Kanagawa - Hype in Tokyo

Quick stop in lake Ashi

by josephbautista | Nov 5, 2017 | Hyped, Japan, Kanagawa | 0 Comments

On my weekend road trip around Kanagawa, I dedicated the first day to visit Hakone and ride through the mountain roads of the area. Once I arrived to the lake Ashi, or Ashinoko, I decided to take a break for lunch and explore by feet the surroundings of the lake. One...

Weekend motorbike trip through Central Japan

by josephbautista | Aug 7, 2016 | Harley Davidson, Japan, Kanagawa, Road Trip, Shizuoka, Travel Tips | 0 Comments

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...

Zeniarai Benten in Kamakura

by josephbautista | Jul 3, 2016 | Japan, Kamakura, Kanagawa | 0 Comments

After visiting some shrines in Japan, praying to the gods for health, happiness, or fertility, the Zeniarai Benten in Kamakura makes visitors take some more action. Zeniarai means coin washing, and that’s how visitors have to proceed for praying here. Nice to...

Hype at Kawasaki warehouse arcade

by josephbautista | Apr 3, 2016 | Hyped, Japan, Kanagawa | 0 Comments

Japan has a a serious sense of creativity and entertainment. Themed places, buildings and restaurants are located most of them in Tokyo. This is not the case of Kawasaki warehouse. As the name itself, is located in the city of Kawasaki, only a few stops by train from...

Day at the beach in Shonan: Gaijin stories

by josephbautista | Nov 29, 2015 | Hyped, Japan, Kanagawa, Stories | 0 Comments

Summer in Japan means blazing hot and humid days, feels like melting and smells like roasted meat. To skip dying by a heatstroke (it’s really a thing on the news every summer) you can head to shonan area for a fun day trip, nearby Tokyo. So as I did with a...

Things to do in Yokohama

by josephbautista | May 31, 2015 | Japan, Kanagawa, Things to do | 0 Comments

Is not so often that I have a chance to go out of Tokyo, but last April I was almost every weekend out, in particular, twice to Yokohama (and I wanted to go almost since I arrived to Japan, in 2012!). First time I went with my friend Natalie from Barcelona, second...

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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.