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AsiaVela guides are written and checked by the editorial team. Some guides also carry a short travel note from someone who has been there; this page lists who wrote them.
Yuki Ikemori 池森裕毅
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An entrepreneur and startup mentor, and the author of two books on startups published in Japan. Some guides include travel notes from Yuki Ikemori’s own trips.
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Travel notes (55)
- Japan
- Fukuoka travel guide: where to stay, yatai, ramen and Dazaifu
- Getting around Japan: trains, IC cards, buses, luggage and driving
- Himeji Castle day trip: tickets, timing, Koko-en and Mount Shosha
- Kanazawa travel guide: how many nights, where to stay and the route
- Koyasan temple stay: how to book a shukubo, Okunoin and getting there
- Kyoto travel guide: how many nights, sights by area and the crowds
- Matsuyama travel guide: Dogo Onsen, the castle and where to stay
- Miyajima guide: tides, the floating torii and a night on the island
- Nara day trip or one night: trains, the park walk and the deer
- Nikko day trip from Tokyo: the shrines, Kegon Falls and when to stay
- Okinawa travel guide: Naha, Shuri Castle, Churaumi and where to base
- Shirakawa-go guide: bus stopover, day trip or a farmhouse night
- Thailand
- Vietnam
- Cambodia
- Laos
- India
- Agra travel guide: two nights for the Taj Mahal and Fatehpur Sikri
- Delhi travel guide: 3 nights for the Red Fort, Old Delhi and the Qutb
- First trip to India: how many days, which route and which season
- Golden Triangle itinerary: Delhi, Agra and Jaipur in 7 days
- Health and safety in India: vaccines, smog, heat, roads and scams
- Getting around India: trains, the IRCTC quota, flights and airports
- Varanasi travel guide: 2 nights on the ghats, the aarti and Sarnath
- Varanasi and Khajuraho in 5 days: the ghats, Sarnath and the temples
- Where to stay in India: city bases, havelis, houseboats and check-in
- Nepal
- Best time to visit Nepal: autumn, spring, monsoon and winter by region
- Bhaktapur travel guide: ticket, Nyatapola and a night or half a day
- Entering Nepal: visa on arrival, extensions and cash rules
- Kathmandu travel guide: four sacred sites, fees and where to stay
- Nagarkot travel guide: sunrise, one night or a day trip
- Nepal 10-day itinerary: Kathmandu, Nagarkot, Pokhara and Chitwan
- Nepal in 14 days: Patan, Poon Hill, Chitwan and Lumbini
- Nepal in 7 days: Kathmandu Valley and Pokhara
- Patan travel guide: Durbar Square, the museum and the metalwork
- Nepal transport: domestic flights, tourist buses, taxis and monsoon roads
- Where to stay in Nepal: Thamel, Lakeside, Sauraha and four more bases
- Sri Lanka
- Best time to visit Sri Lanka: the two monsoons, coasts and hills
- First trip to Sri Lanka: the ten-day loop and what to settle first
- Kandy travel guide: Temple of the Tooth, the lake and Peradeniya
- Nuwara Eliya travel guide: tea, Horton Plains, Hakgala and cold nights
- Polonnaruwa travel guide: tickets, the ruins and how to spend a day
- Sigiriya and Dambulla travel guide: tickets, the climb and where to stay
- Sri Lanka entry requirements: the ETA, fees, arrival and customs
- Sri Lanka 14-day itinerary: ruins, tea hills, elephants, coast
- Sri Lanka 7-day itinerary: Sigiriya, Kandy and the Ella train
- Sri Lanka transport: trains, buses, drivers and flights
- Where to stay in Sri Lanka: one base for each stop of the loop