by josephbautista | Sunday, August 21, 2016 | Food, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Next to Shinjuku station, on the west area lies the narrowest area for yakitori bars. In the postwar era, many shopping districts were built, but few survived the pass of the years and contemporary times. Shinjuku was a transit area between residential districts, and...
by josephbautista | Sunday, April 17, 2016 | Hyped, Shinjuku, Things to do, Tokyo
Shinjuku, my second residence has the red light district of Tokyo, and despite it’s bad reputation, Kabukicho was once my playground. Saying it that way seems that I’m the night king of the sleepless town, but that’s not what I meant. The truth is,...
by josephbautista | Sunday, June 1, 2014 | Shinjuku, Tokyo
Another week passes by so fast I barely have time to do anything, and work just keeps piling up, and on top of that, we’re having so friggin’ hot days now in Tokyo it just feels like melting, and it’s just beginning of June!! where’s the rainy...
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. 
