The YuzuSIM travel journal

Good stories.
Great detours.

Ideas for the journey, the first day, and the detours worth taking.

Clay travellers walking up a hillside path of red torii gates towards a pagoda in Kyoto

Start here

Clay illustration of a smiling traveller in a yellow jacket pulling a green suitcase through a sunny airport hall while checking a phone, with a plane and a snowy mountain beyond the windows and a staff member waving from a desk.

Japan / Before you go

Your first day in Japan, a little easier.

A short checklist for your phone, your arrival, and the first small adventure.

3 min read

For your next adventure

Clay illustration of a traveller with a green backpack and dark green suitcase checking a phone in a bright airport hall, with a bonsai tree and stone lantern on one side, other travellers wheeling luggage, and a plane and snowy mountain outside the windows.

Before you go

A calmer airport arrival

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Clay illustration of a curly-haired traveller in a green cardigan, cream trousers and yellow crossbody bag checking her phone on a stone lane of hanok houses at golden hour, with a café, other visitors and N Seoul Tower on a hill in the distance.

South Korea

A first-timer's Seoul notebook

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Clay illustration of a traveller in a yellow jacket and green trousers photographing a tunnel of orange torii gates from stone steps, with a stone lantern, round green trees, a wooden fence, a pagoda and hills behind.

Japan

A slower day in Kyoto

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Clay travellers with a phone in front of a Hong Kong harbour skyline at dusk, with a red-sailed junk on the water and the Peak rising behind.

Before you go

Hong Kong, harbour to hilltop

3 min readRead story

Clay illustration of a hand in a green sleeve holding a green phone that shows a yellow SIM card with a tick and a progress bar, surrounded by a yuzu fruit, a plane ticket, a globe, a yellow suitcase and small clouds.

eSIM basics

How much data should you choose?

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Clay hands holding a phone with a map open between a passport, a boarding pass and a small suitcase.

Plan the trip

One trip, more than one destination

2 min readRead story