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Retire abroad. Live better.

AwaywithJoe

I retired at 50 and moved to Asia. This is where I share what it really takes to retire abroad: real costs, visas, banking, safety and the places worth calling home, starting with the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, and Japan.

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Who this is forFinancially secure adults who want more life for their money: better weather, more adventure and a lifestyle that would cost a fortune back home.
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Japan: Our Two Week Itinerary

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Japan Travel · 2-Week Tokyo, Kyoto & Osaka Itinerary Two Weeks in Japan Our real 14-day Tokyo, Kyoto, Nara and Osaka itinerary: the hotels, the restaurants we'd fly back for, the experiences worth booking, and the mistakes we'd skip next time. We ate at one restaurant in Kyoto three nights in a row. By the third night the staff remembered us, and I was ready to take a part-time job there. I even had my own Japanese knife. More on that in a minute. Chai and I just spent two weeks in Japan, and this is the full plan: a 14-day Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka itinerary with a Nara day trip, built for comfortable pacing because Japan involves a lot of walking and stairs. You'll get our hotels, how we got around, our must-do experiences, the food we're still dreaming about, which city we'd cut if you only have time for two, and the one planning trick that saved us when the summer rain showed up. Jump to a section The ...