{"id":428,"date":"2021-03-10T18:46:20","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T11:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/?page_id=428"},"modified":"2021-06-06T09:03:32","modified_gmt":"2021-06-06T02:03:32","slug":"travel-tips","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/practical\/travel-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"428\" class=\"elementor elementor-428\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-80d4062 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"80d4062\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-069c452\" data-id=\"069c452\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-049e6ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"049e6ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7316359 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7316359\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Practical<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1b792d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b1b792d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">TRAVEL TIPS<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0576bbd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0576bbd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-be67b8c\" data-id=\"be67b8c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1076fc elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"e1076fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdb558a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"fdb558a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcc13c2 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"bcc13c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f65561a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"f65561a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfd7bd2 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"bfd7bd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5131a13e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5131a13e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1053ca7a\" data-id=\"1053ca7a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-89abf73 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"89abf73\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e1d056\" data-id=\"1e1d056\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dcac9a premium-type-column elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-icon-list\" data-id=\"5dcac9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;rbadges_repeater&quot;:[]}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"premium-bullet-list-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"premium-bullet-list-content elementor-repeater-item-976c20d\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-bullet-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-bullet-list-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-drawable-icon\"><i class=\"premium-svg-nodraw fas fa-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-bullet-list-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"premium-bullet-text\" data-text=\"Seasonality\"> Seasonality <\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"premium-bullet-list-link\" aria-label=\"Seasonality\" href=\"#seasonality\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Seasonality<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"premium-bullet-list-content elementor-repeater-item-e3f3c4f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-bullet-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-bullet-list-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-drawable-icon\"><i class=\"premium-svg-nodraw fas fa-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-bullet-list-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"premium-bullet-text\" data-text=\"Book in advance and avoid main holidays\"> Book in advance and avoid main holidays <\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"premium-bullet-list-link\" aria-label=\"Book in advance and avoid main holidays\" href=\"#booking\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Book in advance and avoid main holidays<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"premium-bullet-list-content elementor-repeater-item-cbdb942\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-bullet-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-bullet-list-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-drawable-icon\"><i class=\"premium-svg-nodraw fas fa-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-bullet-list-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"premium-bullet-text\" data-text=\"Be on time\"> Be on time <\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"premium-bullet-list-link\" aria-label=\"Be on time\" href=\"#beontime\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Be on time<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"premium-bullet-list-content elementor-repeater-item-76eb86f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-bullet-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-bullet-list-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-drawable-icon\"><i class=\"premium-svg-nodraw fas fa-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-bullet-list-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"premium-bullet-text\" data-text=\"No tipping\"> No tipping <\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"premium-bullet-list-link\" aria-label=\"No tipping\" href=\"#tip\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>No tipping<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"premium-bullet-list-content elementor-repeater-item-069ce54\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-bullet-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-bullet-list-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-drawable-icon\"><i class=\"premium-svg-nodraw fas fa-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-bullet-list-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"premium-bullet-text\" data-text=\"Diver levels - metric\/imperial conversion\"> Diver levels - metric\/imperial conversion <\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"premium-bullet-list-link\" aria-label=\"Diver levels - metric\/imperial conversion\" href=\"#conversions\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Diver levels - metric\/imperial conversion<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3ccb865\" data-id=\"3ccb865\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7027f07 premium-type-column elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-icon-list\" data-id=\"7027f07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;rbadges_repeater&quot;:[]}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"premium-bullet-list-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"premium-bullet-list-content elementor-repeater-item-b6c267a\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-bullet-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-bullet-list-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-drawable-icon\"><i class=\"premium-svg-nodraw fas fa-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-bullet-list-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"premium-bullet-text\" data-text=\"Getting around\"> Getting around <\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"premium-bullet-list-link\" aria-label=\"Getting around\" href=\"#getting\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Getting around<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"premium-bullet-list-content elementor-repeater-item-bc8720f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-bullet-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-bullet-list-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-drawable-icon\"><i class=\"premium-svg-nodraw fas fa-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-bullet-list-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"premium-bullet-text\" data-text=\"Luggage-free travel\"> Luggage-free travel <\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"premium-bullet-list-link\" aria-label=\"Luggage-free travel\" href=\"#luggage\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Luggage-free travel<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"premium-bullet-list-content elementor-repeater-item-c3cf275\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-bullet-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-bullet-list-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-drawable-icon\"><i class=\"premium-svg-nodraw fas fa-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-bullet-list-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"premium-bullet-text\" data-text=\"Driving \/ renting a car\"> Driving \/ renting a car <\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"premium-bullet-list-link\" aria-label=\"Driving \/ renting a car\" href=\"#drive\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Driving \/ renting a car<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"premium-bullet-list-content elementor-repeater-item-d9e8b86\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-bullet-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-bullet-list-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-drawable-icon\"><i class=\"premium-svg-nodraw fas fa-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-bullet-list-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"premium-bullet-text\" data-text=\"Safety and health\"> Safety and health <\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"premium-bullet-list-link\" aria-label=\"Safety and health\" href=\"#safetyandhealth\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Safety and health<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"premium-bullet-list-content elementor-repeater-item-768c451\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-bullet-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-bullet-list-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-drawable-icon\"><i class=\"premium-svg-nodraw fas fa-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-bullet-list-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"premium-bullet-text\" data-text=\"Cultural note \/ miscellaneous info\"> Cultural note \/ miscellaneous info <\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"premium-bullet-list-link\" aria-label=\"Cultural note \/ miscellaneous info\" href=\"#cultural-note\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Cultural note \/ miscellaneous info<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ed557c4\" data-id=\"ed557c4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed1702d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ed1702d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-419d965 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"419d965\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"seasonality\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SEASONALITY<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2c316e7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2c316e7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3bd069f\" data-id=\"3bd069f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb558fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb558fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Japanese diving is seasonal, with a <strong>country-wide low <\/strong>season in the colder, to slightly colder (Okinawa) winter months. <br \/>Make sure to decide in advance which area and\/or seasonal highlights you would like to focus on and plan your diving and non-diving activities around that. <br \/>And do avoid main national holidays if possible.<\/p><p>Waters do get cold in the north, and <strong>rental dry suits are rare<\/strong>, so bring your own and\/or discuss this with your diving operator in advance. <br \/>Make sure to <strong>check if your sizes are available<\/strong> for any equipment you might need to rent, especially wetsuits and booties, and make sure you have the right thermal protection for the season \u2013 keeping in mind that temperatures can still vary a lot according to what the Kuroshio Warm current is doing, for instance.<\/p><p>We\u2019re personally never warm underwater, and would rather have too much than not enough protection.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8b02db4\" data-id=\"8b02db4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06b1d39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"06b1d39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/snow-on-sea.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA3ODcsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9ibHVlamFwYW4ub3JnXC9mclwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzE5XC8yMDIxXC8wNVwvc25vdy1vbi1zZWEucG5nIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/snow-on-sea.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10787\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/snow-on-sea.png 640w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/snow-on-sea-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdf7f45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bdf7f45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ag.lr.88\/\">@ag.lr.88 on Instagram<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e73003 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7e73003\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a28449 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6a28449\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"booking\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">BOOK IN ADVANCE AND AVOID MAJOR NATIONAL HOLIDAYS<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2bf300d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2bf300d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9683b4f\" data-id=\"9683b4f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc8443c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fc8443c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As with many things in Japan, it is best, if not necessarily necessary to <strong>book in advance.<br \/><\/strong>Especially when specific logistics are involved, such as for diving activities.<\/p><p>Japanese divers, like the majority of the Japanese population, have much less free-time and vacations than say European divers, for example. <br \/>This does not stop them from going diving very regularly, but also means diving activities are generally very well organized in Japan, with an effort to try to waste as little time as possible.<\/p><p>This also means there is usually <strong>little room for flexibility or improvisation<\/strong>, which is why you should always try to book in advance, rather than hoping to join a dive trip at the last minute, unless you&#8217;re in a busy diving area such as Okinawa&#8230;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1435f14\" data-id=\"1435f14\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-537025b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"537025b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cd5d20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3cd5d20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/japan-airlines-decals-nikko-4595569-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2877\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/japan-airlines-decals-nikko-4595569-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/japan-airlines-decals-nikko-4595569-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/japan-airlines-decals-nikko-4595569-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/japan-airlines-decals-nikko-4595569.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2293465 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2293465\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9087bfa\" data-id=\"9087bfa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f82f765 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f82f765\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Avoid major national holidays<\/strong><\/p><p>It&#8217;s best to try to avoid <strong>weekends<\/strong> if at all possible, which are often very busy, as well as <strong>major national holidays<\/strong>, that constitute the peaks of Japanese high season for all leisure activities.<\/p><p>The main holidays to look out for are the <strong>Golden Week<\/strong>, a collection of four 4 national holidays within seven days (the core being April 29 to May 5), which, in combination with well-placed weekends, is one of Japan&#8217;s three busiest holiday seasons, besides and the <strong>O-bon week <\/strong>(generally August 13 to 16) and <strong>New Year\u2019s<\/strong> break (which has less impact on domestic diving since it is in winter) \u2013 more on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.japan-guide.com\/e\/e2282.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Japanese holidays <\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.japan-guide.com\/e\/e2282.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><br \/><\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-43ed27d\" data-id=\"43ed27d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e42f58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3e42f58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbdc54e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bbdc54e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diveoclock.com\/destinations\/Asia\/Japan\/Izu\/izu_ocean_park_scuba_diving_japan_diveoclock-100.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diveoclock.com\/destinations\/Asia\/Japan\/Izu\/izu_ocean_park_scuba_diving_japan_diveoclock-100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9aa1f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9aa1f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diveoclock.com\/destinations\/Asia\/Japan\/Izu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">diveoclock.com<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-831e0e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"831e0e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Weekend diver crowds at Ito<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05eef29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"05eef29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"beontime\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">BE ON TIME<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3b63317 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3b63317\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-85f35f3\" data-id=\"85f35f3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2749a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a2749a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Japanese facilities are certainly used to dealing with visitors having <strong>only very limited time to spare<\/strong>, since this is the case with the majority of Japanese tourists (who as a rule work long hours and have much shorter holidays than elsewhere).<br \/>This means they are very efficient in terms of organisation (a good example of this are the tourist information desks often found in Japanese train stations, very useful in helping you organize your visit efficiently). <br \/>However, also because of this time pressure,<strong> last-minute changes are generally not appreciated.<\/strong><\/p><p>Likewise, we recommend that you make sure to <strong>always be on time <\/strong><strong>in Japan.\u00a0<\/strong> <br \/>The Japanese often having a very tight schedule, customers showing up 30 minutes late is not only rude\/inconsiderate from a cultural point of view, but can also seriously compromise the timed plans of other visitors\/divers. <br \/>Don&#8217;t waste other people&#8217;s precious time!<br \/><br \/>One way to approach this is to<strong> consider that in Japan, being on time for diving means being there &#8211; and ready &#8211; 5 minutes in advance!<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-92d69d9\" data-id=\"92d69d9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86970d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"86970d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fefc60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1fefc60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/\u9045\u523b.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10854\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/\u9045\u523b.png 450w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/\u9045\u523b-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/\u9045\u523b-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed63254 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed63254\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image source: <a href=\"https:\/\/rui.ne.jp\/blog\/archives\/1782\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rui.ne.jp<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bad8c6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bad8c6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/41e02f362e47cc621f2befcb6f7df3d5-1024x682.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10855\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/41e02f362e47cc621f2befcb6f7df3d5-1024x682.png 1024w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/41e02f362e47cc621f2befcb6f7df3d5-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/41e02f362e47cc621f2befcb6f7df3d5-768x511.png 768w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/41e02f362e47cc621f2befcb6f7df3d5.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd07b20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd07b20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image source: <a href=\"https:\/\/wowchan.com\/%E9%81%85%E5%88%BB%E3%81%99%E3%82%8B%E3%82%84%E3%81%A4%E3%81%AE%E6%99%82%E9%96%93%E3%81%AE%E4%BD%BF%E3%81%84%E6%96%B9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wowchan.com<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3b889b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c3b889b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af446f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"af446f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"tip\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">NO TIPPING\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-af3d619 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"af3d619\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a52202\" data-id=\"6a52202\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4a34f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a4a34f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Importantly for people coming from a strong tipping culture, <strong>there is no tipping in Japan<\/strong>, at least not in a commonly encountered commercial service setting.<\/p><p>Some form of tipping actually does exist, but it is restricted to specific, traditionally defined contexts and is highly formalised, so of absolutely no concern to tourists and visitors.<\/p><p>If you want to give something, bring little gifts, especially food, snacks and drink specialties from your country or current home-base (which is what Japanese tourists usually do as well).<br \/>Japan, like other Asian countries (Thailand, for instance or Indonesian <em>oleh-oleh<\/em>, and more&#8230;) has a strong small gift-culture, called <em>omiyage<\/em>, which you do not need to partake in, but will the intention will be appreciated if you do (your gifts would fall in the\u00a0<em>temiyage<\/em> category) &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/links\/#giftculture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more on this here<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6b36af elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b6b36af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d6a80a7\" data-id=\"d6a80a7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b32a3a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b32a3a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fbe47f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5fbe47f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/jennygzhang_reports_business_8-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10792\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/jennygzhang_reports_business_8-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/jennygzhang_reports_business_8-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/jennygzhang_reports_business_8-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/jennygzhang_reports_business_8-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/jennygzhang_reports_business_8.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ec4719 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ec4719\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"getting\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">GETTING AROUND\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-66d2e01 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"66d2e01\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-aed32f0\" data-id=\"aed32f0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cda6ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2cda6ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Japan&#8217;s main international transit hubs being <strong>T\u014dky\u014d, \u014csaka<\/strong> and, to a certain extent, <strong>Okinawa<\/strong>, for arrivals from neighbouring Asian countries.<\/p><p>The country is particularly well-connected internationally thanks to its major international airports, and domestically through numerous regional airports, an impressive train network as well as inter-island ferries. The road networks is efficient, even though the country\u2019s mountainous topography does limit the efficiency of road travel to a certain point. <br \/>The Pacific Belt area (see <strong>here<\/strong>) in particular, concentrates Japan\u2019s biggest cities into one hyper-connected megalopolis.<\/p><p>Visitors coming from abroad will most likely land at T\u014dky\u014d\u2019s Narita International Airport, whilst T\u014dky\u014d International (more commonly known as <em>Haneda Airport<\/em>) concentrates most of the domestic flights to and from T\u014dky\u014d. \u014csaka\u2019s Kansai International Airport (<em>Kank\u016b <\/em>) is the country\u2019s second-biggest hub, and has a dedicated Low Cost Carrier terminal nearby. <br \/>Okinawa Main Island and Ishigaki\u2019s international terminals receive both domestic flights but also flights from neighbouring countries of the Asian mainland, Hong-Kong and Taiwan.<\/p><p>All of Japan&#8217;s larger cities are serviced by public transportation, including subways or trams, buses and also by private taxis.<br \/>And all islands of Japan usually also offer some sort of public transport services to most areas, and even to remote highlights &#8211; a large railway station\u2019s <em>tourist information<\/em> office is your best bet to get all the info you need, and they are usually friendly and efficient.<\/p><p>Domestic travel on the main islands primarily means<strong> trains<\/strong>, especially through Japan\u2019s highly efficient network of <em>Shinkansen<\/em> \u201cbullet-trains\u201d (for which non-residents can get an <a href=\"https:\/\/japanrailpass.net\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unlimited JR rail pass<\/a> for a set period \u2013 this needs to be bought outside Japan).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5a32b76\" data-id=\"5a32b76\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52fa783 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"52fa783\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2018_04_1603.gif\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA3OTYsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9ibHVlamFwYW4ub3JnXC9mclwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzE5XC8yMDIxXC8wNVwvMjAxOF8wNF8xNjAzLmdpZiJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/2018_04_1603.gif\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10796\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26b4fa0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26b4fa0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ag.lr.88\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.japan-guide.com<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f56e79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8f56e79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/JR-RAIL-PASS.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA3OTgsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9ibHVlamFwYW4ub3JnXC9mclwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzE5XC8yMDIxXC8wNVwvSlItUkFJTC1QQVNTLnBuZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"645\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/JR-RAIL-PASS.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10798\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/JR-RAIL-PASS.png 600w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/JR-RAIL-PASS-279x300.png 279w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92b0a25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"92b0a25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.japan-guide.com\/e\/e2361.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.japan-guide.com<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-73514b9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"73514b9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ea0b44\" data-id=\"5ea0b44\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c057e84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c057e84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There is also a solid network of domestic flight routes through the main domestic carriers and low-cost airlines, which make it easy to go from a major city to a more remote areas or island, such as the Nansei islands. <br \/>Non-residents can get discounts on domestic airfares through dedicated air passes, such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ana.co.jp\/en\/th\/plan-book\/promotions\/special-fares\/#anchor-experience-japan-fare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ANA Experience Pass<\/strong> <\/a>or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jal.co.jp\/world\/en\/world\/japan_explorer_pass\/lp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>JAL Explorer Pass.<\/strong><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flypeach.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LLC \/ low-cost air carriers<\/a> operating in Japan are also a good, although clearly not ecologically ideal, way of reducing transport costs.<\/p><p>For instance, reaching one of Japan\u2019s most popular diving destinations, the Okinawa region, is relatively easy, requiring only a short flight from T\u014dky\u014d or \u014csaka to Okinawa\u2019s Naha or Ishigaki in the Yaeyama islands. Similarly, reaching the Izu Island\u2019s more remote Hachij\u014d-jima is relatively easy, as it is only a 40-minute hop from Haneda airport.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e2b7d9c\" data-id=\"e2b7d9c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e638a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1e638a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9be8d03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9be8d03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/shinkansen-japan-express-train-5237269-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2899\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/shinkansen-japan-express-train-5237269-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/shinkansen-japan-express-train-5237269-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/shinkansen-japan-express-train-5237269-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/shinkansen-japan-express-train-5237269.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-9ff5c36 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9ff5c36\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9028f6e\" data-id=\"9028f6e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b67e11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b67e11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>However,<strong> not all of the islands offering great diving have airports,<\/strong> and divers may find themselves taking<strong> fast ferries<\/strong> (to go from the Izu Peninsula to the near by Izu islands, from Okinawa\u2019s main island or Kagoshima to the Satsunan islands for instance).<\/p><p>In some case, the only way to go will be <strong>slower, overnight ferries<\/strong> to some of the more remote locations (Japanese ferries often have some sort of <em>sent\u014d<\/em>, communal hot bath, which allows you to bathe while watching the ocean go by, quite relaxing \u2026).<\/p><p>This includes very remote Ogasawara\/Bonin islands located far south in the Philippine Sea, which can only be accessed through a 24-hour+ ferry ride from T\u014dky\u014d.<br \/>The ferry only leaves on certain days of the week, making it one of the most remote diving areas in Japan.<br \/>While this form of slow-travel certainly does have its charm, it also means more time, planning and scheduling to get to dive there.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2194bc2\" data-id=\"2194bc2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4abe541 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4abe541\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13878ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"13878ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2355_05_1805.gif\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA3OTcsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9ibHVlamFwYW4ub3JnXC9mclwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzE5XC8yMDIxXC8wNVwvMjM1NV8wNV8xODA1LmdpZiJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"485\" height=\"490\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/2355_05_1805.gif\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10797\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e59e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47e59e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.japan-guide.com\/e\/e2355.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.japan-guide.com<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f372bb6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f372bb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2479d13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2479d13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"luggage\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">LUGGAGE-FREE TRAVEL\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a76329d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a76329d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6155167\" data-id=\"6155167\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ec98f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ec98f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Courier services (called <em>takky\u016b-bin<\/em> in Japanese) are very popular in Japan, highly reliable, and not super expensive <strong>AND can take care of your luggage!<br \/><\/strong><br \/>This makes it very easy to send your luggage ahead of you to your destination.<\/p><p>Your hotel, local convenience store or local post office or even airport should be able to help you organise this. <br \/>It is quite common for domestic tourists use these to forward their main luggage and dive gear ahead to their destination, to avoid having to carry it with them.<\/p><p>You can also send luggage from an airport or major stations to your hotel or accommodation, for instance, which is great if planning to use public transportation after a long international flight for instance&#8230;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8ffd2d1\" data-id=\"8ffd2d1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31e449c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"31e449c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/luggage-go-away-travel-356733-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2894\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/luggage-go-away-travel-356733-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/luggage-go-away-travel-356733-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/luggage-go-away-travel-356733-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/luggage-go-away-travel-356733.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f2714d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f2714d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Do try luggage free-travel if you get the chance!<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2054306 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2054306\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc8fa9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bc8fa9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"drive\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DRIVING \/ RENTING A CAR<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0f4b79e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0f4b79e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ba4aa96\" data-id=\"ba4aa96\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8af0a21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8af0a21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It is possible to rent a car in Japan, but keep in mind that most highways are toll-roads and it quickly adds up for long distances.<\/p><p>Also, Japan did not ratify the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vienna_Convention_on_Road_Traffic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1968 Vienna Convention on Road Traffic<\/a>, meaning that <strong>international permits issued by countries having ratified the 1968 Convention are not recognized in Japan<\/strong> (which is still under the 1949 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geneva_Convention_on_Road_Traffic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Geneva Convention on Road Traffic<\/a>).<\/p><p>If your international permit was issued by a 1968 Vienna Convention country, such as France for instance, you will instead need to get <strong>an official translation of your national driver\u2019s licence to be allowed to drive in Japan.<\/strong><\/p><p>This is a fairly straightforward and painless process, which can be done in a day at a local <a href=\"https:\/\/english.jaf.or.jp\/driving-in-japan\/drive-in-japan\/foreign-nationals-license\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Japan Automotive Federation (JAF)<\/a> office and costs a few thousand yen. <br \/>More on this, and on driving in Japan <a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/links\/#driving\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4416a13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4416a13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9a34a25\" data-id=\"9a34a25\" 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data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA4MTAsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9ibHVlamFwYW4ub3JnXC9mclwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzE5XC8yMDIxXC8wNVwvdHJhbnNsYXRpb24uanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/translation.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10810\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/translation.jpg 700w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/translation-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/beautiful-friendship-crop-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"9498e55\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA3NzIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9ibHVlamFwYW4ub3JnXC9mclwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzE5XC8yMDIxXC8wNVwvMDEwNzIwMjYyMDIuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiOTQ5OGU1NSJ9\" href='https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/01072026202.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/01072026202-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure 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data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA3NzEsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9ibHVlamFwYW4ub3JnXC9mclwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzE5XC8yMDIxXC8wNVwvaGVhcnRmdWwuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiOTQ5OGU1NSJ9\" href='https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/heartful.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/heartful-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-986f79f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"986f79f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\"A foreigner is driving this car\" bumper stickers found on Japanese rental cars...<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a34e6c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a34e6c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59eb38a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"59eb38a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"safetyandhealth\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SAFETY AND HEALTH<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b1fb107 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b1fb107\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a8d4c09\" data-id=\"a8d4c09\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cf3c4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5cf3c4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Japan is a very safe country, compared to most other destinations, and one where you won\u2019t generally have to worry about crime or theft. More on this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tofugu.com\/japan\/safety-in-japan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p><p>While you can and should trust your diving operators, as everywhere else in the world, people might prey on tourists in places where they gather, so keep an eye out for your belongings. <\/p><p>The main dangers you might face in Japan are natural ones (see <strong>here<\/strong>), linked to the power of the elements&#8230;<br \/>Yet even when disaster strikes, things are usually quite well organised in Japan, which features some of the best disaster handling infrastructures in the world&#8230;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2d71e2c\" data-id=\"2d71e2c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1b7a2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d1b7a2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/JAPAN-IS-SAFE.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"JAPAN IS SAFE\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NzU5OSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2JsdWVqYXBhbi5vcmdcL2ZyXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvMTlcLzIwMjFcLzA1XC9KQVBBTi1JUy1TQUZFLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/JAPAN-IS-SAFE.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7599\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/JAPAN-IS-SAFE.jpg 604w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/JAPAN-IS-SAFE-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef3d77b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef3d77b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;Beware of pickpockets&#8221; poster, \u014csaka subway &#8211; (we&#8217;ve yet to hear of someone being pickpocketed in Japan&#8230;)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-f193077 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f193077\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c32637\" data-id=\"3c32637\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ce142d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ce142d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When it comes to diving and insurance, this is also in no way specific to diving in Japan, but we strongly advise you to get specific insurance coverage for dive trips, covering planned diving activities and emergencies, including medical evacuation and hyperbaric treatments such as <a href=\"https:\/\/dan.org\/membership-insurance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>DAN<\/strong>,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/diveassure.com\/en\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>DiveAssure<\/strong><\/a><strong>,<\/strong> <strong>Diveassist<\/strong> or eventually a more general insurance policy that clearly covers recreational diving activities, such as those offered by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldnomads.com\/row\/travel-insurance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WorldNomads<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/safetywing.com\/nomad-insurance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SafetyWings<\/strong><\/a> or others.<\/p><p>Some insurance companies like Dive Assure offer packages covering the duration of a single trip.<\/p><p>If you are already covered by general travel insurance, make sure to check that it does indeed cover your planning diving activities in Japan or elsewhere, and other key aspects such as hyperbaric recompression treatments and medical evacuation \/ repatriation from Japan.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-14f0b9d\" data-id=\"14f0b9d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c4efb8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6c4efb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f785120 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f785120\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/scuba-diving-tanks-3526540-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2901\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/scuba-diving-tanks-3526540-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/scuba-diving-tanks-3526540-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/scuba-diving-tanks-3526540-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/scuba-diving-tanks-3526540.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-af7112f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"af7112f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b769d8\" data-id=\"3b769d8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2eef672 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2eef672\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In case of post-dive problems, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.danjapan.gr.jp\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dan Japan<\/a> has a 24\/7 Japanese emergency hotline<br \/>+81-3-3812-4999, with an English-speaking operator available Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm at +81-45-228-3066 &#8211; the operator \/ medical team can give you advice if you&#8217;re worried about something after a dive, whether you are a DAN member or not (but only member&#8217;s medical expenses are covered)<\/p><p>There are <strong>recompression chambers<\/strong> in most major cities and diving areas in Japan, but these can be <strong>relatively far from the dive sites,<\/strong> so it&#8217;s best to dive conservatively, within the guidelines given by your computer, to maintain slow ascent rates of 10m per minute max, and to remember to stay well hydrated before and after the dive.<\/p><p>As a friendly reminder, even though hot-springs are often found next to dive sites (at the Izu Ocean Park, for instance) and as incredibly tempting as it might seem, <strong>hopping into the warm waters a hot-spring\/<em>onsen<\/em><\/strong> <strong>straight after a dive is<\/strong> <strong>not recommended<\/strong> as it affects blood circulation, which could affect bubble formation could possibly interfere with off-gassing, not unlike hard-drinking after diving&#8230;<\/p><p>Like sports after diving, <em>jiko-sekinin <\/em>(self-responsability) or not, it is recommended to wait a few hours before indulging&#8230;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-078a9af elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"078a9af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-15b3e0b\" data-id=\"15b3e0b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b44b2dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b44b2dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a014b85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a014b85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.danjapan.gr.jp\/en\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"968\" height=\"807\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-24-at-19.48.29.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10806\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-24-at-19.48.29.png 968w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-24-at-19.48.29-300x250.png 300w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-24-at-19.48.29-768x640.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 968px) 100vw, 968px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46ea813 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46ea813\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.danjapan.gr.jp\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dan Japan<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c800de elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5c800de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-597e817 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"597e817\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/e0e11516710eef19239369ca3f481a43_1.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA4MDUsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9ibHVlamFwYW4ub3JnXC9mclwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzE5XC8yMDIxXC8wNVwvZTBlMTE1MTY3MTBlZWYxOTIzOTM2OWNhM2Y0ODFhNDNfMS5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"421\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/e0e11516710eef19239369ca3f481a43_1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10805\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/e0e11516710eef19239369ca3f481a43_1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/e0e11516710eef19239369ca3f481a43_1-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d705db9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d705db9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After-dive hotspring in Futo&#8230;<br \/>Image source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chunichi.co.jp\/article\/74389\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chunichi.co.jp<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc20477 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bc20477\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"cultural-note\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CULTURAL NOTE<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c8ac87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8c8ac87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cultural note: Do think of others, and keep your cool!<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-8eb2f7e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8eb2f7e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8dbeadf\" data-id=\"8dbeadf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc8f72e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cc8f72e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As a general rule, in all your actions and interactions in Japan, try to be <strong>considerate of others<\/strong>, and try avoid causing inconvenience (meiwaku \u8ff7\u60d1 in Japanese), which is vast and complex subject, linked to context, and can include behaviour not frowned upon elsewhere, such as speaking loudly&#8230; <br \/>Best way to do so is to <strong>look around<\/strong> and observe how people are behaving\/interacting around you, which usually helps a lot.<br \/><br \/>Should a problem arise, however, be sure to <strong>keep your cool.<\/strong><strong><br \/><br \/><\/strong>As elsewhere in Asia (which Japan is a part of though it&#8217;s easier to forget than elsewhere), getting angry and shouting is seen as immature, and is <strong>never a good way to try to resolve issues<\/strong> \u2013 not only will not help you much, but it raising your voice might actually play against you.<\/p><p>It is not always easy to do so, especially when you can\u2019t get your point across clearly because of language issues, but make sure to keep your cool, and to <strong>focus on the issue at hand and what can be done practically<\/strong>.<br \/><br \/>And keeping a (personal) sense of humour usually comes in handy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f3179c3\" data-id=\"f3179c3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41003b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"41003b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa502b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fa502b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"647\" height=\"809\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/009.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10837\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/009.jpg 647w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/009-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 647px) 100vw, 647px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bc0ca4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8bc0ca4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4gamer.net\/games\/453\/G045302\/20210225015\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4gamer.net<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd27913 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fd27913\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"miscellaneousinfo\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">MISCELLANEOUS INFO <\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ec104f3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ec104f3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-366d9d6\" data-id=\"366d9d6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95e6a77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"95e6a77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Languages &#8211; <\/strong>Japanese (many Japanese are able to understand English to a certain extent, since it is taught in school as part of compulsory education.<br \/>You can also refer to our phrasebook and <a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/practical\/diving-vocabulary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">diving vocabulary <strong>here<\/strong><\/a><\/p><p><strong>Currency &#8211; <\/strong>JPY (Japanese Yen) &#8211; see current exchange rate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xe.com\/currencycharts\/?from=EUR&amp;to=JPY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> (no tipping\u00a0necessary)<\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Timezone &#8211; <\/strong>UTC+09:00<\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Dial Code &#8211; <\/strong>+81<\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Electricity &#8211; <\/strong>100 V \/ 50 Hz \/ 60<\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Power Plug Type &#8211; <\/strong>A, B<\/p><p><strong>Japan&#8217;s nationwide emergency<\/strong> <strong>phone numbers are<\/strong>:<\/p><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"1\"><tbody><tr><td><span class=\"type--legacy\" style=\"font-family: arial;\"><b> Police: <\/b><\/span><\/td><td><span class=\"type--legacy\" style=\"font-family: arial;\"> 110 <\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><span class=\"type--legacy\" style=\"font-family: arial;\"><b> Ambulance\/Fire: \u00a0 <\/b><\/span><\/td><td><p><span class=\"type--legacy\" style=\"font-family: arial;\"> 119 <\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p><strong>Internet offers in Japan are way more expensive<\/strong>, and people usually pay more than 50 euros a month for some sort of <a href=\"https:\/\/tokyocheapo.com\/living\/best-tokyo-internet-service-providers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">optic fiber plan<\/a> (usually with a 2 year contract and installation fees), excluding phone offers, and there is usually some sort of data cap hidden somewhere&#8230;<br \/><br \/>Most Japanese people are not aware of this situation, because of limited access to information not in Japanese, and the usual national monopolies keeping prices high.<\/p><p>Service itself, internet speed and reliability for example, is also not on-par with what you would find elsewhere in Asia, especially for the prices paid, and quite a let-down for a country with such modern infrastructure and a technologically advanced image.<\/p><p>What this means is that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.japan-guide.com\/e\/e2279.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">internet offers for tourists and visiting travellers<\/a>, usually bought\/rented on arrival at the airport, will be expensive, and not as great as one would expect, especially in rural or more isolated areas&#8230;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-36a3ef4\" data-id=\"36a3ef4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63fd47f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"63fd47f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/9073399943_d209b582c7_c.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA4NzQsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9ibHVlamFwYW4ub3JnXC9mclwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzE5XC8yMDIxXC8wNVwvOTA3MzM5OTk0M19kMjA5YjU4MmM3X2MuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"539\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/9073399943_d209b582c7_c.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10874\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/9073399943_d209b582c7_c.jpg 539w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/9073399943_d209b582c7_c-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-63d78d0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"63d78d0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6478c40\" data-id=\"6478c40\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-85098cd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"85098cd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-854d146\" data-id=\"854d146\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e980729 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e980729\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-96aadd9\" data-id=\"96aadd9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd16637 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dd16637\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"conversions\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CMAS \/ RSTC DIVER LEVELS METRIC \/ IMPERIAL CONVERSION<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3933533 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3933533\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1c3436a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1c3436a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e02e08d\" data-id=\"e02e08d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab59106 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ab59106\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Diving certification \ncheat-sheet<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e9c450 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-media_gallery\" data-id=\"6e9c450\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-media_gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-428 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"6e9c450\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Scuba Training Levels and Equivalent Diving Qualifications\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NDU2NCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2JsdWVqYXBhbi5vcmdcL2ZyXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvMTlcLzIwMjFcLzA1XC9TQ1VCQS1UUkFJTklORy1BR0VOQ0lFUy1FUVVJVkFMRU5UUy0yLnBuZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6IjZlOWM0NTAifQ%3D%3D\" href='https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/SCUBA-TRAINING-AGENCIES-EQUIVALENTS-2.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2339\" height=\"1653\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/SCUBA-TRAINING-AGENCIES-EQUIVALENTS-2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-4564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/SCUBA-TRAINING-AGENCIES-EQUIVALENTS-2.png 2339w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/SCUBA-TRAINING-AGENCIES-EQUIVALENTS-2-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/SCUBA-TRAINING-AGENCIES-EQUIVALENTS-2-1024x724.png 1024w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/SCUBA-TRAINING-AGENCIES-EQUIVALENTS-2-768x543.png 768w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/SCUBA-TRAINING-AGENCIES-EQUIVALENTS-2-1536x1086.png 1536w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/SCUBA-TRAINING-AGENCIES-EQUIVALENTS-2-2048x1447.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2339px) 100vw, 2339px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-4564'>\n\t\t\t\tScuba Training Levels and Equivalent Diving Qualifications\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ace649 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ace649\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The majority of Japanese dive centres will be <strong>(W) <\/strong><strong>RSTC-affiliated<\/strong> (PADI, NAUI, SSI, SDI&#8230;)<br \/>If you are a CMAS-certified diver, and only have a CMAS certification, we strongly advise you to <strong>make sure to bring you certification card with you<\/strong>, as it can be difficult to justify your training level without it, since there is no real cross-federation centralised diver database accessible online.<\/p><p>Most dive centre professionals will have no problem understanding your certification level, and the following (rough) equivalence is usually applied:<\/p><p><b>CMAS * diver\u00a0 &gt; Open Water diver<\/b><\/p><p><b>CMAS ** diver\u00a0 &gt; Advanced Open Water diver<\/b><\/p><p><b>CMAS *** diver \/ CMAS **** &gt; Rescue or Divemaster<\/b><\/p><p><b>Instructor, supervisor, moniteur &gt; OWSI Instructor<br \/><\/b><br \/>Obviously, this somewhat <strong>reductive<\/strong>, as the real training situation is much more complex, with very real differences between RSTC and CMAS standards and requirements for different levels, but does follow current ISO norms.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7253416 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7253416\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e080db5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e080db5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-231b522\" data-id=\"231b522\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d542f3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d542f3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmas.org\/cmas\/about\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"204\" height=\"247\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/CMAS.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6836\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ee690dd\" data-id=\"ee690dd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33af2f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"33af2f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1063d00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1063d00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Metric \/ imperial cheat-sheet<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-536aa98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-media_gallery\" data-id=\"536aa98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-media_gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-428 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"536aa98\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Metric to Imperial Cheat Sheet (practical equivalents)\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Njg2NSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2JsdWVqYXBhbi5vcmdcL2ZyXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvMTlcLzIwMjFcLzA1XC9tZXRyaWMtdG8taW1wZXJpYWwtLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6IjUzNmFhOTgifQ%3D%3D\" href='https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/metric-to-imperial-.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1653\" height=\"2253\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/metric-to-imperial-.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-6865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/metric-to-imperial-.jpg 1653w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/metric-to-imperial--220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/metric-to-imperial--751x1024.jpg 751w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/metric-to-imperial--768x1047.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/metric-to-imperial--1127x1536.jpg 1127w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/metric-to-imperial--1503x2048.jpg 1503w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1653px) 100vw, 1653px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-6865'>\n\t\t\t\tMetric to Imperial Cheat Sheet (practical equivalents)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-930f6f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"930f6f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>RSTC standards are only given for training dives within a agency&#8217;s curriculum<\/strong>. <br \/>As such, RSTC agencies do <strong>not specify any actual depth standards for recreational, \u201cfun diving\u201d<\/strong> done outside of a training context, and simply recommend divers to stay \u201cwithin the limits of their training and experience\u201d, and <strong>not to dive deeper than 40m.<\/strong><\/p><p>That said, one should keep in mind that, should an accident occur, the dive centre and dive professionals involved <u>will have to be able to justify their decisions and actions, under the angle of duty of care\u00a0<br \/><\/u>Which is why, in practice, most RSTC-affiliated<b> dive centres will usually apply the following maximum depths, <\/b>given for training dives in their agency standards, to actual exploration \/ &#8220;fun&#8221; dives:<\/p><p><strong>&#8211; 18m max for an Open Water diver<\/strong>, <strong><br \/>&#8211; 30m max for an Advanced Open Water diver<\/strong> or more, and <strong><br \/>&#8211; access to the 30 to 40m depth range given at the discretion of the dive centre\/guide<\/strong> <strong>and the diver<\/strong>, depending on their experience, comfort level and\/or training.<\/p><p>We hope this clears up the situation, and helps to understand why we <strong>all should respect a dive centre and\/or dive professional\u2019s guidelines<\/strong>, even if they are seem overly conservative, and always <strong>respect all indications given in the dive briefing<\/strong> as well as local <strong>rules and regulations.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 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