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About Hajimete

Hajimete (初めて) means "for the first time".

This site is written by a Japanese national who has lived abroad most of their life, for anyone arriving in Japan without the paper trail locals take for granted. Every guide lists its sources, and we say so when we haven't been able to confirm something.

The photos on this site are AI-generated to illustrate each guide. They aren't pictures of real places.

Spotted something out of date? Rules here change often, and we'd rather fix a page than leave it wrong.