Today’s question is: What is the one thing that you have wished you packed in your backpack? (Re-opening Edition!)
Now that Japan has been open for more than a month, please tell us what you wish you had brought to Japan, especially if you have visited before.
Deodorant? Wet wipes? Toilet paper rolls for those awkward situations in old temples and gardens? Tell us about what you wish you had packed in your backpack in Japan. In particular, we would like to ask return visitors what they recommend that may have been an afterthought before COVID-19.
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We’ve been here four weeks now and were a bit surprised by the fact that every Japanese person brings his/her own mini-towel to public bathrooms for handdrying. Due to covid all the hand-airdryers seem to be taped off. Usually there are no tissues to be found near the sinks. So we bought some cute mini-towels here. I think I will keep this practice up in Belgium for ecological reasons.
I went on a day trip without my mobile battery phone charger and regretted it. I had a charge cable but I couldn’t find anywhere to plug it in.
A bag for trash. We had a hard time finding trash cans. We eventually figured out if we bought a snack to eat it right there and toss trash where we bought it.
More yens
U can buy anything here and its cheap, but boy the exchange rate here is boy so bad