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A Girl's Guide to Traveling Alone

Solo Female Travel is a series for girls by girls. Itineraries are planned with a girl of average fitness in mind, and short overnight trips that make good building blocks for future longer solo trips elsewhere.

Travel high along the JR Koumi Line

Surrounded by mountains - Mount Asama in the north, the Yatsugatake mountain range in the west...
By Raina Ong·August 12, 2023

Travel along the coast in Ibaraki

A day trip visiting some coastal spots in Ibaraki, one hour from Tokyo
By Raina Ong·February 27, 2023

Travel outdoors in Nagano

Nagano Prefecture is one of Japan’s eight inland prefectures whose land mass does not meet the sea or ocean. In place of the very large bodies of water, about 80 percent of the prefecture is covered by mountains. In...
By Raina Ong·May 29, 2019

Travel in Tendo, Yamagata

According to a census carried out in 2018, Yamagata Prefecture ranked 30 out of the 47 prefectures in Japan in terms of appealing to domestic travellers with its attractiveness and charm. That is to say, Yamagata...
By Raina Ong·April 21, 2019

Travel along the coast of Shizuoka

In this episode of Solo Female Travel, I head to Shizuoka Prefecture which is about 60 minutes away from either Tokyo or Nagoya. Its convenient location makes it a great spot for first time solo travellers who do not...
By Raina Ong·February 24, 2019

Travel along Lake Biwa, Shiga

For our second Solo Female Travel trip, we head to Shiga Prefecture. The most well-known attraction in the prefecture is Lake Biwa, the largest lake in Japan, and I explored the area south of the lake for this 2-day...
By Raina Ong·November 14, 2018

Travel in Oku Aizu, Fukushima

Deviating off the popular sightseeing routes, the inaugural Solo Female Travel begins in Fukushima Prefecture. For this overnight trip, I based myself in the town of Aizu-Wakamatsu and stayed overnight at a ryokan in...
By Raina Ong·August 8, 2018
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