The thing is, I’m pretty much as budget as it comes in terms of flights and accommodations. So when I ended up flying first class – for free!!!! might I add – to Japan last year, I was kind of shook. Japan wasn’t really on the list of places I wanted to go to in 2016 but since my travel buddies were more than willing to do the legwork (i.e. itinerary planning and hostel booking, etc), I figured why not? Also I kind of wanted to visit my best friend from elementary school who’s migrated there. Of course the first…
