, and at the same time, one of the most complicated to understand. Rails are not the only method, and here I’ll make a quick review of...
Travel consultant and writer. Degree in Tourism management and master's degree in Travel Journalism. Lived and studied in Tokyo for three years, where I started my journal blog Hype in Tokyo. I maintained the name from that period in Tokyo for my travel projects as a memento of where it all started. 
