by josephbautista | Apr 22, 2018 | Hyped, Japan, Niigata, Things to do, Travel Tips | 0 Comments
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 | Jul 16, 2017 | Hyped, Minato, Things to do, Tokyo | 0 Comments
The most “infamous” area for its nightlife and bars in Tokyo, might be not a destination many tourists see worth visiting during the day, but come here for the nightlife scene. Far away from just that party image, the area has many shrines to see, museums and gardens...
by josephbautista | Apr 9, 2017 | Barcelona, Catalunya, Things to do | 0 Comments
Southwest of Barcelona, the hills of Montjuïc have seen the development of the city from its origins, and has been also an important part of that story. From top of the hill, one can take a look from one side to Barcelona, and the Mediterranean Sea from the other...
by josephbautista | Apr 17, 2016 | Hyped, Shinjuku, Things to do, Tokyo | 2 Comments
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 | Feb 21, 2016 | Hyped, Minato, Odaiba, Things to do, Tokyo | 0 Comments
Home of Fuji TV and the Tokyo Big Sight convention and communication center, the leisure artificial island in Tokyo Bay has a lot to offer for tourists and visitors, families, groups of friends and specially lot of places and activities designed for a perfect date...
by josephbautista | Jul 5, 2015 | Japan, Kyoto, Things to do | 0 Comments
Many times I’ve been asked for things to do in Kyoto limited to one day visit. It’s difficult to narrow it all the amazing things you can visit or do in Kyoto. Usually my top recommendations are Kiyomizudera, Kinkakuji shrine and Gion district on a tight...
by josephbautista | Jun 17, 2015 | Chiyoda, Things to do, Tokyo | 0 Comments
When there was not so much to do on a lazy day in Tokyo, I used to visit Akihabara, the Electric Town of Tokyo. Many times my friends from overseas asked for me to send them some goods or manga related merchandise, so Akihabara was the first place to come to mind. In...
by josephbautista | Jun 14, 2015 | Ishikawa, Japan, Things to do | 0 Comments
It’s been a little more than 2 years of my trip to Kanazawa, but I would like to share some tips and my experience of my weekend in Kanazawa for Golden Week. At the time, I wasn’t good enough with japanese reading so my friend Yurina helped me a lot with...
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...
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. 
