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Vaccine passport in Japan – how to get one?
Vaccine passport applications in Japan are now open. What is a vaccine passport, do you need it and how can you get one in Japan?
Gensenchoshuhyou: How to read Japanese withholding tax slip
So you have received gensenchoshuhyou (源泉徴収票) from your employer. But… it’s all in Japanese! Here is how to read the Japanese withholding tax slip.
Amazing Hydrangeas in Tokyo: a visit to the Hondo-ji
With 50,000 Hydrangea bushes planted around a spacious temple complex, Hondo-ji is my favourite spot for Hydrangeas near Tokyo.

MARTA TAKAHASHI
Photographer and explorer with 10 years of experience leaving and working in Japan