Hello! I’m Matt and I just booted up Globe.pub, a Lemmy instance focused on world travel. I’m trying to build a cozy and friendly home for people who used to have that sort of community on Reddit.
Right now, we have two communities:
- [email protected] – for anything and everything relating to visiting the country of Japan
- [email protected] – travel light, avoid lost luggage, and move faster with one backpack, rather than a giant checked roller bag
Community creation is open – if you have a favorite destination or a specific travel-related topic, we’d love to host your conversations about the places you like to go and the ways you like to explore.
Welcome | välkommen | fáilte | ようこそ | selamat datang!
Great timing! In September I’ll be traveling to Japan for two weeks - and I’m gonna try to one-bag it!
Highly recommended! That’s how I did my last trip. It was so nice to be able to hop onto a metro train and get going without having to drag my luggage too. Where are you thinking of going?
I’m flying into Tokyo on a Thursday. Going to stay a night, then take the train to Osaka for the weekend til Tuesday. Then heading west to Hiroshima for a bit, back to Osaka for the next weekend. Spend a night in Kyoto, then back to Tokyo until I fly out.
That’s the loose itinerary at least, I really have no idea what I’m going to do while I’m there 😅. Lots of walking around town and maybe some nature excursions if anything calls out to me.
I was going to go with a friend, but life got in the way and they had to bail. So I’ll be flying solo - it’s a bit daunting but I figure the one bag strategy might work well. Less stuff == less to keep track of and worry about.
(Although I am packing a day bag in my one bag 😁)
That sounds like a great plan! I’m glad you’ll get to check out Hiroshima. It’s a special place. If you post your itinerary on [email protected] I’d be happy to share some of my recs for those cities from my last visit.
