Japan has four different seasons: you have the beautiful and world-famous cherry blossoms in the spring, the warm summer with lots of festivals, mystical red leaves in the fall, and beautiful snowfall in the chilly winter. The best time to visit Japan is in early spring (March-early April) and in autumn (late October-November). Nature is […]

Japan is full of traditions and culture, but Japan also has a completely different side with many crazy and colorful things that are in stark contrast to its very modest culture. Particularly in the district of Harajuku in Tokyo, there’s a very awesome Kawaii (meaning cute, nerdy, and colorful) culture. Here you will find the most […]

The whole city of Tokyo is so Instagrammable, photographers love Tokyo! Tokyo is such a surreal city because of all the vibrant colors, cool vibes, and modern hotspots that are mixed with Japanese traditional history. There is so much to do and see! We made a list of the 5 most Instagrammable spots in Tokyo […]

When traveling to a foreign country with a very different culture and a very different language, like Japan, it’s best to know some common basic Japanese words! The upsides of knowing how to say hello, thank you, goodbye, yes, no and many more basic words, are that it makes you not look like a gullible […]

World trip becomes Japan Trip: after many months of planning and taking care of details, it was finally happening; we were going on a world trip. On our trip, we planned to be in Japan in late March, early April. And then corona happened! Just because our complete world trip got all weird (we have […]

This is inside the luxury first-class seat in the famous Japanese bullet train. Most people just are happy to even be on a train in an exotic location, but some of us prefer some luxury while we are on the road. Let’s find out what that’s all about in this funny Youtube-video and see if it’s […]

Insults around the world… Learning a new language is hard, very hard. And it’s also not just about learning how to introduce yourself and thanking people for serving your good, no, it’s also about calling some annoying person by his nature. In his or her native language! Which can be helpful at times. Nelson Mandela […]

The safest countries in the world, do you already live in one, or should you move quickly to one? It might be in the best of your interest to make the bold move! Every year, the Institute for Economics and Peace releases its Global Peace Index (GPI) report, which ranks 163 independent states and territories according […]

Get in the time machine and travel back with us to 2006. It’s when traveler Matt Harding first posted his amazing ‘dancing around the world’-video and got internet-famous! When we were just little birds looking at airplanes flying high in the sky, wondering where they would be going, Matt Harding was already traveling around the […]

At this very moment, we are traveling around the world! Our plans got canceled by corona, but we still had a great time in Japan while the world got crazy. We got home on the 30th of march. We have had two amazing weeks in Tokyo, and especially in Shibuya and Harajuku, in which we made […]

At this very moment, we are traveling around the world! Our plans got canceled by corona, but we still had a great time in Japan while the world got crazy. We got home on the 30th of march. We have had two amazing weeks in Tokyo, in which we made dozens of great pictures. We will […]

At this very moment, we are traveling around the world! Our plans got canceled by corona, but we still had a great time in Japan while the world got crazy. We got home on the 30th of march. We have had two amazing weeks in Tokyo, in which we made dozens of great pictures. We will […]

At this very moment, we are traveling around the world! Our plans got canceled by corona, but we still had a great time in Japan while the world got crazy. We got home on the 30th of march. We have had two amazing weeks in Tokyo, in which we made dozens of great pictures. We will […]

At this very moment, we are traveling around the world! Our plans got canceled by corona, but we still had a great time in Japan while the world got crazy. We got home on the 30th of march. We have had two amazing weeks in Tokyo, in which we made dozens of great pictures (especially from […]

A huge dream has come true: the founders of Free Birds Magazine (Guus and Suus) are going on an unbelievable trip around the world. We have named this epic trip The Big One! We will be traveling two full months to 8 countries and 18 cities. The list of amazing things we are going to […]

A couple of weeks ago I posted the magical 8K-video of Morocco from the creative minds of Jacob and Katie Schwarz. It made me wonder what other videos they posted… And boy, that little search did not disappoint. I have found a boatload of amazing travel-related videos on their Youtube channel. I have embedded the […]

If you’re going to Japan anytime soon, or really want to know more about this magical country, then we highly advise watching the lovely vlogs of Allan Su! He and his brother traveled all through the heart of Japan. They went to Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, and everything in between. And they eat everything they could […]

The notorious bullet trains of Japan are called Shinkansen train, but you probably already knew that. But I can assure you that you did not know how absurdly fast it looks when this Shinkansen train crosses a station at full speed! The Shinkansen train takes you from Tokyo to almost all major cities in Japan. They […]