
Joe Petrovic
Joe Petrovic (OHTravelDad) is a moderator of the Award Travel 101 points-and-miles community and co-host of the Award Travel 101 podcast, and an AwardWallet contributing writer.
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Jun 2, 2026
TravelStories Episode 79: Japan Travel with Joe Petrovic
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Tom KimHOST
Any, uh, any, any other, uh, Japan, uh, tidbits that you wanna, wanna share, Joe? I mean, obviously you've been, uh, to so many more places than, than I think a combination of, of the two of us have been, and, um-

Joe PetrovicGUEST
Yeah, and I'm gonna be adding a whole bunch more over the course of the next, uh, month, so I mean, I, I'm, I'm planning on visiting a lot of more outside of the cities, you know? Ev- I've done Tokyo, I've done Osaka, I've done Kyoto, uh, I've done Hiroshima, I've done Miyajima, I've done Fukuoka, I've done, uh, a lot of pla- Hakone.

Joe PetrovicGUEST
Hakone is a place that nobody talks about, but it's an onsen town, uh, that's, uh, you know, uh, where a lot of them go to res- you know, vacation.

Joe PetrovicGUEST
And so, um, but you know, I have, I guess if you wanna jump into some of my tips and things like that, things that might be useful for people, um, you know, I think so many people are going to Japan right now that, you know, like we said up front, it's harder to get the award space, but once you do, you know, and you, you have everything set to go, it's helpful to know a few words.

Joe PetrovicGUEST
And the, you know, and if you're going in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, of course there's going to be a lot of English speakers because, um, you know, they're, they're catering to the tourist's, uh, content.

Joe PetrovicGUEST
But if you have a few words, learn a few words like ohayo this morning, konnichiwa afternoon, konbanwa is evening, arigatou is thank you, kore is this, uh, onegai shimasu, that's like please.
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