Understanding Japan - article

http://en.rocketnews24.com/2015/04/14/japan-bucket-list-things-you-need-to-do-to-really-understand-japan/

Japan budget travel article

Interesting Japan budget travel article which however lacks a few important budget travel tips - such as using the Suica / Pasco cards in cities across Japan and use CitiBank debit cards in CitiBank ATM's in Japan and globally - no fees.

http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/asia/japan-on-a-budget-tokyo-kyoto-and-the-bullet-train-a6687556.html