099 - Mad Tokyo - Travel with an expat

Tokyo, Japan is a city of teeming millions, high speed rail and higher speed internet access. Years of history and modern development make Tokyo an exciting destination and, dreaming of going ourselves, we wanted to talk with someone who knew it well.

This week we talk with Honor Dargan of Tokyotopia.com. Honor is a British ex-pat who has lived in Tokyo since 2001 and has written her own online city guide: Tokyo made simple. Tokyotopia is currently running a Tokyo video competition to which we're contributing a prize pack.

We talk about:
* Life as an expat
* The visa application process for long-term travel
* Arriving in Tokyo and getting from airport to city
* The mythical communication problem faced by English speakers
* Exploring historic and side-street Tokyo
* Climbing Mt Fuji
* Day trips from Tokyo

If exploring Asia is your idea of a good time, check out the Mekong River semester program offered by Where There Be Dragons.

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